Parse CSV Files in C# and ASP.NET

Parsing CSV files is a common task for data-import programs. I’ve used Sébastien Lorion’s CSV reader several times, as it’s lightweight, fast, and gives you a number of options on delimited […]

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Site Launch: Lucid Realty

We recently launched a WordPress-based blog for Lucid Realty, a Chicago-based real estate company. First we built a custom WordPress template to integrate the blog into Lucid Realty’s corporate site, […]

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Site Launch: WikiWorldBook

WikiWorldBook is a robust site with a number of facets: it’s not only a feature-rich online community, but also a people finder and online address book. It provides a broad AJAX search […]

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View Apache Process Details

Handy shell command to list out the Apache processes & what they’re up to ps axo ‘pid user size %cpu %mem cmd’ | grep http | grep -v “(root|grep)”

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Portland Open Beer Club — This Thursday!

A reminder that Portland Open Beer Club is this Thursday, June 12, at Bailey’s Taproom downtown. Grab a brew & chat about the web in a laid-back manner.   http://www.portlandopenbeerclub.com/

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Hosting Tip: Be an Official Technical Contact

I called a popular hosting provider today to talk with them about getting a client’s server order straightened out, as my client wasn’t able to make progress on a few […]

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Searching Through Files in Linux

I do more & more Linux work from the shell, and it’s starting to grow on me. 😉 I used to search through files using this command find . | […]

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