http://illdata.com/blog (Weblog)Duckworth.ToString() Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:28:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is a great page to bookmark... http://sourcemaking.com/design-patterns-and-tips It contains an assortment/reference of design patterns, refactorings and other useful programming tips. http://illdata.com/blog/2008/02/01/101-design-patterns-tips-for-developers/ What I've been listening to lately.... table.lfmWidgetf9eb7c0d58343075726213c88c94bc41 td {margin:0 !important;padding:0 !important;border:0 !important;}table.lfmWidgetf9eb7c0d58343075726213c88c94bc41 tr.lfmHead a:hover {background:url(http://cdn.last.fm/widgets/images/en/header/chart/recenttracks_regular_blue.png) no-repeat 0 0 !important;}table.lfmWidgetf9eb7c0d58343075726213c88c94bc41 tr.lfmEmbed object {float:left;}table.lfmWidgetf9eb7c0d58343075726213c88c94bc41 tr.lfmFoot td.lfmConfig a:hover {background:url(http://cdn.last.fm/widgets/images/en/footer/blue.png) no-repeat 0px 0 !important;;}table.lfmWidgetf9eb7c0d58343075726213c88c94bc41 tr.lfmFoot td.lfmView a:hover {background:url(http://cdn.last.fm/widgets/images/en/footer/blue.png) no-repeat -85px 0 !important;}table.lfmWidgetf9eb7c0d58343075726213c88c94bc41 tr.lfmFoot td.lfmPopup a:hover {background:url(http://cdn.last.fm/widgets/images/en/footer/blue.png) no-repeat -159px 0 !important;} ... http://illdata.com/blog/2007/12/20/lastfm/ FileZilla is a free, open source FTP server (there is also a client) with SSL/TLS support. I wanted to use my real SSL Certificate that I had for my website to secure the communication to my FTP Server and couldn't find any instructions on how to do so. After a little searching and some ... http://illdata.com/blog/2007/01/23/exporting-an-ssl-certificate-from-iis-to-use-in-filezilla-ftp-server/ Blingo is a Google-powered search engine where each search is a chance to win a prize. No registration is required. Invite your friends to use Blingo, and if someone you invited wins a prize by searching, we'll send you the same prize. Just use it as you would use google. I made a ... http://illdata.com/blog/2006/06/29/blingo-toolbar-extension-for-firefox/ Tech Ed 2006 in Boston is in full swing and I am getting some good info on all the stuff MS has in the pipeline. All of the WinFX technologies have been announced as being renamed as the .NET Framework 3.0 (still based on the 2.0 CLR), this includes: Windows Presentation Foundation ... http://illdata.com/blog/2006/06/14/tech-ed-2006-boston/ You would think that Microsoft would have considered including all of the "Ten Essential Tools - Visual Studio Add-Ins Every Developer Should Download Now" into Visual Studio 2005. One that I am suffering withdrwal from right now is the VSMouseBindings powertoy. It allowed me to bind my forward and back buttons on ... http://illdata.com/blog/2006/03/07/where-o-where-have-my-mouse-bindings-gone/ So far this has been a good read. "Waterfalls are wonderful tourist attractions. They are spectacularly bad strategies for organizing software development projects." —Scott Ambler Refactoring Databases : Evolutionary Database Design By Scott W. Ambler, Pramod J. Sadalage ............................................... Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional Pub Date: March 06, 2006 Print ISBN-10: 0-321-29353-3 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-321-29353-4   http://illdata.com/blog/2006/03/06/refactoring-databases/ iTunes won't automatically bookmark your video files playback postiton so you can resume where you left off. You need to right click on the track, select "get info" and check "remember playback postion" under the options tab. Unfortunately there is no way to do multiple tracks at once. Here is ... http://illdata.com/blog/2006/03/05/itunes-and-remember-playback-position/ my del.icio.us http://illdata.com/blog/2006/01/16/thats-delicious/ ReSharper by JetBrians integrates directly into Visual Studio and provides coding assistance, real-time error highlighting, and refactoring. Don't know how I used to work without it. Apex SQL Edit is a nice alternative to Query Analyser with integration with source safe, Intellisenseand Sql formatting. Borland Together for Visual Studio .NET has proved to be very useful providing ... http://illdata.com/blog/2004/11/11/some-new-essentials/