Monthly Archives: August 2007
BarCamp Christchurch
There is a Christchurch BarCamp in the pipeline for/on Friday 7th September. Seems to have been whipped up pretty quick. Must admit I’m interested in attending, but I’m at a loss what to talk about. Not scared of talking, just not … Continue reading
How to not manage customer expectations
You may have noticed me being very excited last week about ordering a Squeezebox from FirstIn, well I’m not very excited anymore. I’m just plain old pissed at their crap customer management. See last week (on Wednesday) when I placed … Continue reading
SolidColorBrush not reusable
In Silverlight I have just discovered by trail by fire the you should not reuse Brushes. Seems really odd coming from a Win32 GDI background to not use the same brush but the following code throws an exception on the second assignment. SolidColorBrush green … Continue reading
Lunar Eclipse
Well I didn’t see anything, but it matters not because Conor Boyd braved the cold, and took his bag of tricks and got some great photos. First is the composite The arc is fake, but the photo’s are real. Of interest … Continue reading
New York Times and the Freakonomics Blog
Scott Karp wrote quite a good (and full fead) post about how the New York Time can’t sell and Advertisers Refuse to buy full feed Advertising.. The article hit home with me, as I’d just unsubscribed from the Freakonomics Blog. All … Continue reading
