Downgrading ATI Catalyst Causes Problems
In order to downgrade ATI Catalyst from 13.4 to 13.1 it leaves behind some OpenCL drivers, and reinstalling does not solve the issue. Here is the solution If you have installed a newer Catalyst version ever and go back to an older Catalyst, OpenCL uninstall will not remove all OpenCL files and this could cause [...]
Looking for jQuery tmpl (jQuery templating)?
jQuery’s deprecated tmpl engine has been removed from their site. However you can still find an archive of it here
Run PHP 5.2 and PHP 5.3 simultaneously
Here is an excellent guide to running PHP 5.2 and PHP 5.3 simultaneously on Cpanel. Here is the modified version for PHP 5.3.17
PowerUp Web Tree
This product is now defunct but if you are looking for some history, you can find it on the Internet Archive Here is a link to the now-defunct PowerUp Web Tree Q&A PowerUp Web Tree History /* Copyright (c) 2004 PowerUp ASP Limited, All Rights Reserved */ PowerUp.Web.UI.WebTree.dll
New Domain Name
I have decided to buy a new domain name – agilechai.com. I think its a pretty cool name
Allow Visual Studio to use more memory in 32bit windows
Read this excellent guide on increasing the total memory Visual Studio can use, even in 32bit windows
How to completely disable ViewState and ControlState
Here is a code snippet that will COMPLETELY disable ViewState and ControlState. Please note, if you want to disable viewstate, you can set “EnableViewState” to false for the page, however you will still see “VIEWSTATE” in the page. The reason for that is because the hidden ViewState HTML field also contains “Control State”, which is [...]
The Most Useful .NET Utility Classes Developers Tend To Reinvent Rather Than Reuse
I think this is a classic post that everyone should read: The Most Useful .NET Utility Classes Developers Tend To Reinvent Rather Than Reuse
Annoying Nulls in SQLParameters
If you read Creating SqlParameters Best Practices you will find the fun you have if you have null values: SqlParameter[] sqlParams = new SqlParameter[] { new SqlParameter("@Required", required), questionCode == null ? new SqlParameter("@Code", DBNull.Value) : new SqlParameter("@Code", questionCode) }; Here is a nice helper function to deal with nulls without having to manually check [...]
ASP.NET 4.0 Features
Here is a list of new features in ASP.NET 4.0. Very interesting. Auto start feature, new ways to choose where data is cached, built in option for compression session (via gzip), and more!