3 Dec
2004

Parsing Page Parameters in ASP.Net

This will be obvious to most, but I am slow to catch up to the rest of you.  Are you tired of writing parameter validation code in your ASP.Net pages? Usually it looks something like this: 1protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e) 2{ 3   if( !this.IsPostBack ) 4   { 5       projName = this.ParseRequiredParam(“p”); 6       if( projName == null […]

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29 Nov
2004

Why I Uninstalled Firefox

Get ready to flame me.  I know it is coming and I don’t care. I just uninstalled Firefox after giving it a half-hearted chance to be my browser.  I say half-hearted because I really didn’t care if it worked or not as I knew it would be easier to use IE, and I was right.  Firefox […]

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29 Nov
2004

The Aquitaine Progression : Robert Ludlum

I have a terrible habit of reading the same author until I have exhausted all of that author’s books. I ripped through Nelsen DeVille in a single month, for instance. After being thoroughly disappointed in The Sigma Protocol I thought that I would give the late-great Robert Ludlum another chance by reading a different one […]

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28 Nov
2004

Th Incredibles : Pixar

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I saw The Incredibles today with the family and it was really good! You know those movies that are for kids but are chock full of jokes that kids will never get and are there for the grownups? Well, this is one. Now, the thing that kills me is that it took $50 to take […]

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23 Nov
2004

21st Century Christmas List

In a move that stunned me, my mother has requested that I post my Christmas list online. Now this is a great move because I can hotlink directly to items that I want so that there is no question what I am talking about.  This should prevent a request for slippers ending up with rabbit […]

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19 Nov
2004

Community Server Beta

I am so happy!  The Beta version of the replacement for  has shipped and I have it up and running here on my local box. Community Server is the long awaited followup to the blogging engine powering this site, written by Scott Watermasyk.  I expect the open source community to go nuts when this thing goes gold, […]

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