Security 6 min read

Forging a COVID-19 vaccination certificate is child's play

Anti-vaxxers are a pretty determined bunch, and without even basic technological protections in our proof-of-vaccination records, our Government is about to let them run wild.
Development 6 min read

Speeding up some very slow .NET builds

What do you do when upgrading Windows makes your code compile a lot slower? This, of course.
Development 4 min read

Dates are an utter nightmare and YYYY is worse than I thought

Every year we get told that 'YYYY' in date formats is bad. But why? And just how bad is it? (Spoiler: very.)
Pokémon 4 min read

Pokémon Mythbusters: Continuity across Unova

I found a rumour on Reddit about a particular game continuity feature between Pokémon Black and White, and their sequels, Black 2 and White 2. But is it true?
Development 3 min read

The Notepad Logger: Window Messaging

In this post, I go deeper into the world's strangest logging implementation, and make it work with Notepad++ and Notepad2.
Development 6 min read

Building a custom Notepad logger for ASP.NET Core

In this post, I take possibly the world's strangest logging implementation, and rewrite it for .NET Core.
Pokémon 5 min read

Streaming Pokémon into Microsoft Teams

Did you know that you can stream games and videos with Microsoft Teams? Me neither!
Pokémon 2 min read

Quick notes on transferring Pokemon

It turns out that bringing your old Pokemon into newer games is not a simple task...
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