ASP.NET 4.0: Extra space above Menu in Chrome and Safari using Menu Control

In Visual Studio 2010 when creating a new ASP.NET Web Site or ASP.NET Web Application you get a shell for ASP.NET 4.0 web site with a menu using the ASP.NET 4.0 Menu Control. However in Google Chrome and Safari browsers the menu will show with some extra space above it. It took plenty of googling… Continue reading ASP.NET 4.0: Extra space above Menu in Chrome and Safari using Menu Control

Search for text in multiple files

AstroGrep is a great free and open source tool for searching for a text string in multiple files. It is a single exe file, no installation needed. Requires .NET framework. (I’m not involved in this tool in anyway, just came across it and thought I’d share/keep for future reference)

Fantastic News!

This isn’t technology related but since I have this blog how can I not post about it? Two days ago my second daughter Alva was born. She’s a beautiful baby girl! On the photo she’s 10 hours old and “sitting” together with my other daughter Ebba who is 2+ years old. Some facts: Born Sunday… Continue reading Fantastic News!

Programmer’s Frustration

I just wanted to share this great story by Damien Katz, a former programmer at Iris/Lotus. I first read it about a year ago and came across again today. It’s about Damien as a novice C++ programmer rewriting one of the core components of Lotus Notes/Domino – the formula engine, originally written by Ray Ozzie.… Continue reading Programmer’s Frustration