Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Calling Response.End() throws a ThreadAbortException. Always.

...So don't Try to Catch it.

If you do catch it, don't log the error.

If you log it, don't worry about it.

Here's the background and some workarounds.  I briefly tried using HttpContext.Current.ApplicationInstance.CompleteRequest as suggested, but it does not stop execution on the page the way Response.End() does.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

"Malaria mosquitoes" do not carry malaria, do not bite people and are not mosquitoes


Some privacy please?
Originally uploaded by J-Fish
I can't tell you how many of these poor creatures my family members and I have destroyed over the years. Granted, we never saw them bite, but the look alone was enough to fill our simple souls with fear and disgust. "Malaria mosquito! — someone would shout, — Kill it!"
Here's the fact.
While there is such thing as a "malaria mosquito", these crane flies are not them. True, they look like oversized, poorly assembled models of mosquitoes, but on closer inspection they lack the crucial body part: the penetrating proboscis.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Marc Ecko is greatly overlooked, by me


This "for real" StarWars Boba Fett's hoodie, which I happened upon thanks to the Wired's annual wish list, alone would be enough to firmly put Marc Ecko's wares in the "cool" column in my ledger.

Navigating around the site made me seriously consider springing for some of his more work-friendly products.

2009 sucked, according to photographers

The New York Times' 2009: The Year in Pictures
A lot of good photography here, but by the time the viewer gets through June and reaches July, the cumulative negative impact becomes overwhelming.