The Git integration in XCode 4 is very welcome however it seems to be a bit flaky when it comes to dealing with remote repositories. In this post, I list the 12 steps I’ve attempted to work with GitHub with new XCode projects.
In the process of moving a .co.uk domain over to 1&1 for someone this week, I encountered the undocumented status code of ‘Domain Update Done’.
The domain had previously shown as ‘Ready’ in the control panel and I was able to set the server and mailserver for them using 1&1′s nameserver.
The gotcha is that [...]
I’ve been chasing problems with MSDTC today. We were trying to get one machines on a different domain to use MSDTC through COM+ to talk to a remote SQL Server on a different domain.
Select / Read operations seemed to work fine but when it attempted to use an UPDATE method in a transaction, it [...]
Google have changed their terms of service on their Contacts API in a seemingly simple way, but with hopefully bigger consequences. It might force Facebook to open the doors on external access to the data we choose to store there.
Gibraltar Software provides a richer feedback experience if you’re used to using log4net; just remember to tidy up after yourself.
How to solve a BadImageFormatException when your Visual Studio 2010 solution has a console application and class libraries and you’re running on a 64-bit machine.
URL Shortening Services have been springing up all over the place since Twitter’s continued rise in popularity. The ability to use less characters to link to any webpage isn’t limited to short messaging platforms like SMS and Twitter. I’ve seen plenty of technical presentations include them to aid those taking notes not having to write [...]
At first, it appears that the AVCHD movie files that certain cameras use are difficult to import into iMovie without some sort of conversion software.
Ignore all that, you can do it all with Disk Utility and your Mac without spending a dime/penny/whatever your local unit of currency is.
Start Applications->Utilities->Disk Utility up. Click ‘New [...]
The Powershell Invoke-Command script is very powerful for automating the deployment of software built in a Continuous Integration process. However, I just ran into a bit of new syntax when trying to invoke an executable on the remote box when specifying arguments.
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- @KnackeredCoder oh I agree. It all helps. 2nd in the table is a great start. I'd just like wins to be try based,penalty light tussles
- @KnackeredCoder not exactly singing. As they said it was Scotland that lost not England that won.
- That was so close to a try for Scotland. I reckon it was his wrist that stopped that ball rotating but it was nearly his hand. #BBC6nations
- @rhys_isterix I think they're getting back on top of this game. England dented their confidence mid first half.
- RT @Deborandum: Do NOT drive out in Derbyshire - roads are NOT gritted and are dangerous #buxton #Belper #Ashbourne
Foreign Raspberries
The exciting Raspberry Pi project is nearing fruition but it seems their attempts to boost the UK economy by getting the boards made over here has been thwarted by lead times and an insane tax law.
It seems UK manufacturers end up paying tax on components, but if they get the [...]