Updater block and Windows Update under threat?

As I've posted many times, I'm a relative novice when it comes to all things WinForms, this post on Slashdot got me thinking, isn't 'Updating an Application over the Internet' exactly what the Updater Application Block and Windows Update do, not to mention…

My version of an RSS Feed control...

Kent Sharkey posted an RSS View User control, which is pretty nice...I wanted to use XSLT for mine (I'm akward that way :-)) Anyway, I wrote this little one (which may appear on this blog in the future...)- not perfect but it works after a fashion :-)…

One album everyone should have in their collection...

Just rediscovered this album after many years away from it, my opinion this is one of the greatest albums of all time (not something I say flippantly). The Longpigs - The Sun Is Often Out (us link), absolutely amazing, doesn't sound a single bit dated. "Lost…

New Favourite Toy - Xml Serialization for generating Xml Feeds

I've previously used Xml Serialization for loading and saving config files into and out of apps - nice use...What I've done recently though has been very useful - for me at least. Essentially, I have an application which has a little Poll control, now in…

One last thing before bed...Chris Brumme posts another 'book'

How does this guyfind the time, anyway, found on Roy Osherove's blog, Chris Brumme(CLR God) has posted and article on the Exception model in the CLR. Not exactly light reading...but worthwhile to gain a bit more precious insight into the deep and murky inner…