Doing game development I use a lot of timers. Every Update() I check if its time to do something. To make this as light as possible I made a small benchmark to check the speed of different ways of getting time. When running the code ignore the first 1000-result from each test (used for warmup). Also ignore the… Read More »
I recently discovered how slow Console.MoveBufferArea actually is. I used it for writing NLog output to a console and discovered that at times of high output it became dead slow. I could at times see it flicker and update line for line while the whole machine temporarily came to a crawl. As I searched the web I found… Read More »
Optimizing RDP client/server for casual use. Make it use less bandwidth. Get higher throughput and adaptive transfers. Revisit Back in 2011 I wrote a blog post on optimizing RDP in Windows 7. I’ve been thinking of updating that post for some time, and now finally got around to it. Background Since sometime around 2000 I have been working… Read More »
Reading about prefetch and prerender, and especially Chromes prerender, got me thinking that this could to some extent be automated. My blog has become increasingly slow and I though that this would work as a simple quick-fix. This script relies on jQuery. Prefetch At startup (document ready) it will find any a-links tagged as “prefetch” and add their… Read More »
Recently got some old tapes recovered. There I found an old chat program I wrote in QB45 in 1996 (I was 16 years old). I installed Windows XP under Hyper-V to test it out since Windows 8 doesn’t run 16-bit DOS programs. But I wanted to have the executable work on my computer so I searched and found… Read More »
Most projects that is deployed into production require some kind of config change upon deployment. Often it is the connection string that varies, but it can be any number of custom settings. Forgetting to change the config file when deploying, or forgetting to change config back on your dev machine after deploying can have disastrous consequences. Back in… Read More »
In .Net the MVC pattern is implemented through a template project. The project is set up for you when you create a new MVC application and imposes certain patterns on you. And that is exactly what MVC is, a pattern. By default you will create a controller, a view and a model. Usually you add scripts to that… Read More »
When working with storage and network it is sometimes useful to know the estimated size of image. Should it be stored in SQL/NoSQL, locally, to CDN? Quite a few times have I tried to get a quick answer by Google, but its not that easy. So today I figured I’d write up a quick app, convert an image… Read More »
After reinstalling Windows 2012 R2 Server you may find that the Storage Spaces virtual disks will not show up automatically. In fact you won’t even see them in “Computer Management”. The reason for this is that the server is not configured to use the old storage space setup. Authorize server for read-write to storage spaces First you must authorize… Read More »
What is this? OwnCloud is a free personal alternative to Dropbox. You run your own server so storage is limited to whatever storage your server has. It has much of the same features (and some more) that Dropbox has, and after a few days use it seems “so far so good”. About this guide This guide is intended… Read More »