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Essential : The USB Hotcup ;-))
Still from Gizmodo:
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Even more USB-powered gadgets
Read from Gizmodo :-))))
The USB-powered gadgets keep coming! To add to the USB toothbrush and USB hot cup, there's now a USB heating pad (to keep you warm at night) and a USB mini hot-plate that keeps your drink warm while you're working hard! Actually, given how cold it's been here in New York lately, that heating pad sounds pretty good right about now.
Read - USB heating pad
Read - USB hot-plate
Read USB Toothbrush
It's look like it was created by some mad big boss who wants to chain his developers to their computers ;-)
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Uh-oh... language wars!
Tim Marman wrote:
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Good one !
Jason Tucker wrote :
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Answer on again another stupid language war !
James I am absolutly disagree with you.
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New Ipaq ? and new Microsoft Wireless Information Server ?
Read on a forum :
I was recently at a show with an organization called Angelbeat. It is a group that works closely with HP, Cisco, Microsoft and others. One of the HP representatives shared there is a new device being released in the June/July timeframe with the following features:
* It will be the 2200 Series
* Integrated Compact Flash and SDIO slot (Finally!)
* 400MHz XScale Processor
* 16-bit Color with Transreflective TFT
* Built in Bluetooth
* Slightly larger than 1900 series from a thickness and screen but not by much (it was very light)
* Base model will come with 64MB Ram and a higher model will come with 128MB Ram, I did not get a chance to ask about ROM
* There is a replaceable battery
* It will offer both Landscape and Standard view without a soft reset!
* Black grips on the side for a very secure hold
* They did not integrate 802.11 because an SDIO card is due in June/July that will provide this functionality
* It will run on the new Microsoft operating system (this is the reason for the release date in June/July)
* It will not fit existing accessories
* A future model will have a keyboard that slides from the back and automatically changes the view to Landscape (it was described as coming from the right side of the iPaq)
* A phone option should be available “in the future”
* It will be between $300-$400 but expect it just under $400
* I held it and it is beautiful
* Don't ask for pictures, none where taken
Other comments worth mentioning:
The GSM/GPRS sleeve is expected to be release the end of this month on the AT&T network.
The new release of Office (Office 11) will completely change the look of Outlook. The preview pane will be on the side instead of the bottom was the most noticeable.
The Microsoft Wireless Information Server will be integrated into the Exchange Server. This will increase the number of companies that will have access to wireless technology and will decrease the infrastructure needed to support the environment. The current code name for this project is Titanium. -
ImageLabel
Good Control
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Fieldset
It's good some time to have a break and look backwards your old projects.
It helped me reducing quite some numbers of <asp:panel> I was using just to have a nice border around other controls or to give a better structure to my page.
If you workon an Intranet project with IE, you can use a <Fieldset> tag that do perfectly the job without any server roundtrip.
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Folder Permissions
I create dynamically some folders in my application. When I deploy the site, I can't copy the folder permissions, like the basic Read attributes for an Internet guest.
It's ok for me because I have access to the host server, but I imagine for people hosting remotely.
Maybe someone know something about that ? I already tried some folder attribute code but it doesn't work.
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WebConfig
I read some tips about the best way to keep Webconfig wherever you deploy your application.
Well I just find another one (It's new for me). What I do is after a first copy of my application to my Production server, everytime I need to update the site I exclude Webconfig from the project, copy and include again WebConfig.
It's not rocket science, but it do the job, and I apply also this to other static files, which I don't need to change. -
Chandler
Chandler is an Open Source Project to have a free open PIM.
I wonder how they going to react to Office 2003. It's surely not for now, but it's probably there in few months.
Extract from their homepage:
Our product (code-named "Chandler" after the great detective novelist Raymond Chandler,) is a Personal Information Manager (PIM) intended for use in everyday information and communication tasks, such as composing and reading email, managing an appointment calendar and keeping a contact list. Because of the ease with which Chandler users can share information with others, Chandler might be called the first Interpersonal Information Manager. (The term PIM was first used in conjunction with the product Lotus Agenda in the 1980's. Chandler is the spiritual descendant of Agenda (and has a common designer in Mitch Kapor.) -
Another Gaffe from Bush ;-)
Editor: Bush Cited Report That Doesn't Exist
Washington - There was only one problem with President George W. Bush's claim Thursday that the nation's top economists forecast substantial economic growth if Congress passed the president's tax cut: The forecast with that conclusion doesn't exist.
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Chef 'suicide' after critics' attack
Bernard Loiseau was found dead at his country home, a hunting rifle by his side.
His death came a week after the renowned GaultMillau restaurant guide cut its rating for his Cote d'Or restaurant in Burgundy.
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ThreeDegrees installation problems
If you think about installing the Beta of ThreeDegrees read this Blog before. Apparently some problems with the P2P layer and IPV6 installation.
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Blogs and Timezone
Scott so far so well again great blogging site.
Just anote about the Dotnetweblogs homepage. I like this idea to have a resume on the last blogs.
But timezone differences create for me some 'conjugal' dysfunctions ;-)
Indeed I have to stay late in the night if I don't want to miss some great blogs from some great blokes, and I know someone not happy with that ;-).
In the morning, the same, I lost all my favourite readings.
Yes I know I can click on all the names and check everything, but I'm bit slow on the morning.
Scott, can I suggest that on the left columns, after the names and the total of blogs, we can have between brackets or something, the number of blogs sent last 24 hours or 48 hours. -
News ... to change your life ;-))
A female octopus in a German zoo has learned to unscrew the lid from a jar of shrimps, and performs the trick for visitors.
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MSDN March delivery : new tool ?
I just received by mail the MSDN shipment list for March.
Do you know what is this tool (in bold) ?
Disc 0003.2 SQL Server 2000 Web Services Toolkit,
Web Services Enhancements v1.0
for Microsoft .NET (English), SQL Server 2000 Notification Services 2.0 (English,
French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional
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Some thoughts about Index Server
I am currently working one the Search function for my project Scoilnet.
This site is entirely built with controls, and the content from a database.
I'm quite stuck on something, and more I scratch my poor head, less I find a solution.
I have the choice for the search function between using a Full Text in my SQL stuff, or using Index Server, like the oldest version of the project.
Sadly I don't have really the choice with .Net, because of the way that controls are 'virtually' built on request and not physically present like HTML files.
It's quite a surprise for me to see that apparently nobody notice this side effect of controls. If I have an .aspx page, I can indeed wrap an ADO layer to use specific Index Server functions. But what's about content embedded in controls.
The Content Management System I developped use the database obviously but create static controls and page to build the portal.
I do that to avoid overload the data server with many requests. But of course I can't transform my pages in html, I want to keep the flexibility and programming aspect of .Net.
So for the moment, unless someone bring me some ideas, I work with Full Text and I search directly in the database, with the implication that every piece of content has to be store.
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10 ADO.Net Tips
Nice article by Dino Esposito
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Voting project architecture
Richard Tallent answered to my previous blog about this project I have about a voting system:
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Transforming Windows 2003 as a workstation
You know that for obviously security purposes, now a lot of things are lock down with Windows 2003.
Anyway if you want to use it on your laptop for example (you need a good performing one;-)), this is the ultimate guide to do so.
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Happy Face ;-)
Nobody can resist to an happy face like that ;-)
Read also the interview with Bill Gates by the Seattle Times.
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Snow in Jerusalem
Roy, here in Ireland I didn't see any snowflake since 2 years ;0)
By the way, which camera you use, the quality is excellent ! -
Text Rotation within an Object
Do you know that IE 5+ supports text-rotation ! I found that pretty cool especially if you combine that with Datagrid.
It not .Net but Javascript and it works well for me.
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Exclusive : The Matrix Phone ;-)
Samsung Electronics and Warner Bros. Consumer Products will soon divulge the specific details regarding their unprecedented global partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures' blockbuster Matrix franchise.
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Timeout issue
Problem: I have a collection of multipage containing dozens of controls like checkboxes, textboxes, and radiobuttons.
I reckon a total of more than 500 !
I have a Save button sending the content of one page to my database. The point is that I do some generic code to loop through the controls collection, and save to the database through a stored procedure.
I wanted to have a Save ALL button. The loop is almost the same embedded in a page loop.
I experienced here some random timeout, indeed depending on the network traffic (it's an Intranet application shared by 6 users).
So my question is : what strategy should I use to to save everything ?
I was thinking about transactions, but I hav the feeling that the problem must reside with the For each...loop.
On top of that, the trace mode show me some huge differences between two servers, one running at 1 Ghz, the other one at 2 Ghz. It's really one to two !
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AOL on Pocket PC :-(
I received this email:
Beta Testers:
Does your PDA run the Pocket PC 2002 operating system? Does it also have a modem or other means of connecting to the Internet?
If so, you're invited to participate in a special beta test of AOL and AIM software designed especially for your PDA. You can apply to join in this test by going to AOL Keyword: ANYWHERE BETA and selecting the "AOL for Pocket PC 2000 Beta Test Application" link.
Spaces for this test are limited, so please apply to participate as soon as possible. Accepted applicants will receive further instructions on how to access this beta software and participate.
All the best,
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The winner is .... .Net ;-))
Hehe I found this very distracting:
Imagine you type two words in the search boxes and you'll see which one has the most results in Goolge.
Try for yourself !
Googlefight
Sorry I couldn't resist to try .Net and Java. I know it's an easy trick but it worked !
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Flash goes IMode
Read on Infosync:
Japanese mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo and U.S. software maker Macromedia today announced that the two companies have reached an agreement to jointly deliver Macromedia Flash technology to i-mode, DoCoMo's proprietary 2G/3G mobile Internet platform, in Japan. The technology will be embedded into the new i-mode handsets, starting with the 505i series, which is scheduled for release later this year. Citing penetration rates of 98 per cent on the desktop, Macromedia hopes to further bolster its presence on mobile platforms through the new agreement. -
Tabs behavior
Just wonder how this is possible to happen with the Microsoft WebControls
I have this code to generate some Tabs.
For each Subdir in dir.getdirectories
Dim Tab as new Microsoft.web.ui.Webcontrols.Tab()
Tab.Text = Subdir.Name
MyTabstrip.Items.add(Tab)
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ASP.Net debate
Replying to my last post Jorge replied:
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Debate on the .Net guy
I found an interesting debate on the .Net guy.
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The LibertyMeter
Found this very funny ;-) on The Agitator:
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Student Suspended Over Suspected Use of PHP ;-)
From bbspot:
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Wet Wireless
Very funny to find wireless everywhere :-))
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Most stupid application of the week ;-)
Hey man they really want to put everything on a mobile, now your CEO goes on shareholders meeting with his mobile !
What a strange idea to have a Powerpoint presentation a a tiny screen like that ! ;-)
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Unsollicited subscription :-(
I received an email (see below) nicely saying that I am part of a Yahoo maillist about SQL SERVER.
Maybe it's interesting, I don't know, but the story is I never request any subscription there.
I like to subscribe TO what I want and not be forced. I wonder how this guy (Scott Cate) can use my email without any permissions. I was sure that ASPFriends list was close.
That means that someone get their database. I know I can unsubscribe but this is just annoying.
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Bug Tracker software
Chris wrote:
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OneNote
In my previous post, if you read it, a guy from bink.nu was able to download some part of Office 2003 Beta 2.
What caught my eye, is this little new application that I would surely install before anything.
There is a screenshot of OneNote .
Just curious, look like a kind of personal blogger, isn't it ? Put a little bit of connectivity and here we go, MicroBlog ;-) -
Ooops I did it again - Microsoft accidentally posts Office 2003 beta 2
Microsoft posted the second beta of Office 2003 to its Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site on Wednesday, only to pull it a few hours later.
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Microsoft acquires Virtual PC from Connectix
Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it had acquired Connectix's Virtual PC products, including Virtual PC for Mac, Virtual PC for Windows and Virtual Server. Microsoft also hired many of the Connectix employees that worked on the products to continue development.
"What this means for Mac users is that Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU) will be responsible for supporting and shipping all current versions of Virtual PC and development for all future versions of the product," Tim McDonough, director of marketing and business development for the Macintosh Business Unit, told MacCentral.
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Flash Consortium
I found this wiki and the actions of this group very interesting.
Rather than creating a camp strategy of Flash pros and cons, they reckon that Flash should be promoted for what it was designed for, not for intrusive popups and ads.
They provide also some solutions to turn off Flash
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Bookmarklets
Sorry forget this one, so obvious for this subject !
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Bookmarklets
Bookmarklets are simple little programs that you can integrate into your browser to make your coding, debugging and researching lives a whole lot easier. Best of all, they're easy to use and modify for your own use.
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Browser Stats 3
That's it, I found a logical explanation for this amazing 10% of users who turn off Javascript.
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Browser stats 2
I can also title that future of IE7.
I found on this stats page a new version IE 9 !
And in the same page one fella using Netscape 2. Seriously Stats are really moveable from one side to another, but globally Netscape is really almost dead and IE is really the actual winner.
I you have some nostalgia about the good ol'time check this page from May 1996.
This page has also a good list of exotic browsers, probably dead since ages like Vicbrowser, IBM Webexplorer(I didn't know Big Blue has a browser !).
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Browser Statistics
I just finished to read an article from Alex Homer on ASPtoday about browsers, caching and different things.
I was quite curious about his assumption that less and less IE 4 is used. He mention an internal Wrox statistics, but as many, I like to have my own opinion forged on different sources.
So I started to search through this irreplaceable Google, and I found different links.
One which look reliable is W3schools, and it appears that Alex is right. IE 4 goes from 4% one year ago to a mere 1% now.
According to this table IE6 jump from 23% to 52% and IE5 goes down as expected from 64% to 39%.
Netscape 4 from 4% to 1%, but no mention of Netscape 6 or 7 !
Maybe they are part of what they call the 0.5 % level ;-)
Another good surprise is on the Screen resolution. It's true that stats are not perfect, but it's a good news to know that finally users move a 800*600 screen size to a more useful 1024*768 (well for the developers !).
Sadly, I know some people in my entourage still resisting the jump. When you build an Intranet, it's areally a great comfort ! I am myself working on a Dell Laptop at 1600*1200 and my eyesight is still ok !
I am probably part of the Other and Unknown 5% in their stats !
Well this is quite big for me, it's almost the size of a political party ;-)
Good news also to see that 640*480 size represent now only 2%.
But I keep the BIGGEST surprise for the end : Javascript turned OFF by 10 % ! Yes 10%, that's huge !
If it's really true, that's mean I'm going to do more server side job, but whatever .Net need a bit of client side.
It would be interesting to have some crosstable stats, like who use IE 6 and turned off Javascript, just for the fun ;-)
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Brewing Up a Standard
The National Coffee Association uses XML to turn documents into formats for e-commerce, possible Web services.[Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis]
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More on the SPV issue ..
Chris wrote:
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Scoilnet update
This is another good day for Scoilnet, and now this is how the School Primary Page look today.
Quite cool ! We have integrated the idea of some funky colors.
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Use Word's spell checker from .net
Scott just some problems with the Source Name and URL Fields when I edit a blog. I don't know the usage of this field but it doesn't work.
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Use Word's spell checker from .net
I was looking for a component like this and this is better. The only problem is that I have to install Word on the server.
Not sure if it's a good idea.
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MP3 player or SPV?
Chris Garrett wrote about his idea of buying an SPV.
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Google Dance
Read this article if you want to know more about Google monthly update, where for few days, because of the server indexation, the Search Results might be innacurate:
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Why Java is Better than .Net
Another article to keep .Net developers under pressure !
Carlos Perez with this series not going to make new friends ;-)
Apparently it's a growing list and he's actuallly at 82 items ! Guys I would like to see something like that about Java, just for the balance !
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Microsoft "Media2Go" Another 'useless' idea ?
Maybe you see this new gadget released by Microsoft. Well it looks like a prototype for me.
I enjoyed reading the MS press release, especially where they say :
"Or take your entire collection of photos and home videos with you to show the grandparents on your next visit".
I don't know for you, but my grandmother has still no clue about a computer, and continue to struggle with a TV Remote ;-)
And it a bit bulky so when they say "Enjoy your media at home, on the road, or while visiting friends and family. ", LOL, especially for the road bit, I wonder how you can watch videos and drive in the same time, and it's good for an MP3 player, I saw smaller devices recently ! -
Internet Explorer Future...
Just to reply to Fabrice :
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Future of IE7
Slavomir Furman wrote:
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Smart Navigation
I used to work with Smart Navigation for a while but I removed it after experiencing problems with that.
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Cache Performances
coacoacoa answer this to my previous post:
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Tokyo Professor Working on Invisibility ;-)
Is he 'The Invisible Man' by H.G. Wells? It looks like as if three men walking behind are seen through the body of graduate student Kazutoshi Obana during a demonstration of optical camouflage technology at the Tokyo University in Tokyo Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2003. The demonstration conducted by Faculty of Engineering Prof. Susumu Tachi is an early stage of his research that will eventually enable camouflaged objects virtually transparent by wearing an optical device. This photo was taken through a viewfinder that provides a combined image of moving images taken behind Obana and him wearing a luminous jacket that makes a transparent effect. The technology can be useful for various professions such as surgeons who wish their own fingers and surgical tools won't block the view of affected parts and pilots who wish cockpit floors were transparent for landings. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Source : Yahoo
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SnowStorm
I found this through CodeProject, with the title:
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Vote architecture issues
This is second a call for help on a voting architecture. I really need on that, especially from people who worked with large databases and security issues.
I have to implement a vote for best logo system in a new project.
Basic information I can give is:
More than 400 000 users should be 'technically' able to vote.
And this is not a view of my mind, it should be indeed slightly more.
I have to identify users, but I can't take their names, because most of them will be kids.
So the only data we can use is their school.
I have already a database storing all shools details. They are referenced by a unique number.
The problem is also that kids are unlikely to know this number.
So I can use eventually a narrowing path, to ask, for example the county where they live, the town where they live, and eventually the suburbs where is their school, and eventualy let them pick a school from a list.
This idea should work but I found that very 'heavy' for a simple vote system.
An other approach would be to let them enter their school name, and using something like Soundex (Thanks by the way Fabrice !), doing phonetical search to find their school.
The problem here are multiple:
First a School name is use many times in different counties, so I must ask at least their county name.
Also on the security level, does somebody know implications I should consider, like SQL injection or other bad hammer queries.
An other issue I have is to avoid kids (obviously they like playing !) clicking many times on the submit button. I don't have the physical hardware architecture to handle millions of records !
I was thinking about sessions. The issue here is that they vote from school, many kids can use the same computer ! So I don't know how to solve that!
For the multiple entries issue, I suggested to limit the number of allowed votes per school.
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Cache Optimisation
I read a lot about Cache settings, especially the last articles from ASPToday.
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First picture of Scoilnet !
Scoilnet, the Irish portal for education,is now soon entering debugging and test mode, but I am very proud to release a first picture of one page, the one for the primary kids.
I developped this site entirely in VB.Net, with SQL 2000 in the back-end.
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Hey Man Peace and Love !
I didn't know that we have some fascists there :-(
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Creating an HTML Text Area Server Side Control
You can read the article there on CodeProject:
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Vote architecture issues
This is a call for help on a voting architecture.
I have to implement a vote for best logo system in a new project.
Basic information I can give is:
More than 400 000 users should be 'technically' able to vote.
And this is not a view of my mind, it should be indeed slightly more.
I have to identify users, but I can't take their names, because most of them will be kids.
So the only data we can use is their school.
I have already a database storing all shools details. They are referenced by a unique number.
The problem is also that kids are unlikely to know this number.
So I can use eventually a narrowing path, to ask, for example the county where they live, the town where they live, and eventually the suburbs where is their school, and eventualy let them pick a school from a list.
This idea should work but I found that very 'heavy' for a simple vote system.
An other approach would be to let them enter their school name, and using something like Soundex (Thanks by the way Fabrice !), doing phonetical search to find their school.
The problem here are multiple:
First a School name is use many times in different counties, so I must ask at least their county name.
Also on the security level, does somebody know implications I should consider, like SQL injection or other bad hammer queries.
An other issue I have is to avoid kids (obviously they like playing !) clicking many times on the submit button. I don't have the physical hardware architecture to handle millions of records !
I was thinking about sessions. The issue here is that they vote from school, many kids can use the same computer ! So I don't know how to solve that!
For the multiple entries issue, I suggested to limit the number of allowed votes per school.
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Scraping HTML pages
I also discovered that .Net implement a very useful stuff to scrap html pages, through Webclient class.
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Credit Card validation code in C#
I found this code very useful on AspAlliance for validating Credit Cards numbers (C#)
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IRC project
If you have sometime (not my case unfortunatly) you can contribute to this open-source project to create an IRC based on .Net.
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Thesaurus
Nothing to do with .Net but I use that every day, and it's really cool.
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Anti-War protest
More than 100 000 people marching in Dublin today
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aspnet_wp process issue
On one of my project, our Intranet website, I have a strange behaviour with aspnet_wp.exe.
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10 Reasons why Microsoft should buy Macromedia
James I add this to your list:
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About smart guys, ASP.NET and the future
I had a look at Ron Howard RSS sent by Christian, and interesting stuff there ;-)
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Ah ! The hard life of a developer
I just want to share my thoughts on the pressure developers can take from their companies.
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Project 2002 and VS.Net
Is somebody know a way to implement a project file done by MS Project 2002 in VS.Net?
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Phonetic entry
I have to do something I never did before for my project Scoilnet.
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Security continued
Also don't forget users at the end who never or rarely update their systems.
This is really for me an open door for any good hacker, who want to test any security hole.
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Good article on ASP today
Very good one indeed which give me some ideas.
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Cross Browser Web-Based WYSIWYG HTML Editor - DEAD project
I am part of a project since September 2002 on GotDotNet to create a cross browser HTML editor.
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Focus on my Survey project
Yesterday evening, I had some long debugging time because of a nasty Javascript function I was asking to add on on of my forms.
I wanted to do some total of few textboxes where users entered numbers, and display the result just below.
I did the server code for that, no problem at all using on Text Change event.
The problem is this is a part of a long questionnaire, and everytime the Server did a Postback, the form 'jump' back to the top of the page.
So because I knew the problem and how to fix it, I decided to include some Javascript to set the focus to the right box after my Postback.
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Books Review
Alex send me this email this morning and I think It could be useful for everybody.
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Zen, Archos or Ipod??
Chris, be patient, they talk about March ;-)
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Dynamically Generating Forms ASP.net
Chris wrote
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Controls Validation
And for the controls validation, I would like to start a new User Control.
The goal is to create RANGE validation control, like: -
Generating Forms ASP.net
Jorge wrote :
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An MP3 player with FM transmission !
Good MP3 Player with a FM Tuner, so no need anymore to have some cables to hear your music in your car or on your Hifi. Sad the hard drive a bit small compare to the Ipod or other Creative Jukebox
Cool !
Samsung will soon introduce the new YP-900GT with a 10GB hard drive, FM Tuner and Encoders that will offer 10 hrs of playback time with a rechargeable battery.
Available in March !Interesting Gadget !
I think I know what to buy to myself for my Christmas !
Validation Control
Today I was busy on a 'small' project which has links with a National Schools Census, well for use of technology in irish schools.
Which personality disorder do you have
In the series of Quizzes, I found this one short and quite good.
Happy Birthday to me !
Hey
Houses prices
Samer wrote:
Which OS you are !
Hey Folks
I did the test, and I have this one :Article template
OK now my article system works well after some long hours of debugging.
Alex Lowe, please push those guys in Microsoft to let us Edit and Continue in debugging mode.
So now my article divide properly across the screen in 3 columns automatically.
I am not totally satisfied with thi first version because the columns are not properly justified vertically.ASPToday article
I am agree with last blog from Chris Garret, last Alex Homer article on ASPToday really sucks !
Painting application
Now I am looking forward in the next tasks I have to deal with Scoilnet and one seem to me too hard to finsih, a painting tool for kids.
Scoilnet project
Today I just want to explain what is my actual project Scoilnet.
What I am working is a portal for education in Ireland . I am part of a government body attached to the Education Department, and this site is running since 1998.
The problem is that this site has never since been redesigned and it look actually terrible.
From a huge 1 million pages hit (4 years ago Scoilnet had a Golden web award) to a little close to nothing today.
So my job now is to create a new Scoilnet including top of the art in technologies. I choose ASP.Net because I am myself an old ASP fan, and .Net seem to me the best approach for this task.My first message to the blog world
Hello Welcome to my first blog entry
Thanks Scott for this opportunity. My writing will focus on .Net obviously, but more on a personal experience with the beast (well now that I almost tamed it I can call it my pet).
