september 2004 - Posts

23 september 2004
Back online again (or why redundancy and failover isn't quite enough)
Some of you might have noticed that this weblog has been off-line for a while. Was it the bogey (Pentium II, 256 MB) webserver that I use to host it? Nope. As a matter of fact, even if I would have had the best hardware or provider in the world, offering 100.0% uptime for a server, it wouldn't have mattered... Read More...
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13 september 2004
Lego Mindstorms to stay
In contrast to former messages and rumors (as reported by me here ), Lego MindStorms will not be discontinued . It remains a core product. And the same goes for Harry Potter Lego fans. Read More...
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13 september 2004
On System.Void
Did you know there's actually a System.Void type? You could use it in some exotic scenarios to test if a value is of type void. One example where you might need this is in ContextBoundObject objects where you interfere with the messaging. However, this bit of code will not work: methodReturnMessage.ReturnValue... Read More...
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12 september 2004
FileInfo.CreateText and encoding
Mental note to self: Normally the StreamWriter class will use UTF-8 encoding, unless specified otherwise. You will have to use one of the special constructors to do so. Using FileInfo.CreateText will give you a StreamWriter, but it will have an ANSI encoding. Remember this for the next time. Quick ways... Read More...
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06 september 2004
Script encoding
After an incredible time of non-blogging, I plan to pick up again on putting an entry here on a more regular and frequent basis. This week I'm teaching Windows Scripting Host (WSH) to programmers/administrators at XS4ALL, one of the largest Internet Providers in The Netherlands. Before I forget, let... Read More...
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01 september 2004
.NET Framework Service Pack 1 released
Grab it now: .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 . Read all about the fixes in this Knowledge Base article . And it is part of XP SP2 retail CD. More on the contents right here . Through Scott Hanselman's blog . Read More...
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