Someone asked what happened to the new server I was going to build...Umm well...I got all the bits, including a swanky new heatsink - all from Ebuyer , which is the best online store I've ever found for bits - can't find the link to the heatsink right now, but…
Noticed this over on Alex Lowes'blog, link to the building blocks page. Some very useful resources - I can see these being used more and more in the community. We already use the Exception Management and Data Access Blocks in our large Portal project, they…
Found this on Scobles' blog...guidelines on UI design, I don't think any developers can read too much of this stuff...if no-one can use it, why write it??? http://www.asktog.com/columns/022DesignedToGiveFitts.html
On a trawl through my Sharpreader subscriptions...ShawnMors' blog had this link . Some pretty cool toys for VS.NET... | | | --- | | Take a look at these – they are from Scott Swanson and Jason Weber, and the VS IDE team… > > > I was looking up something on the…
Just came across this blog http://sqlblogs.com/salman/, looks like it'll become a pretty useful blog for Sql...
I forget whos' blog I saw this on (post a comment and i'll link). This is essentially the documentation and bits which .NET Passport should have always come with. The passport toggler alone is totally indespensible for all developer using .NET passport. The…
WSel, got your attention...I found this entry really interesting regarding the future (or not) of IE link on Scobles'blog...
I'd love to see a more complete explanation of this system » link. This type of system really appeals to my style of architecture. Only thing I would be driven to ensure was that this system was secure...
On of the worst omissions from .NET 1.0 and 1.1 is compression...and no-one has ever really explained the reasons why we can't have it as part of the cor framework. Also, why doesn't WSE include anything on message compression? Anyway, there is one way to get…
Martin Fowler has written about a little device called Slimp3..it looks amazingly cool...just what I was looking for in fact. » link
Find his weblog here, for those who don't know, Dino is the author of the MSDN Magazine Cutting Edge column as well as a whole bunch of the best books around on ASP.NET (do a search at Amazon...then buy his books!). He's already made a couple of very…
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-039.asp From Patrick Steele, this looks like a pretty serious problem, patch now to avoid another Blaster... UPDATE: Thought I'd include the technical details...this…
I've always thought cleartype was really just for Laptops...looks fuzzy on a normal screen...Brian Keller knows different (and now, so do I), check this out a very cool ClearType tuner...
Got my new little baby server (very powerful baby but baby nonetheless - think 'Hulk Baby'). So, the new site is finally on the way...the current address will continue to work - it will be a copy of the 'real' stie for the time being - I have an odd .TEXT (new…
It is VERY interesting on the subject of patching and Blaster - part 2
The onewhere the C++ guy doesn't get Chris Sells' jokes :-) Also, did anyone notice that Brad Abrams and Anders Hejlsberg bear a passing resemblance to someone else
The Stinger tool is the best I've found for gettings rid of the recent virii...won't stop you getting it again, for that you must run proper antivirus software
As usual, Anydy Smith comes up with the goods with the most flexible implementation of MasterPages I've ever seen...
Just noticed that ASPTodayis back and publishing some good articles (i.e., not Windows Server 2003 adverts by Alex Homer...)! You have to subscribe to access all the latest ones, but they do provide some freebies to give you a taster. Along with its' now…
Just took a survey here on my Sci-fi/fantasy character....well... hmm...not what I'd usually expect! :-) Which Fantasy/SciFi Character Are You?