Month: August 2009

No more Windows Live Messenger for Windows Server 2003

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Microsoft just upgraded Live Messenger. If you happen to use Windows Server 2003 as your operating system of choice – As a lot of web developers do, you are now out of luck using Windows Live Messenger. As…

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C# equivalent to VB val() function

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Although VB had it’s limitations, it was damn easy to filter an input string for a numerical value. Here is how to do it in C#. You’ll need to use System.Text.RegularExpressions in the header private static int VBVal(string…

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Radio control interface to CHDK

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I’ve previously blogged about CHDK. It is the “Canon Hackers Development Kit” and is alternative firmware for Canon digital cameras. It never actually overwrites the camera firmware and can give a camera many extra features not available in…

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