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News from my Blog

Avoiding Duplication When Dynamically Adding Scripts and Styles to A Webpage

Recently, I had a project where I was wanting to be able to create a reusable UserControl to display tooltips throughout the application. The control would need to access the jQuery framework, a jQuery plugin, required some inline scripting, and had its own class of styles.  Not every page i... [More]
Friday, 1 August 2008 15:23

UserAgent Fix for the RSSToolkit 2.0.0.0

I frequently use the RSSToolkit to consume and display RSS feeds from other blogs.  Recently, I've noticed problems with the RSSToolkit not being able to display feed from some external sources.  In particular, I've been having trouble consuming feeds from external blogs like Blogspot a... [More]
Thursday, 24 July 2008 13:16

What does it take to qualify for upgrade pricing for VS2008?

Apparently not much.  According to the product pricing page, all you need is "Any other developer tool".  Here is the full eligibility statement found at the bottom of this page: Upgrade Pricing Eligibility To qualify for upgrade pricing, you must be a licensed user of one of the followi... [More]
Tuesday, 4 March 2008 12:52

A Simple AJAX Example for the Impatient Developer

Follow my erotic tale of "code awakening" as I discover AJAX's raw naked self.  We'll pop the hood and see AJAX as nature intended. This steamy tale of passion, romance, love, and AJAX may leave you breathless and panting for more. Or, it could simply be a ruse to get you... [More]
Thursday, 24 January 2008 17:19