[Exerpt from the author: Jonathan de Halleux ]This is the first of a 2 articles series. In this article, the techniques and ideas are discussed and a Javascript solution is given.
The need to make it easier for users to find out their IP addresses has always been there but the solutions have not always been available, or if they were, they have not been very efficient.Ken Getz uses Visual Basic.NET and the .NET framework 2.0 to demonstrate a quite user friendly way of communicating IP address information between two parties. Instead of trying to give instructions over...
The good people at Engadget show us how to stream stuff across multi-platforms with VLC Media Player.Most interesting are their download statistics. At the time of this writing, a whooping 2.3 downloads per second!
Ok, I'm a little -- maybe a whole lot -- late and I know this can be a hot debate but I've never been a big fan of consoles. I still play all my games on the PC [Not that I play that many games] and I just love it for these ten reasons that come from someone who thinks like me.[Excerpt from Microsoft.com]10 Caveat emptorMany console owners drop $50 on a new video game only to find that the...
[Excerpt from CNEWS- Canada]"It takes a while for people to learn exactly what happens here and how the political game is played in Canada."..........."You have to ask yourself, is this credible?" Ablonczy asked following Volpe's announcement. "Given the timing, given the rush with which it's been put out, you have to wonder."
[Excerpt from Yahoo! News]President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe spoke for the more radical opposition to U.S. control, saying Washington and its allies cannot continue to "insist on being world policemen on the management of the Internet.""Why should our diverse world be beholden to an American company?," he told more than 10,000 government, business and other delegates as the three-day U.N....
Software for connecting your Internet phone calls to any phone – mobile or landline. No special hardware. No WiFi needed.
Elion at the Asp.net forums provides a very neat way of pulling settings from web.config at design time.To get access to configuration at design time, use the IWebApplication service. From your control's designer, do something like this:IWebApplication webApp = (IWebApplication)GetService(typeof(IWebApplication));if (webApp != null) {Configuration config = webApp.OpenWebConfiguration(true);string...
Last night while trying to figure out a way to categorize information in a webform, I found out a way to place a repeater inside another repeater, so you end up having one repeater displaying the categories and another displaying the subitems. This may not be the best way to do this but It did solve my problem;<table width="100%" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 > <asp:repeater id="repCategories"...
Very handy functions for making user input safe.1) Add ValidateRequest="false" to the page declaration of your asp.net page2) Encode the input before saving it by using HttpUtility.HtmlEncode3) On the page that has to display the content, use HttpUtility.HtmlDecode
The article Building Windows Applications in VB.NET on InformtIT.com explains extensively how to work with modal dialogs in windows forms.1) You can create a Form variable in the dialog that you use to reference back to the calling form and you set it before showing the dialog, for example: frmDialog.Caller = Me2) You can use properties in the dialog to set its variables before showing, then...
A comment by Szymon Kobalczyk on this thread explains how to show modal dialogs in asp.net.I did this just last week. I had a little problem though: when you put aWebForm in a modal all postback or navigation will go to another, new windowinstead of the dialog. You can overcome this by puting the dialog inside ofa FRAME. So now I have a simple html page that I open in the dialog and thenit...
The debate is kinda hot, but who'd have thought that just logging into and unsecured network could get you fined over $800 and lose your laptop and get probation. hhmmm.... interesting.One commenter said, "Just because I do not put a fence around my yard does not mean you walk all over in anyhow you want."
I just thought about this.....I havent been putting this to good useDim myControl As ASCXControl = CType (LoadControl(strPathToASCXControl), ASCXControl)
This is just for reference purposes. An article on wwwcoder.com explains pretty well how to handle custom errors and how other IIS errors that the ASP.NET handler will not catch can be trapped.
Fabrice's Weblog explains how to use an HTML control to change the page time Comments on Doug Reilly's Weblog take it a step further by using user controls to write the whole headerI'm still looking for the most effective way to render templates on my page. hmm its a little too late though because .net framework v2 already has most of these things taken care of. It does hurt to know I guess.
I ran into a snag today.. I had a form with two text boxes, a dropdownlist and a HTML file control. Each time the form posts back I get this error:[HttpException (0x80004005): Failed to load viewstate. The control tree into which viewstate is being loaded must match the control tree that was used to save viewstate during the previous request. For example, when adding controls dynamically, the...
All controls on my form seem to persist their values when the page posts back except the dropdownlist. Even the even seems to not properly fire. Ofcourse I googled and found some interesting concerpts including one comment from Jason Olson's blog which suggests using the request object to restore the selected item. Here goes the code:ddlOptions.SelectedValue = Request.Form("ddlOptions")Real...
rear-mounted 2 x USB 1 x FireWire ports, built-in Ethernet, DVI connection, optional 802.11b/g and Bluetooth modules (for the same $499 price tag when configured with XP, no less) Optional Linux configuration Pentium M (2.26 GHz?), DVD burner additional S-Video, component, and composite connectors Obviously Mac users cry fowl
Why is it that when you give someone "a penny for their thoughts," they give you their "two cents worth?" What does it mean when you see an "end speed limit" sign? Can you go as fast as you want? Why does "speed zone ahead" mean you're going to have to slow down? Why are they called "apart"ments when there's always...
[Excerpt from engadget.com]Mark Russinovich of SysInternals did a detailed analysis of a “rootkit” (their word, not ours) he found on his PC, and discovered that, not only was it surreptitiously installed when he played a protected CD, but it also hogged system resources and integrated itself into Windows so deeply that uninstalling it disabled his CD drive. Mark’s conclusion? Choice words...
credit: engadget.comWow! I wonder how long this iPod craze will last. I sure would love one of these -- of course, when I get a better car. =)
How to wire your house like a real geek.credit: engadget.comIts got a 333 or 500MHz CPU, 64 or 128MB of RAM, DVI out, 4 USB 2.0 ports, and power over Ethernet support....I'd really love to have a few of these when I buy my own house.
From the December 2005 issue of PC World magazinePosted Monday, October 31, 2005 iPod for TV Junkies: Apple's latest iPod plays video on a good 2.5-inch, 320-by-240-pixel color LCD. Now, for $2 each, iPod users can download select ABC TV shows, any of 2000 music videos, or Pixar animated shorts from Apple's iTunes store. The new models come in 30GB ($299) and 60GB ($399) versions. You can...
[Excerpt from Yahoo! News]Who Needs Law School?Statistics from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics would seem to back up Gates. According to the bureau, computer software engineer is projected to be one of the fastest-growing occupations in the next few years.The agency predicts that "despite the recent downturn in information technology, employment of computer software engineers is expected...
i designed a little program for those of us who use iTunes and need to manipulate the information it contains. With iXtend, you can export playlist and track information to m3u, pls, or xml format.The xml files are properly structured such that they should be usable in any application that uses xml. Please try it out and let me know what you think. Feed back can be sent to support[At-No-Junk]hiazle.com...
[Excerpt from AMDZONE]Editor's note: This is the first time HP has put out a press release even mentioning AMD for a product. Could the company have finally woken up? Note they downplay AMD by not mentioning the CPU until the end of the press release where the specs are. This after having the hotest selling desktop in September being AMD based for them. Makes a lot of sense right?-- Advanced...
Dim sProc As New Process() Try If File.Exists(strPath) Then sProc.StartInfo.FileName = strPath sProc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = True sProc.Start() 'sProc.WaitForExit() End If Catch exFNF As FileNotFoundException MessageBox.Show("The file: '" & strPath & "' could not be found!",...
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[Excerpt from Yahoo! News]The plaintiffs claim that phone calls placed by the Treo 600 were indecipherable because of the poor quality of the phone’s speakers and choppy delivery of the user’s voice, according to the complaint. Gay cited problems with the Treo 650’s software, claiming the device crashed up to 10 times a day.The plaintiffs believe these problems afflict numerous Treo owners...
Dan Goding of Wired News wrote a beautiful article on media players that randomize. I have always run into the same problem where the playlist always seem to be predictable or not properly randomized. Songs by the same artist or from the same album often appear closer to each other than they should be. In some cases, an artist is even repeated twice or more when there is ample room for other...
[Exerpt from CNet.com]At a news conference Tuesday in Paris, Apple CEO Steve Jobs criticized the music industry for considering a hike in the price of digital downloads, according to a Reuters story. "If they want to raise the prices, it means that they are getting greedy," Jobs said. "If the price goes up, (consumers) will go back to piracy, and everybody loses."My question is: He...
[Except from PC Magazine]Bottom Line:Sure, it doesn't have an FM tuner or voice recording, but it does have an unsurpassed interface, excellent sound quality, and an undeniable cool factor.Pros:Very thin. Excellent sound quality. Color screen.Cons:No photo pan or zoom. No FM tuner or voice recording.[My Opinion]If only I can find someone to buy my IPod mini.
[Except from PC World]Nintendo has launched its newest handheld gaming device, the GameBoy Micro, in Japan.The diminutive device is scheduled to hit retail shelves in the U.S. on September 19 priced at $100.The Micro, which began shipping on Tuesday, is easily the smallest member of Nintendo's hit GameBoy family. The device is true to its name, measuring just 4 inches long by 2 inches deep...
So.. after so much IMing, she finally called and told me that I could come over and see her at her friend's mom's house. If I behaved well, -- actually if the mom liked me-- then she would have permission to go out alone with me. I drove for about 35 minutes - averaging about 90 mph - and hung out for a while, had some intelligent conversations with the friend's mom and she got the green light....
RE: Club ParadiseI know calling this event club paradise is a little bit much considering I only met a girl. But hey, whatever. Anyway, before we left the club, she gave me her email address, so when I got home, I sent her a text message from my phone. I was a cute little message, so at around 8am, she started emailing back to my phone. I realized after the second message that I was receiving...
Someone took this ugly picture of me at the club from my phone. I was actually looking nice in that shirt even though it looks a little hideous in the pic. Anyway I guess I now have a use for the camera, which I've always thought to be an unnecessary addition.
I just came from the club as I write this and, I have to say, after so many months of work, work and work, I feel like I missed out way too much. I guess it was just my lucky day, or one of those coincidental events, but however you look at it, I had lots of fun.Well, to back it up a little, I was supposed to hang out with a friend but it did not turn out that way so my roommate agreed to go...
Except from Afro-NetizenHere's a (real) image taken from a video recording of pre-presidential Dubya that is the perfect analog to his mommy's recent comments effectively voicing the Bush administration/family policy towards poorfolk. And to see/hear some appropriately profane karmic retribution for Dick Cheney, click here. (Hint: remember when Cheney told Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) to go...
[Except from Afro-Netizen]Katrina Blew In, and Tossed Up Reminders of a Tattered Racial Legacy By Lynne Duke and Teresa WiltzWashington Post Staff Writers On TV, we watch them: His braids are flying above his head and he's got a wild look on his face. He's running, one arm clutching a load of looted clothes, the other reaching back to tug at his pants, which are in danger of sliding past...
This is one of the hottest topics right now. Click here to see for yourself what everybody's talking about. Kanye said, "Goerge Bush does not care about black people" on national TV! and it has sparked a wildfire of controvesy. Some claim that Kanye should stick to his arrogant rap lyrics and leave politics to the politicians, while others claim he is one of the many opportunists that are...
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While doing some research on the disturbing story behind the Rwandan genocide. I came across this excerpt from the book We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With our Families by Philip Gourevitch. The title comes from a letter written in April 1994 by seven Adventist pastors to their boss, Pastor Elizaphan Ntakirutimana, president of the US-supported Seventh Day Adventist church...
Last night I watched the highly acclaimed movie 'Hotel Rwanda', a true story that happened in 1994. I must say, to the best of my knowledge this movie is right on point when it comes to the subject of international politics. It makes you think real deep about what your most important values are and how you uphold them.Here is a very interesting conversation from the movie 'Collateral' between...
After trying out several solid-state MP3 players, I finally decided to go with the iPod. I wasn't willing to spend that much, but when I found out that BestBuy also sold a KenWood adapter that allows you to control the iPod from the radio, I was like, "SWEEEET!". I picked the silver 4GB iPod Mini 2nd Generation and also the Kenwood KCA-iP500 iPod™ Control Interface .I think this little gadget...
According to Channel 955, the Fugeees are back together and are at the moment in studios working on their next release. The Fugees put up a great performance in September of 2004 at Dave Chappelle's block party in New York after Columbia [Records] would'nt clear Lauryn's songs for performance at the party. Having set aside their differences, they decided to put an end to the rumors by performing...
The comments on Afro-Netizen blog say something that stimulate serious thought. Would you agree?
There was outrage as Zimbabwe president, Mugabe beats EU sanctions to attend Pope funeral. Excerpt from the NewZimbabwe.com ZIMBABWE'S President Robert Mugabe has joined world dignitaries in Rome for Friday's funeral of Pope John Paul, an official says, despite travel restrictions imposed on him by the EU.The official said Mugabe, a Roman Catholic, had left for the Vatican on Wednesday night....
I didn't even know this, but from the look of things, something's about to go down. Except from news24.com Launching the election campaign of his ruling party, Mugabe referred to Rice as "that girl born out of the slave ancestry, who should know from the history of slavery in America, from the president situation of blacks in America that the white man is not a friend". Click here for more...
I have read this on several blogs and websites, how IE does not display aligned images properly when you use align="left" or align="right". In Mozilla, if you insert an image before a block of text and you align the image to the left, all the text will be positioned to the right of that image until the height of that image is reached. Whereas, in IE, only the first line (the line that comes...
I find blogging very interesting even though I've never been the kind to convert regular thoughts and experiences to writing. This blog will mainly be about things I find interesting, so I hope some of you will share the same interests. Please feel free to post your comments and let me know what you think. If you feel that we share a common interest and would like me to add your site to my...
First of all you will need to visit the Microsoft website and get the IE6 SP1 installer using this link: ie6setup.exe (479kb) Create the following: C:\My Downloads Now save this file to this location on your computer. Go to the Start Menu and select Run A small window will appear. type in the following including the quotation marks:"C:\My Downloads\ie6setup.exe" /c:"ie6wzd.exe /d /s:""#E"...