Monthly Archives: October 2006

Generics, Reflection and Threads in C#

Posted on October 31, 2006 by dale

So I’ve been messing around with Generics and Reflection in C# this week. I’m busy writing something that’s going to support a plugin system so that the same core can be used for multiple clients. But my question is where … Continue reading →

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Edgy Eft (Ubuntu 6.10)

Posted on October 30, 2006 by dale

So 1000 and something packages and about 900mb later I have a completely uptodate version of Ubuntu my upgrade to the new 6.10 version of Ubuntu finished late Saturday night and I sat tweaking things until early Sunday morning. I … Continue reading →

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Beryl, Emerald & GLX

Posted on October 28, 2006 by dale

While I’m waiting for my machine to upgrade I’ve been doing a bit of browsing around and I stumbled across the Beryl project, it’s a fork of compiz and it’s incredible. You know how impressive XGL+Compiz was when Novell released … Continue reading →

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Upgrading to Edgy Eft (Ubuntu 6.10)

Posted on October 28, 2006 by dale

Right now rain my main linux machine at home is busy downloading the packages to complete the upgrade to Ubuntu 6.10 – Edgy Eft. It was pretty easy todo just dropped to the command line (well gnome-terminal) and ran ‘sudo … Continue reading →

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Snakes & Ladders – Trying to Learn Python Part 1

Posted on October 26, 2006 by dale

Been getting a bit bored with the whole C# .NET thing and decided to take a stab at learning a new language. It’s not that I don’t like C# I really do like it, but I spend all my time … Continue reading →

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Cricket

Posted on October 24, 2006 by dale

Not that today’s Cricket has been any good, but if you want to keep up to date on the current cricket score but don’t have a Radio, TV etc. Go checkout http://www.cricbuzz.com it gives you the current score and a … Continue reading →

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I own a helicopter !! (or yet another toy…)

Posted on October 23, 2006 by dale

So Saturday I took a trip down to Tygervalley Shopping Mall and as usual I took a trip to my favourite toy shop Peggity’s Toys. As you come in the door there’s a pile of these “helicopter things” but what … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Aeon Flux

Posted on October 23, 2006 by dale

I actually watched this movie awhile back but this weekend I bought the DVD and watched it again. Gary asked if it was any good and this got me thinking… was it? As I’m sure all of you know it … Continue reading →

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Help I’m a Book-aholic

Posted on October 20, 2006 by dale

I enjoy reading and yes I have a library card, but I don’t have tons of free time so I prefer buying books so that I can read them on and off when I want to. I also like having … Continue reading →

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Visual Studio ate my setup project.

Posted on October 20, 2006 by dale

Well Ok, technically it didn’t “eat” the setup project just manage to nibble at the dependencies.. (Of course this happens when you’re on a deadline racing against the clock trying to get something finished and built so that it can … Continue reading →

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