Another link for me...again from ASP.NET... really good RSS class

Really nice control from Bipin Joshi for handling RSS feeds - so you can easily provide one from your site...

Convert a DataSet to Excel in one easy step...

I found this really useful little assembly / code when looking for a simple, free way to convert a DataSet to Excel - couldn't be easier, just one line of code required for the conversion, here's the line I'm using:…

Visual Studio .NET is causing me pain!

You know when you get to the point where you're happily coding away then suddenly, Visual Studio .NET causes you to want to kill someone...two things are really bugging me right now: Editing stored procedures - so, you use the nice designer (I believe Da Vinci…

J2EE Development using Visual Studio .NET

I thought this was pretty interesting - compiles MSIL into Java Bytecode so you can run C# or VB.NET (or any other . NET language I assume) on J2EE application servers. At first glance, the question qhich arises is 'why the hell would I want to do this?' but…

Great article on CAPTCHA on 15 Seconds today - Fighting Spambots with AI

Found it as ASP.NET...this is rapidly becoming pretty much essential for any site where users can register and post text, blogs, forums, the lot...this article provides an extensive review of current uses of CAPTCHA, ways to break it and how to avoid those…

Firefox rules - no, not the dodgy Clint Eastwood movie!

Been playing with Mozilla Firefox - gotta say, it really is fantastic! MUCH faster than IE at loading pages, more standards compliant, skinning, better privacy settings...basically what IE should be (and would be if MS had any competition in that space IMHO).…

New version of BlogJet - now with HTML Source Editing!

From Jon Galloway's blog, a new version of BlogJet - with a bunch of new features including, finally, HTML Source editing - this is fantastic news! New BlogJet! Well, it's beta, but I'll take it - it adds HTML source code editor!Download it Release…

MonoDevelop - SharpDevelop on Linux w/ Mono

Just found out about this, MonoDevelop is a port of SharpDevelop to Linux using Mono (more news) it actually looks pretty good, I am really going to have to try this out - I'm all for MS but some clients just won't consider using MS products, being able to…

ASP.NET Style Webforms for Classic ASP

Via Leon Jollans (on the MSWebdev list) - a really neat way to do ASP.NET like stuff in classic ASP...

Taking the leap...

I'm ALMOST decided that I'm going to move from full-time to contracting / free-lance work. Got my 'Start your own business' book, and am reworking my CV to be more suitable for this type of role...all I have to do now is actually get up the nerve to pack in my…