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Baby Osherove - Born 28-12-06
It's been an amazing last week here for my little family. We could not have gotten a better present for the new year. My wife and I welcomed a new member to our family, who is not named yet. He weighs 4 Kg. :) We've…
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Good Experience: Cool Online Games
Here's a very nice set of online games , hand-picked by web surfers and collected in one site with short explanations. Great for passing the time (especially at work!) [via ThisIsBroken ] One of the coolest ones (though…
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This evening at the Architect user group - Agile Dev with Team System
See you this evening at the Architect's user group? I'm doing 3 hours on Agile Development with Team System . Update : Download slides from here . You can find the demos and links to the stuff I showed at the talk over…
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Rest in peace, Doug Reilly
Rest in peace , Doug. Cancer hit close this time, and I hope this is as close as it will ever get. Doug was an MVP and was fighting Cancer. He passed away not long ago.
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The Agile Ambient Orb
The Ambient Orb is one of the coolest gadgets around. You can program it to show any color depending on any status, so you can actually use it to show the status of your continuous Integration Build. Check out this…
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Forget Google Hacks, Try Live Hacks
Forget Google Hacks, Try Live Hacks :) Alik is a security guy, and he knows what he's talking about. He has a nice walk through of what hacker could do with the Live Search SDK to find sites with vulnerabilities.…
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Total Commander - The Ultimate File Manager?
A friend asked what is that weird program I use to manage files. I told her it was Total Commander , my true love when it comes to file management. It helps me use FTP, Multiple rename, zip, rar and synchronize folders…
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Team Data and the Database publishing wizard
Update : Sachin from the DB Pro team has alerted me that indeed creating the script is possible with DB Pro edition. Coolness! BTW - he just published a white paper on using DB pro to write database unit tests. This is…
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Catch me talking Agile at the Israeli .NET Architects user group
I will be giving two talks at the upcoming .NET Architects user group this month (December 24). More info here . The talks I will be giving(Guitar is still in question...): Part I: Introduction to Agile Methodologies…
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Vote for the top talks to see at the upcoming MS Israeli Conference
Yosi Taguri is holding a little survey about the upcoming big Microsoft Developer Conference in Israel on January 31. You can rank the top five talks you'd be interested in (it's in Hebrew) going to. I'm giving two…
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What would you write about if you had an anonymous blog?
What would you write about your job if you knew that no one could trace it back to you? I've toyed with that question myself a few times. Boy, the stuff I'd write if I had no accountability over it - could be quite…
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Html Agility Pack
Now, this is cool if you do a lot of html parsing! You can tell I was drawn to it by the word "Agile" hidden in there. I guess "Agile" is the new black. It goes with everything. HtmlAgilityPack is an open source project…
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Custom Reports for Load Test Results from Team System
Sean Lumley created some very nice custom reports about Load Testing Results from Team System located here . See Sean's post for more details.
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Macro - Workaround for VS 2005 unit testing build problem
Sondre has a nice workaround for a very annoying problem with VS 2005 Unit Tests (aka Team Test) - When you run unit tests, the "Build" action is not performed on the unit testing project by default, so you have to…
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Unit Testing your ASP.NET Validators - Validation Everywhere
heynemann just posted about a very nice and testable validation framework for ASP.NET called " Validation Everywhere ". "The Validation Everywhere project was born because I have a very complex UI that I need to unit…
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Video: Implementing Continuous Integration: With and Without Team System
Paul just alerted me to the fact that my TechEd Europe presentation on Continuous Integration with and without Team System is now available online at MSDN Showtime. Implementing Continuous Integration: With and Without…
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BSDAgile - Team System Project Template for Extreme Programming
Now, how come I didn't notice this one before? BSDAgile - BSDAgile is a Methodology Template for Visual Studio Team System (VSTS). It is intended to provide an ultra-lightweight process for people building software in…
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I screwed up with a client. Here's what I've learned.
Several days ago I finished a very angry phone call from one of my clients. They were letting me know how disappointed they were in me for letting them down, and how I just cost them a whole bunch of money and time for…
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How bad design can scare your children
I forgot how funny ThisIsBroken.Com can be sometimes! From here : Broken : Warning on Hasbro pony toy " Adults take note: Pony comes unassembled in box with head detached. You may wish to not open the box around your…
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Extended Unit Test Attributes for Team System
Justin Burtch just posted a handful of cool attributes that extend the basic testing attributes within Team System's unit test framework. Some of those include [Rollback] - to rollback DB changes after the test…
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Hello DataDude! Team System for Database Professionals is RTM
From Matt Nunn "On Friday 1st December 2006 the development team officially announced that Data Dude was done and was being released to manufacture. It should be available for download to MSDN subscribers on December…
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HnD - Open source forums and support backed by LLBLGen 2.0
Frans Bouma , one of the people I highly respect in the blogsphere as an architect and ISV (Built LLBLGen - one of the strongest ORMs out there for .NET) Just released HnD , which stands for Help and Discuss - an open…
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Software architects - glorified fashion designers?
In the movie “ The Devil wears Prada ” the opening title shows our main character as she is happily getting ready for her first day at a new job – assistant at a big fashion magazine. As she gets ready for her day, the…
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New research shows SQL Server 2005 more secure than Oracle
Could it be true? A research shows that there were no security flaw fixes in SQL 2005 since its release (it does not show non-fixed flaws) compared to Oracle. Is Microsoft's Secure Development Lifecycle initiative…
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Cool Promotion - Automise for $20 for 24h window
A little bird tells me that in a few hours you'll be able to get Automise (that's the system admin's version of FinalBuilder - my favorite build automation tool) over here for a 90% discount - less than $20 instead of…
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TFS Permission Manager Tool
Leon just posted a new tool he developed called "TFS Permission Manager" for managing Team Foundation Server permissions in an easier fashion. Way to go! Here are some benefits in the tool: "Using this tool you can: Add…
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I'm looking for a great DBA!
I'm looking for a DBA (SQL required, oracle is a plus) to join my team at Sela and become a guru on the DB Developer side of Team System. This person needs to have several years experience as DBA in real projects. Your…
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Solving "An error occurred while enlisting in a distributed transaction" error when using Rollback Attribute or COM+ in unit tests
One of the things I'm most proud of creating is XtUnit , which allows Rolling back the effects of a unit test against a database. (which really means its an integration test - maybe we should call these hybrids "coded…
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I'm looking for a great tester to work with me
I'm looking for great people to help me drive the Team System Field which I am running through Sela . The first thing we need is someone who can become our Testing with Team System Guru. More jobs will come later.…
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MVPs Week - Full week of hardcore training from Experts4D
Great news for the Israeli Dev Crowd! I've known Ohad Israeli for more than a couple of years now - we met when I worked at Magen as a consultant. He's a great guy with great knowledge and abilities. Now Ohad is partner…