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  • The Story of the Two Dotnet Gnomes and the Network Services Ogre

    Once upon a time, there were two dotnet gnomes. They lived in a cave. Everyday they got up and slaved away at their computers. They were creating something that was going to be useful to the world, and they were very excited. After 10 months of slaving away, eating nuts and berries, they finally launched...

  • Crystal Reports - Poll

    Please take the following poll about Crystal Reports for .NET. 1) I use Crystal Reports for .NET because... a) It's a great tool b) I'm forced to use it in my job c) MSSQL Reporting isn't released yet d) I don't use it 2) If Crystal Reports for .NET was a person, I'd... a) Shake its hand, and say “Great...

  • Red-gate is a must have tool for MS SQL...

    I want to shout out to Red-gate software. I am in no way affiliated, just a big fan. Today, I downloaded their latest SQL Compare tool. It's really good! Find out more and download a free trial: http://www.red-gate.com/sql/version30x_sql_compare.htm . -B Music tip of the day... http://www.epitonic.com...
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  • The CssStyleCollection

    Last week I pointed out that you can use the CopyFrom() to copy font and control styles applied to a WebControl to it's contained controls. If you missed it, you can use the Font.CopyFrom and ControlStyle.CopyFrom to achieve this. But what if you don't have the CopyFrom method at your disposal? This...

  • Software in Limbo - The story of Intrinsigo

    Back in 2000, I was co-founder of a soon to be defunct tech startup company called Intrinsigo . This was the twilight of the bubble. We got just enough funding to get excited, develop a product, hire some people, buy a basement full of computers... and be seriously let down when investors realized that...

  • Copying Font Properties

    Say you have a user control that contains some other web controls, such as a text box or drop down list. Now say that you want the UI designer to be able to set the font properties of the contained controls, by setting the font properties of the control in the designer. Well, if you've ever tried this...
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  • Accessing Index Server.. Black Art?

    So, I'm fooling around with Index Server, to try and implement a site search here. First of all, I have to admit it, I've never fully understood the technology, even though I can manage to get it to work. I really don't like that kind of development. I have no idea why it works when it does work, and...

  • Programmatically Remote Control a Windows Service

    I just thought this was cool, start and stop remote services like so: System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController sc2 = new System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController("ServiceName", "MACHINE_NAME"); if (sc2.Status.Equals(System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus.Running)) { sc2.Stop...
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  • Object Persistence and Remoting...

    I discovered something interesting this week. Here's the scenario. I have a windows service which houses a singleton object that has live camera statistics generated from our gate traffic camera here at the port. What this service does is Monitors a directory for file changes (camera images updated every...
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  • Tap. Tap. Is this thing on?

    So, I'm sitting here trying to think up a theme for this blog, and it occurs to me that I need to fire up some tunes to get my creative juices flowing. So I launch BBC Radio 6 ( www.bbc.co.uk/6music ) over Windows Media and it hit's me! Yeah! I'll write about music and coding! Wait a second. Does anyone...