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Archive for February, 2008
Testing out Code Formatting
Posted in: Programming by Steve on
Thanks to RossCode for recommending this plugin for Windows Live Writer, “Insert Code for WLW“
Too bad I don’t have a wider blog theme, but I really like this one. Testing out the VB functionality since I don’t really see VB examples that often:
1: ''' <summary>
2: ''' This method checks to see if the given URL is available and accepting requests.
3: ''' </summary>
4: ''' <param name="url"></param>
5: ''' <returns></returns>
6: ''' <remarks></remarks>
7: Public Function IsUrlAvailable(ByVal url As String) As Boolean
8: Try
9: Dim req As HttpWebRequest = WebRequest.Create(url)
10: Dim rsp As HttpWebResponse = req.GetResponse()
11: If rsp.StatusCode = HttpStatusCode.OK Then
12: Return True
13: End If
14: Catch ex As WebException
15: ' Eat it because all we want to do is return false
16: End Try
17: Return False
18: End Function
xkcd
Posted in: General by Steve on
I want to build this in our family room:
http://blog.last.fm/2007/12/21/blogging-from-the-ballpit
http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/02/27/ballpit-phase-ii/
I think I can convince my wife.
Where do I buy my hardware?
Posted in: My Links by Steve on
I buy lots of toys. My wife doesn’t always approve of the things that I want or buy, but it’s who I am. But I’ve got a knack for finding the latest gadgets on sale, which makes it a little better.
I’ll let you in on a little secret: www.techbargains.com
I stumbled across them probably about a year ago and I find plenty of deals there. I found my Garmin Nuvi 350 there pretty cheaply and from a reputable store. Most of the time, they have the best deals on computer equipment from stores such as NewEgg, Buy.com and Geeks.com.
It’s really just a deal aggregator that also has some tools on finding hard to get items, like a Wii or iPhone (when it was in huge demand).