You can teach an old dog new tricks...

Blog Author — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 23:07:00 GMT

To cut a long story short, even though I've used .NET since the first beta (in 1999), I never got around to using Winforms - no, really! I have developed winforms apps in VB6 and swing apps in Java, just never got round to writing a C# Winforms app...
To cut a long story short, I decided to write a little application leveraging a web service to monitor hits on this site (no reason, just a cool little web service with vaguely interesting data) , so I've picked up quite a few books on Winforms programming - well, 5...I have a book 'issue'. The best one I've found, both in terms on pure information and readability is Windows Forms Porgramming in C# by Chris Sells.
I cannot say too many good things about this book, it explains the issues at exactly the level I need - and I guess due to Chris's experience, there's a lot of little tricks and techniques in there that none of the other WinForms books I have even begin to cover.
Anyway, very much recommended!

Favourite Whisky

Blog Author — Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:40:00 GMT

My interests include .NET, Sci-Fi, trashy TV and Whisky...(surprisingly I'm single - go figure! :-)). Anyway, thought I'd give all non Scots (yes, Scots...Scotch is a whisky...not a nationality) a recommendation on what Scotches are worth checking out...

The Macallan - a gorgeous, smooth single malt Scotch, ideal for people who think they don't like Scotch. Probably the most drinkable whisky around; it also improves with age which can be a bit touch-and-go with some malts - one of the best is the 10 year old...

Johnny Walker Black Label - a cask blend, though not a malt, it is one of the best blends around...nice, smooth and drinkable. Cask Blends ONLY contain malts...blends contain mostly grain whisky (nasty sutff)

Lagavulin - very peaty, warming malt.

Any suggestions from others?

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You can teach an old dog new tricks...

Favourite Whisky