SystemParametersInfo: buffer size in unicode characters or bytes?
The SystemParametersInfo function in Windows CE can be tricky, even deadly, when it comes to passing in buffers for SPI_GETOEMINFO or SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE. Each of these uiAction values fill a given…
Want a Writely invite?
It turns out that although you can’t directly sign up for Writely during this transition to Google, existing Writely accounts can invite others to Writely to collaborate on existing documents.…
How to empty a SQL Server database transaction log file
I have 1GB databases that grow several GB log files. How do you safely clear those logs? Well, probably the best practice includes backing them up. That was overkill for…
How I got OpenID working with Ruby on Rails
After spending two hours searching for good documentation for using OpenID as my authentication for my Ruby on Rails app and being disappointed in lack of examples and other documentation,…
Initial and abstract impressions for my first week at Microsoft
So I’ve finished my first week here at Microsoft working with the .NET Compact Framework team. They are a very friendly group, and I am happy to be working with…
WSE3 and ASP.NET Membership Provider authentication
I am not an expert in WSE3 by anyone’s definition. So when I went looking for a way to add authentication requirements to my web service that tied into the…
Why I’m giving up Ayende’s NHibernate.Generics (for now)
Ayende’s NHibernate.Generics is truly an incredible advance in supporting generic collections with NHibernate, and solving the two-way relationship problem at the same time. I switched all my projects to use…
How to crash IE with just 4 levels of recursion in CSS and JavaScript
I can crash your Internet Explorer 6.0 (with all the latest patches) anytime you visit my page, with no warning at all. Fun stuff. I’m explaining how to do it…
Adobe SVG Viewer in .NET WinForms
I was working on a C# WinForms project where I had to embed the Adobe SVG Viewer in my form. The only distribution available comes in the form of an…
Generating non-pixelated thumbnail images in .NET
The .NET Framework comes with a large set of image manipulation libraries. Generating thumbnail images becomes very easy. But image pixelation, if it were a feature, is turned on by…