I’ve had my eyes on Digital SLR cameras for a number of years – inspired by some of the brilliant photographs of James and RuneT. I’ve wanted to get more creative with the kind of photographs I take, and learn a little more about the art of a good photograph. When my Canon Powershot A75 [...]
What is wrong with the following statement? private SQLCommand _cmd = new SQLCommand(); public void ExecuteStoredProcedure(string procedureName SQLParameter[] parms){ _cmd.Connection = _dbConn; _cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure; _cmd.CommandText = procedureName; _cmd.Parameters.AddRange(parms); _cmd.ExecuteScalar();}
Episode 99 of The Instance included an interesting news item regarding an interview with Activision CEO Robert Kotik. Electronic Arts has already announced that they are developing a new version of their ‘battlefield’ series: Battlefield Heroes. In a way that has worked out well for them in the asian markets, this version of the game [...]
Tomorrow, I’m going to be attending the UK launch of Microsoft Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. I’m quite looking forward to it, some of the innovations in Server and Visual Studio are looking particularly interesting. As an experiment, I’m hopefully also going to be microblogging from the event using my iPhone, [...]
If you grew up in the 1980’s, you would probably remember the adverts for Stranger Danger. The media focus on child safety was extremely prevalent, yet with the recent focus on children going missing, there is a notable absence of warnings cautioning children, or heightening awareness of the dangers. This became very apparent to me [...]