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Blogging is on hold

I’m currently on a break from blogging. The last six months have been quite busy and a lot of things have changed. This website isn’t going anywhere, but a change is coming. I haven’t decided what I’m going to do … Continue reading →

Happy Father’s day

This one never gets old. It’s the dad life!

It’s time for Ignite Denver 9, get your tickets now

UPDATE : here I am talking crazy at Ignite Denver 9 This Tuesday, June 21st is Ignite Denver 9, and I was selected to speak!. My talks is a ten point list of things to help you stop being dumb … Continue reading →

I spoke about HTML5, and left out some notes

Tonight I spoke about the state of HTML5 and my thoughts about it’s future. The overall message of the talk was to think of HTML5 as a tool rather than a Flash killer. In time, HTML5 is expected to advance … Continue reading →

McDonalds’ Chicken Nuggets are NOT boneless

UPDATE 3.24.11- The owner of the McDonalds called and sounded very sincere on the phone, while having no idea how his restaraunt was being run. We were offered more free food, but politely declined. McDonalds’ insurance has now served Tyson … Continue reading →

Use INFORMATION_SCHEMA to find data about your database

Have you ever been in this situation? You’re the new developer for a database powered application and you have to figure out what tables contain a specific column? Or maybe you’ve got a legacy database that needs it’s stored procedures … Continue reading →

An aggregate may not appear in the set list of an UPDATE statement

Ever seen the error “An aggregate may not appear in the set list of an UPDATE statement” when working with SQL Server? I ran into this one recently after trying to put a COUNT in an UPDATE statement. I was rewriting … Continue reading →

Eleven Coldfusion-ish tips from the field

I’ve had this running list of Coldfusion tips on my wall for the last few years and it’s time to get these online. All of the items in this list came from Coldfusion projects over the last few years, but … Continue reading →

Injecting javascript into asp.net via code

Microsoft has a great MSDN article on using javascript along asp.net, but they didn’t mention a technique I like to use, put it in a Literal control. While there are many ways to add javascript to a page, I find … Continue reading →

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