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.NET Performance Counters
Recently while catching up on technical reading I ran across the subject of performance counters. I must admit that I had not looked closely at this subject in the past and thought it was time to do so. If you are not sure what performance counters are and what they provide simply put they have [...]
Make Money Blogging
Making money while blogging is not as difficult as you may think. I will say that if you have dreams at becoming rich right away you are setting yourself up for a disappointment. If you focus on quality content and communications with your readers as time goes own you may find that you begin to [...]
Charting Controls In ASP.NET
Recently I inherited a legacy Microsoft .NET 1.1 web application that employed charts via a third party vendor. Since I am working to best support this project I thought I would turn my attention to the Chart Controls for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 that I recalled first reading about from Scott Guthrie, aka @ScottGu. As [...]
Printer Friendly Web Pages
While I personally do print a great deal of web pages I do find myself from time to time running across an article that I want to to keep and a bookmark is something I do not want to use. Print is something that you can file away to ensure that the information is available [...]
Best Practices: Visual Studio .NET Project Naming Standards
If you have not adopted a best practice when it comes to naming your solution and projects within Visual Studio .NET, I urge you to take a moment a think about this subject. As anyone will tell you best practices are worth their weight in gold and why would anyone not want to review what [...]
How To Achieve Website Optimization
Why should you care about optimization when it comes to your website? Should it really be a surprise to learn that your visitors are impatient and wants what they want immediately? I think not. We have become a society of faster is better therefore you should take every approach possible to get your data rendered [...]
How To Root A MyTouch 3G
Today I decided to root the MyTouch 3G and thanks to theunlockr.com the process was quick and painless, reference How To: Root a Donut Phone (Android 1.6). I have made a local PDF copy however you should always check theunlockr for news and updates.
I must admit that I really wanted to run a Hero ROM [...]
How To Create A Bootable Windows 7 Virtual Hard Disk (VHD)
In this article I will cover creating a bootable Windows 7 VHD. If you missed the previous article on creating a VHD titled How To Create a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) in Windows 7 you may want to take a few minutes and visit this article first. You may be asking yourself why would I [...]
How To Create a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) in Windows 7
What is a virtual hard disk?
Virtual hard disk (VHD) is a disk image file format for storing the complete contents of a hard drive. The disk image, sometimes called a virtual machine, replicates an existing hard drive and includes all data and structural elements. It can be stored anywhere the physical host can access.
There are [...]
Cheat Sheets
If you looking for a cheat sheet then you may possibly find it here!
Python cheat sheet: The Python Cheat Sheet, a quick reference guide for the Python programming language.
Subversion cheat sheet: The Subversion Cheat Sheet, a quick reference guide for command line Subversion.
Regular Expressions Cheat Sheet (v2): The second version of the Regular [...]
LearnVisualStudio.NET Three Day Thirty Percent Off Sale
Beginning October 28th, Learn Visual Studio .NET is launching a big “3 Day” 30% off sale for all subscriptions. If you’re not familiar with this site then you are missing out on a great resource! If you’re looking for tutorials on VB.NET, C#, ASP.NET, and more then you will find this resource a must have. [...]
How To Upload An Excel 2007 Document Data To SQL Server
I have been asked to provide an example of uploading data from an Excel 2007 document to a SQL Server Database . While there are a number of different approaches you may take in this example I will use the SqlBulkCopy Class .
Microsoft SQL Server includes a popular command-prompt utility named bcp for moving data [...]
Is Freelancing The Right Move
Have you ever considered making the move into freelancing? I have considered this idea myself over the years and I must say the idea is alluring for a number of reasons. First, who doesn’t want to be their own boss and at the same time provide a service to others that both works well for [...]
Obtain Web Server Details With CSharp Or VB.NET
C# Example
/// <summary>
/// Handles the Load event of the Page control.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sender">The source of the event.</param>
/// <param name="e">The <see cref="System.EventArgs"/> instance containing the event data.</param>
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.AppendLine(string.Format("Machine Name: {0}{1}", Environment.MachineName, "<br>"));
sb.AppendLine(string.Format("OS Version: {0}{1}", Environment.OSVersion.VersionString, "<br>"));
sb.AppendLine(string.Format("Platform: {0}{1}", Environment.OSVersion.Platform, "<br>"));
sb.AppendLine(string.Format("No. of Processors: {0}{1}", Environment.ProcessorCount, "<br>"));
sb.AppendLine(string.Format("Uptime: {0}{1}", TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(Environment.TickCount).Days, " [...]
WordPress Tutorials and Tips: Part One
WordPress is an extremely powerful blogging platform and has a wide range of options to make it your own. In this entry I will list a number of resources for both new and seasoned users.
Tips and Tutorials
WordPress Install Process: A guide for installing WP.
The Ultimate Guide to Setting Up WordPress after an Install : A 10 [...]
SiteMinder Versus Custom Code
The benefits of using a Single Sign-On system are endless. User-rights are tightly integrated with user and company policies and these policies are all centralized in data center or such within a given organization. Users have only one identity (user IDs and Passwords) to maintain. Companies have the feeling of security that all the entry points to a number [...]
WolframAlpha Knowledge Engine
While browsing the web today I ran across a very interesting site called WolframAlpha . Geeks and non-geeks alike find this knowledge engine entertaining and possible useful in solving the answer to a question you may have.
What Is WolframAlpha
Wolfram|Alpha’s long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone. We aim to collect [...]
ASP.NET Tip: Take Your Application Offline
Should you find yourself needing to perform maintenance on a website, rather than just alarming your end users would it not make much more sense to make them aware when maintenance is occurring. For that matter instead of going thru the time and effort to log into the server, fire up the IIS management console and stop [...]
Understanding SMTP Status Codes
Many programmers take processing email as one of those actions that is easily implemented and rarely fails. If you have not read my earlier post How-to: Easily Sent Emails With .NET you want to review this example.
One would greatly benefit from understanding the status code result from the attempt to process emails and the .NET [...]
Scott Hansleman Provides A Step-By-Step: How To “Upgrade” from Windows XP to Windows 7
At The time of this post I have not purchased Windows 7 yet and the only reason I have not is there is rumor that Microsoft may be lowering the price for a limited time. I am simply sitting on the sidelines to see if there is any truth to this matter. The rumors of [...]
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