I have become interested in a technique called Mind Mapping to help me flesh out some overall design and feature questions and issues on some of the projects that I am working on.
Mind mapping (or concept mapping) involves writing down a central idea and thinking up new and related ideas which radiate out from the […]

A new set of Atlas-enabled ASP.NET 2.0 controls was released this month.  Check it out.
In the "Atlas" Control Toolkit, you'll find the following controls and extenders (click the links to see them in action!):

CascadingDropDown: Easily link drop downs, complete with asynchronous population and no postbacks!
CollaspiblePanel:  This extender allows panels on your page to collapse and […]

In case you didn't know, there are several web site starter kits available for Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0.
At the bottom of the ASP.NET 2.0 Downloads page, you'll see additions of:

A Job Site Starter Kit
A Media Library starter Kit

Note: the Personal Site, Club Site, and Time Tracker starter kits have been there for quite some […]

TWO chicken burrito supremes is my limit. Not three. Dumbass.  I think I'm going to explode.
On the plus side, I was watching HGTV and saw one of these.
Pretty cool. Not that we get enough snow in Coppell, Texas to warrant one. But I bet it does a killer job on bullshit.
And I know we have […]

Well, I received a slight disappointment today. Nothing major or life threatening or anything, but a disappointment none-the-less.
Anyway, I could reflect back on the situation and feel some sense of loss, but it's an outstandingly beautiful day here in Coppell, Texas.  It's 73 degrees outside, the sun is shining and that 40 mph wind we've been dealing […]

I learned today that when you first start PWA, it installs some ActiveX controls on the client.  If the current user doesn't have Local Administrator rights, the installation fails.
This process only has to be done once, so logging on as an Administrator and accessing PWA will download the controls will allow any user on the […]

He doesn't think the godaddy.com chick is hot.
Though I love him like a brother, he is still an idiot.
I told him that he has been married too long and that his pee-pee and testy-cals have both shrank to the point that they are causing some sort of brain cloud that is affecting his judgement…
My cure […]

Until the SPAM engines found my blog.  Luckily, WordPress has comment moderation so it is a really simple matter to approve or disapprove comments.
Have a great week.
Mitch

Greetings Folks,
In the next few days I shall post the first installment of my Lessons Learned series.
I am, in no way, to be considered a guru ( business or otherwise ), but I have learned a whole lot of stuff over the years that I wanted to put into writing to hopefully keep you from […]

On SQLServerCentral.com tonight, I found a really neat little SQL procedure written by Brian Knight that allows you to disconnect any users currently connected to a specific database.
Quickly Disconnect Users
I needed this script so I could disconnect all of the CRM users so I could perform some maintenance on the CRM databases.