Category Archives: Programming

ASP.NET FIX FOR “The serialized data is invalid” ERROR

asp.net developers… have you fallen victim to the dastardly error “The serialized data is invalid“? have you like me tried to reproduce the error during testing only to come up empty handed? well hopefully my latest ASP.Net discovery will help you rid yourself of this pain-in-the-neck bug. i was recieving this error on a website [...]

AJAX Windows (an AJAX based OS)

for the proggers out there… AJAX based OS??? alrighty then… so i read about this company, Ajax13, who has developed an OS that runs inside your browser, which of course runs on the OS installed on your hardware. strange concept… but worthy of some playing around with. unfortunately when i went to check it out [...]

iPhone Review

ok so i’ve had my iPhone since day 1… whenever that was… of course i didn’t activate until 5 days later… no rush when you’re on vacation and i figure it’s time i share my personal opinions for anyone who cares. i’ve also got some great iphone links to share. so the phone has many [...]

MS SQL Union (Selects Distinct Values)

here’s a wake up call for devs who use SQL Unions infrequently. at work we recently tripped up on a bug with a stored proc… well it was actually just that we had forgotten that with UNION, only distinct values are selected! oops. so remember: The UNION ALL command is equal to the UNION command, [...]