SQL Server 2005 Backups from the Command Line

I was looking into ways to easily back up my local SQL Server database from the command line, and copy the resulting backup to my fileserver. That way I could […]

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Cheap Storage Solutions for a Home Network

The problem When the number of computers in your house starts to grow, a file server starts looking more attractive. A place to back up all your important files, as […]

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Remote Desktop Support

A few weeks back I blogged about using UltraVNC for remote support. Since then I’ve used it a few times to troubleshoot problems for clients in Arizona, Chicago, etc and it […]

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Using passwordFormat with ASP.NET Membership

ASP.NET 2.0’s new membership provider allows for three different ways to protect user’s passwords via the passwordFormat attribute: Clear: passwords are stored in clear text. Fine for non-sensitive applications. Encrypted: […]

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Newer machineKey program

I made some updates to the machineKey generation program I mentioned in my machineKey generation post. It now returns a complete machineKey tag for ASP.NET 1.1 or 2.0 that you can […]

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Brrreeeport and BlogCode

Robert Scoble, blogger-under-notice from Microsoft, posted http://spllaw.com/doiy-original-levitra-20mg/ an interesting blurb about search ranking and secret blogger cliques. He suggested sticking the generic viagra sold in united states word brrreeeport in […]

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Logging queries in MySQL

I was struggling for a while with how to get a profile of the queries being sent to MySQL. All my searches suggested running the debug version of MySQL, but […]

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