The Angus Rant

We have all seen the Current Affairs shows that drag some poor soul out that complains about unfair treatment by tradies and building companies. We collectively roll our eyes and bleat on about how muck raking they are. Well, I have been on the receiving...

US Price on US Site: 3609.00 (AUD 4031.05 at time of writing) AU Price on AU Site: 8239.05 Really Lenovo? Really? This is just one example of how overseas companies have a field day here in Oz. Dell. HP. Apple. Microsoft. They all do it and we stand by...

So today I was mucking around with the ASP.NET SiteMap for a client web site that we are creating. One of the things that we wanted to use was the SiteMap, as it is an easy win and means that we do not have to muck about with the navigation. So I created...

I have a problem. (Well, several actually, but let’s not go there). You see, I am an ardent Microsoft supporter, through and through. I have grown up using Microsoft products. In fact, I am in a minority that thinks that Microsoft has actually been good...

I came across this problem a few months ago, and forgot to write it donw. Today, another developer was having the issue, so I decided to write it up here. For some reason, when opening Performance Monitor and attempting to add performance counters, no...

One of THE most inspiring talks I have seen Creating MSDN like help using SandCastle

T4 Editor Extending your MOSS site with Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX 3.5 SharePoint Guidance V2 Drop 7 Building a Virtualized UC Development Environment New Workflow Engine for .NET

I have had a HTC Touch Cruise for about 6 months now. It is a very nice phone with GPS, turn by turn software, wi-fi, camera, expandable memory and more, and I have been fairly happy with it. The HTC UI certainly masked the underlying Windows Mobile 6...

Pardon me while I rant. This afternoon I was looking at my finances. Not a terribly exciting task, but a task that needs to be done. When I last rebuilt my PC, I had neglected to install my copy of MS Money 2004. This was not a great issue, as I had been...

This morning was the coldest ride I have been on. When I left home at 6:20 AM, the apparent temperature at Archerfield was -1.2 Celsius. As I went through the park to get to Paradise Road, I snapped this picture: And yes, that white stuff is frost! My...

I remember when I was at University and we were taught this new thing called UML that was going to change the world and make all software development predictable and manageable. Like most things that you are taught at University, the teaching is disconnected...

Really good article on Database Modelling . It explains some of the proposed extensions to the UML to cater for Data Models.

I am being slack today and only posting the links HTC Touch Tweaks HTC Touch Cruise Tweaks 2 HTC Touch Cruise Tweaks 3 HTC Touch Cruise Tweaks 4 Vista Security Broken Build your own Gadget Station 5 Best To-Do List Managers DIY Self Watering Garden Get...

Today I got all excited about Inversion of Control after listening to a a .NET Rocks Podcast by James Kovacs on IoC . Trouble is, I was tired as heel, so here are the links that I did not get around to reading (weekend task I suspect) Article on MSDN...

I stumbled across this today while I was trying to figure out who the better carrier/plan is. http://www.mobchoice.com.au/compare-cap-plans-spreadsheet Give it a go - you might be very surprised. I also had a look at the forums of Whirlpool.net and found...