Rob Garrett - Blogs

September 2005 - Posts

• Smart Playlists - "Live Updating" on IPOD

  So, In iTunes, I have created a few smart playlists - playlists that update on specific criteria - and set the live updating flag so each playlist is updated as contained songs are played (my playlists contain the least recently played 100 tracks). Only Read More... Posted Thursday, September 29, 2005 2:21 PM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• IVR Shortcuts

  So, you are upset with your credit card company, bank, or Cable Internet Company, and want to call customer service to yell about your apparent lack of service... After dialing the toll free number, you are greeted with a menu of too many options, which Read More... Posted Thursday, September 29, 2005 11:11 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Consumers' Rights

  I read an interesting article this morning about the rights granted to US consumers when purchasing faulty goods. Did you know that you're potentially entitled to a repair/replacement/refund if you find something doesn't work with your purchase, up to Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 27, 2005 9:59 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• New IPOD (well nearly new)

  I decide that it was time that I caught up with the rest of the western world and buy myself an MP3 player. I have an extensive MP3 collection (and a large CD collection). At home and the office I can take advantage of my MP3 collection, but up until Read More... Posted Monday, September 26, 2005 10:38 PM by Rob Garrett | 2 Comments

• "Wow, the latest technologies announced by Microsoft are so exciting..."

  Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Read More... Posted Monday, September 19, 2005 4:52 PM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Passive Voice in Professional Documents

  I am an experienced software engineer of many a year. I subscribe and read MSDN magazine, I also read many of the popular technical programming and design books on the shelves. In comparison, it is always an interesting change spending the day reading Read More... Posted Monday, September 19, 2005 4:21 PM by Rob Garrett | 1 Comments Filed under: Microsoft Office

• More Microsoft Codenames

  I don't know about you, but I have become overwhelmed with the number of new technologies that Microsoft have announced this year. There are some great new applications, services and APIs, soon to be available to developers and application consumers. Read More... Posted Monday, September 19, 2005 1:53 PM by Rob Garrett | 4 Comments

• Tech Preview: LINQ

  This morning I've been checking out LINQ - Language Integrated Query from Microsoft, on Channel 9 . LINQ enables developers to query any IEnumerable<T> collection with a simple query, much like that of SQL. Check out the following piece of LINQ Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 11:23 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• TIVO will not keep my recorded TV shows...

  Another good reason why Windows XP MCE is better than TIVO (you need another excuse?)... At least, for now, MCE will enable you to keep recorded content for as long as you like, unlike TIVO, who subscribe to stiffing their customers with their new policy Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 9:43 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• C# 2.0 and the 'yield' keyword

  Another nice addition to C# 2.0 is the yield keyword. Yield enables iterator blocks to provide values to an enumerated result, see the following example. // yield-example.cs using System; using System.Collections; public class List { public static IEnumerable Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 13, 2005 10:29 AM by Rob Garrett | 5 Comments

• Lemmings

  It is time to reminisce this morning - remember playing Lemmings on the Commodore Amiga ? I certainly do, so I was happy to read a post on Boing Boing about a browser version . This game is just the ticket if you're stressed at work and are bored with Read More... Posted Monday, September 12, 2005 10:13 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments