"while we're out here, rythm romancin' ..."

Workout :: 11 September

2006-09-11T06:29:00.000Z

Preworkout

4x phedra cuts
1x phedra cut booster
2x glasses water

Workout

30 Minutes cardio (cycling on indoor trainer)
19.30 km on indoor trainer
heart rate between 135 - 170
rpm between 91 - 125

Breakfast (30 minutes after workout)

1x whey proteien shake (+- 23g proteien, very little carbs, very little fat)
2x table spoons of unrefined honey (pretty much 85% carbs)
1x glas water

... will update as day goes on ..

New Workout

2006-07-19T07:17:00.000Z

started today again with workout routine

went to gym for swimming. Took about 30 minutes of swimming. mixed Styles (more backstroke tho) .. distance about 5 or 6 lengths in total

shot! - took proteien shake waay after workout (more than 30min) and oatso easy for energy and carbs

J

My Workout (21 April 2006)

2006-04-21T14:28:00.000Z

Preworkout

2x glas water,
4x phedra cut

Workout

35 minutes cardio,
20 km,
500 cal,
hart rate between 135 - 165,
rpm between 88 – 114

After workout

1x proteien shake,
Bowl of cereal,
Vit. C,
MultiVit,
4x Spirulina,
water

Mid Morning Meal

Proteien Shake,
1x yogurt,
water

Lunch

Chicken Take aways

Mid-Afternoon

4x phedra cuts

Will update as day goes on!

My Workout (20 April 2006)

2006-04-20T13:02:00.000Z

before workout

2x water
4x phedra cut

workout

5 minutes cardio for warmup
bench press with 2x 5kg weights
10,15,20,15
controlled movement: 3counts up, and 4 counts down for each press

post workout

1x whey proteien shake
1x slice of low gi bread
1g Vit. C
1x multi Vit
4x Spirulina Capsules

cycled to work again

mid-morning

1x proteien shake
1x yogurt (15.7g carbs)
2x glas water

lunch

tuna and white bread roll
2x coke
afterwards drank a glas of water and cup of coffee untill mid afternoon meal

will update as day goes on!

My Workout (19 April 2006)

2006-04-19T16:12:00.000Z

Before workout

2x glas water
4x phedra cut (usn fat burner)

Workout

35 Minutes of Cardio (took me a while longer this morning)
cycled 20 km, burned 501 cal.
kept heart rate between 140 and 164
kept rpm between 92 and 112

After workout

1x glas water
1x whey protein shake (300 ml water and around 23g proteien)
1x slice of low GI bread for my carbs
4x Spirulina capsules
1x multi vit
1x Vit C. (1g time release)

Cycled to work again this morning

Mid-Morning Meal

a bit late (we're busy with training at work) - 11am
1x whey proteien shake
1x yoghurt (15.7g carbs)
3x glas of Coke (!!!)

Lunch

Work sponsored some pizza - had 2 slices
some more coke (2 glasses)

Mid-Afternoon

4x Phedra Cut
around 1h later, 1x Whey Proteien Shake
1x yoghurt
1x glas water

will update rest of day tomorrow evening!

My Workout (18 April 2006)

2006-04-18T09:34:00.000Z

Before workout

2x glas of water
4x phedra cuts (USN fat burner)

Workout

32 Minutes of cardio, keeping my hart rate between 140 and 164, and my rpm between 90 and 114.
cycled 15 km and burned almost 500 cal.

After workout

1x glas water
1x whey proteien shake (24g proteien and 300 ml water)
2x heaped teaspoons of unrefined honey (84g Carbs per 100g, no fat, low proteien)
4x Spirulina capsules (grean tea extract)
1x Multi Vit.
1x Vit. C (1g time-release)

Cycled to work this morning

Mid-Morning Meal

1x whey proteien shake
1x yoghurt : 3.3g Fat, 15.7g Carbs, 1.7g proteien
2x glas water

Lunch

Tuna and 2 slices of white bread
2x glas water

Mid-Afternoon

4x Phedra Cuts
2x Glas Water

Will update as day goes on …

if you're reading this Alli, please post a comment to say "Hi!" ;)

my workout 4:1

2006-04-03T07:04:00.000Z

side note: since i last posted on the 28'th March, i've spend the 29'th, 30'th, 31'th continuing with the program but didn't post anything. I pretty much took of the 1'st and 2'nd of April, although I did some cycling outdoors during the weekend.

so, without further ado:

Monday 3 April (4:1)

Before workout

2x glas water
4x phedra cut

Workout

32 minutes Cardio, keeping rev. per minute between 94 and 113 ... normal intensity (keeping hart rate between 140 - 165). 20 km's and almost 500 calories burned.
stretches
1x glas water

Breakfast

1x proteien shake (30g + 300 ml water) - no creatine
2 heaped tablespoons of unrefined honey (carbs, no fat)
1g Vit. C (time release)
1x Multi Vitamin
4x Spirulina
1x water

Mid-Morning Meal

1x slice low-GI high Carb, low fat bread
1x proteien shake
1x water

will continue as we go along ...

my workout (2:3 - 3:7)

2006-03-28T06:20:00.000Z

2:4 - 18 March 2006 (Saturday)

Can’t remember what I did this day.

2:5 – 19 March (Sunday)

Did exercise – went cycling, although only for a relative short distance. Rest of day ate normally and didn’t do phedra cuts. Did do Vit. C and Spirulina.

2:6 – 20 March (Monday)

Can’t remember exactly what I did during the day. Think I took the day off. No early exercise, no phedra cuts.

2:7 – 21 March (Tuesday)

Did exercise - went for a long (few kilometers) walk along the beach, wind was blowing VERY strong … decided to jog back home in sessions … walk, jog, walk + rest, jog, walk, jog … pretty much had to push my tempo up to running speed so I could manage jogging because the wind was against me.

Ate some honey before the workout.

Rest of day, I ate normally, don’t think I did any phedra cuts that day. Did vitamins (Vit. C + Spirulina), but no proteien shake.

Was a public holiday. Human Rights day, I think?

3:1 – 22 March (Wednesday)

Did cardio… wil update as I remember

3:2 – 23 March (Thursday)

Did cardio … wil update as I remember

3:3 – 24 March (Friday)

Prepared for weekend at mountain lodge in Franschoek. Don’t think I did my part here regarding the exercise, but will update as I remember

3:4 – 25 March (Saturday)

Went hiking 3 times, walked and climbed quite a few kilometers. Kept myself Hydrated and ate lots of meat (braais) during the day. Did Vit. C + spirulina but no phedra cuts. Spend lots of time in the sun as well J

3:5 – 26 March (Sunday)

Had to pack up and prepare to come back home. Didn’t do any phedra cuts, but did do some cycling when we got back. Only a few kilometers tho.

3:6 – 27 March (Monday)

No exercise, no phedra cuts, no vit. C, no spirulina. Pretty much recovered from the weekend.

3:7 – 28 March (Tuesday – Today!!)

Before workout

2x glas water
4x phedra cut (Fat burner from USN)

Workout

10 Minutes cardio, normal intensity (kept hart rate between 90 and 110)
Bicep Curls with horizontal bar (5 kg weights on both ends => 10kg in total)
5 sets of 6 reps each, pushed my first set to 10
Bench press (same weight)
15 reps, 10 reps, 8 reps, 7 reps, 7 reps. 1.5 Minute rest interval in between

Breakfast

1x slice of Fine Form Health Bread (low gi, high carb, low fat, some proteien)
1x proteien shake with 1.5x scoops of Creatine
1x glas water
1g vit. C (bio-phase release)
4x spirulina capsules

1x glas water

Mid-Morning Meal

1x proteien shake (whey), 1.5x creatine, 300ml water
1x yogurt (1.7g fat, 3.3g proteiten, 14g carbs)
1x glas water
1x slice of Low GI bread

Lunch

mince meat, white rice, 1x glas of fruit juice

2x glas water during afternoon

Mid-Afternoon meal

4x phedra cuts and again some water

18h15

1x proteien shake and lots of water

will update as day goes on ...

.NET Troubleshoot Lessons

2006-03-23T10:22:00.000Z

It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level. This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.

Could be because of one of these:

· This error is generated because the default set of configuration values in web.config require IIS to treat the web site as an application but this has not been configured.

o Run Internet Services Manager (under Control Panel > Administrative Tools)

o Find the project in the list of projects. (Open up your computer in the list and look under "Default Web Site").

o Bring up its properties (Right click > Properties).

o If the "application name" (under "Application Settings" on the "Directory" tab) is greyed out then click '[Create]' and then '[OK]'.

o Reference:
http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian/mswinswdev/
ms_vbnet_vb_not_configured_as_app.htm

· Sometimes when you set up your application on a server with another application, if your directory is below the folder of another application, then you will get this error. This error is caused by the server seeing two web.Config files in what it believes to be one application. The solution is to make sure you do not have another web.config file anywhere in your application and make sure that your web application is in its own directory and not in a folder below another application.
Reference: http://www.dotnetjunkies.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=4435

· Make sure your not accessing the actuall folder on the drive, but the virtual directory. Meaning if you’re web application lies under c:\inetput\wwwroot\awesome but there isn’t a virtual directory called ‘awesome’ created in IIS, and you try and access http://localhost/awesome/default.aspx from a browser, it’s going to look at the physical folder and not the virtual directory created in IIS. Please leave a comment to this post if this explanation isn’t thorough enough.
Reference: my own experience from support issue

my workout (2:3)

2006-03-17T06:28:00.000Z

My workout (2:3) – second week, day three

Wow – I’m feeling like I have a hangover or something, not very energetic at all … all well, nothing that my cup of coffee (2x sugar this time!) and some music won’t fix J I did go to bed a little late yesterday tho… maybe that has got something to do with it? Also, the upper part of my chest is a bit sore this morning from the weight exercises I did yesterday ...

Before workout

2x glas water
4x phedra cut (fat burner from USN product range)

Workout

25 minutes cardio, normal intensity, focused on fat burning …
kept hart beat between range of 140 – 160 and rpm’s on cycle between 85 and 111.
1x glas water

Breakfast

2x slices of Fine Form Health Bread (low gi, high carb, low fat, even got some proteien in it as well!)
1x proteien shake (whey), 300 ml water
1g vit. C (bio-phase release)
4x spirulina capsules

mid-morning meal

1x slice Fine Form Bread
1x low-fat yogurt (high carb, low proteine)
1x glass water

lunch

sousage, potatoes, glas fruit juice
1x glass water

mid-afternoon (16h10)

4x phedra cuts, 2x glas water

Will update as day goes on…

my workout (2:2)

2006-03-16T07:37:00.000Z

Decided to change my workout session a little bit, I did some weight training and held back on the time spent in cardio this morning.

Before workout

4x phedra cuts
2 glasses water

Workout

10 minutes cardio (normal intensity)
Bicep Curls with Horizontal bar : 5kg weights on both end, standing
5 sets of 5 reps each, 30 seconds rest inbetween
1 minute rest
Bench press (horizontal bar with 5kg weights on both end)
15 reps, 30 seconds rest
10 reps, 1 minute rest
10 reps, 1 minute rest

after workout

Shower, breakfast:

1x proteien shake (15 grams of whey proteien)
1.5x scoops creatine
300ml water
2x heaped tablespoons of unrefined honey (89g carbs per 100g, 0g fat)
1g vit. C (biophase release)
6x Spirulina tables (Marcus)
2x glasses water

Mid morning meal (10:50)

1x slice of Fine Form bread (Low Gi, high carb)
1x proteien shake (whey, 300 ml water)
2x water

lunch (13:50)

mince meat, spaghetti, pumpkin (veggies)

Mid Afternoon (17h30 ... a bit late I know ...)

4x phedra cuts, 2x water

Supper (18h30)

Mince meat, mixed vegetables, small piece of feta to go with
2 or 3 glasses of coca cola
1x water

Late Night (10h30)

1x proteien shake (whey, 300 ml water) because I felt kind of hungry ... maybe because of the weight session in the morning?

=============================

Can't believe the cricket tho, our 4 specialist batsmen were all out for 66 runs! and the whole team just managed to get over the 200 mark! After the performance on Sunday where we managed to make over 434 runs (not out!), this feels kinda bad ... bad cricket team! :P

my workout

2006-03-15T07:11:00.000Z

15 March 2006

These are the stuff I did in my workout this morning

20 Minutes Cardio (indoor cycle) consisting of:

1 – 10 minutes : normal cycling (+- 100 RPM), keep hart rate between 140 and 160 bpm

10 – 11 minutes: intense cycling (120+ RPM), forget about hart rate

12 – 15 minutes: normal cycling

15 – 16 minutes : intense cycling

16 – 20 minutes : normal cycling and cool-off

10 Minutes ABS exercise

15 reps with training instrument (felt muscles working)

1minute rest

15 reps with training instrument

My eating program:

Before cardio: 4x Phedra Cut (USN), 2x water

After exercises:

2x water

2x heaped tablespoons of unrefined honey

1x proteien shake

1,5 servings of Creatine

Rode to work on bicycle (around 3 km’s)

1x water

1x yoghurt - 4g prot, 12 g carbs, 2g fat

can of tuna and 2 slices of low GI bread

Nifty 'lil xml tut

2005-12-19T13:16:00.000Z

Found this the other day, awesome resource for figuring out how to do xml reading and writing using c# (more specifically by using the XmlTextWriter and XmlTextReader classes from the System.XML namespace)

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Tutorials/ReadWriteXMLTutMellli21.asp

boxing

2005-12-05T12:57:00.000Z

Found this nifty explanation of what boxing means in the c# context:

Boxing

C# allows you convert any value type to a corresponding reference type, and to convert the resultant 'boxed' type back again. The following piece of code demonstrates boxing. When the second line executes, an object is initiated as the value of 'box', and the value held by i is copied across to this object. It is interesting to note that the runtime type of box is returned as the boxed value type; the 'is' operator thus returns the type of box below as 'int'.

int i = 123;

object box = i;

if (box is int)

{Console.Write("Box contains an int");} // this line is printed

Thanks to the guys over at http://www.softsteel.co.uk/tutorials/cSharp/lesson4.html

Determine birthdate from south african id number

2005-11-30T16:04:00.000Z

Here in SA, our id numbers basically have the following structure:

First 2 digits: decade born

Digits 3 – 4: month born

Digits 5 – 6: day of month

So let’s say you’ve got an id number of 8007084329873 (not my own), that’d mean you were born on 08/07/1980 (dd/mm/yyyy)

So to determine a user’s birthdate from the received id number, is simple string parsing a way to consider:

try

{

string strTemp = “8007084329873”;

string strSub = strTemp.Substring(0,2);

int intYear = System.Convert.ToInt16(strSub,10);

intYear = intYear + 1900;

strSub = strTemp.Substring(2,2);

int intMonth = System.Convert.ToInt16(strSub,10);

strSub = strTemp.Substring(4,2);

int intDay = System.Convert.ToInt16(strSub,10);

DateTime dtTemp = new DateTime(intYear,intMonth,intDay);

lblResult.Text = dtTemp.ToString();

dtPicker1.Text = dtTemp.ToString();

}

catch(Exception ex)

{

}

Where dtPicker1 is a straight System.Windows.Forms.DateTimePicker control dragged from the toolbox.

Please note there isn’t any code inside the catch part of the exception handling code. This is to make the program continue even when the input (strTemp) is not a number or not a valid number (for example, “asdfsa” should be ignored as well as something like 801334 since the month < 13 and day < 31 for the endresult to be used as input parameters for the DateTime constructor.

This was a nice side effect I didn’t actually plan for when I played around with this solution. By using the extracted integer variables as input for a DateTime consctructor, and placing everything inside an empty try catch, we’re pretty much leaving the logic whether it’s valid values for the code to sort out. Instead of having to test if dd < 31, mm < 13, if the month have 31, 30 or 28 days, we can extract the values from the input string and simply try and use it to create a new datetime object. If this was successful, this object can then be used to set the date in a simple datetime picker.

Very simple code, I know, but thought it might save someone a second or two when the deadlines are whooshing by…

Which action hero are You?

2005-11-10T15:54:00.000Z

Found this fun quiz over at http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=92013

If I could be an action hero, this is who I would be like:

You scored as Lara Croft. A thrill-seeking, slightly unscrupulous, tough-as-nails archaeologist, Lara Croft travels the world in search of ancient relics perhaps better left hidden. She packs two Colt .45s and has no fear of jumping off buildings, exploring creepy tombs, or taking on evil meglomaniacs bent on world domination.

Lara Croft

88%

Maximus

83%

James Bond, Agent 007

83%

Indiana Jones

79%

El Zorro

71%

Captain Jack Sparrow

63%

Neo, the "One"

58%

William Wallace

58%

The Terminator

46%

The Amazing Spider-Man

42%

Batman, the Dark Knight

38%

Which Action Hero Would You Be? v. 2.0
created with QuizFarm.com

FAQ: Relay Permission for SMTP Mail Server

2005-11-02T08:49:00.000Z

If your using system.web.mail to send automated mail from within an asp.net application, your’e prob. familiar with the basic approach:

(using System.web.mail)

MailMessage msgNewTask = new MailMessage();

msgNewTask.From = jvanwy@yahoo.com;

msgNewTask.To = jvanwy@yahoo.com;

msgNewTask.Subject = “Read this on your blog!”;

msgNewTask.Body = "<html><head><style type='text/css'></style></head><body>";

msgNewTask.Body += “some html content here (feel free to use html markup as well);

msgNewTask.Body += "</body></html>";

// msgNewTask.Bcc = strMailBCC;

// msgNewTask.Cc = strMailCc;

msgNewTask.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Html;

SmtpMail.Send(msgNewTask);

However, you might get the error “ Transport failed to connect to the server “ when trying to send the message. This could have a few reasons, (see hrefs at bottom of post). If you get the error when trying to send to email accounts not registered (unknown) to the mail server your using, this helped for me:

Keep in mind that whenever you try to send mail from withing your code, it would pass through the iis virtual smtp server no matter what mail server IP you specify in your code. For this reason you need to configure IIS to allow relaying to email account outside the domain for the mail server IP your using.

So say we’re using the mailserver with IP xxx.xxx.xx.xx to send mail from withing our code, then we need to add xxx.xxx.xx.xx to the Relay list in IIS. How to do that?

Go to IIS – right click on the “virtual smtp server” -> properties -> click the Access tab -> Relay button. This would bring up a list of ip addresses. Click on Add and provide the mail server IP that your using under the ‘Single Computer’ radio button. Click on OK. Make sure the ‘Only the list below’ radio button is selected (you don’t want to allow anyone to use your mail server for spamming or such). It should work without checking the ‘Allow all computers which ‘ option at the bottom of the panel, but if it doesn’t – try checking it on. (it shouldn’t have security issues since only authenticated computers are allowed.)

And that’s it. Try and run your code again after making sure the IP your using in your code is added to the Relay list (above steps).

Here’s my references:

http://www.systemwebmail.com/faq/4.3.9.aspx (check the comments at the bottom)

http://www.upyourasp.net/articles/article.aspx?aid=3

Please feel free to post any comments or feedback. Once again, this is only a basic faq and tutorial on how to send mail using system.web.mail.

registering .net for iis after installation

2005-10-24T14:00:00.000Z

If you need to install the .net framework on a web server after iis has been installed, you could get the problem that even after the framework installation, the web server still does not recognize the .net controls on your webpage.

One elegant way of solving this is to take a look at the aspnet_regiss executable. Basically it attempts to “re-register” .net with iis .

Run it in command prompt: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\aspnet_regiis.exe

Changes .NET 1.0 to 1.1

2005-06-20T12:55:00.000Z

wouldn't you know - i've stumbled across my first observation regarding code
that worked in .NET 1.0 and now needs to be changed.

when trying to transform a xml document using xslt by using the Transform()
method, you could have gotten away in 1.0 by only specifying the source and
the target file as string parameters. when trying to do that in 1.1, you'd
get the following:

'System.Xml.Xsl.xslTransform.Transform(string, string)' is obsolete: 'You
should pass XmlResolver to Transform() method'

CODE (before)

using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Xsl;
using System.Xml.XPath;

// in method
XslTransform xsltransform = new XslTransform();
xsltransform.Load("c:\\xsdTemplate.xslt");
xsltransform.Transform("inputfile.xml","result.xml");

It seems like the Transform function have changed in 1.1 to add extra
security for situations that use external XSLT files.

However, XmlResolver is an abstract class and therefore cannot be created
directly. There is a class named XmlUrlResolver, derived from XmlResolver
which you can instantiate using new.

SOLUTION

for a basic xslt transformation (involving a single XML document) you can
get away by passing null as the XmlResolver paramater.

CODE (after)

xsltransform.Transform("inputfile.xml","result.xml", null);

LINKS

http://idunno.org/dotNet/xml1-1.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/
frlrfsystemxmlxslxsltransformclasstransformtopic1.asp

Sending and receiving an SMS

2005-06-13T07:53:00.000Z

i liked the clickatell (http://www.clickatell.com/) one, especially because
they offered a lot of API's to work with and quite thorough and helpfull
documentation.

one api for example: referencing a dll with the message and account info
which would take care of the rest and even offers stuff like account
quering. That makes it quite easy to extend the functionality to more than
just sending and receiving a sms

Eliminating characters in a Search String using Regular Expression

2005-06-09T16:05:00.000Z

return System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(Criteria,
@"[\*\<>!&\|\?=]", string.Empty);

Consuming web services through a firewall

2005-04-22T05:46:00.000Z

figured out how to do this - was quite a bugger ...

The web service itself works correctly and can be consumed from a non-firewall env. (e.g. from home), but not from a company behind a firewall

"When you use a .NET client to consume a Web service through an HTTP proxy server, you may receive the following error message:

The underlying connection was closed: The remote name could not be resolved.

CAUSE

An HTTP proxy server exists between the Web service and the .NET client, and the proper proxy settings have not been configured.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, supply the proper proxy configuration settings to the .NET client."

This would mean, if your consuming the web service from an asp.net application, then the following code needs to be added to the web.config file under the 'configuration' node

<system.net><defaultProxy><proxy usesystemdefault = "true" /> </defaultProxy> </system.net>

however, should the default settings not automatically detect the proxy server settings, set 'usesystemdefault' to false and then explicitly designate the proxy server:

<configuration> <system.net> <defaultProxy> <proxy usesystemdefault = "false" proxyaddress="http://proxyserver" bypassonlocal="true" /> </defaultProxy> </system.net> </configuration>

i found some info on the web and msdn

Thanks to the sadev guys, I found out you could also try setting the proxy explicitly on the web service before calling it from the client:

Dim myWebService as New MyWebServiceProxy
myWebService.Proxy = New System.Net.WebProxy([proxy address], [port])myWebService.
[MethodToCall]

although you might need to set the credentials as well then.

Norton Internet Security

Another possible cause could be (and was the case) because of Norton Internet Security being used on the client's pc. Somehow this prevented the web service from being consumed correctly. You can bypass this security by changing it's (NIS) settings to allow the web service.

A parent's primer to computer slang

2005-02-24T13:59:00.000Z

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidtalk.mspx

.NET Adventures - Part I

2005-02-08T11:02:00.000Z

I (en)joined a SA developer .NET meeting yesterday evening and found the course material and learning experience as exciting and refreshing as the people that were present.

We discussed topics such as using classes and structures in .NET and I think I finally know the difference between value and reference types.. but only after been put in the spotlight and resorting to some creative improvization to answer the questions thrown at me.

The session was hectic stuff (for me) tho, but I'll try and keep up and even go one further! I'll post my discoveries and such as well so all can join in on the fun :) exciting stuff ...

Let's take a look again at the value type:

example: struct
instance data for classes for structures is allocated on the stack
can have it's own members / methods
it can be referenced without using the "new" keyword in c# thus meaning it can be used without creating a new and seperate instance.

On the other hand - reference type:

example: class
instance data for classes is allocated on the heap
can have it's own members / methods
can only be referenced by creating a new and seperate instance of the class, thus using the "new" keyword in c#

so what's the difference(s)?

Unlike reference types, it is not possible to derive a new type from a value type;
Unlike reference types, it is not possible for a value type to contain the null value.

Any Questions? Here's an interesting one:

when to use a value type instead of a reference type?

Access to the stack (thus structures -> value types) is designed to be light and fast, but storage of large ammounts of data on the stack could lead to lower application performance. It would be wise to use a reference type (thus class) in such a case.

What about Garbage collection?

I'm not too sure about this one, but my gut feeling tells me that because value types are used for the handling of smaller data, the typical scenario would be to create and use a value type, while not needing it later on.

So instead of creating and using an object which you could pass around, they value type can be collected by the garbage collector rather soon in it's lifetime, while something like an object (thus a reference type) could still be able to hang on for a later collection date.

Keep in mind that reference types would usually be involved in the handling of larger data, which could also influence the priority by which it is handled by the garbage collector.

Like I said, I'm a bit shaky about this explanation, so please help me out if you can.

happy! happy! Happy New Year!!!

2005-01-06T15:33:00.000Z

I'ts hard to believe that we started 2005 a couple of nights ago ... already it feels like January is rushing past at and incredible speed and soon the whole year would follow ... This kind of reminds one to make full use of the time given to us and spend it wisely.

This doesn't conclude my wise words for the new year tho, it's reserved for something a bit lighter:
"Try to live life like no one is watching"