Scott Elkin

Author: Scott

  • Performance Counters and Security Exceptions

    If you try to create a Performance Counter in ASP.NET, you will get a happy reply when you run it:System.Security.SecurityException: Requested registry access is not allowed. Simply, the ASPNET account doesn’t have access to the Registry to create them. There are several solutions, but the one I hear most is changing the context the ASPNET…

  • .NET Reflector

    My hardrive crashed 2 days ago, and I lost about 2 weeks worth of source code.

  • Make a Hotkey Macro for Comments in .NET

    I like having comments in the code that shows who did it and when. You can obviously get more complex, but this is good for me. To make your own macro to look like “//SBE 06/04/2004: “, do this: Open Macro Explorer w/in VS.NET. (Tools –> Macros –> Macro Explorer) Create a function like the…

  • When will we stop going to movies?

    Movie prices are continuing to escalate, yet you can still buy DVD’s for right around $20.

  • CSS vs Tables

    I just read a great article from a designer that actually says what (I feel) everyone thinks but is afraid to say.

  • Using NOLOCK with SELECT statements

    Holy cow! Where have I been living? You can use NOLOCK with SELECT statements to tell SQL to not lock the row/table/page/database.

  • He Has A Name…

    We decided on the name Tolkien. I know what you are thinking, and this wasn’t some nerd humor naming him after JRR Tolkien because I am a Lord of the Rings freak. Well, not really… You see, our cat is a British Shorthair. After going through the usual lists of names such as Star Trek…

  • Naming the Cat

    Check out some pic’s from yesterday and today: http://www.scottelkin.com/gallery/13.aspx Still don’t have a name. The top names that Sam and I both seem to agree kinda on are: Q Sebastian Da Vinci Everything else we have different ideas. Guess who’s list is who’s? Ra Osiris Newton Descartes Data Thor Brando Pacino Valentino Picasso Warhol Quentin

  • Find New Artists

    This is one cool site!

  • I Want the One on the Right!

    Click on the pic’s to view the larger sizes. I am not sure, but it appears that the kitty on the right of the three is the same one in the other picture. That is the one I want.