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Programming Note to Self #4 – SQL Reseed

January 20, 2010
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I do not do nearly enough straight SQL these days, there is always a layer of abstraction between me and those db ...

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Software that is less than honest!

January 08, 2010
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I installed WinZip the other day, I was not ready to purchase a full copy yet but I was greeted with this message box … ...

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Programming Note to Self #3 – When not to use Logical AND

January 06, 2010
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I have been reviewing some code where a clear appreciation of the difference between ‘&’ and ‘&&’ is not fully ...

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Energy Saving Household Gifts - Ryobi IR001

January 03, 2010
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I have been on a real green\energy saving\eco friendly push recently. Last winter my energy cost went through the roof ...

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Programming Note to Self #2

December 30, 2009
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If you are working on a massive web project and the lead developer has no clue what Peter Blum controls are … pick up ...

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The Problem with Expression Blend Sketch Flow

December 13, 2009
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I am a huge fan of WPF and more specifically Silverlight so when my wife took the opportunity to incorporate Expression ...

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DotNetZip - Zip and Unzip in C#

December 09, 2009
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On a recent project I was asked to provide a real easy way to zip multiple files and while I have seen this problem ...

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Programming Note to Self #1 – ArrayList

December 06, 2009
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This is the first in a series of posts that I wanted to dedicate to my own coding errors, the situations where I forget ...

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Implementing XOR and XNOR using PeterBlum Controls

December 03, 2009
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I was having a problem with validating two fields in a web page the other day. The two fields were not required but it ...

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