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I use extension methods when I remember they exist. I started getting tired of writing code to check strings for Null, Empty, Equal before using a database column when I remembered Extension Methods are there to make life easier! Some great...
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For you my wife! I see you I see you Walking through a dream I see you My light in darkness breathing hope of new life Now I live through you and you through me Enchanting I pray in my heart that this dream never ends I see me through your eyes Living...
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While the C-5 was turning over its engines, a female crewman gave the G.I.s on board the usual information regarding seat belts, emergency exits, etc. Finally, she said, 'Now sit back and enjoy your trip while your captain, Judith Campbell, and crew take...
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I've been in debates with several people over the direction our President is taking us. Bailouts are not the answer. IMHO, a bailout puts the corporation into Government hands. The last I looked that is part of a Communistic political...
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From time to time I get a slew of links that may/should be useful to others than just myself. The quotes are from these web pages and are not of my manufacture. 40+ Essential Front End Web Developer Cheat Sheets Quote: Today more or less everyone can...
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Just a quick blog to say I finally have Live Writer setup to post computer technology related posts to http://weblogs.asp.net/kbarrows now. I still have a few things to get setup like publishing images and files and such but that will fall in place...
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Can anyone reproduce this sequence of events? I added 6 lines of code to of my data model view. I compile – no warnings, no errors, build successful. I run the app and the lines of code I added DO NOT EXECUTE! In fact, I am getting an error that...
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I am currently developing on a Win 7 (build 7000) x64 box using the newly released MVC addition for ASP.NET. While the promise of MVC is great, the reality that this developer has been experiencing for the last 2 weeks is not at all what I expected. ...
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New machine, new OS, new this and new that I forgot to post a blip on the hottest release from Microsoft – MVC! I’m not going to hammer on it so feel free to read the following: Phil Haack – ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Released ScottGu - His free ASP.NET MVC...
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My wife and I were supposed to go to her Doctor’s appointment today. After nearly 15 minutes of driving we had made it about a mile into a 30+ mile drive. Time to turn around and try it another day. Nasty, nasty day today. White...
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Microsoft’s ASP.NET team has been hard at work. Phil Haack just blogged on the latest release of MVC – which is Release Candidate #2. Make sure to read all of the requirements as they have changed a bit since RC1. More later. Share this post: email it!...
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I am working on an application using MVC and discovered quite quickly that there is no documented way to control my main menu’s looks while it is in the master page. After searching for an hour or more I knew there had to be a way to overcome this without...
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I am finally back to working with modern technologies - and for myself. I am no longer an employee of a corporation! I am so looking forward to being on the cutting edge again after a year of classic ASP and some .NET 2.0 Win Services. I can't go into...
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I am biting the bullet now. I have a desktop that is running an AMD Opteron (Dual Core) and have never run a 64 bit OS. I have Win XP Pro x64 on my MSDN subscription so decided to repave this desktop and install it. Several false starts later I finally...
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Wish I had thought to google for this. Another classmate just left me a message on MySpace and the link to my HS Reunion site . <sigh/> With all of this technology at hand it is still hard to know when periodic events like this happen. ...
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It took me a bit of time but I finally found a solution for loading a XML file that has accented characters (like áéíóúâä) into a UTF-8 format. I'm loading data for a client and it ended up having a name in it...
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The Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) is a new library in .NET that enables greater reuse of applications and components. Using MEF, .NET applications can make the shift from being statically compiled to dynamically composed. If you are building extensible...
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I always seem to struggle with a NOT IN clause when there are more than one column to compare. This, of course, comes up when I am trying to get records from one set that are NOT IN another set and the comparison has to be done across multiple columns. ...
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I sometimes forget how to do an XML output formed in a tree when dealing with a single table parent/child relationship. There is a great explanation on SQL Server Central on *how* to do this . I am mainly capturing the link and the SQL I just...
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Microsoft just released it's CTP-1 of a new caching product code named Velocity. It is a distributed caching technology that should add extra velocity to your ASP.NET applications. Summary: “Velocity” is a distributed in-memory application...
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The beta has been released. Scott Guthrie has a huge list of what to expect . (The image should link you directly to the download page.) Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!...
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Do you know what happens when you read blogs? You mine expands, dude! Like Woaoooo... Something Scott Hanselman posted caught my attention. He posted about Alt.Net . I am now searching out all things ALT.NET to make sure my head...
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I'm supporting an ASP ( Application Service Provider ) style application for my company. Instead of putting each client's settings into a single config file, I wanted to have the main config file point to each clients configuration. After a bit of digging,...
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Come and get it! If you are a MVC developer and really want to dig into the core of MVC then go directly to CodePlex and get the code ! Scott Guthrie has a LOT more details on his blog. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! |...
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Looking for events? Are you in Ireland on May 3rd? What better way to spend a Saturday than at an event with some funny charismatic notable characters like Plip and Sussman ! With Plip's permission I've duplicated his blog entry...