The ugly side of the iPhone

After using the iPhone for a month I thought I would let you know what I think. Not the good things – the bad things. We all know what the good things are because apple wont stop going on about them. I want to tell you the things the iPhone doesn’t have or just does badly. Please let me know if you know a solution to any of my problems (that does not involve 3rd party apps or editing the preferences file!)

Banner tutorial using Adobe Fireworks

In this tutorial I will show you how to make a simple banner like the one for my blog. The image is made up of a number of layers, all of which are given a degree of opacity to give the illusion that they blend together to form one image. Therefore this tutorial focuses on how to create new layers and use them to our advantage. The finished banner will look like this:

Simple lottery number generator in C#

This tutorial will talk you through how to write a simple lottery number generator. People often get bogged down in figuring out how to ensure the same number doesn’t get drawn twice, but C# makes this very easy for us.

Simple logging in c#

Logging is an important tool in a developer’s toolbox. Although the need for logging as while coding has virtually disappeared thanks to Visual Studio’s debugging mode, it still helps dealing with run-time bugs, especially for applications deployed on customer machines. It helps to be able to grab all the log files and then investigate the probelm back at the office, away from the customer’s prying eyes (you don’t want to worry them now do you!).

This tutorial will give you an introduction to logging in C#. From this you should be able to go ahead and write your own logging classes. If you would like help in doing this then just ask. Anyway, lets get started.

MSP Launch Date

I got an e-mail from Stacey Ball at Microsoft today inviting me to the MSP 08/09 Launch event. This is a 2 day event at MS HQ in Reading starting 4th September. Should be a great couple of days meeting likeminded students and talking all things Microsoft. I will let you all know how the day went when I get back.

Accessing Network Card Information in C#

It is common for modern PCs to have more than one NIC, including virtual ones (such as those created by VMware for example). This tutorial will talk you through how to access each card’s information.

Welcome to Roblog…

Good morning from cloudy dull Nottingham. I thought I would start a new blog, and this time keep it free from crap. I will mainly use it to post tips and tricks for visual C#.NET. I will also let you know how I’m getting on being a Microsoft Student Partner. Should be lots of events going on this year so I can fill you in and hopefully upload some photos.