Want to save NZ native bush?

Why don't you just send an email or mail newsletter instead of sending paper magazines or "snail mails"? "Save the cheerleader, save the world" "Send an email, save a tree !" is the name of the…

Vista Gadget to monitor Orcas TFS Team Build

One of the new cool features of the new Orcas TFS is the Team Build Job, which adds a kind of Continuous Integration to Team Foundation Server. Jim Lamb, PM of this new feature, just released a Vista…

Orcas Beta 2 due this week?

>>>>>>> Oh, and I'm desperately waiting for the VS2K8 Beta 2 - will it be dropped soon? You'll see Beta2 ship later this week - so only a few more days now.Thanks,Scott ScottGu wrote that Beta2 will…

Yoga the Swiss way

I just found (via swissmiss) one of the best advertisement I've seen in my life: a Swiss cow, doing Yoga in the campaign of the SwissMilk Consortium. And there are also other nice Yoga positions as…

Learn Spanish with a podcast

I decided to learn Spanish Castellano, and looking for free resources on the Internet I found a very nice way to learn a new language: a podcast. I already listen to podcasts related to technology…

How to add a required validator to a CheckBoxList

If you add a normal RequiredFieldValidator and you want to validate a CheckBoxList, you will get a runtime exception informing you that the CheckBoxList cannot be validated. Sometimes you want to make…

ORM vs HandCoded DAL: Adding a new field to a table

In a World of constantly changing requirements adding a new field to a table is pretty common task: a new user profile field, a new flag to control the display of something, some other customization…

Microsoft Presenter Mouse 8000

I just bought a new mouse: the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000. And I'm really impressed by its precision, and the smoothness of the movements. Maybe a bit too small for everyday use,…

How NOT to prevent SQL Injection

This is the best anti-pattern about security and SQL Injection on the web. Today I found, via <edit>, html.it blog, a CMS that use a "creative" approach to get data from the DB: passing the SQL string…