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Numeric Types and historical technical debt
Storing, calculating, and working with Currency data types seems like one of the few things that still provides a mixed bag of emotion. in C#, on the one [...]
Npgsql 3 And the mysterious Socket Error
Upgrading library components across an entire suite of applications is not without it risks, as one may shortly learn when upgrading from Npgsql 2 to [...]
Whereupon a Tape Deck leads to a VolumeSlapper feature
I wrote about a program that allows setting Application Volume on the Command line in my Slapping the Windows Master Volume as well as my Retrieving and [...]
Windows 10 “Game Mode”
For a while now Windows 10 has had a “Game Mode” feature. I’m rather mixed on the feature myself, but generally find it strange. [...]
Mo’ Memory, Mo’ Problems
I’m writing this, right now, on a computer from 1999; a Rev C iMac G3 system that I got off Craigslist for $20. This system has 64MB of memory and a 333Mhz [...]
IPS Screen “Burn in”?
With older CRT screens, “Burn in” was when the phosphor coating was effectively “burned off” by the scanning beam. There were many [...]
New Processors and Windows 7 and 8/8.1
There has been some concern and even repudiation about Microsoft’s decision to not provide updates to Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 when run on hardware [...]
Win10 Styling for Windows Forms Menus
BASeCamp Network Menu, which I wrote about previously, was a handy little tool for connecting to my VPN networks. It, however, had one disadvantage- It was [...]
BASeCamp Network Menu Updated (1.1)
I’ve adjusted the program to add more options: Font settings can be customized Left-clicking on the Notification Icon will now show the network menu [...]
Enumerating Configured VPN Connections
I wrote previously about manners in which the SimpleWifi library can be utilized to enumerate available wireless connections and disconnect or connect to [...]