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December 2008 - Posts

• The Singleton Pattern's Gotchas

  For years, the only software design pattern that I thought I really understood was the Singleton Pattern. I mean, how much more simple can you get than a pattern that is used to "ensure that a class has only one instance, and provides a global point of Read More... Posted Monday, December 15, 2008 7:56 AM by Tod Birdsall | 4 Comments Filed under: Design Patterns

• Design Patterns: Learning the Command Pattern

  Moving right along, I am now on the Command Pattern chapter of Head First Design Patterns and I have updated my Programming Design Pattern Cheat Sheet with the definition of the Command Pattern. Read More... Posted Thursday, December 11, 2008 3:26 PM by Tod Birdsall | 4 Comments Filed under: Design Patterns

• Free ASP.NET Charting Control

  ScottGu posted that Microsoft is now offering a free ASP.NET charting control for applications built with .NET 3.5. The charting control "supports a rich assortment of chart options - including pie, area, range, point, circular, accumulation, data distribution, Read More... Posted Monday, December 08, 2008 5:15 PM by Tod Birdsall | 4 Comments

• Secure Erase: How to really erase your hard drive

  Over the years I have amassed a stockpile of hard drives that contain data from previous computers I have owned. I have debated about what to do with the drives. I am concerned that even if I format them, then throw them away, my personal data could still Read More... Posted Monday, December 01, 2008 9:04 PM by Tod Birdsall | 6 Comments Filed under: Hardware