http://www.erichpeterson.com Bio and Blog Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:19:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Horray! I'm going to China in December for 3 weeks! Hope to gave a great time, I'll try to post plenty of photos and some of what I did after I return. Until then....check out Mao. ShareThis http://www.erichpeterson.com/ramblings/upcoming-china-trip/ Well, we are back from our honeymoon to Alaska, and rather than trying to explain everything we did (possibly boring you to death), I'll just give you guys a link to some of the photos: Click Here. Highlights of the trip were: Hiking Flattop Peak Trail. Taking a cruise within the Kenia Fjords ... http://www.erichpeterson.com/ramblings/honeymoon/ That's right, I'm getting married! This Sunday (July 22nd) is the day. After being romantically involved with my now fiance since Febuary of 2004, we will be tying the knot. It will be a very intimate and small wedding at a friends house, which will include only close friends and ... http://www.erichpeterson.com/ramblings/a-simple-i-do/ Jiang, Siqing, and I went to Blanchard Springs a while back and took the "Wild Cave Tour". It was a 3 1/2 hr. crawling, squeezing, and off-the-beaten-path unique tour. I'm sure Jiang will kill me for showing this picture, but I need a good beating. Have you ever seen a happier ... http://www.erichpeterson.com/hobbies/blanchard-springs-wild-cave-tour/ Have you have every needed to calculate the date of the next invoice for a customer given their frequency of payment (e.g. monthly or yearly), the day of the month the first invoice was sent out (e.g. 29th, 30th, etc...), and the date of their last invoice? This can be ... http://www.erichpeterson.com/tech/calculating-next-invoice-date/ I just wanted to invite everyone to go over to 4GuysFromRolla and read my latest article entitled, "Personalizing RSS Feeds with ASP .NET 2.0".ShareThis http://www.erichpeterson.com/tech/personalizing-feeds-rss-with-asp-net-20/ Want to get replace those "smart quotes" that MS Word uses in your .NET code? This will do it: VB .NET Dim newstr As String newstr = oldstr.Replace(Chr(147), "& quot;") ' take out extra space b/w & and quot; newstr = newstr.Replace(Chr(148), "& quot;") ' take out extra space b/w & and ... http://www.erichpeterson.com/tech/how-to-replace-those-very-stupid-ms-word-curly-quotes-aka-smart-quotes/ Too often leaders sound their fiddles of fear, in an attempt to make their decisions seem more righteous.ShareThis http://www.erichpeterson.com/ramblings/fiddles-of-fear/ OK, let me tell you it is extremely frustrating to spend 30 mins. drawing an awesome diagram with Word 2007's new drawing canvas tools, saving the file, closing the file, re-opening the file, and finding all your drawings are gone--being replaced by blank picture elements! This has happened two or ... http://www.erichpeterson.com/ramblings/word-2007-personal-favorability-status-waning/ It's rare that I see something that both makes me laugh and gage at the same time....so with out further a-do I present to you the "Kitty Liter Cake".ShareThis http://www.erichpeterson.com/funny/for-the-cat-lover-in-your-life/