going up paths ..

where the paths lead nowhere  (e.g. /../../../../  at http:\\blah.com/herby )will still resolve to the last place it go up to.
this can be a source of subtle bugs.

Nlog file name

can be a regular file path not just an URL

string.empty as a default parameter

fails because it's declared thusly:

public static readonly string Empty 

not a constant

Why WCF doesnt work with static methods

I saw a lot of disinformation - the reason is simple - because contracts are interfaces and interfaces don't work with static methods.

The viewstate is invalid for this page and might be corrupted

I experienced this today.

I have to quote

a developer I greatly admire - I was showing him an issue I was working on and he said "are we working too hard over here?"
which is so very true when you get stuck in something and what you really have to do is to step back and see if there isn't an easier solution

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