Archives
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Asking Questions
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Textbox Autocomplete with Atlas/Ajax Parameter Names
I won't bore you with the complete Textbox Autocomplete example. One interesting thing that I found out thanks to Michael and Wilco is that the method that you call to get the autocomplete string array must have the parameter names as prefixText and count. If you don't do this, it doesn't work.
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14-7 Nuts............. - NT
Well, I don't like it, but I'll give UGA credit, they won a hard fought game over my GaTech Yellow Jackets..................
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UG talk regarding Atlas in Knoxville, TN on 11/29
I am doing a "Intro to Atlas" talk at the .NET UG in Knoxville, TN on 11/29. Come one and all.
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UIC over Georgia Tech - NT
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Javascript (JS) Lint
http://www.crockford.com/jslint/lint.html
Very nice.
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JSON and Why I am glad security is the way it is with Web Services in IE
As I am working on our "AJAX with ASP.NET" book, I have had this one nagging question "Why can't I make a request against a web service on another server?" I still don't have a specific answer, but as I have been reading and studying JSON, I am glad that this would cause a security violation. With JSON, the data is converted from string communication format to something that a program may use by using the Javascript eval() command. The Javascript eval() command executes all commands within the string object that is passed. Thats why I am glad that this is happening. If you are on a web site, then you implictly trust the site (obviously there are types of holes in that statement). To get what you want, you most likely want to use a JSON parser. A JSON parser will only recognize and process JSON text. Here is a JSON parser.
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A technology jingle
This little jingle comes for Lori McKinley, the goddess of knowledge in Huntsville, AL. It is a very nice little jingle. It is done to the tune of "Twas the Night Before Christmas"
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JSON
If you want to safely parse and transmit JSON, you need to use a JSON parser to transfer a text into a Javascript object. To go the other way from a Javascript object to a JSON string you will need to use a JSON stringifier. Be careful on using cyclic data structures, JSON stringifiers don't like them.
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Its that week.......Beat the Rush and Hate Georgia Now.................(and not even close to technical)
It has been said that football is the secular religion of the South. If so, then the gridiron grudge between the football teams of the University of Georgia and the Georgia Insitute of Technology is nothing less than the Genesis Myth. John Chandler Griffin, one of the nations foremost writers of sports histories, gives us a play-by-play in the annual brawl between these two southern powerhouses in his definitive GEORGIA VS. GEORGIA TECH: GRIDIRON GRUDGE SINCE 1893.
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ASP.NET Podcast - Show #28 - Async ASP.NET by Paul
Check the ASP.NET Podcast site out at: http://aspnetpodcast.com/CS11/blogs/asp.net_podcast/archive/2005/11/22/46.aspx
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Microsoft Award for Customer Excellence
So, I open up my email this morning and I read that I have been nominated for the Microsoft Award for Customer Excellence.
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Sorry folks, but Open Office v2 really is that bad.
I do my best to never say anything negative on my blog about a specific product, but my pain and agony this morning with Open Office Version 2 has forced me to put that aside. Basically, its support for MS Office file formats is not greatly improved in this release, but is in much worse shape. It is horrible. This is a horrible product. I pulled in a very simple MS Word document. The document is all messed up. If I change things in OO, the changes are not reflected when I open the document back up in OO. I just want products that work. I don't want to fight religous wars. OO does not work for me. Given that I also write programming books, I won't be using OO there either.
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Georgia Tech 14 - Miami 10, That was a COMPLETE SURPRISE - NT
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Coach Dad - Round Two - Non-Technical
I had so much fun being Coach Dad last year for basketball, I am doing it again this year. This time, my two children are in different age groups. As a result, I am the coach on two different teams. We start practice in two weeks. I work, write, podcast, exercise, and coach. Is there time for anything else?
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Jim Ross - MVP and ASPInsider has passed away
I just wanted to mention that Jim Ross, an MVP and an ASPInsider passed away. I met Jim one time at the ASPInsider Summit in 2004. I had a private email exchange with him about 10 days ago. I am sorry to hear that he has gone.
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ASP.NET Podcast - Show #27 - Books and Products
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Wiki, Wiki, Wiki, the Atlas Wiki is now available
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Once more, with feeling..........
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ASP.NET Podcast Web Site is up and running
Hi all. You have probably already figured this out, but I thought i would just go ahead and say it. The ASP.NET Podcast site is actually up and running now. There is a blog, for the podcast only, and an image gallery of listeners. The site is at http://www.aspnetpodcast.com/.
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Daemon Tools 4.0 is out
Sweet. I just read this over at Neowin.net. Daemon Tools 4.0 has been released. I use this tool all the time to mount the images I get from MSDN. http://www.daemon-tools.cc/ It still doesn't support x64, but that seems to be coming.
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The End is Near, or at least on the horizon, for 32 bits
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/11/15/HNms64bitplans_1.html
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NO!, NO!, AND NO! - I DO NOT WANT AD SUPPORTED DESKTOP SOFTWARE!!!!!!
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+eyes+making+desktop+apps+free/2100-1014_3-5951569.html?tag=nefd.top
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AJAX with ASP.NET Book Status - November 14, 2005
I thought I would throw out a quick update regarding our book status. We are moving along. We have gotten the contracts in, but changes are still due there. I've gotten about 38 pages done so far. This material I have done so far has been primarily front matter, introduction, and XML coverage. I am probably about 3-4 days away from finishing the XML chapter, now I just need to get those 3-4 days. I figure that will come this weekend and next week. Once I get there, it will be on to coverage of Atlas. Paul tells me that he has done about the same amount of pages so far. Scott has been working on a new child which was born a few weeks ago (Scott 2.0) and getting his latest version of myKb out. I keep telling Scott that he needs to be working on an asynchronous client side diaper changer that works based on sensor input.
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OnError - Catching an Exception in Atlas & Parameter List
When I first saw Atlas, the one thing that stuck out as missing was the inability to catch an Exception. I never saw an example on how to do it and when I asked about it, I didn't get any response. Needless to say, I was really excited when Craig Shoemaker, of the Polymorphic Podcast, told me last week in an email that the ability was in Atlas Quickstarts. Very nice in deedy. Now, I can call a web service on the server like this:
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In Washington, DC? Listen to the ASP.NET Podcast? Want to have lunch and be interviewed for the show?
If you live in Washington, DC, listen to the ASP.NET Podcast, would you like to have lunch/dinner on Friday or Saturday and be interviewed for the show? If so, contact me through this blog or send me email. I am in DC this week, over the weekend, and next week. I just found out Friday is a holiday for the federal government. If you do want to meet, I need to know rather soon as plans often change quickly.
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OpenDocument/PDF in Massachussetts and the definition of "Open"
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Uninstall a VSI File
If you want to uninstall a VSI file for Visual Studio .NET 2005, its kinda hard to figure out what is going on. I didn't find anyway any way in the Control Panel applet. I couldn't find it in the Visual Studio Directory. It was driving me up the wall. Well, it appears the files are stored in the "My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Templates\Project Templates" directory. Delete the file and its uninstalled. Life is better.
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Get your picture on the ASP.NET Podcast Image Gallery
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Scalable Shared Databases supported by Sql Server 2005 RTM
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Sql Server Management Studio Express for Sql Express - November, 2005 CTP
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Express Products are Free for the next year
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Team System book by my buddy Rich Hundhausen
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AJAX frameworks
Looking for a list of AJAX frameworks. Michael Mahemoff has compiled a list of them at: http://www.softwareas.com/state-of-the-ajax-frameworks. I didn't know that there were five of them for ASP.NET, and that doesn't include Atlas.
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Where's the Image Gallery?
Ok, I promised that I would get the image gallery, blog, and site up for the ASP.NET Podcast. Well, I have been delayed. I am going to try to have it going by the end of the week, just in time for a new podcast.
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Do blogs have value?
So, there have been numerous posts regarding the value of blog's recently. My blog is worth $49K according to the recent service that was all the rage last week In looking at the list, I think I should be #12, but I'm glad to be 2 spots higher. This, and a couple of other happenings last week have convinced me that blog's have REAL value (sorry Sahil, they actually do). I'm not going to go into the specifics here, but check out the ASP.NET Podcast late this week for a full explanation of the value that blog's have.
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Finally got to DC
Wow, what a trip to DC. I drive up to DC from TN on my trips. A bridge in TN over one of the rivers was down from two lanes to one lane. That was a few minutes of delay. I got to about mile marker 200 on I-81 in VA and sat for 2 hours and 20 minutes. There was a major accident about a mile ahead. The next slow up was about mile marker 43 on I-66 as I was headed into DC. I got delayed for 10-15 minutes due to another accident. As a result, I was much later getting in than I expected. I'm finally at the hotel, and tired..............
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#10 in your scorecard......#1 in your heart
According to Roy's blog, I have the #10 blog at weblogs.asp.net in terms of value. Sweet. I'm just glad to hang around some of these gurus.
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AJAX article in the Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB113098635587487074.html?mod=todays_free_feature
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Two great plays from Kirsten and Bradley McClure - Non-Technical
Ok, my kids have discovered Google and are after me to put up their two big plays from basketball season 2005.
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Telecommuting and Taxes
Pretty interesting article. Something to think about.
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ASP.NET Podcast Show #26 - The Guru of Gurus: Bob Beauchemin
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Used a Sql Server 2005 CTP? Having trouble running a backup? Volume Copy Service won't start? This is for you.
I was trying to get a backup of my system done so that I could reformat and install everything as clean as possible. The problem is that the windows backup wouldn't run. By googling, I was able to find the knowledge base article that solved the problem for me. Here it is: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=904801. Apparently, one of the Sql Server 2005 CTPs put one invalid entry into the registry. By deleting that entry, the Volume Copy Service would then start and the backup program would then run. And now, life is better.
Wally