David Cumps

In the .NET Framework there is a feature called boxing, which goes hand in hand with unboxing. Boxing is an implicit conversion of a value-type to the object type. While this is a very nice feature when programming normal applications, this overhead becomes a big performance hit when working with algorithms that need to do lots of operations, such as path finding.

Time for some Monday morning fun... These days we got so many religions, why not add another one? I give you the Bits & Bytes Religion!

Yesterday I explained how you could manage your iPod through Windows Explorer. Having this ability opens up more powerful ways of managing your iPod. One of these ways for example is the ability to automatically sync your master archive stored on your computer, with your iPod.

Do you own an iPod? Are you tired of using iTunes? If you answered positive to both questions, read on! This article describes how you can manage your iPod through Windows Explorer.

You’re an audiophile, and you wish to listen to music in the highest possible quality, but on the other hand, you don’t have that much disk space at your disposal to store everything as wave files. What are you to do?

Long ago, I write a post about Visual Studio.NET and PHP Coloring. Today I'm revisting the approach for Visual Studio 2008, with screenshots, updated keyword files and ready to use registry files.

Everyone knows them, the controversial Russian-based online music store.

This won't be another post questioning the legality of the company, there are plenty of those around. What I do want to have a look at however, is it's technological business model and compare it to the mainstream alternative.

After 3 years of blogging on weblogs.asp.net, I've taken the big decision of moving out.

In the very beginning, I was honored to be able to blog here, but as years went by and blogging became more and more mainstream, I feel the urge to write under my own domain.

I'm convinced this has several benefits. First of all, I have total control of the look and feel of the site, without having to hack too much around. I can easily make a change whenever I want to. The other benefit is more a matter of credibility. It's possible to get credibility from content and actions, but a feeling of professionalism and maturity is also important. And that's exactly what I hope to achieve by writing under my own domain.

I'll be moving some of the content over the next few days, some nice gems collected over the years. After that, it'll be all fresh new subjects! I don't think I'll be getting that much of traffic in the beginning, but I aim to increase it over time when more and more quality content gets added. And with a bit of luck, some links to it ;)

Together with the move, I switched to a new design, inspired by Jeff Atwood's Coding Horror and the Fluid Solution template from Arcsin. I modified it to include Technorati and Digg links, switched the style from 3-columns to 2-columns, moved the navigation over, added nice titles and some minor design changes.

Thanks to old readers who follow me, and to all new readers! Be sure to add blog.cumps.be to your favorites!