Keith Brown .Net Security Book
I am currently ready it (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321228359/ccomput-20/103-4748007-2595816?creative=327641&camp=14573&link_code=as1)Now, if you want to get scared about the...
View ArticleAn old friend, the ZX81
A friend of mine read my bio on the Developmentor web site and reminded me that I forgot to mention the ZX81 in my history of technologies I worked with. If you remember this machine, it was popular in...
View ArticleComputer History is available for you to see
I found this. It is an archive of all the TV shows of the "Computer Chronicles".You probably remember the guy always introducing himself the same way. It is fun tosee the old machines and the...
View ArticleI got burnt by ToString()
I have encountered a gotcha that I want to share. Strong typing is my thing. There is nothing that bothers me more than seeing hardcoded strings in code. In ADO.Net it is common to do something like...
View ArticleMake your own webhandler factory, why? Because you can!
In ASP.Net, the framework provide a default handler for ashx files. It is called"System.Web.UI.SimpleHandlerFactory". You can find the mapping in machine.config.The main job of this handler is to...
View ArticleNew Samples on my web site
I am giving a talk at Microsoft (C# users group) on Tuesday about httpHandlers.Since they are going to ask me where they can get the samples, I added them to my web site. Here is the link...
View ArticleWriting JSP pages in C#
Enough said. Go to my web site here.http://www.t-d-n-g.com/default.aspx?P=AboutJsp
View ArticleBook Review / The Pragmatic Programmer
An interesting title. After browsing a few pages atthe book store I bought it, and read it prettyquickly. An easy read but a good one. I have to saythat I was pleased to find out that some people...
View ArticleWon't buy Sony any more
Here is why. http://www.sysinternals.com/Blog/ or http://www.sonybmg.com/ Customers should not stand for this. What is this ? Big brother? click on "Information on XCP content protection" I am now...
View ArticleExpert ASP.Net 2.0 (Advanced Application Design) Book
Just finished reading this book. One of the problems in Windows is the numerous different ways you can design your app. The new .Net era brought us some new goodies like managed code and a huge library...
View ArticleAnother Book / Understanding COM+
I taught ASP.Net in New-York last week. I wanted to bring a book to read in the plane but I wanted a light one (in weight). Have you noticed computer books are just way too thick/heavy?I browsed...
View ArticleA Master Page GotCha...
I was messing around with master pages and found something very strange...I have a page1.aspx referencing master.master.I made an override CreateChildControls(){ base.CreateChildControls();...
View ArticleMaking Dynamic CSS content with ASP.Net
I had the situation where there was a need to modify a css file on the fly.It is like the poor man's Theme but it is slightly different.Let's say you want the H1 background color to be configurable by...
View ArticleAn alternative to Page.RegisterClientScriptBlock
When you make a custom control that requires custom javascript you usually have to make sure that you output the javascript code once and once only. If you don't, the same javascript is downloaded to...
View ArticleAT&T's Big Brother Policy
Sony puts rootkits on their CD, now AT&T violates basic privacyhttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/21/BUG9VJHB9C1.DTL&hw=at&sn=002&sc=870 Should we just throw our...
View ArticleA validated check box in ASP.Net
As you probably know, there is no validator for a check box in ASP.Net. People go through hoops to make this work.We just want to force the user to check the box before submitting. This is for...
View ArticleOn the light side / Superman
I just saw the new Superman movie. Yes, I was a younger man when I saw the first one. I hesitated going to see this new version. Remakes are usually disappointing.I was very pleased with this version....
View ArticleAdding A .Net Command Prompt to Explorer context menu
In order to get access to ildasm or the csc (C# compiler) you need to run vsvars32.bat. It would be easier to point to a folder in explorer and right click and see a ".Net Cmd 2003" item and just...
View ArticleWhere are ASP.Net 2.0 Property Pages Settings stored?
Right here.These are hidden folders so you can just type the whole path to get to the file.C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\WebsiteCache\websites.xmlThe...
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