mostlylucid.net - Scott Galloway's Developer Blog

Back - and code for impersonating users...

Well, had a lovely break...now for some code, this will let you 'impersonate' a user - really handy when, for instance, trying to upload a file to a network location...as usual, no idea where I found...

Friday, 12 March 2004 00:00

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Fantastic Web 'Widgets' from Matt Hawley

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Found through a comment on Jon Galloway's blog (no relation), this site has a whole bunch of nice little client side controls including a particularly nice calendar control. Anyway, thought I'd post...

Friday, 12 March 2004 00:00

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Yukon presentation - it rules!

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Just been catching up on the PDC presentations, came across this one on Yukon, also, for an interesting perspective on why you should use SPs in Sql Server, watch the first 10 minutes! Man, I am so...

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OK, enough moaning - I will now go one whole week without complaining!

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Things like this kind of put my complaints about silly programming stuff into a bit of perspective! ...

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Now this really bugs me...

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Noticed a link in my referrer log from this post which comments on a comment I made in the whole Dyanmic SQL debate, this comment: Right. Because evaluating arguments based on their validity is too...

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Motivation...

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I fully admit I am a moody sod...I don't know how / why it happens but occasionally I have real difficulty getting motivated to actually get working. So, what do you do to motivate yourself to get...

Sunday, 07 March 2004 00:00

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How not to spend a weekend

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I spent this weekend doing some 'product investigation' for a pitch we're preparing - which basically means that ensuring what we're saying in a pitch actually matches up with the product's...

Sunday, 07 March 2004 00:00

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Mars today wallpaper...

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Though I'd quickly knock this up - wallpaper from the Mars Probes page. Get it here (1600x1200) ...

Sunday, 07 March 2004 00:00

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Isn't it ironic

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Just looking back through some old posts, I started this blog on my own URL (so not on ASP.NET weblogs) so I could post whatever I wanted...strange thing is, this blog is more focussed on .NET...

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Interesting interview from Jim Allchin

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Thought this interview was VERY interesting, more for the approach more than anything else. It really does look like MS is changing the way they approach software - the focus on quality...

Sunday, 07 March 2004 00:00

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