December 2007 - Keith Rull -

How To: Convert a string to MD5 in .NET

I was working on a .NET application that integrates with Gravatar today because I needed a quickway to fetch someone's photo based on their email address. One requirement when doing this type of integration with Gravatar is that the email should be...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2007 11:20 AM by keithrull

Filed under: utility, MD5, Gravatar, Conversion, Hash, Encryption

Developer Celebrity Deathmatch: Scott Hanselman vs. Phil Haack

Have you ever thought about doing a Celebrity Deathmatch for developers? Well CodeSqueeze has just started one and in its first edition they have put two of the most popular .NET bloggers face-to-face. Scott "The Man" Hanselman vs. Phil "You...

Published Fri, Dec 12 2007 10:09 AM by keithrull

My LINQ Cheatsheet

I've been banging .NET 3.5 lately and this rendezvouz with LINQ (Language Integrated Query) has been making my brain smile alot. I mean, how can you not like something so easy and well defined and makes your life as developer alot easier. Anyhow,...

Published Mon, Dec 12 2007 12:30 PM by keithrull

Filed under: Generics, List<T>, Lamda, .NET 3.5, SkipWhile, Skip, var, LINQ, Take

NBA + SilverLight = Awesome

Wow, NBA.com is now joining the silverlight bandwagon . NEW YORK — Dec. 10, 2007 — The National Basketball Association (NBA) will employ Microsoft Silverlight on NBA.com to further enhance the online video experience for NBA fans around the world. Microsoft...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2007 2:28 PM by keithrull

Filed under: Silverlight

List SQL Servers using SqlDataSourceEnumerator

I wrote an article a few years ago using SQL SMO and just realized today that I can also list SQL Severs without importing an additional assembly to my project ( Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo ) by using the SqlDataSourceEnumerator class . SqlDataSourceEnumerator...

Published Tue, Dec 12 2007 11:31 AM by keithrull

Filed under: C#, PInvoke, SqlDataSourceEnumerator, NetServerEnum, SQL Server

I just got some Microsoft Lovin'

A few days ago in Twitterland , Tim Heuer had a contest. He said that whoever twitts him first would get a Microsoft Vista and Ofiice 2007 Ultimate... I quickly sent him a twit but sadly me efforts fell short. My friend Jon Galloway beat me by a second...

Published Fri, Dec 12 2007 2:43 PM by keithrull

Filed under: Prize

[Announcement] Added code block support for source code postings

I know this has been long overdue but i finally found time to update the site to support code blocks. How to use [code][ /code ] tags : In order to use the code highlighting in your posts use the tags [c o de language="WhateverLanguage"] [/...

Published Fri, Dec 12 2007 10:56 AM by keithrull

Filed under: Announcements, Code Blocks. Community Server

NetBeans 6.0 is out..

...and it has pure Ruby goodness tied into it ! I think I'm going to wash my .NET hands today with Neatbens SOAp enhancements . Congratulations to the great folks from NetBeans ! You definetely nailed it this time. From their official press release...

Published Tue, Dec 12 2007 3:30 PM by keithrull

Filed under: Java, Ruby, IntelliJ, NetBeans, Ruby On Rails, RoR, Eclipse, Java IDE, Java Development, Software Release

What's wrong with Excel 2007?

I was working on a report today when I opened my Excel 2007 and this is all i got: To my surprise there was no toolbar. No menu. No spreadsheet tab. Nothing. All i got was a window with the manification option showing on top of the form. I right-clicked...

Published Mon, Dec 12 2007 9:50 PM by keithrull

Filed under: Annoying, Microsoft Excel, Excel 2007 bug

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