March 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810218

In essence - when you do a Server.Redirect("SomePage.aspx?SomeParam=SomeValue") .NET conveniently will make that SomeParam persisted over the subsequent requests - i.e. if SomePage.aspx contains a form to be submitted, that form's action will be rewritten to include this param. Neat? No! How do you clear a querystring parameter no longer used? You can't. At least not elegantly.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0703/07030805sigma200500mm.asp

And I thought my 70-200mm F2.8 Canon L lens was cool.... At least I can carry it ;)

(From CodeSOD: The Pyramid of Error)

if (error)
  if (fprintf(stderr,"An error occured while writing to the file")<0){
    if (fprintf(stderr,"An error occured while writing to stderr")<0){
      if (fprintf(stderr,"An error occured while writing to stderr")<0){
        if (fprintf(stderr,"An error occured while writing to stderr")<0){
          if (fprintf(stderr,"An error occured while writing to stderr")<0){

I have two brilliant little books on Marine Invertebrates and Marine Fish - one by Shimek, the other by Scott W. Michael. Now usually advise is something you take with a grain of salt since in the reef hobby, the only two certainties are

"The faster you go the worse things will get"

and

"Nothing else is certain"

However, those two books have never been wrong. So many times I thought I needed my cup of salt, but today I realised I need to start listen to what is written in there.