July 2007
1 post
A Windows Genuine False Positive!
So this evening my $300 genuine copy of Windows Vista Business decided it was no longer genuine. But my favorite part is I have lots of work due in the next few days and I’m paid by the hour. That means I am now losing money and face! So needless to say I’m a little upset. But hey, surely Microsoft has some mechanism to get me back in the game right? Not after 6:00pm! Nope. I have to...
June 2007
2 posts
If Then Else Shorthand in C#
Sometimes you need to use “If Then Else” logic on something really simple, but all those brackets and parentheses are ugly and confusing. So instead use some fancy shorthand! In this example I want to display the top 5 items in my array, but if my array is less than 5 items long I want to show all of the items up to the length of my array. (Otherwise I’d get an “index out...
I'm crushing over Drobo!
I’m in love with Data Robotics, Inc. no hassle data redundancy device, Drobo. I’ve been kicking around the idea of building my own RAID 5 network file server to store all of my music, videos, pics, and et cetera for a couple of years now. But that, of course, is no easy task, nor is it easy on the pocket book. And now here comes Drobo to my rescue! You’ve got 7 minutes to spare...