Guillermo writes about a website that can compress javascript files. It does a really good job, but when I downloaded the result, it was unreadable. O="functioresultarkervar conercatch( windowoundstionif(atTemp uetails r){}eh Would a browser still understand what to do? Well,[…]
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Migration to BlogEngine.NET
It was about time I migrated my weblog, based on .Text version 0.95 to a more modern blogging platform. As you will probably know, the codebase of .Text was integrated to Community Server ages ago. I doubt whether much of[…]
Read moreSorting generic lists; can it be done with less code?
Trying to find a method to sort a generic list, I found this solution. While this seems like an elegant solution, I found it a bit much code for my purpose. I only wanted to sort a list with objects that[…]
Read moreEnterprise Administrator certification
This came in my mail this morning: “Congratulations on earning your Enterprise Administrator certification! We hope you enjoy the benefits of your certification and of membership in the Microsoft Certified Professional community.” Last Wednesday was my final exam: “70-647 PRO:[…]
Read moreVisual Basic losing interest?
An interesting tool from Google allows you to display the trend of search terms over time. Out of curiosity, I looked at the popularity of the terms “visual basic” and “c#”. It doesn’t look too good for VB. (Red line[…]
Read moreAnnounced: LiveID will support OpenID
Here, sitting in a session from Kim Cameron, he just mentioned that LiveID will support OpenID. So, if you use OpenID to access sites and services, you can re-use your LiveID to log in. Applause in the room.
Read moreAirport security check
On my way to the PDC in Los Angeles, I get the usual drill at the security check at Schiphol airport. “Where are you going?”. – Los Angeles. “Why?” – Well, I’m attending a conference on software development. “Why do you[…]
Read moreLINQ to XML instead of XPath
Working on a new project, I needed to read some elements from an XML file. As a matter of habit, I used XPath, but later I figured this was a good opportunity to try it out using LINQ. So here[…]
Read morePassed 70-642
Just took exam 70-642 – Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring. I was a little bit worried about this exam because manually calculating subnets and figuring out routing options was never my strength. That’s what we have subnet calculators for, right?[…]
Read morePassed 70-643
In order to upgrade my MCSE certification, I’m taking exams for Windows Server 2008. I could upgrade through a special upgrade path, but since I never took any exam on Windows 2003, I would first have to upgrade from 2000[…]
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