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@woz.software
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Full time programming geek, music nerd and out there individual :)
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2017-07-08 10:14
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woz.software
gaming
2018-01-16 00:24
Free steam game on HumbleBundle site - The Red Solstice
You can get a free copy of The Red Solstice on Humble Bundle for the next 40 hours!!! Just go to the store, add to your cart ($0) then go to checkout. Job done... free game. Enjoy
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woz.software
music
2018-01-11 01:09
Must Listen To Albums - The most divisive album of all time
Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart has to be one of the most divisive and experimental albums of all time. So many artists list this album and having an influence on their musical direction. It is
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woz.software
programming
2018-01-10 07:09
Generic singleton pattern in C#
The singleton pattern is simple enough to understand but you end up writing the same boiler plate code each time. Time to extract it into a generic class, write once use many times :) So here is the classic
woz.software
music
2018-01-09 06:38
Must Listen To Albums - Shellac - Dude Incredible
I only found this band late last year and something about their sound just instantly clicked with me. Real minimalist sound with a focus on rhythm more than than melody, which I love. Their Dude Incredible
woz.software
programming
2018-01-09 00:20
Evil genius code challenge
Thought I would have some fun :) The evil genius is not happy with health and safety interfering with his employee death machines. Just look at the changes that had to be implemented for dropping people
woz.software
programming
2018-01-08 09:50
Working with generic types in C#
Using Generic types in code is a simple enough concept. You can take all those duplicated code patterns in your code base and remove the type details. You can then use it instead of the duplicate code.
woz.software
cryptocurrency
2018-01-06 23:32
Putting crypto market caps in perspective
We have all seen the market caps for the crypto space grow to insane levels but as the numbers get bigger there is less to compare them to and hence their meaning gets lost. Time to look at the S&P
woz.software
programming
2018-01-06 01:25
Cooking in code challenge - Chocolate cake in a cup
Thought I would try and start a bit of programming fun. The challenge is to write a cooking recipe in code. It does not need to compile as long as it is valid syntax for your chosen language. To get the
woz.software
music
2018-01-04 06:05
Brutal low-fi rock
Only found this band recently. There is just something about the stripped back sound that almost brings that electronica feeling but all done through rock that just feels like a constant momentum directed
woz.software
cryptocurrency
2018-01-04 00:03
Is Bitcoin done in 2018?
2017 was the year of Bitcoin and also the year for crypto currencies in general. The huge gains in Bitcoin had a knock on through the entire ecosystem and lifted many Alt Coins into the limelight also.
woz.software
programming
2018-01-03 07:01
Basic block chain structure in C#
Thought I would explore basic block chain structure to get a better feel from the ground up as a technology. First up I needed a way to build hashes, for this I use the built in C# SHA256 library. Its
woz.software
programming
2017-12-29 07:16
Free tools for you dev toolbox - Notepad++
No matter what IDE or other tools you use you still need a great text editor from time to time. The Windows default of Notepad is very basic to say the least. Enter Notepad++, a free and open source Notepad
woz.software
programming
2017-12-27 06:33
Why use immutable data?
I thought I would give a concrete example of what immutable data can give you. Instead of an abitary example we will use a RogueLike game world. So I will reuse the game world from my toy RogueLike I wrote
woz.software
programming
2017-12-27 03:50
Humble Bundle - Be a coder
Just noticed that Humble Bundle currently have the Be A Coder repeated. I picked up a similar bundle a few years back. The Haskell book is well worth it for the $1 tier. So for $1 you get: Learn You Some
woz.software
programming
2017-12-26 22:12
Immutable collections in C#
This is a follow on from Immutable objects in C# and expands immutability to the level of collections. Before I start I feel I should point out that collections wrapped by the read only wrapper in C# are
woz.software
programming
2017-12-26 07:09
Immutable objects in C#
If you make use of immutability in your code it brings a number of benefits. No need to worry what you give the object to it can't change it. 100% Thread safe. No locking required to share data. No need
woz.software
cryptocurrency
2017-12-24 05:39
Is this the mother of all dead cat bounces we are watching?
So over the past few days we have seen a huge selloff in the crypto space, almost everything coming down. We then had a bounce, but not the bounce I was expecting if I am honest, too slow. My hunch was
woz.software
programming
2017-12-22 09:11
Code to read various coin type wallet addresses
I have been playing around with some crypto API to get the contents of any wallet for multiple coins. Thought I would share. First up I use the following simple REST API to get wallet contents for various
woz.software
photography
2017-12-20 08:07
Black and white New Zealand
This is a great spot not far from my home :)
woz.software
programming
2017-12-20 07:08
Refactor often
When working in a large code base over many years you will encounter older code that is battle scared from bug fixes and function creep. You will also find code that is now cumbersome as it was written
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