How to prevent web.config inheritance in ASP.NET child virtual directories and applications

If you add a new ASP.NET web site as a virtual directory/application under an existing ASP.NET web site, then you’ll probably be having some problems with web.config inheritance.
Even if the sub-webapp is physically separate, just being in a virtual directory located within another webapp will result in many of the settings being inherited and messing [...]

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Web 3.0 or whatchamacallit

Bernard Lunn of ReadWriteWeb started an interesting series of articles concerning the direction of the next phase on the Internet during the coming/current recession. He states that we are now in the “whatchamacallit, post-recession phase transition” between Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 (or whatever it will be named).
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Monday’s Moment of Programming Enlightenment – Part 3

A manager went to the master programmer and showed him the requirements document for a new application. The manager asked the master: “How long will it take to design this system if I assign five programmers to it?”
“It will take one year,” said the master promptly.
“But we need this system immediately or even [...]

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Why is the San Diego Padres’ mascot a Friar instead of a Padre?

While attending a Padres game this weekend I was asked “why do the Padres have a friar for their mascot and not a padre?” (paraphrased)
I really had no answer to this question. I hadn’t even thought much about it during my numerous years living in-and-around San Diego.
I attended my first Padre game back at [...]

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How to turn off the annoying restart dialog after installing Windows updates

I have this IIS bug that can’t be squashed. Every time my laptop is rebooted, IIS becomes disabled and can’t be re-enabled without a uninstall and reinstall. I’ve asked everyone that I know and even posted on the Microsoft IIS forums with no luck. So I’ve limited my laptop reboots to only when I’m forced [...]

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Monday’s Moment of Programming Enlightenment – Part 2

This week’s koan comes from Scott Hanselman, the Microsoft ASP.NET guru.
People think it is hard to see .NET,but in reality it is neither difficult nor easy.It is a matter of responding to C# and VB.NET while remaining detachedfrom the runtime,living in the midst of managed code yet being detached from managed code, seeing without seeing, [...]

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How to use XnaContent XML Files

There’s a couple methods to working with XML documents in the XNA games. First, you can just serialize and deserialize your class files at run-time.
Why use XML files for game development?
By saving data outside of your executable, you can keep your data and code separate. With external data, you can make updates to the [...]

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Power Toys that I can’t live without

These are quite old tools, but not everyone has been using them for years like me :)
You can download each of the PowerToys (and there’s more than the ones listed here) at Microsoft PowerToys web page.
Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
PowerToys add fun and functionality to the Windows experience. What are they? PowerToys are additional programs [...]

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Monday’s Moment of Programming Enlightenment – Part 1

Each Monday, I’m going to try to post a programming related enlightenment. It may be from a book such as the Tao/Zen of Programming or a quote.
The Tao gave birth to machine language. Machine language gave birth to the assembler.
The assembler gave birth to the compiler. Now there are ten thousand languages.
Each language has its [...]

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These are not the bugs you’re looking for

As I mentioned before, I have a weakness for geeky sci-fi quotes in relationship to programming. Leon Bambrick of secretGeek recently described his code review experience using quotes from Star Wars…
 
Leon: So, can I can check it in? You like my code?
Joseph: You’ll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

 
Leon: So I’ll [...]

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