Jeff Atwood posted an article about serializing objects in the web.config file a few weeks ago on his blog.  I recently gave a presentation on creating custom configSections in web.config by creating custom SectionHandlers.  One day I'll write it up and post it to here how its done.  Until I get time to write that up, you may want to check out what Jeff has going on with creating an object, then serialzing it, and then storing it in the web.config file.  Of course you could use app.config as well. The most interesting nugget that came out of the comments was a reference...

Somehow I forgot that I purchased a domain awhile ago.  How crazy is that?  I must have been cough, cough, really tired the night I purchased it :)  I went online today to renew some domains and saw a domain in the list that I had that I didn't remember I owned and that was keithelder.net. So, to make it easy on myself when someone asks for my blog I setup a redirect on the domain to point to this blog.  So if you want to remember how to link to my blog (and in case it changes in the...

They say you never officially arrive at man hood until you have purchased your first John Deere Lawn Tractor. The day I arrived at man hood officially was August 27th, 2006. I am happy to report I am the proud owner of a John Deere 155C 48inch 25HP Hydrostatic Lawn Tractor. I almost didn't achieve man hood though as I was going to opt for the Cub Cadet which was considerably cheaper than the John Deere. And honestly comparing feature to feature I probably would have bought the Cub Cadet if Home Depot hadn't gotten all crazy on me and...

Tuesday night I'll be speaking at the Lower .Net Alabama User Group meeting.  It seems our friend Joe Healy had to cancel due to the tropical storm out in the Gulf.  Through a series of connections and the power of Microsoft Instant Messenger word got back they were looking for someone to speak so I'm stepping in and doing a repeat of the presentation I gave at the Memphis Code Camp on Saturday.  Although presentations are a lot of hard work learning, planning etc., they are very easy to repeat so I don't mind.  The group is fairly new, only been...

Wally McClure has been taking pictures left and right at the code camp.  It seems everytime we look up, Wally is taking a picture.  I have been trying to keep up with him and give him my standard pose.   He uploaded some of the pictures to his web site.  Check them out here. 

Today is Memphis Code Camp day and I was one of the first presenters up this morning.  We talked about Smart Clients until we were blue in the face.  For those that attended the session, thanks for geting up early and coming out!  Also a big thanks to Jerry Dixon for hosting the event.  As promised to those in the session I am making the presentation and code samples available for download.  Feel free to post questions to the blog if you have questions about the material. Download Memphis Code Camp here.