All my programming and web development articles:
26 Sep 2016
Helping The Next Developer: Readable C#
A few tips for writing C# code which explains itself clearly.
26 Mar 2015
Election 2015: Manifesto Mining
Creating word frequency illustrations from the 2015 election manifestos.
25 Mar 2015
Revo SuperConnect Review
A review of the Revo SuperConnect DAB/Internet radio.
02 Feb 2015
Getting the first and last day of a week or month with C#
Extension methods for determining the first and last day of the week or month a specific date is within.
30 Sep 2014
Building a simple Google Chrome extension
In this example, I walk through creating a simple extension for Google Chrome which grabs the title, url and any selected text from the current page.
12 Mar 2014
Automatically converting tabs to spaces on file open in Sublime Text
A Sublime Text plugin to automatically convert tabs to spaces when a file is opened.
21 Dec 2012
IntelliJ IDEA: Fixing "Permission denied: connect" Errors
An issue with some older Cisco VPN client software means IntelliJ IDEA will throw connection exceptions when trying to perform online actions. Here's how to fix it.
04 Feb 2011
Creating a simple Stopwatch/Timer application with C# and Windows Forms
A basic pattern for creating a stopwatch/timer application in C#, which is slightly trickier than it sounds…
17 Nov 2010
Portable Git for Windows: setting the $HOME environment variable to allow complete portability (including SSL keys and configuration for use with GitHub)
There are a few issues which make Portable Git not quite as portable as it could be. In this article, I explain the gotchas and walk you through creating a tweaked Portable Git for Windows install which is truly self contained.
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