Often, in the scope of writing massively scalable enterprise systems that manage your finances, I parse strings. Mostly in my spare time. What's happening here? I was reminded today that the start index passed to LastIndexOf() was from the ass-end of the string. I then lamented the obviousness of this and was then humbled by the...

Often, in the scope of writing massively scalable enterprise systems that manage your finances, I parse strings. Mostly in my spare time. What's happening here? I was reminded today that the start index passed to LastIndexOf() was from the ass-end of the string. I then lamented the obviousness of this and was then humbled by the...

Here's a weird one from the CSI: ASP.NET files...this is the weirdest DOUBLE HTTP GET bug, since, well, the last one. Scenario: On Brian's local machine as a user moves through an enrollment process in an ASP.NET Application, everything works fine.  The user receives a valid ASP.NET SessionID, moves from page to page, logs in to Forms...

Here's a weird one from the CSI: ASP.NET files...this is the weirdest DOUBLE HTTP GET bug, since, well, the last one. Scenario: On Brian's local machine as a user moves through an enrollment process in an ASP.NET Application, everything works fine.  The user receives a valid ASP.NET SessionID, moves from page to page, logs in to Forms...

I chatted with G. Andrew Duthie yesterday, and we both agreed it was exceptionally egregious of folks who give Microsoft presentations running Virtual PC to force us to watch their silly presentations with 6pt MS Sans Serif Fonts. People: If, during your presentation, you say "Uh, ya, you probably can't see this" - you're not only...

I chatted with G. Andrew Duthie yesterday, and we both agreed it was exceptionally egregious of folks who give Microsoft presentations running Virtual PC to force us to watch their silly presentations with 6pt MS Sans Serif Fonts. People: If, during your presentation, you say "Uh, ya, you probably can't see this" - you're not only...

Here's a little-known but very useful no-brainer to add to your ASP.NET application's base Page. void Page_Init (Object sender, EventArgs e) {    if (User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)       ViewStateUserKey = User.Identity.Name; } "What this does is key the view state to an individual using a unique value of...

Here's a little-known but very useful no-brainer to add to your ASP.NET application's base Page. void Page_Init (Object sender, EventArgs e) {    if (User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)       ViewStateUserKey = User.Identity.Name; } "What this does is key the view state to an individual using a unique value of...

Here's what I've been reading this month. These are all books that I'm in the middle of (have a bookmark in and they are on my night stand). When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? - George Carlin - It's offensive to many, but since he (and I) have interests in linguistics, I'm loving it.  The euphemism rant is worth the price of...

Here's what I've been reading this month. These are all books that I'm in the middle of (have a bookmark in and they are on my night stand). When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? - George Carlin - It's offensive to many, but since he (and I) have interests in linguistics, I'm loving it.  The euphemism rant is worth the price of...

Here's a slick Repeater at .NET Junkies. It does subtotalling and grouping. There's a number of ways to accomplish this kind of result, but I like Kurt's solution.

Here's a slick Repeater at .NET Junkies. It does subtotalling and grouping. There's a number of ways to accomplish this kind of result, but I like Kurt's solution.

Patrick saw this on CNN for literally 5 seconds, but I figured this would be a lead story today.  A fellow tries to set himself on fire near the White House, and noone covers the story? It's not on CNN.com or ABCNEWS.com...it's buried on the Reuter's Wire. UPDATE: It's trickling in now via Google News. Color me reactionary, but when...

Patrick saw this on CNN for literally 5 seconds, but I figured this would be a lead story today.  A fellow tries to set himself on fire near the White House, and noone covers the story? It's not on CNN.com or ABCNEWS.com...it's buried on the Reuter's Wire. UPDATE: It's trickling in now via Google News. Color me reactionary, but when...

Recently Lutz Roeder took Documentor off his list of .NET Tools, and I was bummed.  Mark Miller and I have been talking about doing a documentation plugin for CodeRush.  I was working on one that did MSDN style help, and Mark did one that was more stylized and painted directly over the XML Comments. However, Travis Illig (who works...