Oli Trenouth

It is time. To The Mac!

In late 2006 I wrote an article about how I switched from PC to Mac, and through frustration over a few petty things I switched back. The main reason was simply that the Mac didn’t allow me to play my PC games, nor did it (perhaps more importantly!) allow

Setting Sail Across the C

I’m a Microsoft developer. There, I said it. I’ve grown up in a world of BASIC, from the early days of QuickBASIC through to VB.NET today. It’s a fantastic, easy going world to live in – particularly since .NET – as everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) is laid

FXP Goes WPF

I keep looking at the new(ish) Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and can’t help but think that it would be an ideal technology for both FXP and parts of the new TV Heaven projects I’m working on … So, I’ve decided to go all in. Version 4 of

From PC to Mac ... and back again

I grew up with PCs. Actually, I grew up with my parents, younger sister and an imaginary friend called Rupert … but that’s beside the point. Where was I? Ah … Yes, I’ve grown up with PCs. My first ‘real’ computer was an Amstrad CPC-664. While my friends were busy

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