Jon Galloway
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Joel got it wrong - Why learning C is a waste of your college time and money
Back in January, Joel Spoelsky wrote a Career Advice column. It gave some generally good advice to college students, the main points being:
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[utils] Strings in binaries - strings.exe
A while ago, I was searching through IIS DLL's looking for a specific error message. Like most things, there's my way and the easy way.
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Unofficial Firefox 1.1 changelog
Unofficial Firefox 1.1 changelog
Full Firefox 1.1 release plan on the Firefox Wiki
Firefox 1.1 (Preview Release) scheduled for April 2005
Firefox 1.1 Release scheduled for June 2005
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[wish] "CREATE TABLE ... LIKE" in SQL Server 2005
My friend Dave recently told me about the "CREATE TABLE ... LIKE " SQL statement. MySql and DB2 both support it, and it's apparently part of the SQL99 spec. It's not supported by T-SQL (SQL Server).
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Tracing Enhancement in ASP.NET 2.0 - MostRecent
Back in June 2003 I posted a wish for wrapping in ASP.NET the Trace stack:
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LogParser and WMI: separated at birth?
LogParser: a cool tool that supports SQL-like queries against "text-based data such as log files, XML files and CSV files, as well as key data sources on the Windows® operating system such as the Event Log, the Registry, the file system, and Active Directory®." [via MSDN]
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[tip] Use WinMerge for compare / merge in StarTeam
We use StarTeam for source control at my work. I'm not a huge StarTeam fan, and I think the compare / merge portion is pretty much unusable. Fortunately, you can pick your own alternative merge and compare utilities. I like WinMerge . Here's how to set it up:
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[tools] Log Parser 2.2 is out
Log Parser 2.2 is out (via Bernard at Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0\r\n). Download it [here]. If you aren't familiar with Log Parser, check out www.logparser.com.