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Representing void methods with generic delegates
Generics are cool. Learn about them . I want to talk about a specific query that I had which right now I can only guess the answer. To begin, here's the scenario. You can create a Generic Delegate to point to a method…
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Reminder: My Architects talk is today (GAT and LINQ)
Don't forget. Today is my .NET architect's talk about Guidance Automation Toolkit and LINQ Preview . More details here . I'll be giving away a book from the MSCD training kit, especially for the architect's group: MCSD…
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Nice Guidance Automation kit hands on lab from TechEd (with a fix for a build problem it contains)
There's a nice guidance automation hands-on-lab available from teched, created by Daniel Cszzulino . Unfortunlately, if you tried to compile the source from the download on a VS 2005 Beta 2 or later without VSIP…
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More popups?
The popups still keep on coming, so I've removed the google ads. If you still see popups, let me know. If you don't, but you used to, let me know to.
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Annoying pop up on this blog? No more, I hope.
I seem to have inadvertently let in a pop up ad into this blog through one of the amazon or google ads. This was unintentional and I'm freaked out that I haven't noticed it. I still haven't, but I've gotten 3 emails…
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Early experiences from .NET 2.0 Winforms
One of the reasons I wrote this little application is to get to know the .NET 2.0 Winforms API a little better. Here are some of the things I have on my mind after playing with it for a while: Data Binding The Data…
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Introducing Amazoner: Create Amazon Associate Links with ease
Update (30/10/2005) There's a new version of this tool available . This tool also has a dedicated site from now on. For the latest version downloads and information, go to this URL: / Thanks, Roy. A while ago I posted…
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My Agile talk at Ireland Devs group finally has permanent links
A while ago I present at the Ireland .NET Developers user group on an intro to Agile development and on Unit Testing best practices. The links kind of disappeared from that site for a bit, but now I have direct links…
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A better command line parsing class
Mike has recently recommended a command line parser library for .NET called Param.NET . Personally, I don't think this sort of thing should be driven (as is param.net) by a configuration file. In fact, custom attributes…
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When LINQ and Yukon meet
I think the award for "coolest upcoming technology preview" for this year's PDC has to go to the LINQ stuff. That's "Language Integrated Query" if you haven't heard this yet. If I had to sum up the idea behind LINQ in a…
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Wanna be a Microsoft Israel Presenter?
Microsoft Israel is looking for "star quality" presenters on Microsoft content. Basically, if you can muster up a 15 min. technical presentation in front of some of Microsoft's finest in Israel and are found to have…
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The new MS 4000 keyboard and a ThinkPad go great together
I just got the new keyboard from Microsoft - the ergo 4000 , and it's pretty cool. The coolest feature for me, forgetting the shortcut keys and all that, is the fact that the keyboard is high enough in the air to…
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Good architecture content from Udi Dahan
Udi Dahan , a Solution Architect MVP and a friend, has been writing some good stuff on his weblog lately. Unfortunately, he hasn't been able to attend the MVP summit, so I though I'd direct your attention to his…
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Come to my .NET Architects talk this month: Guidance Automation Tookit and LINQ preview
I'll be doing the next talk at the Israeli .NET Architects user group this month, at the 27/10. Here's a summary of the talk. Should be interesting! (see the link for location details) This month, we will focus on 2…
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Two small irrelevant tips
This is something I didn't find out until a few days ago. What happens when you search for "new York weather" on google? Find out. How do you get rid of the annoying irritating useless "personal tabs" in MSN Messenger ?…
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Philosophical development questions and the rule of the lowest common denominator
I really am a fan of Agile development, and smart people are abound in any methodology camp I attend (mailing lists and such). But sometimes, *plenty of sometimes*, instead of talking about details, and "how" to do…
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Back to Basics before Indigo: [Book] Understanding COM+
Lately, I've had to give back what has to has come to be, for me at least, the ultimate guide to COM+ services and infrastructure. Interestingly enough, this book is not recent. It was actually published way back in…
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What 2 questions would you ask Kent Beck?
If you had an hour to talk with Kent Beck , a proud father of eXtreme Programming , and you could only ask two questions , what would you ask? I'll be interviewing Kent as part of my audio interview series this week. I…
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New blog from NUnit primary maintainer - Charlie Poole
Charlie Poole finally has a blog . Charlie is the primary maintainer and caretaker of NUnit for quite some time now, and it's great to finally be able to read his thoughts and comment on them, rather than doing so on a…
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Hear MSDN webcasts on your favorite audio player
How to download MSDN webcasts and listen on your MP3 player - level 100
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September at Agile Israel - Why Agile, and lessons learned from implementing SCRUM
The next meeting will be held on the 26th of this Month, Monday. For session and speaker details go the the event page . The first part of this month's meeting will be dedicated to a session we never got to finish at…
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[OT] Horrible movie about how fur coats are made
This horrible and very hard to watch movie was emailed as a link that's going around these days. It shows how furs are actually "made". It's amazing how much cruelty there is to animals here, being stripped alive. I…
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Agile conference coming to Israel - Your input is required.
I'm in the process of trying to implement an Agile Conference here in Israel somewhere in the first half of next year. The plan is to have a two day event with talks and workshops from well known international speakers…
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Another Israeli .NET Blogger - Ilan Assayag
There's another Israeli blogger out there, though he hasn't written a lot.. yet. Hopefully, exposing Ilan Assayag's blog out in public view will make him write more stuff like the interesting MessageLoop component he…
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Interesting Agile related blog - Cory Foy
Cory Foy has a very interesting Agile related blog. He also talks about other languages than .NET which is a refreshing read. Subscribed! - um, I mean I would have if I could only find an RSS feed link on that blog :(…
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[Audio Interview] David Platt & Juval Lowy - Why Software Sucks And Other Architectural Insights
What do you ask when you get two software legends in one place? High level, world shattering questions, of course. Listen to this semi-serious chat mostly between Juval and David as they discuss matters such as Why…
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[Audio Recording] Juval Lowy on Project Planning and Tracking
Juval was invited to speak to in Israel in front of a group of .NET related folks. Juval's visit was sponsored by Gadi Meir, of Idag Israel. Juval spent 2 hours talking about something he usually does not address in…
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[Article] Issues in breaking dependencies for unit testing
One of the most important issues I've come to realize is the various ways of dealing with legacy code, mainly - how to deal with breaking multiple dependencies on an existing class or method that needs to be tested.…
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The DIMES project aims to map the internet - with your help
Update : I've just installed the agent and it is pretty cool. It gives you a visual map of your agent's "traceroute"s based on IP, country or ISP. Simple and lovable. The DIMES project (Distributed Internet MEasurements…
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Issues in breaking dependencies for unit testing
One of the most important issues I’ve come to realize is the various ways of dealing with legacy code, mainly - how to deal with breaking multiple dependencies on an existing class or method that needs to be tested.…