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Lucy Originally uploaded by ScaleOvenStove. Well, now I have a dog. Lucy (in the Sky) – Beagle, pretty mellow dog. 12 weeks old. Hopefully she stays cool. :)

So, I needed to install a Windows ME VPC today. I have a Dell CD that has ME on it, so I figured I would use that, and then probably just use my MSDN key or maybe it wouldnt need one. Well it turned into a mini-ordeal. If you set up a new Microsoft VPC [...]

Earlier today, it came up in discussion, on when to catch exceptions. Really, you end up getting bitten if you just catch exceptions in your code. Basically what happens is that you are using exceptions as flow control, and not using if/end, etc. What usually ends up happening is an exception is getting eaten, but [...]

I decided to start a new project at home, VehicleInfoTracker. I swooped up the domain, and started building a class library to support what I want to do. Using VS2005, C#, TDD, SQL2005. Have some basic parts done already – registering as a user, registering a vehicle(s) to a user. Working on adding a GasFillup/GasStation [...]

Ahhh, IIS, gotta love it. Nothing can ever be easy. So, as I am trying to install IIS on my Dell that I just reformatted, I get this: Cannot find the file STAXMEM.DL_ in my C:\i386 dir. hmm…. well, after a little looking, if you run this command esentutl /p %windir%\security\database\secedit.sdb If you then retry [...]

So, after 5 years with just a cell phone, I now also have a home phone number. I get soliciting calls from Dish Network once a week. I put my number on the do not call registry, but it just must not have gotten through to them. So I get a call tonight, a recording, [...]

Ever have one of those weeks where everything is a crisis or you are in “alert” mode all week? It is pretty draining. The worst part about it is, nothing else gets done, things fall behind, etc. Lesson learned: if you have a sql database and you are seeing tons of connections and cannot find [...]

So, a while back I installed Microsoft Vista Beta2 on my Dell machine. Seems that it must have overwritten the master boot record (MBR). I wanted to revert back to Windows XP Media Center Edition that came on my box, so I fired it up, and hit F12 to goto the boot selection. Where is [...]

Well, I happened upon a slingbox…hooked it up tonight. Pretty cool, I want to see how XM through DirectTV will perfom if I try it from work. The mobile client is choppy, I cant get more than 15 fps. I think for sure I will use it in my office in the basement to watch [...]

If you setup a intranet or internal site, and setup the security as Integrated Windows Authentication – and you still have Anonymous Access on as well, but are still getting a prompt, it is most likely you are using a domain name for your site (like intranet.myinternaldomain.com) – The way to avoid getting a windows [...]