Michael S. Clark

Since Service Pack 1 of Visual Studio 2008, setting file associations has never been easier. The publish options dialog has four pages; once of which is the “File Associations” page. After one or more entries has been added, and the app published, the ClickOnce app will now be launched whenever an associated file is opened [...]

Up ’til now, when I’ve been developing and ClickOnce application, I’ve had to include a UACLauncher as a default option to support any user that is not the administrator on their own machine. The console app has elevated privileges that are passed on to the re-launched ClickOnce app. If I didn’t include this, the application [...]

I’ve just completed the transfer of all the websites I host to NearlyFreeSpeech.NET. For as little as $0.25, you can set up web sites at NearlyFreeSpeech.NET, the original home of only pay for what you use hosting. This is the penultimate service that this server provides as I have already transferred email to Google Mail [...]

I’ve updated Alfie’s blog with videos from his first birthday party. Click here to view them.

Jivin’ Jim now has his own website, including videos, with a theme customised by yours truly! Jim, as you may remember, is currently using Karaokidex to run the karaoke parts of his gigs. He asked me to give him a website, so there it is. Click here to visit.

We finally began redecorating the livingroom last weekend, and we decided to wall-mount the television. The Plasma Centre provided all the supplies: UM101M Tilt – Black Universal Slim Tilting Wall Mount PAVS-2 – PAVS-2 530mm Cable Management Trunking 3x PAVS-S – PAVS-S Premier AV Support Shelf Unit Now all we’ve got to do is finish [...]

We though uur indoor bunny, Sonny, had had a mild stroke, but after a visit to the vet, it appears he has a parasite or deep ear infection Alfie has caught a bad cold, and is coughing like a barking dog We had to get Rentokil in (at a cost of £174!) to deal with [...]

Why does loading take so long between legs of the “Duel” events? It’s the same course and the same cars, so why does it feel like it loads everything all over again? Have they never heard of caching? </$0.02>

Why? Why do I have to be signed in to XBox Live to use a media codec? I was trying to watch a programme last night with was encoded using the ISO-MPEG4 compatible XviD codec, but I was having trouble signing in, so it wouldn’t let me. Why can’t they add it to a dashboard [...]