Sid: Vicious

Dan Archer documents his epic struggle with an apparently simple task of authenticating user credentials. For some reason, a task...

22 April 2008 26 min read

Dan Archer

If you see SID, tell him

As a small addendum to my previous blog on the subject of authenticating users, and checking for administrator privileges, under...

17 March 2008 8 min read

Dan Archer

SID. Vicious?

Some activities on any operating system fall into that category of “should be extraordinarily simple, and yet is full of...

17 March 2008 19 min read

Dan Archer

Step up to Red Alert!

“Step up to Red Alert!”“Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb…” — Red Dwarf Computers are...

05 February 2008 7 min read

Dan Archer

The timeout period elapsed prior to obtaining a connection from the pool.

As I believe I have already opined, dealing with databases is not one of my all time favourite activities. It’s...

15 March 2007 4 min read

Dan Archer

Exceptional service

A constant niggle in the arena of computing is the way in which nobody takes responsibility. If your computer crashes...

28 July 2006 4 min read

Dan Archer

Hoop jumping

Although this may come as a surprise to some, as I work at a company which happens to produce simple...

14 July 2006 6 min read

Dan Archer

1mL Adrenaline, stat

It is a balmy summer evening in a suburb of Cambridge, England. Young gentlemen play cricket on the village green....

12 June 2006 3 min read

Dan Archer

The game’s afoot

I’d like to squeeze in another reference to the Killing Game Show, or other Amiga classics, at this point. I...

10 May 2006 2 min read

Dan Archer

Wheels within wheels

I hate to depart from my usual ranting and raving and actually post some useful code, but the below is...

28 February 2006 6 min read

Dan Archer

Trivial Persuits

Once again I find myself penning a missive on trivia, rather than matters of import. Still, now we’re here… Regular...

07 February 2006 7 min read

Dan Archer

Super size me

Having fixed all the outstanding “Oh my [deity/dictator of choice], we have to fix this now or people will be...

12 December 2005 9 min read

Dan Archer

Cowboy filenames

If you ask me, and I take it as implicit by your visit that you do (sorry about that, but...

02 December 2005 5 min read

Dan Archer

Wing Dings

Occasionally when developing software you come across really absurd or bizarre bugs. The user interface for the application I’m currently...

22 November 2005 3 min read

Dan Archer

.NET Combo Boxes

It occasionally strikes me as hilarious that in the 21st millenium with Windows Vista near on the horizon with all...

28 October 2005 10 min read

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Sid: Vicious

If you see SID, tell him

SID. Vicious?

Step up to Red Alert!

The timeout period elapsed prior to obtaining a connection from the pool.

Exceptional service

Hoop jumping

1mL Adrenaline, stat

The game’s afoot

Wheels within wheels

Trivial Persuits

Super size me

Cowboy filenames

Wing Dings

.NET Combo Boxes