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Kindle 2: An Introduction

Have you ever prepared for a trip and struggled when deciding which books to take with you? Do you have books that are too big to pack in the car or worry about lugging around? Do you get miles into the trip and wish…

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Prince of Persia “Combo Specialist” Achievement/Trophy

If you are like many Prince of Persia gamers out there, you have tried tons of different combinations of attack combos in the hopes of finding the right set that will award you that special achievement/trophy; the “Combo Specialist”. The good news is,…

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Save the Developers Lost to Microsoft?

Save the Developers was a site dedicated to educating Web surfers about the tremendous failings of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browsers. The site sported a free “badge” for Web developers and webmasters to include on websites to spread the word. “The word” being that…

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A Time When Microsoft Sucks

So, after waiting and waiting for the new update of Davis (Bikes) for Burnout Paradise, it was released today. We tried and tried to download it, restarting the Xbox360 I don’t know how many times.. and nothing! We figured the download just wasn’…

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Simpler Robust ASP.NET Providers

I don’t like writing about something that I’m “currently working on” too often. The problem with that is sometimes other things (e.g. life) get in the way of my proposed timelines. All that aside, there are times when the standard SQL…

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Kingdom Hearts II

Today, I sold my Kingdom Hearts II video game for the Playstation 2. My trend recently is to get a video game, play it, beat it, and then sell it. I looked into trading in, but you usually get so much more for the…

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Web Page Security - New Version

Some of you know me as a friend and code poet. Some know me as the crazy guy trying to get donations for his dad to get him a Wii. Some just know me as “that guy who wrote the web page security module…

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My Dad Needs a Wii

My dad and I have a lot of memories involving late nights up playing games. There was the time I got home at around 2:00 AM from working at my inventory job in college, only to find him playing Hexen with a friend…

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Computer Wallpaper

The coolest site for computer wallpapers is Digital Blasphemy. There is a limited amount of free wallpapers, but to be able to get any of the wallpapers, membership is required and so worth it. Check it out!…

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Custom Membership and Role Providers

I work for a community college as their webmaster/web programmer and things tend to be very disparate with regards to systems. The student information system speaks its own language and interfaces with its own data. The Active Directory trees are updated manually each…

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LINQ with SQL Server CE 3.5

LINQ is an extremely useful new language feature for the .NET Framework 3.5. It allows querying all sorts of data structures via the actual programming language (thus the Language INtegrated in LINQ). In addition, the specific variant, LINQ to SQL, includes a full…

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The Code Project

The Code Project is a wonderful site for programmers of all levels. There is much to read and learn there Please check it out. Here are a few of my recommended articles: .NET Framework LINQ Challenges and SQL Server Compact Edition Web Security Switching…

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Half-Life 2

I finished playing Half-Life 2 this evening. Wow; it was a blast! It’s been a long wait since the original Half-Life made gaming history and I’m months behind on this release. Version 2 held up to the name and provided an even…