Archive for the ‘ General Rants ’ Category

Linq to Objects vs Generic List

If you know me, then you know I like to make things run fast.  I like testing performance of my software.  So with a recent website, I noticed that I query a tiny database table a lot.  There surely is a faster why to do it, and with Linq statements you can query in memory objects like Sql.  Nice…? Read the rest of this entry »

ASP.net Weird Bug

The Problem

Could someone explain the following to me.  I have a page with a couple of buttons on it.  They sit nicely next to each other with a  nice gap.  Here’s the Html (webforms): Read the rest of this entry »

Google Maps API v3.0 – Multiple Markers, Multiple Infowindows

Like many of you out there that use Google Maps, when v3.0 of it came out you jumped at the chance to use it!  But I couldn’t get the multiple markers, multiple info windows to work, no matter what I found on Google’s site.

Searching got me to this blog:

http://www.svennerberg.com/2009/09/google-maps-api-3-infowindows

And it states this guy is writing a book on this very subject.  So this should have the answer.  Well bollocks it did!  Stop writing your book now matey! Read the rest of this entry »

Fighting Cancer with Music

Many of you that read my blog The few of you that read my blog may have seen that I have been helping a good friend Donna, build her website and promote her charity Fighting Cancer with Music.  She is currently promoting an event in Taylor, Texas for her friend Jenny Tepernning:

The Jenny Benefit

So if you read this and you are in that area, please head along and find out more.

What’s also cool is this allowed me to post my first blog on the awesome blog site Elephant Journal.  Waylon Lewis was kind enough to let me post about what is Donna is up to.  He has a phenomenal following of regular 30K visitors, with 170K more than visit at least once a month.  So hopefully this will help Donna out in ways that I could never have possibly done.  Thanks Waylon!

anyone have an old intel based…

anyone have an old intel based mac they don’t want anymore?

The General Election 2010

http://www.didmympshowupornot.com/

That link above is a great link.  It will take you to a page to see if your MP took part in the last reading of Digital Economy Bill.  But then you can find out so much more about your MP it’s scary!  Armed with just your postcode you can find out how effective each of your local MP… all powered by the lovely Guardian newspaper.

#alltwitters anyone got good t…

#alltwitters anyone got good tips on how to debug my bluescreen of deaths #BSod