Twinstar and ASP.NET 2.0 Providers
It was beautiful here in East Tennessee today–50 F and only light winds–so I took time off at lunch to fly my newest airplane: a twin-engine ARF called the Twinstar. […]
Where Not to Stand
Here’s a wonderful short video of a scale model 747 taking off and landing–and a sterling example of why spectators at R/C events should carefully choose their vantage point.
Fixing a Date Formatting Bug in ASP.NET 2.0
Sometime between beta 2 and beta 3, a bug crept into ASP.NET 2.0’s BoundField class that prevents date formatting from working. In the following declaration, the “{0:d”} is ignored: The […]
Was 9/11 an Inside Job?
I was taking a break from writing this morning and googling the Web for articles on centers-of-lift and centers-of-gravity in airplanes when I came across a thought-provoking piece that has […]
The Ultimate R/C Model?
Check out these photos of an R/C model of the new Airbus 580. To say it’s huge is an understatement! Better yet, check out this video of it flying. I’m […]
Reader Needs Hacking Help
Readers submit some great e-mails to my Wicked Code column in MSDN Magazine, but every now and then I get one that makes me wonder whether to laugh or cry. […]
Launch! (And Why It Sometimes Pays to be a Geek)
I’m in San Francisco for Microsoft’s worldwide Whidbey launch event, which took place today. Wintellect built a lot of the content for the launch–the slides and demos that the presenters […]
Heavenly Body
No, I’m not talking about Jeffrey Richter. “Heavenly Body” is my R/C B-25, which is finally finished and is almost ready for its test flight. The paint scheme comes from […]
Notepad Won’t Read a 929MB Text File
Well, I found out tonight that Notepad won’t open a 929MB text file. SQL Server 2005 Management Studio won’t, either, which leaves me in a pickle. Here’s the story. A […]