Author Archives: jrothmanshore

Solved: ASP.NET Web Services using POST only work on localhost by default

Posted on April 13, 2011 by jrothmanshore

This information isn’t exactly secret, but it took a bit of googling around to piece the answer together, so I wanted to share it in a more condensed form.   We are in the process of migrating some legacy ASP … Continue reading →

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Applied physics on the playground

Posted on April 10, 2011 by jrothmanshore

Aviva had an all day meeting with an organization she does volunteer work for, so I spent the day as a single dad with two kids.  The weather has finally started to warm up in the Boston area, so I … Continue reading →

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Performance: speed up creation of ASP.NET DataSet objects

Posted on March 29, 2011 by jrothmanshore

During some recent performance tuning work, I took a look at a method that was taking around 450 ms. The primary task of the function was to build a relatively large DataSet object, with around 350 rows and over 110 … Continue reading →

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Purim 2011: We dress up as the Apple product line

Posted on March 21, 2011 by jrothmanshore

This Sunday was the Jewish holiday of Purim, which celebrates the Jews’ escape from a plot to kill them in Ancient Persia.  Similar to Halloween, it is customary to dress up in costumes, although both kids and adults often dress … Continue reading →

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Learning to read on the iPad versus the old fashioned way

Posted on March 14, 2011 by jrothmanshore

As many people can attest, iPads make wondeful computing devices for young children.  Whereas a computer’s mouse or trackpad is difficult for a toddler to maneuver, the iPad’s intuitive touch interface is easy for them.  Not surprisingly, there are thousands … Continue reading →

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Hoping for good Car-ma after a fender-bender

Posted on March 10, 2011 by jrothmanshore

While picking up groceries on my lunch break today, I had a minor fender-bender.  I was backing out, and it turns out another car on the opposite side a few spaces down started backing out shortly after I did.  I … Continue reading →

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Camera+ makes a fantastic replacement for the built-in iPhone camera application

Posted on March 8, 2011 by jrothmanshore

The built-in camera and camcorder have truly been one of the best parts of having an iPhone.  Like many parents with young children, I often find myself stumbling over “aw, isn’t that cute” moments that I want to share on … Continue reading →

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Bose Wave Radio + Apple Airport Express + iPhone + iOS 4.2 = wireless music happiness

Posted on March 4, 2011 by jrothmanshore

We have an old Bose Wave Radio sitting in our kitchen.  We used to have a CD player hooked up to it, but that has long since broken, and who listens to CD’s anymore, anyways?  These days, the Bose is … Continue reading →

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When parents sleep in separate bedrooms

Posted on February 28, 2011 by jrothmanshore

For the last week, when my three year old daughter Ayelet has woken up in the morning, she has come into our bedroom to find that only her mother is there. Asking where Daddy is, she is told to go … Continue reading →

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Troubleshooting Akamai: How to geolocate an IP Address

Posted on February 25, 2011 by jrothmanshore

Akamai provides enormous value by accelerating content delivery around the world. However, as I described a few months back, Akamai relies on the DNS server that processes the request to determine where to accelerate traffic. Large, global corporations often have complex … Continue reading →

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