Get Process ID (PID) of IIS Application pools or COM+ Applications
Sometimes you can see from Task Manager that a given process is behaving badly. Usually the Image Name column will indicate which app is the problem, or you can add […]
Continue ReadingWizbang Standalone Trackback Pinger
So, Blogger (as you may know) doesn’t have an ability to do trackbacks. Automatic trackbacks are nice — if one of my blog posts references a post from blog A, […]
Continue ReadingMicrosoft Enterprise Library Logging Block compared to Log4net
Loren Halvorson has a nice high-level writeup comparing log4net to Microsoft’s new Enterprise Library Logging Block (EntLib) here: Microsoft Enterprise Library Logging Block compared to Log4net. Peter Provost added a […]
Continue ReadingLet's Get that GDN Groove Thang ON!
Korby Parnell wrote a bit up about Groove, a shared workspace application that was recently bought by Microsoft. I work for a company with two offices (Chicago & Seattle) and […]
Continue ReadingVery very tiny computer running linux — gumstix
This isn’t totally development related, but more of the “tool tech stuff” line. Imagine a super duper small computer running Linux. Imagined it? Now, live it! With gumstix.
Continue ReadingGood deals on tech equipment
I bought a laptop the other week, a Dell 600m. I was hoping to scrounge for one of the new latitude 610s, but too much jack. Anyhow, I was able […]
Continue ReadingFlattening Out Data with One of the Coolest SQL Tricks Ever
This is sweet… Return a delimited list of child values in your SQL. For report-loving folks, or others.
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