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BlogWave v0.2 from Addy Santo

I found this nasty little application, BlogWave , today courtesy of Amanda Murphy’s Weblog .  After reading about 1.5 sentences about it on Addy’s site, I knew it was something I wanted to try.  I downloaded it and about 30 seconds later I was…

Using ServerXMLHTTP instead of XMLHTTP to Talk to Authorize.Net

Re: my ASP101 article about using ASP and XMLHTTP to talk to Authorize.Net http://www.asp101.com/articles/dan/AuthNetXMLHTTP/default.asp That article was published a little over two years ago.  I have received lots of feedback and questions.  Among…

Is a pot of coffee a day too much?

I used to only drink a cup or two of coffee a day when I worked in the “traditional work place”. Since I started telecommuting full-time a few years ago I have found that I now usually drink between 1/2 to a pot of coffee a day.  I think that the…

The best resignation letter ever!

http://blogs.crsw.com/mark/articles/325.aspx

football is back

and I am so glad, even if it is just pre-season. I “watched” the entire thing.  Actually, the TV was just on and I glanced up at it from time to time.  In all truthfulness, I was reading Web Design on a $hoestring by Carrie Bickner .  It is a very…

listing of Localhost directories

As much as I try not to, I still end up with all kinds of sample web applications and test stuff installed on my local machine.  I can’t ever remember everything that I’ve installed and it always seems like I’m looking for something that I know I…

Golf is good!

Ahhh… It has a way of freeing the mind of worrisome personal and work clutter.  It tires the body in a wholesome, old-fashioned way that is good for the soul.  It is almost cleansing. A good round of golf can also give you a new outlook on life…

human knowledge + porn

Ron Gilbert , of Monkey Island fame, writes: “I’ve always said, the Web is the sum of all human knowledge plus porn.“ Funny, but yet so true.

XP Pro w/IIS and ZoneAlarm 5.0 don't play nice

After a couple months of on and off tweaking of my system and general grunting, moaning, and bitching, I finally figured out why ASP.NET sites stopped running on my dev workstation. It was a problem with an updated version of ZoneAlarm. Basically you…

Finally decided to jump in...

That’s right - I finally decided to jump in and test the waters. Not that I have that much to say or anything real important to spout, but what the hay - I’ve been known to be right about some things from time to time.