Johan Santana pitched another gem tonight!. The Twins are really playing well coming down the stretch and i’m looking forward to the final series with the White Sox.
Archive for September 5th, 2006
R.I.P. Steve Irwin
September 5th, 2006
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I could watch this guy entertain all day, and I have. He will be missed dearly.
ASP.NET Issue Tracker Released
September 5th, 2006
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ASP.NET Issue Tracker Released Microsoft has released the final version of the ASP.NET Issue Tracker Starter Kit. The Issue Tracker Starter Kit is a free application produced by Microsoft which illustrates best-practices when building ASP.NET applications. Both VB.NET and C# source code is available for download.
Visual Studio – Difference between ‘Build’ and ‘Rebuild’
September 5th, 2006
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I have been asked this question many times so I thought I could blog about it. It is a bit confusing until you know the differences. Visual Studio .Net provides us with two options for compiling and creating builds for our application. They are Build Solution and Rebuild Solution options which can be accessed from [...]
The Dynamic SQL vs. Stored Procedures is the most common GEEK battle of the century…
September 5th, 2006
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Frans Bouma summarizes a war that has been brewing since the popularity of ORMapping and Code Generation. You’d think that by now everyone would have said everything that you can say about Stored Procedures vs. Dynamic SQL, but apparently Eric Wise and Jeremy Miller disagree with that and have started another iteration of this Never [...]
Mirage S12 Subwoofer arrives today…
September 5th, 2006
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In the last 7 years, I’ve had 2 subwoofers blow up on me.� I’ve continued to purchase cheap subwoofers over the years and complain when they fry up. I’ve finally purchased a subwoofer that should last awhile. I ordered the Mirage S12 from Vanns.com. The price is incredible and the reviews on the subwoofer have [...]
Abstract Classes vs. Interfaces in C#
September 5th, 2006
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I was asked the question lately on what is the difference between interfaces and abstract classes. I found it very difficult to explain so I decided to blog about it. Interfaces and abstract classes are a concept that I found very hard to understand when learning OO. I struggled with finding differences between the two [...]
I found an annoying bug in Microsoft’s ReportViewer control in ASP.NET 2.0
September 5th, 2006
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Microsoft has included a new Reporting Control ‘ReportViewer’ based off of the Microsoft Reporting Services framework. The control is great but there is a problem with using it and the new WebApplication addon. The control has a problem finding embedded reports. You can only use the .ReportPath property of the object to tell the control [...]
Throw or Throw ex; That is the question!
September 5th, 2006
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This post will describe the differences of throw(); and throw(ex); when dealing with Exception handling in .NET. I did not know of the subtle differences before reading this on Matt’s Site. The difference is that throw; preserves the original stack trace and throw ex; truncates the stack trace below the method in which the throw [...]
Another awesome, hidden features of ASP.NET 2.0: CodeExpressionBuilder
September 5th, 2006
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This is such a cool feature of ASP.NET 2.0 and I can’t believe I didn’t know about. Thanks to InfinitiesLoop.I am now using this in Kinetic CRM. CodeExpressionBuilder Expression builders allow for some pretty interesting interaction with the ASP.NET compilation model. For example, new to ASP.NET 2.0 is the ability to reference appSettings declaratively. Lets [...]
