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I contacted Feedburner support about a full text feed issue, and received a helpful and quick response within 10 minutes. They explained that feeds are limited to 256k and suggested reducing the number of posts or post size to stay within the limit. I am very impressed by their responsiveness to public feedback. Read More

I've updated my site's settings to display fewer posts on the homepage, resolving a recent issue I was having with Feedburner. Read More

This post details how I developed a Call Detail Record (CDR) generator for my final year project on telecoms fraud. The generator creates realistic CDRs using a simplified data model, focusing on caller, callee, call type, start time, and duration. Various user models (high, low, business, etc.) are configured with parameters like average call cost, standard deviation, and call frequency for different call types (local, national, etc.), along with likely call times. Random numbers are then generated within these parameters to create a diverse set of CDRs that accurately reflect the modeled behavior. Read More

My Feedburner full text feed is currently broken and I'm unable to identify the source of the problem. This has led me to consider moving my blog away from Feedburner. Read More

UK Amazon Marketplace sellers can now easily link to a searchable, indexed list of their products. Just append your Seller ID (e.g., A30C94ZTNLBKQM) to http://www.kinlan.co.uk/amazon/uk/SellerID. Currently, this only supports up to 20 products and is UK-specific, but US support is coming soon. Read More

My tag directory has a cool new feature: Amazon product integration! It pulls book data from Amazon AWS related to each tag. Right now, it adds links to relevant products, but I'm thinking of adding images soon. This latest addition brings the total number of Web 2.0 APIs used in my mashup to four, including Delicious, Yahoo Search API, and Google Blog Search RSS. Check out the examples for tags like RDF, RSS, and Mashup to see it in action. Read More

My tag directory has been updated to incorporate Del.icio.us integration. It fetches RDF data from del.icio.us to display the most popular tagged items. Explore examples for tags like RDF and RSS using the provided links. Read More

I've just posted the C# source code for serializing and deserializing OPML files using a simple object model. The code demonstrates basic serialization and deserialization, creating an OPML structure with a head, body, and outline elements. While the object model is functional, it's not perfect and could be refined. The example code shows how to create an OPML object, populate it with sample data, serialize it to XML, and then deserialize it back into an object, useful for anyone working with OPML in C#. Read More

My blog has a Technorati rank of 0 with 236 links from 22 sites. Is this the best blog ever? I hope so! Read More

Someone searched for "directory explorer c#" and landed on my site, likely not finding what they needed. This post clarifies how to use C# for directory exploration. It covers using .NET's System.IO namespace, specifically the File and Directory classes, for tasks like checking file existence (File.Exists) and getting a list of subdirectories (Directory.GetDirectories). This information will hopefully be helpful to future visitors with similar searches. Read More

I'm working on a .NET object model for OPML 2.0 to easily serialize and deserialize OPML files. Serialization is working well and creates correctly formatted files thanks to constraints based on the OPML spec. Deserialization is proving tricky as the XML Deserializer isn't enforcing those same constraints, allowing incorrectly structured OPML files to be loaded. I'll share the code and continue working on it. Read More

My tag directory isn't rendering properly in Internet Explorer 7 (IE7 Beta 2). I'm aware of the issue and will work on fixing compatibility problems. Read More

I'm working on some exciting new features for this site! First up, I'm improving the Tag Directory (more on that soon, including the source code!). Second, instead of linking directly to Amazon, I'll create landing pages with more specific info about the books I recommend. Third, I'm planning a service to advertise Amazon Marketplace books, hoping to help both you and me sell more books. Finally, I'll be writing about my final year telecoms project. Let me know what you think! Read More

I've given my tag directory a fresh look and made it faster with some caching! Check it out and tell me what you think. I'm considering integrating del.icio.us and Amazon product links, and I'd also like to auto-generate OPML feeds for each tag. Your feedback is much appreciated! Read More

I need a global search and replace function in Blogger so I can easily update content across all 300 pages of my blog. Currently, I have to manually edit each page, which is time-consuming. Read More

My OPML files are malformed, specifically the apostrophes in attributes aren't escaped. If you use my Ajax Tagger v2, I apologize for this error, but it seems like it hasn't impacted many users so far. Read More

I'm excited about the newly announced XNA Framework from Microsoft! It's supposed to make game development for Windows and Xbox 360 easier by unifying the class libraries. Imagine the code and asset reuse possibilities! They even showed off some demos at GDC running managed code on the Xbox 360. Sadly, I doubt they'll let homebrew developers like me use it, which is a bummer. Think of the cool Xbox Live content we could make! Read More

I'm building a tag directory separate from my main content. This approach aims to enhance indexing and provide a centralized, dynamic display, similar to Technorati. It allows me to tag my directories and offers a new way to present related information. Check it out and let me know what features you'd like to see! Read More

I wanted to express my gratitude to Atariboy for the kind words and link he shared on his blog. I'm encouraged to keep up with my own blog posting schedule. Read More

This post provides a quick solution for developers looking to extract individual bitmap images from an ImageList in C#. It demonstrates two approaches: direct saving to a file using the Save method with a specified file path and format, and saving to a MemoryStream for in-memory manipulation before further processing or storage. The MemoryStream approach offers greater flexibility for image operations. Read More