Monthly Archives: March 2010

Well I certainly didn’t know that Word could do this

Whilst I was watching football I had this amazing idea that I was going to write a plugin for Word that would let you write blog posts and publish them onto your blog. I literally had no idea that Word … Continue reading

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Revisting the Project Euler problem runner

I’m sure that you must have heard about Project Euler, which “is a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems that will require more than just mathematical insights to solve”. I have blogged about tackling the Project Euler problems before, and … Continue reading

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Even more on the generic plugin manager

I’ve written previously about writing your own generic plugin manager/framework. I believe that this is a worthwhile exercise for the beginning programmer, because it firstly teaches you a lot about reflection, and secondly teaches you the advantages that proper use … Continue reading

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You don’t have to kneel at the altar of the cult of Apple

Unless you’ve been living under a rock You will have seen, heard and read the buzz about the Apple iPad. What it is, what it does and why you should buy it. This post is not about all that – … Continue reading

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Git plus dropbox

Some time ago, I wrote about using Dropbox as a version control system. I now realise how naive  and short-sighted that thought was. At the time, it was my belief that a dropbox account could be suitable for maintaining version … Continue reading

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