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 12-26-2007 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 12-21-2007 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 12-17-2007 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 12-12-2007 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 12-11-2007 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 12-07-2007 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 12-07-2007 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 12-04-2007 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 12-03-2007 9:50 PM by keithrull

Filed under: Annoying, Microsoft Excel, Excel 2007 bug

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