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ASP.NET 1.1 server control for <link> - enabling relative URL paths using tilde "~"
Here's a simple - but useful Link webcontrol class that supports the "~" tilde syntax for relative paths for the href attribute of the <link> element. [DefaultProperty("Text"),ToolboxData("<{0}:Link runat=server Href=\"\" Rel=\"Stylesheet\" Type...
Posted: Apr 27 2006, 11:56 AM by Wim | with 8 comment(s)
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PayPal API: what a nightmare!!!
I've been trying to get up and running with the PayPal API, see www.paypal.com/developer .What a complete nuisance that is! The test accounts you create (on the sandbox, http://www.sandbox.paypal.com ) actually need to be verified, before you can request...
Posted: Jan 27 2006, 12:42 PM by Wim | with 17 comment(s)
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Hack: turn your optical mouse into a scanner
Why? Because it can be done. :-) " Ever wonder what your desk surface looks like up close? No. No one has. Not even [Sprite_tm], but upon disassembling his optical mouse and discovering its 18x18 CCD he decided to put it to use (well, a different use...
Posted: Jan 12 2006, 06:06 PM by Wim | with no comments
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Tesco's UK - only 3,000 XBOX 360's at launch....!!!
Just been told by a member of staff of Tesco, here in the UK that there's only around 3,000 XBOX 360's in Britain. I'm definitely guessing he meant 3,000 XBOX 360's at launch with Tesco's, which seems like an incredibly small amount for such a big superstore...
Posted: Dec 01 2005, 11:16 PM by Wim | with 20 comment(s)
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Why don't we see any patches for Visual Studio .NET? (2002, 2003, 2005...)
Frans has mentioned this on numerous occasions I believe, and this topic has reared its ugly head once again . Dan Fernandez' post back in March 2004, doesn't really address the reasoning behind it. Personally, I really don't see the difficulty for Microsoft...
Posted: Nov 04 2005, 02:36 PM by Wim | with 9 comment(s)
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The pollution on the main weblogs.asp.net feed...
When I go through the main feed here on weblogs.asp.net, the last thing I'm looking for is: - Posts in any other language but English. I'm saying that as a Dutch native speaker. - Simply regurgitated posts from (wait for it...) weblogs.asp.net!!! Sometimes...
Posted: Nov 03 2005, 08:32 PM by Wim | with 17 comment(s)
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Launch 2005 - where's the UK site?
Some people have been posting the links to the Launch 2005 events for North America . I'm looking for the equivalent UK registration site... Anyone who can help me out here? And it it's simply not up there, when will it be? Cheers!
Posted: Sep 23 2005, 04:47 PM by Wim | with 1 comment(s)
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MSN Search textbox: make the thing wider!
How annoying is that little MSN search input textbox. Especially if you specify a literal string query which contains several words and combine this with some other logical AND or OR search terms. Just quadruple its width! Google has had a decent textbox...
Posted: Sep 07 2005, 04:38 PM by Wim | with 3 comment(s)
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Windows Vista? How about Micrix...?
A very interesting article by Bill Thompson , technology commentator for the BBC. "What will happen when Microsoft releases its new Linux distribution: Micrix (pronounced mick-rix)? It is everything you want. It is completely cross-compatible with Windows...
Posted: Jul 30 2005, 05:51 PM by Wim | with 3 comment(s)
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MD5 or SHA1 hashing - the easy way
This is a typical example of a static method which IMHO is in the wrong namespace. If you're looking to use an MD5 or SHA1 hashing algorithm to hash passwords, a lot of people would start looking in the System.Security.Cryptography namespace. But the...
Posted: Jul 05 2005, 10:26 AM by Wim | with 10 comment(s)
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