Author Archives: adrianfoyn

Google Refine is sooo fine

Posted on May 4, 2011 by adrianfoyn

I just watched this short YouTube clip on Google Refine. In the past I’ve used MS Excel to do similar refinement and transformation but that last bit where it allows you to not only see the steps you took as … Continue reading →

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Wrestling with MSBUILD – the bane of /t:rebuild

Posted on March 30, 2011 by adrianfoyn

The continuous build server at work does its magic with the help of the MSBuild.exe command. Of course, since we are checking integrity, we want to force a full rebuild every time. In other words, I want to completed delete … Continue reading →

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Skype on iPhone has face-time

Posted on March 13, 2011 by adrianfoyn

I had a pleasant surprise tonight.  I’ve used iPhone Skype a few times before and I was disappointed that the two-way video did not work.  At the time Skype forums reported it as a no-go area. But tonight it suddenly … Continue reading →

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Gang of Four Patterns

Posted on February 17, 2011 by adrianfoyn

Here is a link to a good pattern reference (mostly for myself). The main thing being that it contains examples (in .Net) of how they are implemented. http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/Patterns.aspx Patterns started out as a Gang Of Four (GoF). My guess is … Continue reading →

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To the cloud

Posted on February 5, 2011 by adrianfoyn

For a while now, I’ve had a little iPhone utility installed but not utilized.  I figured that it sounded like a good idea, even if I did not have a use for it at the time.  and hey, it was free. … Continue reading →

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Tip/Trick: Enabling SSL on IIS 7.0 Using Self-Signed Certificates

Posted on January 30, 2011 by adrianfoyn

I recently needed to test some code running under HTTPS.  So a self-signed certificate was the way to go.  I would figure out how to do it, and then promptly forget the entire process, meaning that I had to rediscover … Continue reading →

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One small step on the BlogSphere

Posted on September 21, 2010 by adrianfoyn

Hi. My name is Adrian Foyn. Welcome to my blog. Since this is my first post, obviously, I think I’ll lay down a few expectations. This is a technical blog, specially focused on my area of expertise, namely dotNet development. … Continue reading →

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