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Otter Creek Brewing Company

James Welch — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:18:57 +0000

Otter Creek Brewing is one of the larger brewing companies within Vermont. This brewery purchased The Shed Brewery from Stowe, VT and Wolaver's Fine Organic Ales (USDA Certified Organic). Wolaver's was based out of California and the brand sold very well within Vermont, so in 1997 the two companies merged. Now, Wolaver's is produced alongside [...]

Fiddlehead Brewing Company

James Welch — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:16:56 +0000

I first discovered Fiddlehead IPA at a local restaurant and by the end of my meal the IPA had became one of my favorite IPAs. I've wanted to visit this brewery since I first tasted their IPA. Of all of the beer that I tasted on my first day on the Vermont Brewery Challenge, this [...]

Zero Gravity Craft Brewery at American Flatbread

James Welch — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:03:28 +0000

While researching the Vermont Brewery Challenge and the state breweries, I discovered that the Zero Gravity Craft Brewery was located inside of the American Flatbread restaurant. I have walked by the American Flatbread restaurant several times. The restaurant is located across the street from the Burlington Farmer's Market and very close to the Vermont Pub [...]

Vermont Brewery Challenge

James Welch — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:40:06 +0000

Last week, I discovered the Vermont Brewery Challenge from the Vermont Brewers Association's web site. The challenge is to visit every brewery in the state of Vermont – that’s 24 (currently). Since I’ve moved to Vermont, I’ve visited a couple of the breweries and sampled beer from about 1/3 of the breweries listed below. During [...]

How to convert a street address to longitude and latitude (geocoding) via web services (Google)

James Welch — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:03:57 +0000

Several years ago, I wrote a blog entry detailing how to use geocoder.us (and Yahoo!) web services to geocode an address. Since then both web services have changed a little and I found myself needing to update my code to support non-US locations. Below is sample code showing how to use Google’s Geocoding web service [...]

How to remove passwords from protected Microsoft Word documents

James Welch — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:34:38 +0000

There's always been a need to remove passwords from protected Microsoft Word documents when you need to make a change. My most common occurrence is with Human Resource (HR) forms. HR staff will create the MS Word document, password protect it, and then upload it to our company intranet. However, when I need to fill [...]

Securing ASP.NET Web Sites: Form Caching

James Welch — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:25:38 +0000

What is "Form Caching Vulnerability"? The Form Caching Vulnerability allows sensitive form fields to be cached and retrieved by another user on the same client. CWE-525: Information Exposure Through Browser Caching Securing ASP.NET Forms If your web site users are submitting sensitive data via forms, then you should not cache the form fields. If a [...]

Securing ASP.NET Web Sites: Cookie Vulnerabilities

James Welch — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:15:42 +0000

This is the first of my series on securing ASP.NET web sites. As I work through various vulnerabilities, I’ll document instructions for fellow web developers in hopes that we can help build more secure web applications. The Cookie Vulnerability falls under the common vulnerability name of "Broken Authentication and Session Management." What is "Broken Authentication [...]

Comicster Plug-In: Debugster

James Welch — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:45:59 +0000

Debugster is a suite of debugging and development tools for Comicster. I’ll go over each of the various tools below. Property Window Output Console Dynamic Execution Property Window The Property Window allows you to view all of the properties (attributes) of the selected item. For example, if you select "Action Comics 1" then you’ll see [...]

My Top 5 Comic Book Trades

James Welch — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:20:37 +0000

Over the last couple of years, I’ve restarted my comic book collecting hobby. A couple of weeks ago, I came up with an idea to create a list of my top 5 comic book trades that I wanted to own (that I didn't already have). So that, over time, I can eventually find these books [...]