I like learning new things. I've been like that as far as I can remember, from getting a “How Does It Work?” massive textbook-like tome when I was about 8 or 9 which, despite the intonation of the title, actually did a pretty good job of explaining how things actually worked from how they made Christopher Reeves fly…
Okay, this is maybe a bit niche but I might as well document this for whoever else comes across it.
Sublime Text 2 is a pretty nice text/code editor in the same style as TextMate for Mac. CoffeeScript is a reduced syntax for writing JavaScript code.
Getting them to work together isn't all that straightforward but is…
Just since various people have asked me:
1. Where are you going?
To work out of my company’s head office in Toronto for a few months.
2. Why Canada?
I've always wanted to visit there and to try living and working in another country so this is a perfect combination of both.
3. What about your wife?
She’s coming with…
Ingredients
90g Ginger Biscuits
200g Philadelphia Extra Light
200g 0% Fat Greek Yoghurt
4tbsp Caster Sugar
2tbsp Good Quality Raspberry Jam
100g Raspberries
Few drops vanilla extract
Method
Put the biscuits into a sandwich bag and batter into chunky crumbs. Divide between four small dishes (wine glasses work…
Some handy pointers for those new to the game.
Reaching the bus driver is not the time to start thinking about where your ticket or money is. You should be ready by the time you get to the front of the queue.
If it’s not your stop but you find yourself on your feet and moving seats, you're doing something…
So, I finally got the Facebook mobile app update that forces a list of "top stories" to the top of the update list without any option to disable it.
At the moment, mine shows a mixture of 23 items: 23 jumbled status updates from Monday to just now. If I just want to read what’s been posted recently, I need to scroll…
Just some thoughts.
Terminator 2 is better than the original Terminator.
Wayne's World 2 is much better and has far cleverer jokes than Wayne's World.
Even with the Ewoks, Return of the Jedi is a better film than The Empire Strikes Back.
The Last Crusade is the best of the Indiana Jones films.
What's the Story…
///
/// Shuffles the specified list into a random order.
///
/// The type of the list items
/// The list of items.
/// A randomised list of the items.
public static IList Shuffle(this IEnumerable list)
{
Random rnd = new Random(DateTime.Now.Millisecond);
var randomised = list.Select(item => new { item,…