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XAML and Xamlon.com : Hello World!
So Im sure most of you have heard about Xamlon.com now, and the fact that they have a XAML runtime library which targets the .NET Framework 1.1. I decided to put together a "Hello World" app like … more
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Conversion Assistants...
Move TO .NET from Classic ASP and anotherfrom Java Did I miss any? Has anyone used one of these tools? What was your success? more
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Shout out to Andy Smith..
At the current place I'm working at these days we needed a quick and not so dirty solution for javascript style popup confirmation buttons. You know, the typical "Are you Sure?" message just after … more
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RSS Reading based on Language...
I love the fact that this community has such a broad user base. We have people from all over the world. One thing that could be considered "bad" about this, is that all of these people also want to … more
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CurrencyManager
I need to investigate the CurrencyManager. Tomorrow, or maybe this weekend. Here, here, here, here, and finally here. Post more links in the feedback if you can find something important that ive … more
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Adaptive Rendering followup...
For some reason there is a bug with the feedback form for the previous post regarding adaptive rendering. I gotten a few responses already... Feel free to respond to this thread (if it works) … more
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Whidbey: Adaptive Rendering : Sometimes you dont want it...
As some of you may know V2 of .NET will actually allow the Web Controls to adaptively render based on the browser capabilities on the client. You hit with IE, it will render some IE stuff, you … more
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Architect Webcast: Architecture Evaluation: Methods and Experiences
Starting right now... This webcast will present the principles of evaluating and analyzing architectures as mechanisms for determining the quality attributes of a software system based on its … more
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Local User Group Confusion...
Im currently hoping to begin contributing to my local community more so I decided to search around and find out more information about the local .NET community... It would appear that my local … more
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tracert to bell.ca..
Nothing to do with .NET, but fun either way... Someone pointed me to this... http://www.tera-byte.com/cgi-bin/nph-trace?bell.ca Output: 1 cat6509-vlan2.edm.tera-byte.com (216.234.161.1) 0.217 ms 0. … more
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Top court hears pitch for tariff on web use...
CBC Reports: “The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is in court on Wednesday arguing that internet providers should hand over millions of dollars toward … more
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Windows ATMs raise security concerns...
Interesting read on XP being deployed to ATM machines... Two things: “sneaker net“. I havnt heard that term since my days pulling cable around my old College. Fun. and... I … more
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A useful idea, for me anyways...
Why does my blog world have to be so seperate from my day-to-day calendar? Why cant Scott or any other blog provider actually integrate these things? Oh yeah, also make it accessible … more
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Microsoft Watch...
Looks like Ziff Davis has created a Microsoft-Watch site, just to keep track of recent stuff coming down from the giant. Subscribed, lets see if its actually useful. more
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Book Review: A First Look at ASP.NET v. 2.0
An in-depth review of "A First Look at ASP.NET v2.0" published by Addison Wesley, authored by Alex Homer, Dave Sussman, and Rob Howard, foreword by Scott Guthrie. I couldn’t wait to get my … more
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Base64 Encoding with the SOAP Toolkit...
We recently had a project where I tried to encrypt a bit of data (Rijndael), base64 encode it in a VB6 client, and send it over to a .NET managed Web Service via a byte()/byte[]. What a pain in … more
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cdXpo, Vegas, Slayer...
The conference went well. Our presentation (2 - 1 hour sessions) went off without a hitch. We had hoped for a bit larger audience. Some excellent Q and A session in the second half. … more
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Upgrading ASP.NET 1.0, 1.2, 1.2, and beyond...
Maybe someone can shed some light on the readme.htm file that Im completely not reading regarding the installations of a new version ASP.NET along side existing versions, which explains that magic … more
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Leaving for CdXpo Tonight!
Heading down to Las Vegas tonight for the CdXpo Conference. If your there, come by our presentation and say hello! more
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RSS in Longhorn...
I wonder why stuff like this is getting any coverage at all. Displaying RSS feeds on the desktop is defintely not a new thing. Its nice to see that Microsoft is taking RSS on, but who … more
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Plugins for MSN? MSNPlus!
For those of you that use the MSN Plus! add on for MSN you will be happy to know that it does have some (weak) support for plugins. Its essentially COM which adhears to their calling convention, … more
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BUG: Game Advisor
I just noticed the post regarding the new Game Advisor tool for Windows Xp, so i decided to give it a try on my Windows 2000 Server box, over RDP (hell, why not!) It says my machine is rated at 911% … more
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AspAlliance: 96 Authors?
Can someone tell me when we hit 96 Authors for the AspAlliance.com site? Ive been on the bandwagon for over 3 years now and just realized that we are about to hit 100 authors very soon. … more
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cdXpo Presentation Coming Soon..
Hiding in the shadow of PDC is a few other conferences, one of which I plan on participating in a panel with a few other community members... http://cdxpo.com/agenda2.html#tr2200 1:15pm-2:15pm … more
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BlogShares - Hostile Takeover of PersianBlog
I purchased some shares in the PersianBlog yesterday just to have it go through a Hostile Takeover. Great. ---------------------- To: Rob Chartier From: Just James Your 7 shares in … more
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Logidex for .NET Visual Studio Add-In
Anyone get the Logidex for .NET Visual Studio Add-In to work? http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ http://logiclibrary.com/vsadd-in.asp It just tells me that i need the J# redist installed. Which I … more
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Compilation of Whidbey (.NET V2) Links, Books, Blogs, etc...
Ive started a compilation of everything that I can find having to do with .NET V2 (Whidbey). The main list is located here. It is on a slow server, so be patient. If you know of anything … more
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Introducing .NET Generics
Now that the PDC is underway, and it is AFTER the 26th those of us that had access to .NET V2 in all of its coolness are allowed to finally discuss details. My first article is the feature that … more
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Automatic Interface skeleton's, the poor man's approach...
Since VS.NET (Not 2003) does not automagically shove the skeleton of an interface into our code for us when we state that we are implementing it, the poor man's approach to doing so (with out macro's … more
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ASP/ASP.NET MVP...
The folks at Microsoft decided to honor me with their MVP designation for ASP/ASP.NET. Exciting! more
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Tech Note 27: Using NS Basic/Palm with Microsoft .NET
The series of three articles I recently wrote about using NSBasic with Microsoft .NET (Palm Blog) was picked up at the folks over at NSBasic and they decided to add it too their Tech Notes. & … more
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Article: Programming for the Palm Part 3 - Creating a Windows Installer
In the third and final installment of the Programming for the Palm series, I show how to create a Windows Installer that will install and register the Palm application and Palm conduit on the target … more
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palm blog installer - final testing
Im almost finished with the installer now. It will all be availble for download within a week. Full source included. more
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Microsoft Java Language Conversion Assistant 2.0 - Alice
So I tried out the JCLC out on the AliceBot.org source code and made a decent attempt to get the C# project working. I failed. I dont know if I ran out of time or patience. Maybe someone else with … more
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.NET Screen Saver
The .NET Screen Saver just came down into SharpReader via the GotDotNet Samples Feed so I decided to check it out. Played around with it, adding a few Perf Counters on it (CPU, Active ASP.NET … more
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Online RSS Aggregators...
Dare Obasanjo pointed me over to Bloglines. I can see it being useful, if only they could solve a few issues: 1. When importing my OPML you better make sure you keep the category structure intact. … more
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RSS...
Created my first two non-public RSS feeds for internal information last week and they are working great. Now that we have some tools (sharpreader, etc..) for reading these documents its just easier … more
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Top of the morning...
A bunch of miscel news items today... MsCorlib.com is launched Opsware Announces New Opsware Web Services APIs Enabling Rapid Integration with Existing IT Systems WS-Profile 1.0 is out Profiling … more
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2nd Place for my Desktop...
Its old news now, but I thought I might add it anyways. http://weblogs.asp.net/rosherove/posts/10444.aspx http://pnavy.com/royo/desktops/RobCartier Thanks to those who voted for me. more
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Article: Programming for the Palm Part 2 - The Synchronization Process
"This article will show how to establish a connection with the Palm synchronization process in order to upload the Palm Blog application data to various upload destinations." http://www.15seconds.com/ … more
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The Needle & Shark's Club
07/17/2003 01:45 amWe had a full day packed with lots of new and exciting info. I think the highlight for most was Anders H discussing whats coming up in C# and the CLR. Lots of questions and … more
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Bourbon Room
07/16/2003 01:09 amDay one. Well sort of. We arrived on campus at 8pm, just in time to meet up with everyone else in Redmond this week at head out downtown Seattle for a few.Rachelle R hooked us up … more
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Heading to MS Campus tonight
Like many other bloggers around here im heading down to campus for some new and exciting info from the asp.net team. I will be blogging from my PDA! more
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Quickie: WebRequest & Post/Get
Just a quick note, when using the System.Net.WebRequest to do a POST or a GET (or any other Method), make sure the Method you specify is in all upper case. Method is used to indicate the "Method … more
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XML Content Processor
Quote: "Tarari’s XML Content Processing technology is designed to accelerate critical functions in the XML processing model. Specifically it handles the parsing and cryptography acceleration, this … more
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GotDotNet Blogs
Im hoping one day the GotDotNet blog's will all be available via one RSS feed. Im also waiting for MP2K to publish via RSS. I have been assured that this is coming. Back to work I go... more
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W2K SP4 Released Today
Get it: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/default.asp Check out the list of bug fixes...an amazing list! more
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IIS6 App Mappings Bug...
Im running Windows 2003, IIS 6 and attempting to create an application mapping to the aspnet_isapi.dll to handle every incoming request (*). In IIS5 you simply needed to provide the "*" extension so … more
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Programming for the Palm Part 1 - Creating the Palm Application
15seconds.com just release Part 1 of a 3 Part'er dealing with Palm development. Intro Graph: The first part of this three part series walks through the process of creating a mobile blog application … more
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NSBasic with C# Conduit...
If your working with NSBasic and trying to get a C# conduit reading UDT types out of the databases consider giving my Importer a test run. You can download the library, sample Palm application, and … more
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Watching Project Rave live, and it crashed!!!
A snippet from http://www.sys-con.com/Java/articlenews.cfm?id=2073 --> Live at JavaOne: Alan Williamson Blogs the Project Rave Keynote <-- ------------------------------------------------------ … more
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.Net Desktops Contest
Dont forget to send Roy a screen cap of your desktop! My Desktop.... http://pnavy.com/royo/desktops/RobCartier More Info: Top right has a bunch of web services pulling data down on to my "desktop", … more
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2003 Readers' Choice Awards...
Just wanted to say thanks to all of you that have voted for Santra Technology (the company Iam currently employed at) for all of the support you have given us on the Readers's Choice Awards. Our … more
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New Security Bulletins - In case you missed them.
MS03-018 : Cumulative Patch for Internet Information Service (811114) MS03-019 : Flaw in ISAPI extension for Windows Media Services could cause denial of service (817772) More: https://www.microsoft. … more
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Got Spam? Need a Solution? SpamBayes!
Ive been using the outlook plugin version of this for a few weeks now. If you hate spam as much as I do, and want a decent solution, get it. Its very reliable and you dont have to go through some … more
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New Article: Rewrite.NET -- A URL Rewriting Engine for .NET
This article examines how to take advantage of HttpModules to create a URL rewriting engine in .NET. more
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Another way to make sure only one instance of your program is running.
I just saw Wes' solution, and decided to show another approach to the solution, using WMI. Here it is... static void Main() { //yank off the appname.exe from the … more
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The Matrix...
This is just one of those things that every tech geek must post about. From what Ive read most of us actually enjoyed the show. As long as you go into the show only expecting pretty … more
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INETA Invite..
I got an invitation sent my way also. I got most of the requirements met but may fall a bit short of the ole "Fame" requirement. Thats ok im sure we can work on that. Maybe ill … more
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AspInsiders.com
I have recently been invited to become a member of the new MS ASP.NET community site ASPInsiders.com. Its nice to see that MS is finally taking this in their own hands. more
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Welcome...
Welcome to the Palm Blog, Written by Robert Chartier (rob@santra.com) more
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First post from my pda
Version 0.1 of my palm blog app is almost done. ll post a download once its complete. It uses a custom app and com conduit with c#. Write and edit entries on your pda and upload during synch.if … more
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Finally Listed in BlogShares
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New Article: Creating a Mobile Portal
http://www.15seconds.com/issue/030422.htm In this article, learn to create mobile applications that target a variety of mobile browsers with very little development effort. If you are new to wireless … more
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SharpReader - Another change
Just made the switch from the NewsGator plugin for Outlook to SharpReader 0.9.0.1. So many products, so little time...luckily both support the OPML import/export options. … more
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All In One Search Page...
Exteremly simple use of IFrame's to coordinate many resources into a single page. Cuts down on search times. Of course if your browser has issues, upgrade. http://rob.mscorlib.com/ … more
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SongWriter Plugin for WMP9 & .NET
Once I read over http://dotnetweblogs.com/duncanma/archive/03272003.aspx I decided to go further with the default page the plugin outputs, and actually push it into .NET. I first used xsd. … more
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The answer about Xml Serialization...
If you read: http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/douglasp/ you will see he asks "A question about XML Serialization". I took the second to see what he was getting at. Take a look for … more
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Using UDDI to Add Redundancy to Web Services
http://www.15seconds.com/issue/030326.htm How to leverage UDDI to add redundancy to web service end points. Old idea, new article. more
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Geoshell..
For all of you that are just fed up, sick of, or just plainly needing a new UI other than the standard windows desktop consider GeoShell. http://www.geoshell.com. Dont forget, of course about … more
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ASP.NET Cookbook
Its exciting to see that the ASP.NET Cookbook has been completed and submitted, which I contributed a few recipe's too. Buy it! Read More: http://dotnetweblogs.com/ssmith/archive/02282003.aspx more
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MSDN Events, for Beginners only?
Being a developer, these days on the Microsoft side of the fence, I felt it was necessary for me to attend a local MSDN event put on by the mighty giant themselves. And, as usual, I left … more
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Securing Windows 2000 Server Documentation
The guides are available at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/prodtech/Windows/SecWin2k/Default.asp PDF versions of the guides as well as the scripts, … more
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New Artice Released: Creating a Flexible Configuration Library
Check out my latest article Creating a Flexible Configuration Library http://www.15seconds.com/Issue/030219.htm more
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Multi-vendor Game Server DDoS Vulnerability (The Epic Games/Gamespy Exploit)
Read the security advisory: http://www.pivx.com/kristovich/adv/mk001/ Source of the exploit: http://www.pivx.com/kristovich/poc/bf1942dos.c Epic Games threatens to sue security researchers: http:// … more
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Epic Games threatens to sue security researchers, Epic Games Responds...
Part 1: Epic Games threatens to sue security researchers http://dotnetweblogs.com/RChartier/Story/2234.aspx Here is Epic Games Response... -------------------------------------------------- … more
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Epic Games threatens to sue security researchers, Epic Games Responds...
"Again this was a moment-of-stupidity reaction and I sincerely apologize to Pivx and the entire security community." Read the entire email: http://dotnetweblogs.com/RChartier/Story/2288.aspx more
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.Net Acceleration
Source: Developer.NET UPDATE [Developer_dotNET_UPDATE@lists.sqlmag.com] Date: February 11, 2003 ************************ 1. ==== DEVELOPER .NET PERSPECTIVES ==== (contributed by Rodney Guzman, … more
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.Net (Hardware) Acceleration
I couldnt find any place where this was actually published by the original author, or sqlmag.com, so I decided to share it. If I do eventually find a link to the content online I will post it. … more
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Epic Games threatens to sue security researchers
TO: NTBUGTRAQ@LISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM FROM: Windows NTBugtraq Mailing List [NTBUGTRAQ@LISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM]; on behalf of; Thor Larholm [thor@PIVX.COM] ---------------------------------------------- … more
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Epic Games threatens to sue security researchers
Here'e the complete email from pivx.com to the NTBugTraq list... http://dotnetweblogs.com/RChartier/Story/2234.aspx more
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C# Design Patterns - A Must Read...
Get it, read it, study it, pratice it over and over.. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201844532 A few more recommendations from Andy Smith: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201633612 … more
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Happy 5th to XML...
http://www.w3.org/ http://www.w3.org/XML/ http://www.w3.org/2003/02/xml-at-5.html more
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Parasites...
Check this out... http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/ runs a simple detection script agianst your browser to check for some annoying little infections...found the crappy Cytron "parasite" living in my … more
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Its gonna be a long night...
Sunday night, 1:30am, started at 8am...still going at it...going a little buggy with all the C#..i fear my dreams tonight. nothing but abstract classes fighting with interfaces, while my wsdl's cry … more
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After Reading...
After reading a few of the other blogs around here, im glad i didnt pick up with the Radio stuff a while back when i first noticed it. It seems that it caused a few headaches. It would seem that … more