Author Archives: Bazmech

My new mobile the HTC Desire HD

Its being a while coming, over 2 years out of contract, but I finally made the plunged and got myself a new phone. After a couple of months of looking I finally decided on the HTC Desire HD. As always … Continue reading

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Remove duplicates and sort a string array

I nice quick and easy one here but very useful all the same. The problem is simple. You have an array full of items that have been pulled from lots of locations and what you need is a clean array … Continue reading

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IE conditional commenting in XSLT

It was meant to be an easy task. I had a menu template built in html and all I had do was move the formatting and structure into an XSLT document and then use this is display my XML data. … Continue reading

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What a stinker the Skyline film is

Well although the title just about explains it all I must just stress that you should not pay money to see this film and even if you can see it for free you are better off continually jabbing your arm … Continue reading

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Visual Studio formetting shortcut key conbinations

An old favourite of mine but well worth knowing. These are simple key strokes to make your day to day programming run smoother, well at least thats what I tell myself. The one the I use all the time is … Continue reading

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Trim text to next space after X number of characters in XSLT

This was a requirement that I had recently and after having fought with it for a while I found the solution. In my example below I am testing the length of string to see if it is over 65 characters. … Continue reading

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Move viewstate to bottom of html

Well its the age-old question that has been answered many times I am sure but I aim to put a slight twist on it. As always I had the request to create a piece of code to move the viewstate … Continue reading

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Line breaks are removed in posts made in plain text format in Outlook

Now this is a problem that I am sure most people using outlook would have seen from time to time and the official explanation can be looked into and the resolutions. The other side to this is if you are … Continue reading

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Add more images to Header Image list in Twenty Ten WordPress theme

Well what better way to start off then an issue that i had while setting up this new site. I like the twenty ten theme that comes with the version 3 of WordPress and the features that it incorporates but … Continue reading

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