Rob Garrett - Blogs

June 2005 - Posts

• DPAPI in C#

  Okay, I am posting a link to this awesome example of DPAPI ( Data Protection API ) for C# and VB.net, mainly for my own reference. If you want to encrypt data in web.config files on shared servers, this is the way to do it. http://www.obviex.com/samples/dpapi.aspx Read More... Posted Thursday, June 16, 2005 11:00 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Visual Studio .NET 2005 CTP available for MSDN Subscribers

  The June 2005 CTP for Visual Studio 2005 .NET is now available for download to subscribers of MSDN . The download screen documents the steps to take to remove any pre June CTP installations, such as Beta 2, but for reference I have listed the uninstall Read More... Posted Thursday, June 16, 2005 10:39 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Aircraft graveyard on Google Maps

  Visit Google Maps , click on the satellite link in the top right corner, type the co-ords "32° 09'N 110°52'W" into the search box, and then scroll right and you'll see satellite imagary of the aircraft storage and dump site at Davis Monthan airfield . Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 14, 2005 5:58 PM by Rob Garrett | 3 Comments

• Bad Application Architect Diseases

  Sahil Malik posted a hilarious post about Bad Application Architecture Diseases on his blog last year, and I just had to mention it. My favorite is Hypotechnologia or Hypertechnologia : A refrain/abstinence of preventing any team member to use even Instant Read More... Posted Thursday, June 09, 2005 11:06 AM by Rob Garrett | 1 Comments

• Real World Pacman

  Imagine a world where you could play Pacman for real on your city streets? Researchers in Singapore have made this a reality with the help of technologies like GPS, Blue tooth, wi-fi, and virtual reality. At last, we can all get exercise and fresh air Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 07, 2005 9:02 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments