Server Configuration Problems with WCF
If you have started developing web services with Windows Communication Framework (WCF) you will no doubt have noticed that it is cleaner and more powerful than the old ASP.NET framework…. Read more »
[Censored]Sweeper
via Raymond Chen, David Vronay describes the travails of producing a version of the classic Minesweeper game for Windows Vista, subject to the restriction that it mustn’t offend anybody. I’m… Read more »
Microsoft’s FxCop Rules
David M. Kean lists the rules that Microsoft considers mandatory for internal development.
LWN on Voting Machines
LWN.net has a good summary of the latest developments in the voting machine scandal. This has been a bad few weeks to be a voting machine vendor. Three separate governments,… Read more »
How DRM Becomes Law
If you have a strong stomach check out this article: Information Week: A Behind-The-Scenes Look At How DRM Becomes Law Cory Doctorow gives an eyewitness account of how the entertainment… Read more »
Handling XML dateTime fields in .NET
The XML xs:dateTime format specifies that the date and time must be passed in ISO 8601 format. Also you will probably want to pass it in a time zone-independed way…. Read more »
Voting for Checked Exceptions
Elliotte Rusty Harold has drawn at least one nasty comment for his remarks about checked vs. unchecked exceptions in Java: Voting for Checked Exceptions. In fact he is exactly right…. Read more »
Why Legalize Spyware?
Alex Eckelberry of Sunbelt Software discusses the SPY-ACT, a bill before Congress whose purpose seems to be to legalize the Sony Rootkit and any other spyware that vendors choose to… Read more »
C# From a Java Developer’s Perspective
C# From a Java Developer’s Perspective a handy point-by-point comparison of the differences between the two languages by Dare Obasanjo.
WordPress Performance
WordPress Performance: Why My Site Is So Much Faster Than Yours by Elliott Back Good ideas, though more for sites that get a lot more traffic than this one.