Interesting...could this be the tiniest way to use Visual Studio.NET on the move

Just noticed this, not due for a few months yet - the OQO Personal Computer, not overly powered (a Transmeta 1GHZ processor, 256MB Ram and 20GB hard drive). But this might JUST provide a way to have a full Windows XP experience on the move (Pocket PC just…

Trouble sleeping again...so links to a few 'interesting' articles & sites

I think I'm going through one of my bi-annual mid-life crises again. I really should be sleeping, I have a hospital appointment in the morning (just a diabetic clinic followup thing - 10 minutes and a lecture about my diet...great fun - and eerily similar to…

Testing BlogJet - really cool tool to post to your blog from your desktop!

I have downloaded and installed an interesting application - BlogJet. It's a Windows-client for my blog tool (as well as some for other tools). Actually, it was not me who wrote this text: when I launched BlogJet for the first time, it's edit window already…

Pure ASP.NET file upload...I have my doubts...

OK, maybe someone 'in the know' can settle this, is it possible to upload large files efficiently purely using ASP.NET? I've been following a threadin the ASP.NET forums about providing a method to do this using HttpHandlers / Modules to do this. What confuses…

Another busy weekend - and using Dynamically loaded user controls the easy way

Well, spent the weekend working again - had a sudden stroke of inspiration about a work project, much refactoring later, I have a more stable and flexible implementation. I may write about this in more detail at a later date, got some pretty cool stuff going…

An article I really have to write - oh the woes of being lazy...just why the hell does everyone use DataGrids?

One thing that really puzzles me in the ASP.NET forums (apart from having to be moderated...which is a whole other story) is that practically everyone seems hell-bent on using the DataGrid. Why? What am I missing; I VERY rarely need to use a DataGrid, a…

Another in the 'things I didn't know but really should've done" - you can disable Client Side validation with client-side script...

OK umm, actually quite embarassed about this one...I just discovered this was possible...so I can emit a bit of Javascript which lets me disable validation on a control when some condition is met here's this bit from MSDN: Client-Side APIs Some additional…

Stupid, stupid ADSL

Sorry, ADSL is playing up again, please keep trying if you're having problems...

I hate the talented...

Pretty amazing track from Rory Blyth - man I wish had musical talent of any kind; well, I sing but a monkey can sing...not very well, and it obviously appeals most to other monkies...but well, you get the idea...

Blogger fight (BOF)

Rory Blyth- you are my one true god - for this post alone (and having the funniest Techie blog on the planet): Went to the blogger BOF tonight, and all I can say is that I'd like to flush this whole Atom vs. RSS debate down the toilet and do something more…