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About Duncan Butler

Trying to be a very agile software developer, working in C# with Specflow, Nunit and Machine Specifications, and in the evening having fun with Ruby and Rails

Posting again

Posted on February 22, 2007 by Duncan Butler

I am going to have to keep a closer eye on the live writer web site, as having updated to the latest beta things now work correctly on my machine, apparently my images are a bit big but I can deal … Continue reading →

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Real Test Driven Development – Thinking of Money 11

Posted on February 22, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  ok so using expression seams more problematic that I thought, so for this iteration I decided to use a simple windows form, this will allow me to think about what elements I want, and how I am going to … Continue reading →

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Having trouble posting

Posted on February 20, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  For the first time ever I am having trouble posting to my blog, windows live writer just seams to cancel the post, it has many pictures in it so, I am going to have to break it up a … Continue reading →

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Next Action

Posted on February 17, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  Ever downloaded a program and then forgot where you got it from, so this is a memory aid for me as well as it has just happened to me. At work I use a small utility called ‘Next Action’ its … Continue reading →

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Going Digital

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  Here we are at last sorting out one of my aims with regard to our video and music collection, we have started to rip our dvds to disk so that we may watch them via our media center pc … Continue reading →

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Humanized Computing

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  For a long time now I have been looking for a spelling package that I could use from any program, even Visual Studio, I have a plugin for Code Rush this does a good job of checking strings, but really … Continue reading →

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Windows Vista Launch Tomorrow

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  We have had one of those days at work, so its nice to think that tomorrow there is something to look forward to, even though I have been using Vista since before Christmas on various computers, and now use … Continue reading →

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Install Problems with vista

Posted on January 28, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  Well that’s not really the truth, its more that vista can be a bit fussy about how an install program works, by now a lot of people have written about the UAC stuff, some older (and newer) install programs … Continue reading →

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Real Test Driven Development – Thinking of Money 10

Posted on January 23, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  Oh heck here I am, all the background is developed, now comes for me the difficult bit.  the user interface, I really want to develop this in WPF, just because its new and I am working on a vista … Continue reading →

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Book Review – The book of the dead

Posted on January 22, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  As with most books I have read, I actually listened to this via Audible, so I will be supplying both links. I should first say that apparently this is the third book in a trilogy, and I haven’t read … Continue reading →

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