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. ..

The biggest threat to your rights? Scarcity.

I would not have predicted this: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should allow broadband providers to manage their networks and slow “bandwidth hogs,” despite concerns that such practices arbitrarily target some customers, said a coalition of seven civil rights groups.Net neutrality rules for broadband providers would protect bandwidth hogs at the expense of other customers and civic organizations, said the coalition, which includes the National Black Chamber of Commerce, Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association, League of Rural Voters, and National Council of Women’s Organizations.[…] “Regulations prohibiting network management risk undermining free speech on the Internet by allowing P2P traffic to overwhelm the network and prevent non-P2P traffic from reaching its destination,” the coalition said in its filing. “The effective prioritization of P2P traffic would represent an altogether new type of ‘back of the bus’ second-class status for our speech on broadband networks — and ought to be resoundingly rejected.” ..