Web Development Blog

Connect PC to Mac OSX via VNC Remote Desktop

In the office we have a Mac OSX Leopard server as well as a Windows 2003 server. I use a PC most of the time so the obvious choice for remote administration of the Windows server is Remote Desktop, but what about the Mac OSX Leopard server?

Create a Site Search Engine in ASP.NET using Lucene.Net

I have been using Lucene.Net for some time now. It is a useful tool for creating a full text site. Lucene.Net is a source code, class-per-class, API-per-API and algorithmatic port of the Java Lucene search engine to the C# and .NET platform utilizing Microsoft .NET Framework.

Internet Explorer 8 released

Its been over a month now since Internet Explorer 8 was released on March 19th. I have been busy lately and I finally got round to installing it. I have to say I was impressed, it works well and is quite responsive. I would have to say IE has caught up with FireFox in terms of all the features I like in a browser. Many of the features are already in other browsers. I spent quite a bit of time developing websites so I think best of all is the built in developer tools and JavaScript debugger.