Hello, world. It’s great to be back writing blog posts again and it has been far too long since my last one. I have some excuses, but my lack of posts is mostly owed to health issues and lack of motivation. I plan on addressing the latter of those two. For the past few weeks …
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Quickly Find Day of the Week – C#
Hi all! This is just a random post to show off something new I found. I don’t claim credit for this algorithm and if you’re curious as to how it works then this Wikipedia article may be of interest to you. This post has a good explanation of why the algorithm works in the first …
Teresa May’s “Lets Censor The Internet” Nonsense
I don’t plan on posting many of my political views on this blog but I feel this one is important enough that I can’t just sit by any be silent. After the recent terror attacks on London, Teresa May is once again attempting to push her own political agenda that the government needs more power …
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Learning Japanese – Some Thoughts
For a long time I have been planning to learn Japanese and I have attempted to do so on and off for a little over a year. My main drive for this has been my love for the Japanese culture and more specifically my interest in anime. In my various failed attempts to learn the …
Long Hiatus
Hello one and all! It has been quite a while since I last made a post here. In the near future I plan on starting blogging about my experiences in programming (and other related topics) again. Hopefully I will be able to provide some information related to the “Learning Japanese” program that I am slowly …
Setting up a local web server with WAMP
Hi everyone. This is something I recently had to do so I figured I’d share this with anyone else out there that may want to know. For a long time I’ve wanted to setup a local web server to build and test sites locally without the need to continually upload the files (and as a …
File Shredder Code Sample (C# 4.0)
It has been a while since I last posted a code sample. So here is one for you guys to take a look at. Below is the file/directory shredder class. class FileUtilities { private static Random Randomizer = new Random(); public static bool Shred(string directoryPath, bool shouldDelete = true) { bool success = true; try …
Image Encryption – Completed!
It has been a while since I posted so here is an update for you guys. I should (hopefully) have some time to post some more blog posts detailing my current projects over the next week or so. My image encryption tool (now known as PGIE – Pretty Good Image Encryption) is finally completed. Anyone …
CSIT – Round 2
Hi everyone. It has been a while since I last posted. Unfortunately my recent work with CCC has kept me busy and away from my personal projects. However as I currently have some spare time I have decided to revive the old CSIT project and revisit the idea. I will be starting work on the …
TNDA – A new tool site for Neopets
Hi everyone! Just a quick update. Firstly happy new year since this is my first post for this year. I’m currently working on a new site that will give Neopets users some interesting new tools to play with. I will post more details about it as I decide what features will be there – but …