Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Photos from Austin on Rails Apr 23, 2013

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Just in case you wanted to know what the Austin on Rails group looks like in an IPhone panorama shot: 70 people listened as Matt Swain talk...
Monday, April 08, 2013

Pictures from Austin .Net Meeting April 8th, 2013

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Ryan Vice gave an interesting overview of Web API to 65 software professionals. My brief jumbled notes: AustinApi will be having it...
Friday, March 01, 2013

How To Create a simple .Net HttpHandler

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I'm writing a heartbeat diagnostic page that will test all the database connections and make sure my application is up and running.   Si...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Corporations Should Not Drive National Politics - Bring back the Tillman Act

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In addition to bringing back section 16 of the Glass-Steagall Act prohibiting investment banks from gambling with tax payer money, we need ...

System.Net.WebException : Cannot handle redirect from HTTP/HTTPS protocols to other dissimilar ones.

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Currently I am writing an integration test that enters a scenario into the database, then invokes a url on my web site, and then checks to m...
Thursday, February 21, 2013

Upgrading from .Net 3.5 to 4.0

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I'm upgrading an old ASP.Net app from .Net 3.5 to 4.0.  Here were some of my issues: 1.  Compile error CS0234: The type or namespace na...
Tuesday, February 05, 2013

The Coming Collapse of Gold

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Photo by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen  Gold has been a store of value since the dawn of civilization, but that's about to change.  Gold...