Bits.Bytes.

Well, it’s old news by now that CodeGear has been brought by Embarcadero technologies.
Now, while established CodeGear staff  sound very chipper about it, to me it is just the death knell sound of the kicks of a dying horse. CodeGear is the the quintessential example of a company that never misses an opportunity to miss […]

Welcome back to this series where I share my experiences in building a feed reader.
To keep you interested, and prove that I’m not just talking, what I’ll be doing is showing you where I’ve reached so far and then go on to the meat and potatoes
Progress As Of Today
Grouping
Feed Cruncher can now group articles by Date […]

I depend heavily on RSS. To find out what’s going on in general and in the technology sector. I have subscribed literally to hundreds of feeds. Needless to say, I need a tool to better help me manage all this information.
For a very long time I have been looking for a good RSS Feed reader. […]

Microsoft Excel 2007 has an interesting, albeit embarrassing bug.
Type the following into a shiny new spreadsheet

Press Enter and you should see the following

Then, type the following

You’d think you’d get the same result. This is where you would be wrong

Let’s try with other factors

The result?

Ok, maybe there’s something special about […]

No, I have not died. I have been very much alive but have had pressing commitments on other levels that have kept me from contributing actively to Bits & Bytes, something I shall correct forthwith! Regular programming will resume soon.
As a happy iPod classic owner (I’m tempted by the iPod touch but 16 GB of […]

One of the neatest things about Office 2007 is the XML file format that it uses to store data. This of course has a number of interesting ramifications, the most important ones being:

Presentation and data are separated, which means

You can change the presentation at any time, using clever means like an IIS Module
You can change […]

Just when will this patent insanity come to an end?
 
Someone has patented the linked list. THE LINKED LIST!
 
Armageddon is at hand! Next will be the combo box and then we’re all buggered

Is it just me or has JoelOnSoftware stopped being OnSoftware and become  PimpFogCreekAndAlsoJobsOnJoel? Long gone are the classic articles that kept you nodding in agreement or wincing in understanding. Now the articles have all become advertisements.
I know a chap’s got to pay the bills but dude — once you’ve got us hooked throw us the […]

Say you’re at your command prompt and want to send a quick email. The usual routine would be to
Hit Start

 
Click All Programs

Click Microsoft Office

Click Outlook

Click new message

Type said message

Alternatively you can hit windows+r and type the following as the command
mailto:santa@gmail.com?Subject=Presents&Body=I am deeply dissatisifed

Tell me that’s not cool!

Any software company that is looking for examples of what NOT TO DO to improve its reputation ought to take a look at InstallAware. This is a company that seems to be bending over backwards in determination to lower its reputation down to nothing.
 
Looking at Stephan Krueger’s analysis, InstallAware appears to have a fine disregard […]