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December 2004 - Posts

• .TEXT Search - How To

  I've just completed an "advanced searching" module for .TEXT . Just before Christmas I had added an elementary searching feature to my blogs that simply looked for a substring in the title and body of blog posts. Over the holiday I found time to enhance Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 28, 2004 6:19 PM by Rob Garrett | 5 Comments

• Books Gifts for Christmas

  Yesterday I received Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming from my wife, Lisa. ..and Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 from Eva and Laszlo. Thanks to you all, I shall very much enjoy reading both of these books over the holidays. Share this post: Read More... Posted Sunday, December 26, 2004 2:19 PM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Added Search to Blogs

  Wahoo! I just added a search feature to all of my blogs, hosted on RobGarrett.com . It's a primitive search that looks for search terms in the title of body of posts and displays the top 50 results. Unfortunately my search isn't smart enough to ignore Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 21, 2004 11:39 PM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Another IE Venerability

  http://secunia.com/internet_explorer_cross-site_scripting_vulnerability_test/ Only, after locking down IE with Spybot I don't experience the symptoms, and Firefox doesn't suffer from it either Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit Read More... Posted Friday, December 17, 2004 10:55 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Converted to Firefox

  I never thought I'd see the day in which I said "I'm switching from Internet Explorer", but today it happened. My friend Anton showed me the delights of FireFox , and after dealing with a recent attack of malware and spyware, downloaded through IE, I Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 14, 2004 10:47 PM by Rob Garrett | 3 Comments

• Google Suggests...

  This is really cool: http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en . Google is ahead of the curve once again, and introduces a search screen that auto-completes the search terms based on what other users have searched for previously. It's real fast Read More... Posted Monday, December 13, 2004 7:41 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Browser Venerability

  http://secunia.com/multiple_browsers_window_injection_vulnerability_test/ Secunia has reported a Windows Injection Venerability, which allows insecure web sites to hijack other secure web sites by exploiting named pop-up windows. This venerability affects Read More... Posted Thursday, December 09, 2004 9:31 AM by Rob Garrett | 2 Comments

• Object References in C#

  I have been working with some code written by other developers and it appears that there is some confusion with using the ref prefix on object parameters passed to a function. The following example illustrates some of the code I came across: using System; Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:45 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Developing Software without Requirements?

  I've been writing software for a number of years now, most of my experience has involved developing for large corporate and government entities. In each of the positions that I have been employed I have grown to expect different answers to the question: Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 07, 2004 4:17 PM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Eagle mounted camera

  This is really cool. Animal planet is hosting movies taken from miniature cameras strapped to a golden eagle, named Tilly. Tilly lives in the Argyle Hills in Scotland and we get to see first hand what it's like to be flying on an Tilly's back as she soars Read More... Posted Monday, December 06, 2004 3:54 PM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Intelsat find satellite again

  Looks like Intelsat have found their missing satellite. I read a report in the Post that the satellite, which had lost power, suddenly began signaling Earth, enabling scientists to recover it's position. The post's article does not comment on the name Read More... Posted Monday, December 06, 2004 2:29 PM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• ASP.NET Execution Process

  In my previous post I mentioned the steps involved in the process of an ASP.NET page. As promised, here are the details on the slide that was covered in Chris Mazzanti's presentation at this months Rockville WinProteam user group meeting. Firstly, all Read More... Posted Thursday, December 02, 2004 1:32 PM by Rob Garrett | 1 Comments

• Winproteam December

  I attended my second WinProteam user group meeting in Rockville yesterday. This months group meeting was sponsored by RDA Corporation and consisted of three talks: Visual Studio Tips and Tricks - Charles Carroll . Developing Custom Content Modules in Read More... Posted Thursday, December 02, 2004 12:27 PM by Rob Garrett | 2 Comments

• Migrate Physical Server to Virtual Server

  Virtual PC is simply great. No more desks cluttered with expensive (sometimes crappy inexpensive) PCs for the purpose of testing applications on multiple platforms. What if an application runs great in all test environments but not on a particular live Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 01, 2004 3:29 PM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments