A very simplistic explanation of events in C#

Introduction If you just want to see the code involved, go to the end of this article. I am really writing this for myself because on the rare occasion that I have to rely on events for something, I a...

How I got Trovi on my computer and why you should never install CDisplayEx

Introduction I wanted to view some comics a friend recently gave me. If you haven’t heard of Berserk, you should go check it out. The anime does the manga justice, but the manga, just like all o...

Dell Latitude E6400, Topaz Signature Pad and Broadcom USH Drivers

Introduction Dell is special… Latitudes are not good development machines, they are business grade, but somehow organizations think that cheap laptops are okay for developers to use. Anyhow, I h...

Setting Up WCF with Windows Authentication

Introduction Configuring WCF to do anything for the first time is very time consuming, frustrating and just generally a hassle. My coworker and I mucked through this wonderful WCF configuration experi...

Getting Started With Entity Framework 4.3.1

Introduction Entity Framework (EF) has evolved quite a bit and as it has evolved it has become more and more confusing to keep up with its changes which have been introduced a series of addons in the ...

Sprinkler System Pump Assembly Demystified

Background You are probably wondering to yourself – why the hell are you posting this? Trust me – there are like no articles about this on the net that I could find when I needed them, so ...

Litter Robot Literally Randomly Starts/Stops Working

Background If you want the fix, skip to the next section. So I bought a refurbished litter robot for too much money, I know, I know – “You spent 289 dollars on a device for your cats to do...

How to Kill all Processes for a Specific Database

Usually you would just use the Activity Monitor like shown below… The mundane repetition of right click each process and selecting Kill Process becomes annoying after the n_th process.  ...

Common Base Class Work Around for Page and UserControl

The Gotcha This is a really sore subject for me because I have tried finding a unifying factor for both sets of objects, but the answer I have come up with is – there is no unifying factor. I ha...

How to Make Your Recycled Printer Cartridge Work Flawlessly

Here are some very easy to follow steps to make ANY Recycled Printer Cartridge work flawlessly: If you took the newly purchased Recycled Cartridge out of its box, then neatly put it back in the box as...