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Google Talk

Martin Woodward
Date : 24 Aug, 2005
Categories :technology web podcast

Probably going to be a lot of talk about this over the next few days. Google has just released a first beta of Google Talk - ther own IM / VoIP client. Just giving it a try now, but it will be interesting to see how this competes with Skype, AIM et al.

Back Online

Martin Woodward
Date : 24 Aug, 2005
Categories :web

Well, I'm back online in the new house - with a lovely new 2Mbps ADSL connection. Upstream is still 256Kbps but that is as good as I can get for now (unless I want to pay for extra lines and start bonding ADSL connections).

Going Offline

Martin Woodward
Date : 21 Aug, 2005
Categories :dotnet maker web

This site may dissappear for some spells over the next few days. I'm currently in the process of moving house so it may take a while to get the old server located in my new garage. The good news is that I have some Cat5 cabling in the new house and a fancy 3Com router courtesy of Clark Sell.

Detecting Code Smells

Martin Woodward
Date : 12 Aug, 2005
Categories :technology dotnet maker web programming

I sometimes come across code that I consider posting to The Daily WTF, but I find the old career preservation instincts usually kick in. One of the most common problems occur when code is copy/pasted into lots of places. Tonight I accidentally stumbled upon this little tool for java - the copy/paste detector.

My Guest Map

Martin Woodward
Date : 11 Aug, 2005
Categories :technology web podcast

Excellent Google Hack via Scott Hanselman. Take a look at my guestmap Let me know where you live! It's a bit buggy and performance isn't great - but still pretty good.

Modal Dialog Copy Paste

Martin Woodward
Date : 10 Aug, 2005
Categories :git maker

A friend of mine called Mike Becker just passed on a tip that I am now committed to passing on to as many people as I know. You ever needed access to the information in one of those annoying modal dialog boxes? Well now you can.

Generics

Martin Woodward
Date : 09 Aug, 2005
Categories :dotnet web

I'm loving the new Generics support in C# 2.0 - may I never use the vanilla System.Collections namespace again. Syntactically, generics in C# and Java are quite smiliar, but there are some important differences under the hood of the VM (or CLR).

VSTS Extensibility Toolkit

Martin Woodward
Date : 08 Aug, 2005
Categories :tfs web

I always have trouble finding this, so I'm adding a link to the VSTS Extensibility toolkit to my blog and my del.icio.us links...

Apple Store

Martin Woodward
Date : 06 Aug, 2005
Categories :technology

Now I'm in the Apple Store in Chicago - sweet!!

In Redmond

Martin Woodward
Date : 04 Aug, 2005
Categories :personal

Just a quick post from inside the MS Vistor Centre in Redmond. Just seen a Compaq Luggable I still have in my Dad's loft inside a museum exibit - that's bad. Anyway, I'm now heading back to the office, then back to Chicago at the weekend.

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