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Bell Inet Stick Quick Review

Jaimie — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:13:32 +0000

So I have been using the Bell top end inet stick for the past few weeks. Up in Haliburton we have Satellite internet access but, well it sucks. It was great when they were the only game in town and crushed dial-up but now with other options not so much.

We got a bell stick as it was cheaper than renting an office in town which we did for about a year. So far the stick is awesome. I get s solid reliable connection that I can use all day if required. I have also been using it during the drive from TO to Hali which makes the 2.5 hour trip productive.

The only downside so far is that the Mac OSX client is not always 100%. When it works it rocks, when it does not I sometimes have to unistall and install.

Simple jQuery Date control for ASP.NET C#

Jaimie — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:55:33 +0000

So I wanted to switch from the 3rd party date picker that I was using and wanted to use the jQuery UI version. I needed something quick and easy and this fit the bill. Having said there is a lot of work that can be done to make this much more robust.

Getting the date picker working alone on a page is dead easy. But to make it work on Postbacks etc takes a little more work. What I did was make a Usercontrol for the date picker. The version that I made acutally had 2 date pickers to make a range control but for this sample I will just do a single one.

Here is the Usercontrol:

<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="datepicker.ascx.cs" Inherits="web.uc.Datepicker"%>
"lblDatePicker" runat="server" Text="Date *" AssociatedControlID="txtdpStartDate">
"txtdpStart" runat="server" CssClass="datePicker">
"cvDateRange" runat="server" ValidationGroup="subForm" OnServerValidate="validateStartDate" Text="*" Display="Dynamic" CssClass="mandatory">

Here is the code behind:

namespace web.uc
{
    public partial class Datepicker : System.Web.UI.UserControl
    {
        public DateTime StartDate
        {
            get
            {
                return Utility.GetDateTime(txtdpStartDate);
            }
            set
            {

                txtdpStart.Text = value.ToShortDateString();
            }
        }

        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

        }

        protected void validateStartDate(object sender, ServerValidateEventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                // Do your validation here
                e.IsValid = true;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                e.IsValid = false;
            }

        }
    }
}

You can see that I have a custom validator that you can use to do any date checking that is required.

Here is the Util function:

public static DateTime GetDateTime(TextBox fld)
        {
            DateTime date = new DateTime(1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0);
            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(fld.Text))
                DateTime.TryParse(fld.Text, out date);
            return date;
        }

Ok, now that all the backend stuff is in place we can wire this up to the UI. I just basically make any input control that starts with txtdp a date control. I also set some parms for the way that I want it to function.

I do this with the following:

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function() {
        $("input[name*='txtdp']").datepicker();
        $("input[name*='txtdp']").datepicker('option', 'dateFormat', 'dd-M-yy');
        $("input[name*='txtdp']").datepicker('option', 'changeYear', true);
        $("input[name*='txtdp']").datepicker('option', 'changeMonth', true);
 
	script>

Then include your Usercontrol into your .aspx page:

<p><uc:DatePicker ID="ucStartDate" runat="server" />p>

In the code behind set or get the value by the following:

//Get
DateTime dtStart = ucStartDate.StartDate;
//Set
ucStartDate.StartDate = DateTime.Now();

To get this all working you will need to grab all the .js, .css files etc from http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker. I assumed that you have this and just want to see how to wire it up.

If anyone finds this interesting leave a comment and I will come back and clean up the post.

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Backyard

Jaimie — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:57:03 +0000

I have been quite around here a lot. I have been using twitter tons nice and easy. We have been busy at work and as you saw we have a new puppy. Anyways the other thing that I have been doing a lot of is working in the backyard with the chainsaw. Today was a mini milestone in that I have all of the storm trees in the main area on the ground (except for 2 window makers).

Click the link for all the pics:
Backyard Pics

Everyone meet Roxy… Roxy Everyone…

Jaimie — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:46:44 +0000

We have a new person at Basecamp, picked her up Monday. She is a 8 week old std poodle and we love her to bits already.

Bell and Free Starbucks WiFi is so Smart

Jaimie — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:34:05 +0000

I think that the free wifi that Bell is offering at Starbucks is such a great idea. This will help link users to the Bell.ca new website, branding and also allow force (in a nice way) to link their accounts to a online profile.

Sure Rogers has the iPhone but it is not for everyone. It is a great device for sure but the Blackberry and Treo are better (well for me) to use for typing. I think that the iPhone is great to consume information but the other with a keyboard and better to create information.

Plus if your device supports wifi then you get a nice way to get data for free (huge help).

This will be an interesting project. I just wish that I could see the numbers (new users, use, etc).

Cool Stuff for Firefox

Jaimie — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:42:18 +0000

So Mozilla labs announced their winners here.

And I think that the 2 top winners are great.

Pencil will be a great tool to help people get ideas to paper (well documents).

And Read It Later is going to be a HUGE time saver for me as I normally open tons of tabs or bookmark stuff and never read it.

Bear

Jaimie — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:38:33 +0000

WTF! Just had a bear walk by the back door like 15 feet from where I’m sitting. This is not good news. Related Posts Back at Basecamp The Top 100 Gadgets of All Time Mojo and I +1: Floor +2 : Mouse 0

Mini Review: Seafighter

Jaimie — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:36:33 +0000

So after a day of wearing the watch I thought I would post some thoughts.

1st Impression
The watch feels very solid and has a super clean look to it. When I ordered this watch I wanted to try the UCN look with all the trimmings. I also wanted a day/date watch as I like that on the OM. I thought that the way the logo and day/date are on this dial was a nice clean look. The one thing that does take some time to get used to is the lack of text below 12 o’clock (this is the same with the c3).

Weight:
This is not a small watch but is not huge either. I find that it is like the OM in weight (have not weighed it yet).

Case & Bezel:
This is the first polished case I have had and at first it was a little to bling for me. But after sometime it grew on me and helps make this watch stand out from the rest. The bezel is like a safe tumbler with solid clicks and little play.

Dial & Lume:
This watch is easy to read a glance and is not cluttered up at all. I particularly like the way the hands have the black base and all line up when they pass each other.

The lume on this watch is not a bright as my others but then I have some of the brightest watches (OM, SAR, MM, Blackwater). The main reason is that the markers are not that large and the hands are narrow so it is not a fault of the lume but more the dial and hands that I picked. The other thing that was weird for me is that the second hand does not have lume on it (all my others do) so this made the watch look different when I did the first lume check. I did a test with the Blackwater last night beside it and while not as bright it kept the lume all night.

Strap:
The rubber strap that comes with the watch is nice and soft (with no vanilla smell) and has a nice mkki clasp.

Pros:
-Clean Design
-Unique Look
-Great Bezel

Cons:
-Still in lust so none yet

Here it is with the SAR and Blackwater. While it looks the same as the BW in the pic it is a much bigger and heavier watch.

New Watch!

Jaimie — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:45:50 +0000

I will post more pics and a review once I get a chance.

Running a possibly botched 2.6 install…

Jaimie — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:47:29 +0000

Well I think that I’m running 2.6 but the FTP was a little f’ed so I think that calling this a clean upgrade would be a mistake. So far all seems to be ok. Related Posts Mileage Running bronchitis and possibly pneumonia (perfect) MSN No Ads