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Craig Murphy

Recent Posts

• DDD7 Some photographs

  Posted: 24 Nov 2008 at 06:44

  I’ll pull together a fuller write up over the course of this week, but in the meantime, here are some photographs: http://flickr.com/photos/craigmurphy/sets/72157609886748188/

• DDD7 - Please give us your feedback!

  Posted: 23 Nov 2008 at 23:25

  DDD7 feedback is now open: http://www.developerday.co.uk/ddd/feedback.asp Technorati Tags: DDD, DDD7, Feedback

• Antivirus 2009 seems to doing the rounds…

  Posted: 19 Nov 2008 at 12:28

  A colleague brought his XP-based laptop into the office today. Through a quirk of fate, Antivirus 2009 had managed to install itself. It’s a pretty swish looking piece of malware that looks very much like leading anti-virus programs, even giving you the feel-good factor that it has found inf

• DDD7 - where’s my badge?

  Posted: 19 Nov 2008 at 09:57

  A number of DDD7 folks have been asking me “where’s my badge?” In the past Microsoft Events have sent out the badges. Attendees bring the badge with them on the day, the lovely events staff then “click” the badge to a clip and entry is permitted! For DDD7 the ba

• SharePoint User Group UK (SUGUK) - Edinburgh Meeting, November 27th

  Posted: 17 Nov 2008 at 08:54

  Who/What: Spencer Harbar SharePoint MVP - MythBusters – debunking common SharePoint Farm Misconceptions Andrew Woodward SharePoint MVP - Test Driven Development – Contrary to popular belief it can be done on SharePoint projects When: November 27th Where: Edinburgh - The Scottish Parliament building

• Screencast - Word 2007 Content Controls

  Posted: 16 Nov 2008 at 16:12

  At the end of October 2008 I delivered an introductory presentation about the Open XML file formats and how we might use them from within C#, i.e. pragmatically. Part of that presentation demonstrated the use of Word 2007 content controls and whilst it was the primary demonstration of the evening,

• [Event] Agile Malta - 5th December 2008

  Posted: 14 Nov 2008 at 21:55

  I’m pleased to see Agile Malta running its second conference. I have a soft spot for Malta having essentially lived there on and off for many years. It has probably changed a lot, but I still like to think I know Malta and Gozo almost as well as I know the back of [...]

• Passwords alone, are not enough. Even if they were, are they hard to break?

  Posted: 14 Nov 2008 at 16:52

  Relying on a single password for more than one purpose, e.g. logging on to your web-mail, instant messaging service, Facebook, Bebo, etc. is probably very commonplace.  Indeed, exposés such as Twitterank, and even it’s parody site TwitterAwesomeness, highlight the ease at which folks wi

• Twitterank - celeb or peon? @t_rank

  Posted: 12 Nov 2008 at 23:44

  my Twitterank is 9999.99 http://twitterawesomeness.com/ Just a short post to remind users to be careful with their online credentials. Twitterank appears to have grabbed the limelight (tonight, GMT) as one such web application that relies on folks wanting to be popular…or at least fin

• Announce - DDD Scotland 2 - 2nd May 2009

  Posted: 12 Nov 2008 at 10:39

  What/When/Where: Following the success of DDD Scotland in May 2008, I’m pleased to announce that DDD Scotland 2 will be held on the 2nd of May 2009 in Glasgow. As usual, DDD Scotland will follow the same pattern as the highly successful DDD events held in Reading. Barry Dorrans w

• How to Talk to (Geek)Girls Online…Etiquette (link through)

  Posted: 08 Nov 2008 at 02:18

  Via Twitter (@UMLGuy), I found myself reading a blog post by Dana Coffey (@crazeegeekchick) Now, even if I wasn’t married, I wouldn’t dream of doing any of the crazy things that Dana mentions in her blog entry. It’s just not the done thing. Take Dana’s rule of all ru

• Cleaning up after the WordPresz 2.6.4 incident

  Posted: 08 Nov 2008 at 01:03

  As many of you are probably aware, earlier this week I noticed that my trusty WordPress blog was duping me into downloading and installing an essential security upgrade to version 2.6.4. At the time, I was running version 2.5.1. You’re possibly wondering why I had upgraded to an authentic Wo

• WordPresz 2.6.4 fake - video demonstrating the hijack

  Posted: 07 Nov 2008 at 01:57

  I’ve managed to record a short video of the WordPresz 2.6.4 dashboard hijack. It’s probably old hat now as the offending web-site has been taken down. You can view this video in full-screen mode - there’s an icon at the bottom of the video on the right-hand side. Sc

• WordPresz 2.6.4 - Sophos pick up on it as Troj/WPHack-A

  Posted: 06 Nov 2008 at 13:07

  Sophos are now identifying my earlier post about WordPresz 2.6.4 as Troj/WPHack-A. Further information can be found at the Sophos web-site, The Register and over at ZDNet (Fake WordPress site distributing backdoored release)

• Blogging frequency: affected by [business] travel

  Posted: 04 Nov 2008 at 10:38

  As some of you may know, I’ve been doing some stats recently - there must be something in the air! Anyway, as part of another stats gathering exercise, I found myself looking at a list of blog entries that I had made over the past 12 months to October 2008. Looking at the list, it [...]

• WordPresz 2.6.4 - fake?

  Posted: 03 Nov 2008 at 20:58

  When I logged into my admin account for my WordPress blog, I was surprised to find this waiting for me in the dashboard: Wordpresz.org appears to be a spoof of wordpress.org. With the exception of the download link and one or two others (Facebook link, etc.) all the pages lead back to the

• Open XML - Resources

  Posted: 29 Oct 2008 at 15:30

  This post serves as a placeholder for my Open XML links, resources, etc. I will update it from time to time. History 28/10/2008 - Posted pre-VBUG Newcastle inaugural delivery of An Introduction to Open XML. Download the slides and Visual Studio 2008 / Open XML SDK 2 CTP1 demo code. It&r

• The Fake Sarah Silverman Show @sarahsilverman @fake_sarah_silv @imKM

  Posted: 26 Oct 2008 at 23:38

  The Internet is awash with security issues, none more so than the social networking sites that so many users place considerable amounts of trust and belief. Today, users can sign up on such sites as Facebook and Twitter (to name two that I use) without any form of secondary credential check, i.e. y

• New C# Book - available to download, free

  Posted: 24 Oct 2008 at 13:12

  C# Yellow Book The C# Book is used by the Department of Computer Science in the University of Hull as the basis of the First Year programming course…it’s available for download here: http://www.robmiles.com/c-yellow-book/ Technorati Tags: Rob Miles, C# Yellow Book, Hull, Un

• DDD7 - Registration now open!

  Posted: 22 Oct 2008 at 10:31

  I am pleased to announce that registration for DDD7 is now open. Here’s the link you’ll need: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032393874&Culture=en-GB Technorati Tags: DDD, DDD7, registration open