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Is Microsoft being biased with their spell checker?
I was writing an email about iPads and iPhones and found it amusing Microsoft decided to exclude them from their default spell checker despite their prominence in the market place and yet decided to...
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The case of C# override with the new keyword and consequence of public vs....
Today I came to an interesting observation of public & private accessibility with regards to using the new keyword.The scenario was exceedingly simple, almost too trivial to even write about but...
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.NET Framework FileInfo.Delete() method throws UnauthorizedAccessException
When deleting a file using FileInfo.Delete() method, the .NET framework sometimes throws an exception as shown below: Yet, when you delete the file manually through explorer its removed fine from the...
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Cross Multiply Mental Calculation iPhone App Ver 1.1
This is the latest update to the original cross multiplication application released a few weeks ago -- original posting here. Version 1.1 of the app allowed me to practice with threading as well as...
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Facebook vs. Google it's a brutal war...
Web sites have a simple way to tell search engines how to index their site. This consists of a file called robots.txt the web site places on the root of their site specifying the rules on how the...
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Setting UITableView rowHeight property dynamically when reusing...
xCode allows for multiple convenient ways for configuring the UITableView cells. Using one of default custom configurations, specifying it in storyboard as a prototype, specifying it in a nib file...
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Bank Failures App 1.0
Over the fall quarter of 2012, we created the Bank Failures app for iOS. I thank a colleague of mine for the detailed graphics and CSV parsing library we ended up using extensively for this and other...
View ArticleT-SQL Compute GMT Offset For Date Light Savings Time Automatically
I came across some dialog where adjustment to daylight savings time was being applied manually in SQL Server stored procedures or functions to calculate the appropriate timezone shift (e.g. sometimes...
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How to Add Apple Physical Gift Card to Passbook
Quick StartDetails of how this worksI had a few Apple gift cards laying around and now using apple's Touch ID more often, I wanted to place these into Passbook for safe keeping and easier access. So...
View ArticleThe Need for Improved Software Quality
For this particular post, I would like to share a white paper I recently came across summarizing a major research on the security of various types of software from off the shelf to custom built...
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