August 2006 Entries

My Resignation

Well, that's all folks. I've resigned my position. Not an easy call, not an easy call at all but I've been offered a position at a large media-firm that I simply cannot pass up. So, that's the plan...Leave familiarlity for a new opportunity, new challenges, and new surroundings...namely, the thick of manhattan. If nothing else, it will certainly be exciting. ...

ASP 3.0 / snipps that i need to keep on hand

Yes, it's time for some ASP 3/Classic content. Okay, I confess, this post is mostly just a reminder for myself in the future...but I assume at some point someone will come across this via google.... I was wondering what the easiest way to traverse a recordset was (not most performant, necessarily...just simplest in terms of me saving time) I commonly see people actually writing out the table and then explicitly defining which column goes where. You know, something like: objRs(0) objRs(1) Which, really,...

IIS 6 with ASP 3.0 / ASP Classic

At first, I thought migrating a classic ASP app formally running on win2k/IIS5 would be a 5-10min no brainer. Here I am approximately 2 hous later, and I just got it working. So after you do all the basic stuff like create your virtual directory, and install your db client software..this is the tricky part I received the following error: oracle ADODB.Connection error '800a0e7a' This is what resolved it for me: 1. Log on to Windows as a user with Administration privileges.2. Launch Windows Explorer...

How to approach technical interviews

Great link...Definitely applies to getting a technical job outside of Silicon Valley...Check it out if you have a few. http://blog.guykawasaki.com

Code Sharing / Code Snippets Sites

Came across a link to http://www.ProgrammingIsHar... on www.dZone.com So I figured I'd list some of the code sharing & code snippet sites I've come across as of late. http://www.codeplex.com/ (MS's site) http://www.bigbold.com/snip... http://www.krugle.com/ http://snipplr.com./ Got any others I should know about? Cheers...

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