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Why is it so F#...ing Difficult to Buy Visual Studio!?

Wed, 14 May 2008 01:01:03 GMT

Have you tried upgrading Trial edition of Visual Studio or buying it through the official site while living outside of United States? I wasted half a day and failed.

A Better Way to Extract Data from DateTime

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:16:02 GMT

A better and safer way to get date and time using the datetime object.

inline asp.net tags... sorting them all out (<%$, <%=, <%, <%#, etc.)

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:46:02 GMT

There are all sorts of different inline tags, and I haven't found a place that explains them all in one place, so here is the quick and dirty...

A Question of Programming Ethics

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:46:09 GMT

I generally try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but it's difficult to imagine any scenario where this isn't a completely malicious violation of people's trust.

An Englishman In Google Maps

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:37:28 GMT

Kevin explains why it's not as simple as you would think to plot Ordnance Survey Grid References on Google Maps. Fortunately he also provides an excellent solution to this problem.

Showing Modal Progress Dialog in all Ajax Operation

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:01:02 GMT

Learn how to show a Modal Progress Dialog in all your ajax operation.