Just discovered this, a collection of links to amazingly interesting C# projects. I love the idea of SourceFTP which essentially gives you 'SourceSafe - like' access to FTP - so you can share stuff stored on an FTP server with a form of versioning (and looking…
Messing around with this stuff of late, @TheCodeJunkie requested it so here’s a really simple way to get a location and show a map :). This version uses the W3C Geolocation API on browsers that support it (FireFox 3.5, Safari, iPhone, Opera) and falls back to…
ViewState is a pain…there, I’ve said it! What causes the most pain with ViewState is the fact that people misuse it a lot, leaving it enabled for every control in a page when in fact you only really need it for that one control which really needs to persist…
Another interesting item was linked from the Slashdot post on this , so why eactly was IE7 being released again ;-): JENNINGS: I read an article coming up here on Firefox (Web browser) and its perceived ability to do this better than you. Is that fair? GATES:…
The Code Project - Indigo Transactional Web Services using Microsoft WinFX CTP March 2005 - C# WebServices Very cool stuff…get the feeling that .NET 1.1 was just a prelude
Well, I'm finally going to have to wipe my main workstation and reinstall - is it just me or is there always the creeping doubt that you've forgot to back something up? I was just reading a post on Pachal's blog about the Community Server stuff (which is where…
Well, had a lovely break...now for some code, this will let you 'impersonate' a user - really handy when, for instance, trying to upload a file to a network location...as usual, no idea where I found this, if it was youre, let me know! using System; using…
Found through a comment on Jon Galloway's blog (no relation), this site has a whole bunch of nice little client side controls including a particularly nice calendar control. Anyway, thought I'd post the link for future reference :-) - oh and here's Matt…
Excellent Resource Wrapper Generator on GotDotNet posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003 1:42 PM Now this could be tremendously useful - here's the description from Craig Hunter: Why wait for Whidbey for this functionality? This macro generates a type-safe…
The long dark format of the soul posted on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 5:06 PM Well, I'm finally going to have to wipe my main workstation and reinstall - is it just me or is there always the creeping doubt that you've forgot to back something up? I was just…
Wow, Hitchhikers guide in 5.1 Streaming Audio posted on Saturday, September 25, 2004 12:58 AM Everyone knows I guess that the new Hitchhikers Guide is on Radio 4, what I just noticed (and am listening to right now) is that the WMP and Real streams are in 5.1…
New Toys! posted on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 4:14 PM Ah, I love getting new stuff (even if it technically means I'll be living on Gruel for the next month...). Today I got the ubiquitous Star Wars Trilogy DVD, a lovely new Lacie external 205Gb hard drive…
Disheartened by ASP posted on Friday, September 10, 2004 4:51 PM Well, I've spent the past week working on an application written in Classic ASP - just a small update before we do a total rewrite in ASP.NET in a few months. I have to say, I am now slow as hell…
Simple pattern for the Data Access Application block posted on Friday, August 27, 2004 1:38 PM Thought I'd just throw out a simple code sample for the (very) simple pattern I use when writing data access code with the Data Access Application Block. This…
Ever get worried about your former workmates... posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 2:09 AM Hmm...this does worry me slightly (let it load). I used to work with Brian at a company called BlackId which went bust not long after we all left. He does have a few…
Mail server crap again posted on Friday, August 20, 2004 12:16 AM Hmmphh...well, since I had a line problem when I was on holiday I decided to flip my Email to forward to a hotmail account...great idea right??? Umm...not with my DNS provider it seems my MX…
I hateses the horrible interfaces. posted on Thursday, July 22, 2004 1:36 AM I'm in a bit of a mental fug, as I've griped about before, I work in a very small company which results in my having to do a whole bunch of different stuff - I'm currently trying to…
Eliminating SQL Injection... posted on Saturday, July 10, 2004 8:06 PM Read on Stefan Demetz's blog about a movement afoot to lobby Microsoft to change how textboxes allow passed in data. See here for the comment. Sorry but I think this is a plain awful idea…
Depressing... posted on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 8:55 PM Got one of those Nigerian bank scam things through the 'Contact' page on this here blog...which either means that a bot is currently submitting to .TEXT blogs or someone is doing this manually…
Stuff to post about posted on Thursday, June 24, 2004 9:46 AM OK, I get sick of it too...but time for the customary moan about how I've run out of stuff to blog about. Complete nonsense of course, like everyone else, blogging goes in phases for me, I'll get…