SetProperty and GetProperty with C# Reflection
I’ll make a post soon, comparing Ruby on Rails to C# with ASP.NET MVC, but this here is atomic and might be of help for one or two readers. If you want to set and get properties in C# in a type-agnostic way, these are the functions you want to put into a library class [...]
New Commenting Policy?
In the recent weeks, I have gotten quite a bit of not-quite-but-nearly-totally-spam-that-duisguises-really-well. As a result, I removed my DoFollow plugin. But I don’t really like that solution. I think I might change my approach and make a new commenting policy rule. A quite simple one at that: Every comment that uses some kind of product [...]
Creating my own little Portal Site
As you may or may not have noticed, I now have a second blog: haslos Politblog. I decided I’d want to blog about Swiss politics from time to time as well, and with this blog being English only and having a global rather than Swiss target audience, these subjects didn’t really fit in here. So [...]
WordPress Themes have to be GPL (Thesis etc.)
Well, my comment at the Thesis blog is “awaiting moderation” for over 2 weeks, so I guess it won’t happen anymore. Unsurprisingly so, I might add. The folks at Thesis are apparently, essentially, doing illegal things. The only reason why they can do it is because nobody sues them. First things first: WordPress themes are [...]
Getting MySQL 5.0 to work in Ruby 1.9.1 on Windows 7
So, I got MySQL to work for my Ruby on Rails development environment. Let’s be clear about what I actually wanted: Ruby 1.9.1 Rails 2.3.2 Any version of MySQL whatsoever Any way whatsoever to make my up-to-date Ruby on Rails talk to that MySQL I don’t care what version of MySQL. I don’t care if [...]
Actually Installing Ruby on Rails, on Windows 7
OK, so I found out what it is that I have to install for my wonderful Ruby on Rails environment. It’s time to start installing. Keep in mind that much of what I’m doing here is an experiment (and thanks Luis for being so patient with me). I don’t claim to know what works and [...]
Assessing Installing Ruby on Rails, on Windows 7
So I wanted to get up and running with a development system for Ruby on Rails, on my shiny freshly installed Windows 7 machine (so, no development stuff on it as of yet whatsoever). However, the recent Ruby update to 1.9.1 brought such big changes that apparently, many libraries don’t work with it anymore – [...]
Left 4 Dead 2, and Nerd Rage
Wow, this is amazing. I am trying to wrap my head around what’s going on here. One thing is obvious: Valve has us spoiled. Left 4 Dead 2 First things first, Valve announced Left 4 Dead 2 at the E3. The game will have plenty of new things over the first: A new and improved [...]
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