Archive for April 2008
links for 2008-04-30
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I found this via this scary one (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/30/ms_forensics_usb/)…BackTrack is a Live Linux distribution based on SLAX that is focused purely on penetration testing. Distributed by remote-exploit.org, BackTrack is the successor
links for 2008-04-29
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Decent series of posts on using the ListView control…ListView is one of the new data controls that was shipped with the latest release of ASP.NET, which is 3.5. It displays the values from a data source by utilizing user-defined templates. This gives th
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Export a Dataset to Excel & preserve number formatting for numeric values. Can use an Office style to help with number formatting…
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…I would like to present to you a new custom control that I developed. This control “Exports” the contents of your “GridView” into Excel format with “Zero Code”. That’s right. Simply drag and drop and you are all set.
links for 2008-04-23
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…Summary: Learn about the unit testing features of Team Test from a TDD, test-then-code approach with this walkthrough. (24 printed pages)
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Looks like fun…We’ll show you a block of code from an O’Reilly book along with four possible book titles. All you need to do is select the correct one. Simple, right?
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Many macro systems, especially for Lisp and Scheme, allow macro
transformers to perform general computation. Moreover, the language
for implementing compile-time macro transformers is usually
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…C# Excel Export from ASP.NET Page
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We are using this…The CollapsiblePanel is a very flexible extender that allows you to easily add collapsible sections to your web page. This extender targets any ASP.NET Panel control. The page developer specifies which control(s) on the page should be
links for 2008-04-22
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It’s on the lean side. I’ve added some more meat that hopefully will help you through the trauma of your first attempt at branching projects.
links for 2008-04-21
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Some cool uses for Visual Studio Shell, IronPython, StoryBoard, and Warcraft.
links for 2008-04-18
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…You will not be able to find a better set of free icons on the web. These lovely little 16×16 PNG images are incredible. Thanks for sharing them, Mark!
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…On a web form, it is often a requirement to prevent multiple form submissions to maintain efficiency and avoid complications on the server-side.
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Beautiful; should be close to what is needed for the listview.
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Another excellent post on the Listview… a new datagrid skin
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…In fact, 35 of the 37 swimmers who have broken world records in recent weeks were wearing the LZR Racer from Speedo.
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Another method…Here is some sample code on how to do this. It generates an Excel spreadsheet with the form collection key names and values:
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A few more in the comments to the post…This is a list of 10 great shortcuts me and my co workers use frequently
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This sums it up (and a hilarious explanation of needing to get out and do something else)…“well, what we say in Romania is ‘every kick in the ass is a step forward’. I’ve always looked upon my layoffs that way.
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Man, what people will do to prop up their fantasies. I can’t wait for the sequel, “Over the Edge: A Flat-earther’s Guide to Anit-Sphericalism”…A shameful antievolution film tries to blame Darwin for the Holocaust
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…A blog exploring the likes and dislikes of white trash people. Check back regularly for new entries. -
Looks interesting.
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Looks interesting part 2.
links for 2008-04-17
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…”If you take your e-mail seriously, FastMail is the service for you” PC World
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I like this css reference, even though the site is really geared towards xhtml. …This reference is based on the CSS 2.1 specification. To better understand how Web browsers use CSS to render markup, please refer to the Box Model article.
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The main goal of the article was getting the maximum number of layouts based on the same markup, each with valid CSS and HTML, without hacks nor workaround and a good cross-browser compatibility. The result is a set of 40 layouts
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…Silk web icons, adding a few of the many requested icons and a sprinkle of others to complete the set. The original idea was to add another 100 or so and call it a day, but the closer I got to 1000 of the little things, the more it felt right to make i
links for 2008-04-16
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…PortableApps.com Suite is a collection of portable apps including a web browser, email client, office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, sudoku game, backup utility and integrated menu, all preconfigured to work portably. J
links for 2008-04-14
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Here you are a list of the 50 most useful tips and tools for customizing your website easily with CSS.
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With that in mind I have created a CodePlex project: the ASP.Net MVC Membership Starter Kit. It currently provides controllers and views for all of the common authentication and user administration needs, including:
links for 2008-04-13
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Cool…After a couple of glasses of red wine tonight, I decided I would try and get a JVM and LISP, in the form of Rich Hickey’s Clojure language, running on my OLPC.
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Wow…This is a dictionary of algorithms, algorithmic techniques, data structures, archetypal problems, and related definitions. Algorithms include common functions, such as Ackermann’s function. Problems include traveling salesman and Byzantine generals.
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When representing date-time information in Oracle it becomes absolutely critical to know with which version of the Oracle server you are working. From version 9 onwards it is possible to represent points in time and time intervals using ANSI SQL data type
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Excellent site…Get an in-depth pollution report for your county, covering air, water, chemicals, and more.
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Wow. This is an excellent, brief intro to Sql (Oracle-leaning), but highly useful…
The last thing the world needs is another SQL tutorial. So here’s ours …
We could wallpaper all 500 rooms of the computer science building at MIT with different SQL -
Wow again. Scanned this brief, but excellent text and it looks like a great basis for complete, modern system learning…
This is the textbook for the MIT course “Software Engineering for Internet Applications”. The course is intended for juniors and s -
US government SSA site with info on filing W-2 and W-3.
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Learning vim…
This chapter provides just enough information to edit a file with Vim. Not
well or fast, but you can edit. Take some time to practice with these
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Neat game. I had never heard of this simple game before.




