My name is

David Cumps

Freelance software engineer

A passionate geek, always curious, always learning.

DevDays 2005 Belgium day 1 in short: Enterprise Library, loosely coupled services, IT pros, and my lightning talk.

CAPTCHA tests are everywhere, but are they the right solution? A look at the problems they cause, for blind users for example.

DevDays 2005 Belgium is coming up, and I'll give a 5-minute lightning talk on Alternate Data Streams, my first in English.

The Microsoft Fingerprint Reader: log on and fill in website passwords with a touch, ideal for my grandmother.

My first BlogCast: an 8-minute video on NTFS Alternate Data Streams, demonstrated from the command prompt and in C#.

A short Christmas and New Year greeting before my exams, with a promise of more useful posts after.

Today I went to a BENUG session about test driven development, and I finally got NUnitAddin to work ;)

Firefox users love typing 'google searchterm' in the address bar. Internet Explorer can do it too, with a registry key per keyword.

My school account suddenly had administrator rights on every file share, without being in any admin group. We never found out why.