Software
iPhone QuickPwn Released For Windows
The amazing iPhone-Dev Team folks have released a faster and easier way to JailBreak your iPhone, without requiring a restore. It is being noted that this is a mostly feature complete development vers ....... read more
Mon,
18 Aug 2008
Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 Released
I am all about helping out companies with beta testing, and I really appreciate it when users do the same for us. However I only have one Windows Home Server, and it has my life on it in digital form ....... read more
Tue,
22 Jul 2008
Create Backups of Firefox With MozBackup
Recently my hard drive went out on my Laptop. Instead of pulling a backup, I decided it was time for a fresh install of Vista. There is really nothing that I do not mind setting up from scratch other ....... read more
Wed,
09 Jul 2008
Reddit Goes Completely Open Source
Reddit has announced that they are going completely open source. A huge step for a company like Reddit, especially since last year they were acquired by Condé Nast.
Speculation on how Digg will respon ....... read more
Wed,
18 Jun 2008
What Are You Doing Tomorrow?
You are downloading Firefox 3 arent you? Yes you are! Honestly this is a huge update. I have been using the beta for a while now. Not only have they done a great job of improving the browser, but th ....... read more
Mon,
16 Jun 2008
Steve, If Your Are So Worried About User Experience?
Then why every time I update iTunes I get this:
Even though I unchecked this:
And I still have to deal with this, which has been around forever:
Please stop being so bloated iTunes!
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Sat,
24 May 2008
Trying Flock to Replace Firefox
Flock is a "social web browser built off of Firefox", which has a slew of built in widgets that connect to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and more. I have been using it for just over 24 hours, ....... read more
Tue,
20 May 2008
NetGrid Studio 25 License Giveaway!
In celebrating the the recent launch of NetGrid Studio, I am personally giving away 25 licenses to my Code and Coffee readership. Here are the rules and how you can snag one of these free licenses:
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Mon,
19 May 2008
Microsoft, You Have Made Vista Hard to Develop For!
I have learned to like, even love some things about Vista. That is not to say I think its perfect. Its far from perfect. Its unfortunate that it took Microsoft this long to implement some of the gr ....... read more
Mon,
05 May 2008
Learning to Not Re-Invent the Wheel is Hard For a Developer
I have a backlog of things that I have been meaning to do for some time. In the spirit of cleaning house, I have started in on the list. One of the items that I have wanted to to for a really long tim ....... read more
Tue,
08 Apr 2008
G-Archiver Is a Scam, Don?t Blame Shareware
Originating from Jeff Attwoods blog, Coding Horror about G-Archiver being a scam. The application, meant to backup your GMail account apparently emails your username and password to the developers GM ....... read more
Mon,
10 Mar 2008
Eliminating the Need for Common Desktop Apps
As a desktop Software developer, it is hard to admit that I have enjoyed moving my common applications to web services. Like many these days, I am not tied to just one computer. A desktop, laptop, and ....... read more
Thu,
06 Mar 2008
How To Add a System Tray Icon For TortoiseSVN
TortoiseSVN is arguably the best SVN client for Windows, my favorite for sure. The only negative aspect he program comes with is that TSVNCache.exe becomes very large in memory over time. This proces ....... read more
Wed,
27 Feb 2008
Easy MySQL Backups on a Windows Server
During the re-launch of BlueCrestStudios we moved to a Windows server. It was part of our initiative to take things back to our roots, and make things simpler. Because we run a fair amount of PHP appl ....... read more
Tue,
26 Feb 2008
Adobe?s AIR: The Good Comes With Bad
One my favorite morning reads, ReadWriteWeb has a great article about Adobes AIR technology. For those not familiar, AIR stands for Adobe Integrated Runtime, and is a cross platform, code once run e ....... read more
Mon,
25 Feb 2008
Is There No "Try" in "Free Trial"?
With the revamp and release of BlueCrestStudios product line right around the corner, I am paying extra detail to user experience as we polish off the corners and get things ready to go. When you are ....... read more
Tue,
19 Feb 2008
Amazon?s New MP3 Download Service is a True iTunes Competitor
Many have tried to steal part of the large market share that Apple owns of the digital music market. Many have also failed. Amazon was in a perfect position to take on this challenge, but it's biggest ....... read more
Tue,
02 Oct 2007
How I Dropped Outlook Like a Bad Habit
I have had a couple questions lately on how I handle all of my emails, so here goes:
Like many out there I have used Outlook for the longest time, longer than I can remember actually. I had a huge PST ....... read more
Wed,
26 Sep 2007
Why the NBC Announcement Hurts Us All
Yup, we all knew it was coming the second NBC announced it was pulling its shows from iTunes. NBC just announced it's new service, and everyone is talking... even the fake Steve Jobs. Bottom line is i ....... read more
Thu,
20 Sep 2007
All the Right Reasons Microsoft Should Be Worried
Mint just launched its new online money management service at TechCrunch40 this week. I was part of the beta and it is nice! Also this week Google unveiled it's PowerPoint Competitor. This puts two mo ....... read more
Tue,
18 Sep 2007