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A collection of interesting things I’ve discovered this month: ASP.NET Core CSRF defence with Antiforgery https://www.asyncapi.com/ https…

I’m currently migrating my blog from Jekyll to Gatsby - mostly because I don’t know Ruby, which Jekyll is written in, but I do know…

A collection of interesting things I’ve discovered this month: json:api - This is an interesting way of structuring the JSON responses from…

A collection of interesting things I’ve discovered this month (and a few from before that): https://weblog.west-wind.com/posts/2014/jan/0…

This was suprisingly tricky to set up so I thought it would be good to share. Added to a file it will exclude JetBrains Rider (and IntelliJ…

I’ve seen quite a few CVs for .NET Developers over the years and unfortunately some people are let down by common mistakes. This is a list…

As an ex-Slack user, who is now using Microsoft Teams, here’s what I don’t like about using it: There’s markdown support but it’s buggy and…

Example output:

Microsoft Future Decoded, November 1st 2017, Day 2 - Tech Deep Dives These are my notes from the day. It’s not a detailed summary of the…

Run this PowerShell command as Administrator: Open Manage Computer Certificates (typing certificates in the Start menu should find it) Open…

This is useful but hard to find a PowerShell version of. I found it here:

To configure all indexes (including existing ones) to have zero replicas (useful if running on only one server, e.g. in development…

Because I keep forgetting it: Full details: https://github.com/aspnet/Docs/blob/master/aspnetcore/host-and-deploy/azure-apps/troubleshoot…

If you get an error similar to the below and are using encrypted databases, make sure that you’re running the RavenDB process as the same…

I bought a Pukka teas taster pack a few weeks ago, and kept notes so I could remember which ones I wanted to buy more of. These are my…

If you get this error, you may have run another PSake script with a different framework version in the same PowerShell session. Open a new…

git filter-branch -force -index-filter ‘git rm -cached -r -ignore-unmatch directoryToRemove’ -prune-empty — -all git push origin master…

If you want a quick way of running IISRESET from within Visual Studio: Tools > External Tools… Add a new menu item to run C:\Windows…

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12257110/can-you-force-visual-studio-to-always-run-as-an-administrator-in-windows-8 fix.reg: Windows…

Microservices in .NET IDL - interface definition language - swagger? Components - don’t know what’s remote SOA - make it being remote…

If you have a UK keyboard and try typing backslash into the Dell iDRACView application you might see # appear instead. After a lot of…

I don’t have time to write a proper blog post, but here are some of the links I found useful today: Event hashtag: #hackitmsft https://dev…

Try removing the trailing slash. This works: https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/token This doesn’t: https://login.salesforce.com…

I recently experienced problems where Internet Explorer performance was sluggish, almost unusable. I could barely log in to the application…

A few months ago I managed to brick my wife’s Canon 60D. This is the story of how it happened and the things I tried doing to fix it before…

Some very rough notes from MongoDB London 2013:

Update firmware Check TRIM is enabled AHCI mode Disable hibernation (powercfg -h off) Install Intel Remote Storage Tools Disable page file…

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Note: work in progress I found a couple of example configurations for IIS logging, but they both rely on NXLog and contain deprecated…

Note: work in progress This site helps with the date/time formats used: http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/apidocs/org/joda/time/format…

This PowerShell script will look for a file called nuget.config in the current directory, then use it to enumerate through all packages…

I recently downloaded some files from Salesforce Chatter which ended in ”|.” If Windows won’t let you delete them (it says they don’t exist…

I recently had some problems with HOSTS file entries that were being ignored. When viewed in most text editors it looked correct, but what…

I’ve been a Dashlane user for a while now, having found out about it through a friend and respected colleague who started working for them…

I recently discovered a problem where the Where-Object –contains operator wasn’t doing what I thought it was, i.e. the equivalent of String…

If you have problems remote debugging then make sure you check all the boxes in the Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Windows Firewall…

We recently needed to make sure that anonymous authentication was enabled (at the IIS level) for an application, regardless of the defaults…

Another candidate for HTML/JavaScript charting, that’s a bit higher-level than d3.js or Raphael: http://humblesoftware.com/flotr2/

If you add the following to your PowerShell profile then you’ll have access to all the commands only normally available by opening the…

I’d not come across this until today, when I was having problems installing some printer drivers. It lets you list and remove printer…

I’ve got msysgit installed, with the bin directory in my PATH. Unfortunately msysgit uses svn 1.4.6 still, so when I was running svn on the…

If you’re in the habit (like I was until recently) of using the DateTime data type whenever you need to represent a date, time or timestamp…

Somebody on Stack Overflow recently asked for reasons why I wouldn’t reccommend using the Microsoft Sync Framework. Below is some feedback…

Tuesday was the UK Technical Launch of Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Exchange Server 2010 at Wembley Stadium. The weather was pretty…

For the last few years I’ve been trying to keep a list of all work-related training and events I’ve been to. I recently updated this and…

Right-click on “My Computer”, then click “Manage” Click on “Device Manager” Click on “View > Show hidden Devices” Click on “Non-Plug and…

A lot of web development tools like Dreamweaver and FrontPage like to create annoying files and folders throughout a build. I’m sure they’re…

I recently found a good use for Process Monitor which I hadn’t thought of before: If you ever have problems with software not working and…

If you have any problems with jQuery and SWFObject conflicting, put the SWFObject code in the $(document).ready event handler.

For a while I’ve had trouble with Firefox when using a local IIS 5 install to test/debug an ASP.NET application. Some of the images and…

Another good reason to hate Internet Explorer 6 and it’s hopeless error messages. If you ever get the JavaScript (or should that be JScript…

While tidying my bookmarks today, I found a load of sites I’d used for my MSc. I thought I might as well post them here before I delete them…

As you may have noticed, this site now runs on WordPress and Gallery 2. I then integrated the gallery into WordPress by using the WPG2 plug…

After being shortlisted a month or so ago my project has been awarded Voluntary Sector Project of the Year at this years Computing Awards…

If you hate RealPlayer as much as I do then you might find RealPlayer Enterprise useful. It’s had most of the annoyances removed and…

After a lot of trial and error I’ve finally come to the conclusion that the NVidia ForceWare Network Manager can cause problems with the…

I recently bought the UK edition (WRT54G-UK) of the Linksys Wireless-G 54mbps Broadband Router. Recently it seems to have either been…

I recently bought a new case, the Antec SLK3000B. The reason I’m posting this is that some people might be interested to know that the…

I thought it was about time I gave this a go. I hope you enjoy reading it, but don’t expect anything more than a few technical notes or…