Santomania
Addy Santo's occasional braindumps
GOTO still alive and kicking in .NET
Yep. In a VB.NET project, select a number (any number- they all give equally bad results), type it...
Author: Addys Date: 09/16/2003
Yet Another Cool VS Shortcut
I wasn't aware of this one: “If you didn't know already, if you're programming in C# you can...
Author: Addys Date: 09/15/2003
Gadget Time [OT]
Over the weekend I found myself at the J&R in Manhattan, so indulged myself with some new...
Author: Addys Date: 09/08/2003
Never trust GetEntryAssembly
One quick tip- I was using Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().FullName in my logging infrastructure to get...
Author: Addys Date: 09/08/2003
EIF - continued
Given the interest in my previous EIF post, I will definitely be posting an article and a code...
Author: Addys Date: 09/08/2003
Getting EIF to work on Win98 / NT4
I recently added a much needed instrumentation layer to a client's winforms app. After checking out...
Author: Addys Date: 09/06/2003
Is it Just Me, Or Is Our Mainframe Missing?
This isn't your typical mom-n-pop shop security hole.... The Australian Customs had two of their...
Author: Addys Date: 09/05/2003
New Jersey Microsoft Developer's Group meeting tomorrow
If you are in the NY/NJ community you might want to come to the NJ DevGroup meeting tomorrow. I...
Author: Addys Date: 09/03/2003
Yahoo now has RSS feeds !
Yahoo news now had RSS support.... https://news.yahoo.com/rss
Author: Addys Date: 08/29/2003
MSDN Magazine . CHM
Hey, not only is MSDN Magazine available online, but it is even available online as a compiled CHM...
Author: Addys Date: 08/26/2003
Strong-arm tactics from MS regarding IMs ?
“Microsoft is forcing people to upgrade to newer versions of its instant messenger application and...
Author: Addys Date: 08/25/2003
Junior to mid-level developers - GO READ "CAREER CALCULUS" NOW!
I usually try not to be the 88th person to link to the same article, but this one is definitely...
Author: Addys Date: 08/19/2003
30 billion crashes a year?
Dvorak estimates that there are 30 billion Windows system crashes a year. Wow. My dev computer...
Author: Addys Date: 08/12/2003
It is 9 o'clock - do you know where your DCOM is?
Last night I started getting calls last night from friends whose computers were infected by the...
Author: Addys Date: 08/12/2003
Debugging tip of the day
I thought everyone was familiar with this but it turns out that quite a few developers are living...
Author: Addys Date: 08/07/2003
NUnit 2.1 Beta 1 Released
NUnit 2.1 Beta 1 Released From the project page: "At long last, NUnit 2.1 is released in its initial...
Author: Addys Date: 07/22/2003
Another item for the VB.NET wishlist
To whoever is still counting: VB.NET doesn't default to separate DEBUG / RELEASE directories? C#...
Author: Addys Date: 07/22/2003
Blogs = $$ ?
A quick peek into a possible blogging business model is up at...
Author: Addys Date: 07/19/2003
Can someone clear up the uncertainly regarding CG and the Large Object Heap?
The CLR's GC implementation has "troubles" with large objects. These do not get collected as part of...
Author: Addys Date: 07/16/2003
Who really needs the PDC?
[Royo] feels left out because he can't make it to PDC. Well I won't be there either, and I'm really...
Author: Addys Date: 07/15/2003
TransparentProxy article - excellent! Now if only I had a clue what he was talking about ;)
Just kidding... I almost made it through the whole article, but my brain bluescreened somewhere...
Author: Addys Date: 07/14/2003
Total Geek am I
30.76923% - Total Geek https://www.innergeek.us/geek.html Although no geek test should be considered...
Author: Addys Date: 07/07/2003
De-Scoble-ized
Yep, I'm taking Scoble out of my OPML. It isn't that he talks to much- just that he says too...
Author: Addys Date: 07/02/2003
Code Generation
It seems that everyone agrees that code generation is a potentially usefull tool for certain...
Author: Addys Date: 07/02/2003
Quick & Simple optimization tips
Some quick'n'dirty optimization tips: 1. Be aware that your app will typically spend 95% of it's...
Author: Addys Date: 06/26/2003
Strongly Typed Collections
Martin Fowler writes about strongly typed collections, and concludes: "On the whole, however, it...
Author: Addys Date: 06/24/2003
Microsoft delivers!
I signed up for a free copy of "Application Architecture for .NET" on the MS website a while ago,...
Author: Addys Date: 06/23/2003
I'm funky too.. (what do you mean there is no cat?)
The funkidator apparently isn't too discriminating - it appears that even I am funky :) I love that...
Author: Addys Date: 06/19/2003
SPOT isn't alone - here comes a PalmOS based watch
More geekware. 2MB memory, a touchscreen interface, backlit 1.4" screen. I wonder how long it will...
Author: Addys Date: 06/17/2003
SPOT update
Well, Microsoft's SPOT technology seems to be coming along... A friend of mine got himself invites...
Author: Addys Date: 06/17/2003
Smart Personal Object Technology (SPOT) - .NET for digital watches (?!)
Hi, I just came across this, and it sounds fascinating.... Can anyone verfiy this? It sounds like...
Author: Addys Date: 06/12/2003
Another tidbit regarding optimizations
Since today's theme seems to be optimization (see Sam's blow-by-blow), here is a bit about...
Author: Addys Date: 06/09/2003
May you(me) live in interesting times...
Well it's that time again - today is my birthday. 31 already. Time to look back, look around, look...
Author: Addys Date: 05/23/2003
Google's 15000 computer cluster
Web Search for a Planet: The Google Cluster Architecture An excellent read which includes some...
Author: Addys Date: 05/20/2003
DataSet update questions
Just like everyone else I usually use datasets for database reads only. When updating, I simply...
Author: Addys Date: 05/20/2003
Easy Hex handling in .NET
Hi, This is kind of trivial, but cool anyway. Someone just emailed me this snippet of code to read...
Author: Addys Date: 05/13/2003
An RSS Reader Challenge
Yo, Is anyone out there willing to take on a real challenge? Then how about adding full text...
Author: Addys Date: 05/12/2003
Good, Bad and Ugly things about SVG
After working with SVG for a few weeks, here are my initial impressions: Includes a very friendly...
Author: Addys Date: 05/12/2003
This is .NET related, remember ??
To all fellow posters: A little bit of noise is always inevitable when surfing the web, but I would...
Author: Addys Date: 05/12/2003
Geek RSS Feeds - Condensed view
If you haven't seen it yet, check out the MS-related RSS feed view on...
Author: Addys Date: 05/12/2003
More on Mort...
I expect only Chris can clear up exactly where the "Mort" reference originated, but my favorite Mort...
Author: Addys Date: 05/08/2003
So much to blog, so little time...
I've been dark for a few weeks, and will probably remain so for another month - I'm so swamped in...
Author: Addys Date: 05/08/2003
enter the Matrix jokes
User Friendly rockin the house!
Author: Addys Date: 04/17/2003