Now Reading
Planned books:
None
Current books:
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Mathematics for the Digital Age and Programming in Python by Maria Litvin and Gary Litvin
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Statistics In Plain English by Timothy C. Urdan
Recent books:
- Practical Machine Learning in R by Fred Nwanganga, Mike Chapple
- Statistical Inference via Data Science: A ModernDive into R and the Tidyverse by Chester Ismay and Albert Y. Kim
- The Nature of Code by Daniel Shiffman
- Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee
- The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley
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Monthly Archives: June 2007
Transaction Savepoints
Today I learned how to roll back multiple database queries using transaction savepoints. This is useful when you have several related record inserts, updates, or deletes that should all succeed or all fail in order to maintain your data integrity. … Continue reading
Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator
I bought the Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator plug-in for After Effects but I have not made a video using it yet. It allows you to convert 2D vector artwork into 3D titles or logos. It renders very slowly on my system. … Continue reading
Posted in Video Production
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Cross-Page Posting
Today I added a help topic on Cross-Page Posting to my ASP.NET 2.0 notes. Cross-Page Posting allows a second ASPX page to get the form fields from a previous ASPX page when the form is submitted using the Post method. … Continue reading
Posted in ASP.NET, General, Programming
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Application Name In Connection String
Every day I learn something new at work or while doing stuff at home. Today I learned how to add the Application Name parameter to a connection string so the application name will appear in the SQL Server 2005 Activity … Continue reading
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RPG Programming
I have finished reading another book on RPG, “RPG II And RPG III Structured Programming” by Nancy Stern, Robert A. Stern, Alden Sager, James Cooper and added a great deal of material to my notes. Now I am turning my … Continue reading
Posted in RPG
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ASP.NET 2.0 Master Page Properties & Navigation Controls
Today I created a new help topic on the Navigation Controls for ASP.NET 2.0. This is a topic that was not covered in the ASP.NET 2.0 For Dummies book. The navigation controls get their data from a XML sitemap but … Continue reading
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Visual Studio Content Installer
I recently created a custom VSI file which is a kind of ZIP file used to install Visual Studio content. A Visual Studio Content Installer can be used to distribute macros, addins, code snippets, toolbox controls, or templates. I created … Continue reading
Posted in ASP.NET
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Visual Studio 2005 Item Templates
Yesterday I learned how to create custom Item Templates for Visual Studio 2005. An item template is used to add new items to a project like a starter class file. You can export any of your project files as an … Continue reading
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Utility To Troubleshoot SQL INSERT Statements
Today I wrote a Windows application in C# to help me troubleshoot SQL INSERT statements which do not have an equal number of columns and values. Unfortunately, SQL Server does not provide very informative error messages. It can be difficult … Continue reading
Posted in Databases
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Things That Are Consuming My Time
I’ve been very busy the past few months and can’t seem to make much progress in getting things done to reduce my work load. Therefore a blog is in order to explain why. First, the USPS changed their shipping rates … Continue reading
Posted in Business
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