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  • Nevron .NET Vision Q2 2008 now available

    Published on 20 Aug 2008 from Nevron News

    Nevron Software is pleased to announce the production availability of the new major Q2 2008 release of Nevron .NET Vision - the data visualization components suite for .NET (WinForms and ASP.NET). The new Q2 version introduces new and improved Gauges,...(read more) Read full article

  • Schema Design Rules

    Published on 13 Aug 2008 from Charlie Barker

    These are the schema design commandments I live by, they are kept here purely for my reference. Rules marked with * are absolute and if not implemented will result in karma so bad you will be reincarnated as a bottom feeder. 1.) Pluralise table names. 2.) *Every table in the db will have a primary k Read full article

  • New Social Gaming Network - Playfire

    Published on 30 Jul 2008 from Charlie Barker

    I have a friend I'll call him Aaron because that's his name. He has joined the company behind a new social networking site focused in the gaming community. The have just revamped their site, it is still in beta though you wouldn't know it. The have areas for all the major consoles and of course pc Read full article

  • New search engine - CUIL

    Published on 29 Jul 2008 from Charlie Barker

    There is a new search engine on the block, you've got to admire someone who's got the balls to take google on! Check CUIL out. My first impressions are that it's fast, it doesn't have a geographical filter like google which might make looking for online stores in your country a problem, unless it ha Read full article

  • Centro - Entity Definitions / Work in Progress

    Published on 16 Jul 2008 from Charlie Barker

    Entity Definitions ================== Center - An organisation that runs courses Center Admin - A course administrator Center Instructor - A course instructor Organisation - An organisation that sends people on courses Organisation Admin - An administrator at an organisation that sends people on cou Read full article

  • Occupational Health Website in Monorail for ProHealth

    Published on 27 Jun 2008 from Charlie Barker

    I wanted a way to get into the guts of monorail so I offered to create a website for the occupational health company that my mum works for. It is very much a work in progress, you can check it out here ProHealthUk if you want to see the CRUD click the admin link. When the site goes fully live Read full article

  • nPower Sucks

    Published on 27 Jun 2008 from Charlie Barker

    So tonight at about 8pm I sit down on the couch with a beer when I hear a knock at the door. When I answer it there two ladies and a gent all smartly dressed in suits. The woman asks me to confirm my name and address as shown on her clipboard she then starts a vauge diatribe about how I could save Read full article

  • Working with Nevron Chart for .NET - XYZ Scatter Graphs

    Published on 18 Jun 2008 from Nevron News

    IntroductionThe requirements for presentation charts are always high and very often simple bars and lines are not enough to impress the audience. The rich feature set of Nevron Chart for .NET enables you to go beyond the limits of "ordinary" charts and opens a field of action for your imag Read full article

  • Nevron Diagram for .NET Q1 2008 - Released

    Published on 11 Jun 2008 from Nevron News

    Nevron Diagram has been designed from the ground up to meet a vast number of customization and extensibility requests. Built on top of the solid Model - View - Controller architecture it will provide your applications with consistent, intelligent and powerful diagramming abilities. Nevron Diagram fo Read full article

  • Nevron Chart for .NET Q1 2008 - Released

    Published on 11 Jun 2008 from Nevron News

    Nevron Chart for .NET is powerful, flexible, extensible and user-friendly. It aims to provide your applications with data visualization capabilities, which will significantly improve the looks and penetration of your product. Nevron Chart for .NET is a unique component, because it combines visual ri Read full article

  • centro a new open source project in monorail

    Published on 26 May 2008 from Charlie Barker

    I am building a course booking system in monorail and in the process of uploading the source to google code. This is basically a way for me to understand the MVC approach to building websites using the castle monorail project. I figured the code may be of use to others tackling similar tasks or who Read full article

  • On Thrashing

    Published on 21 May 2008 from Better .NET

    Sometimes I sit back and am amazed at the design tools we have today. As a single developer I can create a very functional web application in a matter of months. Even with the great tools we have today developers still face impediments to productivity. If you have any experience writing software the Read full article

  • What happens to your Blog when you die?

    Published on 17 Apr 2008 from Charlie Barker

    I was having difficulty getting to sleep last night and started wondering what happens to a persons blog when they die. Currently this blog lives on my server at home so I wouldn't reckon on it lasting too long after my passing should I be struck down by a Bus or Psyclist in london. Most folks who b Read full article

  • Crazy Invention #1 - Cable tidy for your Pc

    Published on 17 Apr 2008 from Charlie Barker

    Every now and then I have a half baked idea for a new kind of Gizmo, today I was staring at the mess of cables on my desk and thought up this. A device that replaces the multitude of cables that inhabit the back of your desk with one single fat cable for neatness. Could also develop a wirless versio Read full article

  • The Best Merge and Diff Tools

    Published on 12 Apr 2008 from Charlie Barker

    So I am relatively new to using merge tools. I have been developing with them for about a year. Merge tools become a necessity if you are developing in a team, or working on branches in your source control system. You do have to be ultra careful when you are merging against another developers change Read full article

  • Better Searching Using LINQ

    Published on 02 Apr 2008 from Better .NET

    I'm going to come right out and say it, I love LINQ to SQL. I love it, I love it, I love it. Not only does it save us time by eliminating plumbing code, but it gives us new tools to write better code.One thing that has always bothered me was I never found an elegent way to do multi-field searching. Read full article

  • T-SQL Reserved Keywords List

    Published on 27 Mar 2008 from Charlie Barker

    I always try and avoid using these keywords when naming objects in SQL Server: ADD EXCEPT PERCENT ALL EXEC PLAN ALTER EXECUTE PRECISION AND EXISTS PRIMARY ANY EXIT PRINT AS FETCH PROC ASC FILE PROCEDURE AUTHORIZATION FILLFACTOR PUBLIC BACKUP FOR RAISERROR BEGIN FOREIGN READ BETWEEN FREETEXT READTEXT Read full article

  • Nevron Releases .NET Vision Q4 2007 - introducing Visual Studio 2008 support, improvements for ASP.N

    Published on 28 Feb 2008 from Nevron News

     Nevron Software team is pleased to announce the new Q4 2007 release of Nevron .NET Vision - the professional data visualization component suite for Windows Forms and ASP.NET development. This release introduces Visual Studio 2008 support, major improvements in the AJAX support of the Chart and Read full article

  • Draytek 2820 Review

    Published on 28 Feb 2008 from Charlie Barker

    Model Name          : Vigor2820 series Firmware Version   : 3.1.1 Build Date/Time     : Nov 8 2007 11:10:43 ADSL Firmware      : 211801_A Annex A Price: £135 inc VAT I have just bought one of these to use Read full article

  • zero punctuation game reviews LMAO ROFL

    Published on 24 Feb 2008 from Charlie Barker

    This has to be the funniest most original game reviewer on the web. He is also very knowledgable Read full article