Author Archives: nippysaurus

SQLite

I would like to make mention of a database system called SQLite. It is not a database as you would know it. Instead of running as a server which you connect to using adapters and whatnot, SQLite is a DLL which your application uses to directly manipulate a database file. Bindings exist for almost every [...]

Dawsons Convention

I am a big fan of conventions, as long as they are justified. The one thing I have been confronted with lately and it is very annoying is the idea that we should do something a certain way simply because we have been doing it that way for a while now. I am a firm [...]

Recover Deleted Files

For many years file recovery has been a pain in the butt. The scenario goes something like this … One of your parents or siblings has accidentally deleted an important file which contains important data. Worse yet they dont even know where it was supposed to be saved. So off you go searching for some [...]

Introduction

My original introduction sucked, so I deleted it. This is much more interesting hey?