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Source Code Formatting Fixed

12-Jun-09

Just a quick note to say source code formatting has been fixed! Horray(); // !!!

Error: Goneale.com Being Incorrectly Listed under Google Chrome as ‘Unsafe for Browsing’

12-Jun-09

Sorry folks, particularly to my Google Chrome readers who would have experienced difficulty while browsing my site today.  It seems my site is throwing up an incorrect message regarding embedded malware and stating my site as unsafe for browsing. After investigation and moderate freaking out I have tracked the problem down to being within the [...]

Fun C# Cuckoo Clock

09-Jun-09

Good Morning All! (At least here in Aus) Today I’d like to share with you an off topic, fun application I put together from inspiration I got off a StackOverflow.com thread entitled “What’s Your Favorite Harmless Computer Practical Joke?“. If you click this link you’ll jump right to the prank I’m talking about. Basically Martin [...]

Goneale.com Launched!

02-Jun-09

Well what good news! I now have goneale.com up and running! Horray! The link (“http://goneale.com“) will be the new permanent URL to access my blog from goneale.wordpress.com (note the RSS feed url stays the same). Enjoy, I hope you can support me by visiting my sponsors on the right and in some articles (I don’t [...]

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 – Complete with Blurry WPF Font Rendering!

22-May-09

As you guys would know, Beta 1 of VS 2010 has been released, and I love Visual Studio, in fact it’s my FAVOURITE IDE, and not to mention one of my favourite tools of all time… and that’s why I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH, how I’m hoping Microsoft will fix the WPF font rendering / blur [...]

Follow Me On Twitter

24-Apr-09

Alright, so I’ve joined the global conglomerate/borg takeover which is the Twitter movement… To be honest so far so good, (apart from twitter disabling my login and pointing my account details at ‘agrasdelic’s account information *sigh* at first), but it will be the place I’ll post any cool / interesting / informative links and tweets [...]

Thanks for the review Channel9!

25-Feb-09

Just a quick thank you to the guys who do the MSDN Channel9 Weekly Show (Dan Fernandez and Brian Keller), I really appreciate the video review regarding my post “15 Helpful .NET Extension Methods to Increase Productivity” and the plug to my website! The extension methods were nothing special! If you guys haven’t yet checked [...]

Best Album Ever.

25-Feb-09

Totally off topic, in fact incredibly off topic. But as I work away here with headphones atop, I can’t help but share an almost spiritual experience with a one of a kind album from a one of a kind artist; Infected Mushroom and their latest album Vicious Delicious. Get it now. WARNING: Subjective offtopic opinion [...]

Limit the speed of your Internet for connection simulation testing

03-Feb-09

I required today the ability to throttle my Internet speed as I was attempting to debug a problem which only occurred when the connection was slow, or there was very little bandwidth available to work with. I had used a program before which allowed you to enable in software a “bandwidth limiter” which allowed me [...]

2008, the year in photographs

21-Jan-09

Offtopic, found a mesmerizing collection of photos published by Boston Boston Big Picture and put together in a collection titled “2008, the year in photographs”. Check it out here (Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3), there are some phenomenally breathtaking photos. Boston Big Picture, if you’ve never seen delivers current news and affairs in [...]

My name is Graham O'Neale and I'm a software architect from Gold Coast, Australia. I am an overtime thinker, full time coder and awake part time in the real world. I have a keen interest in software development, particularly in the realm of programming (C#, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, LINQ (2 SQL), Entity Framework, Silverlight, Blend, WCF, WPF) and a keen interest in the cutting edge and innovation. I have a new found love for design patterns, ALT.NET practices and well crafted software architecture. The purpose of this blog is to express any thoughts, findings, tips and gripes along my travels in the wonderful world of coding and technology...