I recently had to do some simple encryption and decryption for password storage. I wanted to document this so a blog entry seemed in order. So without any yammering here’s the simple class I created. public static class EncryptionHelper { private const string CryptographyKey = "CryptKey"; // The Initialization Vector for the DES encryption routine... Continue reading →

Where is the business intelligence? This blog entry may instigate just a bit. It will also be a little long for a blog entry. You've been warned. I suppose though, if you know me & the work I do, that is not really something new. I see something wrong, broken, or otherwise and I am... Continue reading →

On Tuesday the 12th, from 6-8:30pm, make sure to get yourself to downtown Portland to the Webtrends Office. Not only will you get to enjoy the awesome views from the 16th floor you’ll be treated to awesome information from the upcoming speaker. Who is the speaker? Mike Downey is a Director of Platform Evangelism at... Continue reading →

In this entry I want to cover a helper I wrote and some other bits to simplify creating charts for the scorecard application. One of the things I wanted to do was get rid of the excessive amount of code needed in the view to generate various charts. Since at some point I wanted to... Continue reading →

Square I was fumbling through my RSS feeds reading a few entries and found this one. One of the quotes quoted in this article sums up a massive shift in business in the US. "I can buy an iPod touch] for $200, get the app and I'm in business. I don't need a contract with... Continue reading →