Windows Mobile 6.5.3 DTK In Visual Studio 2008

I can’t believe how much of pain getting my core Windows Mobile 6.5 development enviroment setup could be. Here are the hoops I’ve had to jump through so far. I ran into two really annoying hurdles which I couldn’t find a solution for so I thought I’d note down what I did for any other […]

WMDC 6.1 Hates Outlook 2010 64bit

So I finished with the Microsoft Office 2010 beta this week and moved onto their new Development and Design Action Pack. It’s pretty sweet and gives me access to the full Office 2010 Professional Plus edition. I had the option of downloading either the 64bit or 32bit versions so I went for the 64bit version […]

Microsoft Action Pack Development and Design

I work as a limited company consisting of just myself. I work in partnership with a few other companies were we work together on a daily basis but we still invoice each other for various tasks. As I’m such a small company (less than 100 people) and I’m working in IT that qualifies me for […]

Upgrading Adobe CS4 to CS5

I used to use Adobe CS4 Design Premium, last week I ordered the Adobe CS5 Web Premium Upgrade. I kinda screwed up the installation but did run into a few things that might hit other people going the upgrade route. Close all your open apps including browser windows. Don’t attempt to do anything during the […]

HTC HD2 Footprints and Google Maps Integration

When I got my phone I installed the WWE 1.66 firmware. As default this has an old version of Google Maps installed as well as a trial edition of CoPilot 8. There is also an application called Footprints that lets you take pictures with the phone and it automatically geo-tags them. Once you’ve done that […]

Bad art was as good as good art. Grammar and spelling were no longer important. To be clean was no better than to be filthy. Good manners were no better than bad. Family life was derided as an outdated bourgeois concept. Criminals deserved as much sympathy as their victims. Many homes and classrooms became disorderly – if there was neither right nor wrong there could be no basis for punishment or reward. Violence and soft pornography became accepted in the media. Thus was sown the wind; and we are now reaping the whirlwind.

— Norman Tebbit