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370 Dirty Words
Twitter's recent security crackdown includes a list of 370 passwords that will not be allowed when signing up for new accounts (no word on whether changes to existing passwords will have the same restrictions). I'm thinking that a server script and/or...
Getting paid enough?
30,055 participants contributed to the "A LIST APART" survey of people who are building the web (developers, designers, etc.). Topics covered include things like, education, compensation, experience, age, ethnicity, vacation days, etc. My favorite statistic...
Would you like a FREE book?
Help me spend my gift cards wisely and you can keep what I buy. You pick them out. I buy them. I read them. I mail them to you--free of charge. The rules are: The book(s) must be available from http://borders.com The book can be technical, fiction, audio...
What the heck is the "Microsoft Web Platform Installer?"
In my TechNet Flash this morning I see this section: Download the New Microsoft Web Platform Installer The Microsoft Web Platform Installer lets you create a Web platform on your server. The Microsoft Web Platform is a reliable, high-performance Web stack...
Avoiding Duplication When Dynamically Adding Scripts and Styles to A Webpage
Recently, I had a project where I was wanting to be able to create a reusable UserControl to display tooltips throughout the application. The control would need to access the jQuery framework, a jQuery plugin, required some inline scripting, and had its...
Posted: Aug 01 2008, 05:23 PM by jstengel | with 1 comment(s)
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UserAgent Fix for the RSSToolkit 2.0.0.0
I frequently use the RSSToolkit to consume and display RSS feeds from other blogs.  Recently, I've noticed problems with the RSSToolkit not being able to display feed from some external sources.  In particular, I've been having trouble consuming...
Un-sucking the Radio Button
I swear radio buttons pucker up the closer my mouse gets to them. Aside from the lack of good CSS options for radio buttons, they demand a certain level of commitment from the user. Unlike our promiscuous friend the checkbox, once you manage to jab the...
Flash/AJAX File Upload w/ Progress Server Control
Editor Note: This control does not support the most recent release of Adobe Flash . Certain security updates from that release prevent the control from working. Since the release of this control, others have released similar controls that are compatible...
Cool Timeline API
I recently happened upon this intriguing little API that provides a nice interface for displaying events on a timeline. It was pretty easy to get my head around it and it's pretty easy to setup and use. It's got a Google Maps-like scrolling interface...
Uploading Files: Multiple Files, Progress Bar, No Postback
UPDATE: This is now available as a free ASP.NET control. Recently, Joe Stagner created some videos and talked about 4 upload scenarios that provide an AJAX-like file upload experience. I've used or looked at all of those options at least once or twice...
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