Archive for April, 2007

New Look

Friday, April 27th, 2007

Finally redesigned my blog today, wanted to do this since a very long time. I like this look compared to the old one only because its more user friendly and readable. The old layout was much more artistic and unconventional compared to this one. I will miss it but this had to be done. […]

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ASP.NET 2.0 Tips and Tricks

Friday, April 27th, 2007

Some cool tips and tricks posted on Dan Wahlin’s blog.
ASP.NET 2.0 is an awesome framework for developing Web applications. If you’ve worked with it for awhile then that’s no secret. It offers some great new features that you can implement with a minimal amount of code. I wanted to start a list of some […]

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I see the light!

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

The technology world is full of buzz about Microsoft’s latest technology - Silverlight (formally known as WPF/E).

The pitch is that Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs) for the Web. Silverlight integrates with existing Web applications and, of course, almost all Web technologies you are already using like ASP.NET AJAX and/or ASP.NET in common.

More information can be found on their official site - http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/

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Free .NET Hosting

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

When I wanted to host my ecommerce project, I looked long and hard for a free hosting provider. Unfortunately I only came up with these two:
Quantasoft - http://www.qhs.sk/
This one is based in Czech republic and Slovak republic.
Pros: Supports .NET 1.x, 2.0 and 3.0 framework. Good for running basic ASP.NET applications.
Cons: Very very […]

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Joost

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

I finally got invited to beta test Joost. I’ve been playin’ around with it since a few days. I even watched a 1hr documentary on it. The quality and sound was very good, way better than YouTube or any other web based players. I also loved the UI; very very slick! Well anyway instead of saying more, here are some screen shots! Enjoy!

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Movies, Web | 8 comments

Using the Login control in .NET

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

When I first started out programming in .NET, the first obstacle I faced was setting up the database for the login control. So here it is, these steps might help you solve that problem -
1. Run C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regsql.exe
2. Follow the steps and create the ASPNETDB.mdf in the location of your choice. (I personally prefer dumping the […]

Programming | 1 comment

New Project

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

Wow! its been quite a long time since I wrote in here. Well anyway these days I'm working on a little side project in ASP.NET/C#. It started as a project for my Web Programming class but now I'm just woking on it to improve my .NET programming skills.
The project can be seen here at […]

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