http://www.dougv.net A demonstration of using an ASP.NET Web Handler to create an RSS feed of SQL Server data. Hat tip to Gawker.com for the data. en-us Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:08:09 GMT Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:08:09 GMT dougvanderweide@gmail.com dougvanderweide@gmail.com 60 http://gawker.com/5711749/billy-ray-tweets-disappointment-in-bong+ripping-daughter-miley

Last night, Gawker celebrated the release of Leo Fuchs: Special Photographer from the Golden Age of Hollywood - photos from which we shared with you a couple of weeks ago - with a party at 5 Ninth in Manhattan. Photos below. More » ]]> Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:59:02 GMT http://gawker.com/5711598/carrie-fisher-tells-john-travolta-its-ok-to-be-gay

Actress Carrie Fisher was asked about her old friend John Travolta in a recent interview. The former Princess Leia tells the Advocate that she thinks the male spa frequenter can come out of the closet now, because no one cares. More »]]> Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:32:19 GMT http://gawker.com/5711683/barack-obama-abandons-bill-clinton-for-a-party

Shortly after Barack Obama and Bill Clinton finished their meeting today, Obama left for a Christmas party, and Clinton held a Q&A in the White House briefing room by himself. Sure, why not? Here's a clip of Obama ditching him. More » ]]> Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:23:07 GMT http://gawker.com/5711628/pray-to-become-average-americans

The Way We Live Now: giving up on ourselves. That's a step in the right direction! It's ourselves that got ourselves into this mess. The sooner we turn to other, better people for help, the better off we'll be. Hopefully. More »]]> Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:59:18 GMT http://gawker.com/5711637/armenian-police-emo-music-can-distort-our-gene-pool

A full-blown panic over emo music has taken hold of the Armenian capital of Yerevan, after a 15-year-old "emo" kid committed suicide. The Chief of Police warns that kids being into emo music will somehow produce a generation of mutants. More »]]> Fri, 10 Dec 2010 04:41:29 GMT http://gawker.com/5711605/someone-in-the-government-actually-defends-wikileaks

Members of Congress are giving all sorts of controversial speeches today. While Sen. Bernie Sanders was (and still is!) noting that rich people don't need estate tax cuts, Rep. Ron Paul was sharply defending Wikileaks. More »]]> Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:57:57 GMT http://gawker.com/5711522/eight-percent-of-internet-users-tweet

According to a new Pew survey, eight percent of Americans on the Internet use Twitter. Blacks and latinos were twice as likely to use Twitter than whites. Only 8 percent! No wonder so many Americans manage to actually accomplish things. More »]]> Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:55:36 GMT http://gawker.com/5711398/bloody-suitcase-full-of-dead-animals-arrives-at-dulles-airport

Contents of a disgusting suitcase confiscated at D.C.'s Dulles airport: Elephant tails, dried chameleons, bloody sheets, chicken blood, dirt, feathers, and a dried hedgehog. The man carrying the suitcase said it was for "spiritual purposes." [Examiner] More »]]> Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:24:04 GMT http://gawker.com/5711287/how-to-review-a-book-without-reading-it

The Onion's A.V. Club has forthrightly apologized after discovering that one of their writers wrote a review of a book without reading it. Because it hadn't been published yet. How'd the writer manage to fool his editors? Watch and learn.]]> Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:53:02 GMT