Hidden features of C#

I just came across this, many nuggets:

Does null ever equal anything?

Yesterday’s discussion of nulls got me to thinking about this common bit of syntax in C#: ..

Nulls and knowledge

Eric Lippert has a worthwhile post about what nulls are and why we use them. I like reading Eric because I think we think alike — computer languages are languages, with grammar and semantics. ..

Firefox has a user base; does it have a future?

Firefox is a fine browser. Really, the current release of any of the major browsers is very good. ..

jQuery controls alpha available for download

I’ve made an alpha version of my jQuery controls available for download. I hope you will give them a try and let me know your thoughts. Comment here or hit me at matt at clipperhouse.com. Cheers. ..

WebClient, Fiddler and SSL

I am developing a credit card authorization library which uses the WebClient class. In addition, I am using the excellent Fiddler to watch the requests and responses. ..

Hammering the DOM

As I work on my ASP.net jQuery controls, I got to thinking about what “animations” really are. The core animation framework in jQuery (as far as I can tell) is to simply iterate in small steps between two CSS states. So if you are going from 0% opacity to 100% opacity, jQuery applies (say) 100 CSS changes in 1% increments. ..

Just getting started

Welcome to ClipperHouse.com. It’s a place for my work and thoughts and stuff. There are lots of blank spots but you’ll see them filled in soon. Feel free to get in touch. ..

Free shipping: getting closer

Public Knowledge points out AT&T’s new Terms which give different treatment to video based on its source. (No, it’s not neutral but of course, I think that’s fine.) ..

The long game on metered pricing: free shipping

Time-Warner cable has begun to roll out its metered pricing plan in Beaumont, Texas. Alley Insider says it won’t work, and Mike Arrington declares it a moral outrage. Both are missing the “third way” which I wrote about earlier this year. ..