October 2006 Entries

The public new overridden int ID

As with most days I learn things about programming and C# that I didn't know before, until I've already past the point where I know I'll never ever come close knowing everything. Now, I though I knew a bit about method/property modifiers, well apparently not, found one today that I haven't seen before. Unexpected places to find 'new':Maybe I've been living under a rock for quiet some time, but I'm talking about the keyword 'new'. And I bet the first this that's come to mind is 'what kind of developer are you? everyone knows about 'new'! Well it...

posted @ Tuesday, October 31, 2006 12:45 PM | Feedback (0)

ASP.NET Mobile Content

A few weeks ago before everything started getting really busy both personally and work wise, I still somehow found the time to put together a mobile version of my blog content. Device DetectionIn the beginning I was just using the ASP.NET property Request.Browser.IsMobileDevice for device detection, but for some reason WindowsCE is not considered a mobile device by this property, so I included an additional 'if Request.Browser.Platform.Equals("WinCE")'. The mobile devices request will be redirected to www.kowitz.net/mobile/ which displays only one post on the screen at a time using 100% mobile controls and pages. While I was creating my Mobile...

posted @ Friday, October 27, 2006 6:31 AM | Feedback (0)

Server Move, SUB and MySQL Dataprovider

Since around February I have been hosting my blog with Jumba on some funny unlisted plan which rocked.  I think it was costing around $5 a month with 5gb space and 10gb transfer using a Plesk7.5 interface.  Well apparently it was too good to last as a few weeks ago I received a letter telling me that my legacy server was going to be shut down at the end of October, my only options are to upgrade to a new plan or find another webhost.  After looking around I couldn't find windows hosting that was any better so I upgraded......

posted @ Thursday, October 12, 2006 11:10 PM | Feedback (1)