Justice Alito has been confirmed, and apparently sworn in already. This is good

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As it turns out, it is possible to have multiple content areas on a single master page.Master Page:1 <asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="ContentPlaceHolder1" runat="Server"></asp:... <asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="ContentPlaceHolder2" runat="Server"></asp:... Page:1 <asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="Conte... runat="Server"></asp:... <asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="Conte...

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I've been reading through some of my past posts, and realized that several of my posts have been me complaining about something or another. I guess blogs are a great place to rant. I can pretty much say anything, and if I don't want to hear about it, I can just disable comments. Now, for my rant...The past few Fridays, I've checked Yahoo TV Listings (and TV Guide) for my show, Malcolm in the Middle. It was supposed to be on at 7:30 (central). So, I tuned in, and found the Bernie Mac show. I then...

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Today, I was on a tech support call with a guy named Jim. He bought a copier from us last week, and it was delivered yesterday. He wanted to set it up to run off of a "host" computer with a cross-over cable. No wired network was available. The other machines on the network would then connect to that host machine via the wireless network, and find the shared printer there.So, we set up the copier with an IP of 192.168.1.100. We then set the host to 192.168.1.99. I didn't set the gateway on the computer,...

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Wierd...I looked at a post I posted yesterday, because I got a comment, and my custom CSS that I put in is gone.Gone is my wonderful teal colored background, that I like so much.Oh Well. I'll figure out the color scheme again

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Why is it that I have to "publish" a site to a server to get the /bin directory, and a working site (in 2.0)?I just tried to copy a site to a server, but didn't want to use the "publish" wizards. I never use them. In VS 2003, I build the site in release mode, then ftp it up to my server. Why can't I do the same in 2005?Just another thing to get used to...

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I'm running Windows Server 2003. I have an external hard drive hooked up to it. It's formatted with NTFS. When I formatted the drive, it told me that I needed to "Stop" the drive using the "Remove Hardware Safely" wizard. I use the wizard, and attempt to "stop" the drive, and I get a message that says that the device could not be stopped at this time. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a simple switch somewhere that I need to throw? Anyone? Update... Of course, as soon as I publish this post, I...

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I'm in the middle of upgrading my mail server. To test the upgrade, I installed an old version of Microsoft's Virtual PC, and then put Server 2003 on it to test the upgrade without messing up the actual machine.My next trick is to see if I can install Mac OS/X (Darwin) on Virtual PC. It's available from the Apple Developer's Site

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My new brick came. It's pretty cool.7200 RPM 250 GB External HDD from LaCie...This is one of my favorite companies. They put an emphasis on design...Hmmm. Kind of like another fruit we all know about. ...

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AdamV.com has a good little QueyrString parser for JavaScript. Very nice.A friend today pointed me to a Internet Marketing type site, v7n.com. It has a lot of search marketing type articles and information on the site. Very nice stuff. Tons of forums on almost any topic related to web development. (Though, the site is sorely lacking in .NET discussion.) ...

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Next Year, We'll be getting a ProSlide Tornado at Great America. It's not a Great slide, but, there are certainly worse. It's a good move for the one year old park. High capacity (four riders at a time), and it'll keep more people out of the lines for the coasters.Read the Press Release here...

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http://googleblog.blogspot.... official position on GoogleBombing is apparently this:"Pranks like this may be distracting to some, but they don't affect the overall quality of our search service, whose objectivity, as always, remains the core of our mission."If the "overall quality" of a search service is the "core of [their] mission", doesn't it make sense to determine when a GoogleBomb is taking place, and if one is actually taking place, and tainting...

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I have the need to sort a custom collection that contains sub classes. For example, I've structured my classes like this: Public Class Machine Private _Model as Model Public Property vModel as Model Get Return _Model End Get Set (ByVal Value as Model) _Model = Value End Set End Property Public Sub New() _Model = new Model End Sub End ClassPublic Class Model Private _ModelName as String Public Property ModelName as String Get Return _ModelName End Get Set (ByVal Value as String) _ModelName = Value...

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I've taken on a project where I'm fixing up a project that has been through 10 different developers. The base project is a publically available shopping cart system, that has been heavily modified for the project. I managed to pick up the project after the other developers "took the money and ran", leaving an absolute mess.The code is not pretty. But, that's not the worst part. The Database is an even bigger mess. From a pure design standpoint, it makes sense. The problem is, every column allows...

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So, I'm just getting into .NET 2.0. So far, I see what I like. Especially the MultiView control.Simply place a MultiView Control on your page, add a couple of Views, and in the script, do a MultiView1.SetCurrentView(v... Pretty straight forward.At some point, I'll be trying to figure out how to utilize the Multi View control with Ajax

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<rant>My wife and I just got back from a little trip to Kansas for the week. It was a fairly good trip. We went golfing on New Year's Day, and spent time with the new nephew. We flew home yesterday, knowing that we'd have to get back into the swing of things pretty quickly here.My title: Getting back into the swing of things sucks.Especially when you're sick. We picked up a little flu bug out there. So now, not only do I have a mound of things to catch up on at work, I have to do it while sick.Oh...

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