.NET HTTP Module – sample code Introduction Digest authentication has been around for quite some time, but has stayed in obscurity to some extent.  This is probably due to the fact that a limited number of servers support it, and a limited number of clients support it as well.  IIS also requires certain Active Directory [...]

Online Travel Poor customer service at Expedia.com [IUnknown.com: John Lam's Weblog on Software Development]Somehow, I see a lot of complaints about Expedia [...]  This also makes me wonder that if the airlines get their wish and eventually customers purchase most of their tickets directly from the carrier, will they do any better?  [Gordon Weakliem's Radio [...]

Reading this article at Business 2.0 about basic techniques for rising through the ranks at Google got me to check my various rankings, and hey, for the first time ever, I’m the number one Dave at Google.  [Scripting News]Hmm.  I’m not even in the top 945 for ‘Greg‘…  Brad is #15 for his name, and [...]

Well, that sort of defeats the whole idea behind content generation and publishing, doesn’t it? The whole power of Radio is that it’s “desktop publishing”. Your server doesn’t need to be anything except a dumb HTTP server that supports the GET protocol basically. [Drew's Blog]Except that my web server already has ASP.net. I get a few [...]

Seriously considering writing my own blogging tool as none of the ones that exist meet my stringent requirements:Open Source Produces only valid XHTML .Net – well, not mandatory, but definitely a plus, as far as hammer fulfillment goes. Uses CSS for style Small and fast Can be used from multiple locations to edit the same [...]

It’s an article of faith right now in the web services realm that security is the major roadblock. We’re all sitting around drumming our fingers on the table, the story line goes, just waiting for consensus to emerge from that cloud of dust the standards-makers are kicking up.I don’t think its a bad idea to [...]