Yet to try it out, but this has great potential to make my life a whole lot easier; going between VBScript and C# is not pleasant...if I forget one more then in a VBScript if statement, I may kill someone. Anyway, found the link on Tim Sneath's blog, you can…
A whole heap of useful bits here. The Netping utility solves a problem I've had for a while - tying up IP addresses with machines...very handy! Oh, Jeff Key also makes the excellent Snippet Compiler... Anyway, worth a look!
If you have a lot of ASP code which currently runs on a Windows 2000 server, you probably use CDONTS to send your mail...Now, if you want to migrate to Windows 2003 (or Windows XP for local dev) you'll have a problem - CDONTS no longer comes with those…
Umm...ok, over elaborate title...here's the link (oh, and subscribe to Dave Barry's blog, it's fantastic!)
Found this on Ashutosh Nilkanth'sblog (good name!), basically allows you to run pretty much any CLR code using a Sql Server extended stored procedure - not nearly as good as Yukon, but if you need to do this now, it is a start!
Read on Jesse Ezzel's blog about research showing the ability of monkies to directly control robotic arms with neural impulses.I have to say that, though this is potentially great news for those with severe impairment in movement, it does concern me that…
One fairly interesting little article I read of late is Rewrite.NET, this is by far the best implementation of Url rewriting that I've seen for ASP.NET. In case you're not aware what Url Rewriting is, it is basically a way of providing more friendly URLs for…
I have a rotten cold...result - I'm reading alot but writing very little. On the bright side my reading has thrown up a few little bits and pieces which I'll scribble on this here site very soon...stay tuned...normal thinking will resume shortly...
This is an odd little tip...not sure where I found this out, but I use it a fair bit...if you have an image which you're not sure will be available, add this to the img tag: OnError="this.src='/images/shim.gif';this.width='1';this.height='1'" (where…
I had been planning to implement something similar to this...with a 'twist'. Namely, I plan to do one which accepts multiple rexexp / replacement value pairs, allowing each page to specify it's use of the 'include'. This is mainly so I can share includes…