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Technology May 2, 2012February 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment on ShutOff 2000 progress report

ShutOff 2000 progress report

I got a new laptop in March, which includes an SSD and 16GB of RAM, and it was enough inspiration (over and above the virtual machines for SQL Server that I’ve been playing with) to work some more on ShutOff 2000. I’ve made astounding progress on it, considering the lethargic approach the C# version hasContinue reading ShutOff 2000 progress report

General July 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment on Why not to overthink a problem

Why not to overthink a problem

I’ve recently become the proud owner of a 27″ iMac, with the i5 quad core processor and 8GB RAM. It’s faster than stink, and I love it. Unfortunately, my background does not permit me a full move to Mac OS X, because I have written several applications for Windows, and I must support SQL ServerContinue reading Why not to overthink a problem

General May 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment on Ok, I lied

Ok, I lied

So I lied. A few other things have happened in the last couple of months. I’ve released a third beta for ShutOff 2010, and new versions of the Password Generator 2010, Simple Lotto Number Generator 2010, and the ShutOff 20×0 registry cleaner. Simple HexConverter 2010 is also almost ready for release. Yes, I sold outContinue reading Ok, I lied

Technology January 15, 2010February 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment on ShutOff 2010

ShutOff 2010

It’s 2010, and has been for two weeks. I have not made much progress since I last checked in on this. Perhaps I can use some of this weekend to catch up. The snag I ran into in December, which is holding up the release, relates to a Microsoft DLL change between Windows XP andContinue reading ShutOff 2010

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