Partial methods are a new feature available in C# 3.0 that don't seem to get enough credit. I think there was a lot of confusion early on about what…

I know I just mentioned this project yesterday, but I wanted to thank those of you who have already downloaded it. Hopefully you have found it useful so…

Up until recently, I had never heard of a volatile registry key. I cam across a post by Daniel Moth that presents an extension method that adds support…

USB + Drivers + Vista + x64 + "New Hardware Found" Install + KB941600 = Total USB Destruction... To completely screw up your USB ports/drivers in Vista…

I was working on a series of dialogs that required validation, and since there's a funky validation setup in place, I thought I might build up a nice…

Linq Table Attach() based on timestamp or row version In a previous post here, I showed an example of using the Attach() method in conjunction with a…

There has been much going on with the Roanoke Valley.NET User Group(RV.NUG) of late. Here's a quick update of upcoming events, mark your calendars and…

My friend Simone has created an interesting survey focused on.NET developers and Ajax. It's a more focused response to this on the Ajaxian blog. As of 2…

Linq Table Attach The ability to use live Linq queries right in your UI makes for great demo's, but it doesn't bear a striking resemblance to a…

Doug Butscher and I were outside at the EOB today and we saw the coolest contrail (new word for me) from a jet I have seen. It steadily progressed to get…

For one of my pet projects I am writing, I was contemplating how to integrate Windows Live Authentication with my standalone application, similar to…

Validating user input is a very common task that we perform during web page development, and in the ASP.NET world we have a handful amount of choices to…

There is a discussion occurring on the ASP.NET forums about passing data to Master Pages using ASP.NET MVC. I couldn't figure out how to post code in the…

While trying out the /n software IP\Works! 3-D Secure MPI C++ Edition (for implementing Verified By Visa, MasterCard SecureCode, or JCB J/Secure) I needed…

After installing VS2008, I quickly noticed the absence of some of my favorite IDE helpers. - How do I copy project references between projects? - How do I…

My friend blogged about Google Chart API. You can read his post. The chart API is a URL based API which means you will pass the data in the URL and Google…

Sadly, this is Microsoft's official position. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2473242&SiteID=1

Today I discovered the some configuration impacts from my choice to return the XML document as a string property. Because I am using a string property to…

UPDATE (12/17/2007): My blog has moved. This post is now located at: http://jason.whitehorn.ws/2007/12/10/Using-ASPNET-MVC-From-Visual-Web-Developer-Expres…

Sometimes people ask me what it takes to get a good user group going... so hopefully these tips help to minimize the pain a bit.