Mono 2.10 Compiler Crash
I discovered a serious bug in the Mono compiler while testing a large C# .NET project. This project had previously been compiled without issue in Mono 2.8, but would fail in Mono 2.10 with: Stacktrace:...
View ArticleOpenbox: Finding lost windows
Openbox is a fast and flexible window manager for Linux. One major issue with Openbox, laptops, and external displays: windows can end up off the screen when switching from dual displays to a single...
View ArticleRemotely Managed: Prevent an embarrassing phone call
"Please type exactly what I say..." Over the years, I've had to work remotely on several Cisco routers / Linux Boxes / You Name It. When dealing with any type of network device, there is always the...
View ArticleDetecting Issues with IE6 and Gzip Compression
IIS 6 did not make it easy to compress your content, so many people implemented gzip compression directly. There is a little known issue with IE 6 and gzip compression. Hopefully you don't have to...
View ArticleGetting The Fully Qualified Type in C#
C# is a strongly typed language where multiple assemblies may be used at one time. Because of this, strings representing types must include the assembly name in addition to the type name. This issue...
View ArticleSQL: Return result for each day of the year
If you've ever dealt with SQL Server (or just SQL), you've probably run into the scenerio where you need to return sales for each day of the year, but you don't have records for each day. A common...
View Articlelog4net: Adding custom log levels
Log4net is an excellent logging framework for .NET applications. It's lightweight, offers a multitude of options, and is flexible enough to grow with the project. Out of the box, log4net offers 5...
View Articlegit-annex:
I've been playing with git-annex for a while and I needed an alternate to the built in s3 backend... Here is my work... Details to follow. #!/usr/bin/perl ################################### #...
View ArticleSnapshot Arch Linux Repo
I'm a avid Arch Linux fan. For some reason, I always want ultimate control over every CPU cycle in my laptop. Years ago I was a Gentoo user and would spend an entire weekend compiling my machine. Yea,...
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Rackspace Cloud: A Good Offering With Two Gotchas
After years of hearing how the cloud would revolutionize everything, our primary systems were still on physical servers. Real world testing had shown that the physical servers provided better...
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