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Thoughts on software complexity
02 June 06 09:06 PM | Peter Rosser | 1 Comments   

If you've ever tried to create a software application of any decent size, you have probably realized that what works with small tools more often than not does not scale well to larger sizes. There are whole books written about how to scale up and out, Read More...

Filed under: Coding, Musing

Windows Insomnia: Why Won't My Computer Go To Sleep?
04 January 06 09:18 PM | Peter Rosser | 7 Comments   

One of the issues I am investigating for a fix relates to the auto-suspend feature in Windows. The way it's supposed to work is you set a time in the Power control panel (Control Panel --> Performance and Maintenance --> Power Options) that controls Read More...

Filed under: Coding, Musing, Windows

Visual Studio 2005 Shipping on my Birthday
31 October 05 10:14 PM | Peter Rosser | 1 Comments   

You know I'm a geek when something like that gives me even a little bit of a thrill. November 7th... not just an election day or my birthday, but also the VS2005 public ship day. ^_^. I'm installing it now on my primary and backup dev boxes at work now... Read More...

Filed under: Coding, Musing, Tools