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I was trying to update my main app code to utilize the .Net Framework 4.0 and this happened:

The Problem: I could find no obvious way to update the mscorlib reference in my solution, so I decide to simply delete it and add it again, and hope that it magically updates to the most recent version.  This is actually what usually happens with Visual Studio.  However, I delete the mscorlib reference, and I am unable to add it back again, I get the error message telling me that mscorlib is already included in the project.

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Several days ago I decided to use PayPal’s Website Payments Pro system for the Stronico credit card processing system.  At the time, I thought PayPal was the obvious choice.  It had relatively low fees (about $60 per month), no setup fee, and it seemed to be the 800 pound gorilla in the space, so how bad coudl it behard could the setup be?

As it turned out, I was very, very wrong.   I spent part of the day Sunday and all day Monday wading through non-working sample code, looking at near duplicate setup guides for the 56 (how it is 56 I don’t know) versions of their Website Payments Pro system, installing all of the add-ons needed to get the sample apps going and so on and so forth.  All of that merely to make a Get request with the proper query string (which is all the Website Payments Pro System really is). Read more on Adventures with PayPal Website Payments Pro and Authorize.net…

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I’ve long viewed web development as a shifting balance of power between graphic designers and software developers.   A rough timeline would go something like this Read more on The civil war between designers and developers shifts to developers…

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“Before I tell you about it you have to sign this!” is what they all say.  The idea will be written out over five pages, usually in the passive voice, with as many adjectives and adverbs as possible.  By the time you finish reading the document the concept will be fuzzier than when you started reading the document.

As a solo web/software I’ve signed 15 or so non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) over my past eight years in business for new products and companies.  I don’t recall any of the products being successful in the long term.  In fact, I can’t recall any of the products being around after six months.  Most of the products never reached any sort of development at all.  To a man the people pitching the NDAs had great enthusiasm, and  they all insisted on a great many meetings.  Why is this? Read more on Non-Disclosure Agreements are the Kiss of Death…

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The Problem: While coding away on the Stronico signup process I came across a problem with creating a reference to the Microsoft.Web.Administration dll, namely it was not present as a reference.  No problem, I added the dll manually via Visual Studio (it is in the %WinDir%\System32\InetSrv directory), yet once that was done I could not reference the dll.

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Yesterday I downloaded and installed RescueTime – So far I like it. It hasn’t had that much time to gather data but it does identify many weak ponts. A longer review will be coming as soon as there is more to work with.

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I just uploaded another build of Stronico to the Beta site – I got rid of the dataform method of entering and editing email addresses and phone numbers. Addresses are next!

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