Fridathon: unstructured learning or hacking you can opt-in to do on any random Friday.

• Binary serialization, the smarter way: reloaded

  Posted on August 26, 2003

  VGA posted about a way to improve the binary serialization, by using a compact format. We work together, and I was surprised he didn’t post some code for all the code-hungry guys, so here it is: [Read More]

• Using WSE (1.x) on a per-WebMethod basis

  Posted on August 22, 2003

  WSE is great for several things, but as stated in Programming with WSE 1.0, you have to add the extension in the Web.config. However, this causes ALL exposed WebMethods to require WSE processing, thus, you can’t secure some of them and leave others as “plain” ASP.NET WebServices. [Read More]

• Introduction

  Posted on August 22, 2003

  I think it’s time to start for me too :). I’m Daniel, a big fan of .NET, C#, XML and design patterns. I wrote 4 books for the extint Wrox Press (about ASP.NET and Server Controls), as well as some articles for C# Today and ASP Today. I was a speaker at the .NET ONE 2002 conference also (slides), where I presented the NMatrix project, a personal endeavour I started back in May 2001, in a joined effort with my german friend Rainer and Paul Speranza to contribute to the OpenSource community. [Read More]

• Incredibly real, exciting and possible story!

  Posted on August 22, 2003

  I can’t stress enough how great Neuromancer is. I read it twice in a month… it is THAT good. The author, William Gibson, wrote this book back in 1985, when there was no Internet, no virtual reality, no Matrix movie!! Yet, he is the father of the “cyberspace” word, you can recognize a yet-to-be-created virtual reality device that “transmits” not only images but the full 5 senses to the user (the simestim), and he even mentions (and gives birth to) the Matrix! Yes… exactly with that name… A must-read for Matrix lovers, technology fans and those who wonder what the... [Read More]

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