Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen.com

Matt Griffith did me a solid today, by having a nice C# wrapper around Win32's QueryPerformanceCounter.  Big ups to Matt.

I've always wondered (and often been asked) "Is there anywhere to control Page Breaks when PRINTING from IE?"  I'd always said no. 

Well, there sure is and it's part of CSS Level 2.  This is going to be VERY useful for me as you would not believe the hacks I've had to go through controlling page layout and printing from the browser.

<DIV HEIGHT=6 STYLE="page-break-after:always">&nbsp;</DIV>

This is the Napster of SpamFighting....it's SpamNet...it's fantastic.  I tried SpamAssassin Pro, but after messing with it, I stuck with SpamNet.  The only drawback is that you need to open up port 2703 or use socks...but since it's outgoing it's not a big deal.  It litterally saves me from messing with >= 50 spam emails a day.

XML 1.1 Becomes a W3C Candidate Recommendation. 15 October 2002: W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of XML 1.1 to Candidate Recommendation. Comments are welcome through 14 February 2003. The specification addresses Unicode, control character, and line ending issues. Everything that is not forbidden is permitted in XML 1.1 names. Visit the XML home page. (News archive) [The World Wide Web Consortium]

I'm presenting at the Software Association of Oregon (SAO) on November 20th, come for the pizza, stay for the WSDL.

Web Services: Behind the Music

This month's Developer’s SIG is a hands-on demystification of Web Services. This technical talk is good for the beginner as well as the expert; helpful for the programmer and the business user. You will leave this presentation with:

• A "Zen-like" understanding of how Web Services work and how to make them work for you.
• Insight in how TCP/IP, HTTP, XML, XSD, SOAP, and WSDL all work together to become "XML WebServices"
• A sense of the vast landscape of Web Service space you can choose from when working with Web Services
• A view into how Web Services work from .NET, Java, COM (VB6, VB Script, Office, etc)
• Your own bat-belt of free tools & utilities that make working with Web Services just that much easier