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The blog, page 51
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Blogger/Geek dinner?
It's been a while. how about another blogger/geek dinner ? say - next Sunday - in a week and a half, in the tel Aviv area.. your thoughts are welcome.
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Revisited: Killing a process, Introducing: TaskKiller
A few days ago I blogged about a trick how to kill a process that wouldn't die . Well, the trick I had up my sleeve was good, but there were better ways, described oh so eloquently by Pavel Lebedinsky as comments to…
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Gmail Notifier - by Google, finally
Now this is what I've been waiting for - Google has released a Gmail Notifier utility that runs in the system tray. no more running after free obscure apps that don't work. This one if from the monster itself.
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Developers.org.il is online with a face lift
http://www.Developers.org.il just got a new face lift. It is definitely starting to look and feel like a professional site. the only thing missing now is visitors. There already is some nice content in there (in…
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Tomorrow is DBA day, and .Net rocks is back on my mind
Hey. Tomorrow is a special day. A professional DBA is coming over to look at a database of one of my projects. Yes -I know he's not going to like everything he sees in there. but I intend to take that opportunity to…
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Stuff to do
Some stuff that i really need to do and don't want to forget: New version of the Regulator with cool new syntax editor New version of NunitX - with the latest version of Nunit as a base source and maybe some more…
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A Virtual PC keyboard bug and fix, a new blog, and an agile question
[Update: there's a nice looking FAQ and a Forum devoted to Virtual PC 2004 - though I Don't see this problem mentioned anywhere in there...] A couple of days ago I gave a talk in the Israeli .Net architects user group…
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A short update and a cool process killing trick
Yes. I am still alive. Meanwhile some things have taken place: 1. I celebrated my 29th birthday. Yey! 2. For my birthday - we got a ThinkPad T41p with 2GB RAM. that should be enough to run those longhorn demos in the…
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Add-in Contest winners announced!
The final winners for the Add-in contest are: http://dev.magen.com/AddinContest/pages/Winners.aspx Total prize worth that we'll be handing out: over $2,000. I'd like to thank all of the prize contributors for their help…
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What works and what does not work on Virtual PC 2004
I saw this in a random blog post ( can't find it now so I can't link to it :( ): What works and what does not work on Virtual PC 2004 (622 items listed right now)
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Testing Blogs at Microsoft, and Addin contest news
I had a great time today, doing yet another talk a “Ness” - one of the largest companies in Israel - about Agile development and XP projects. (We're working on making this talk again in the coming month available to all…
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Advanced TDD workshop today
Don't forget - Advanced TDD workshop today - 18:00 at Magen Offices!
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Absolute Powerpoint
This is a great article about the power and weakness behind PowerPoint, and how and why it came to be: Absolute Powerpoint
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Paper: Developing Identity-Aware ASP.NET Applications
via Ohad's blog: “The Microsoft Solutions for Security (MSS) team is proud to announce the release and availability of Developing Identity-Aware ASP.NET Applications , a new paper in the Microsoft Identity and Access…
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MSN Web Messenger - cool piece of work
You know what? MSN web messenger is a cool piece of work. You don't have to install MSN messenger to use it almost like in real life. I love such amazing web work that looks like the real thing. Outlook web access 2003…
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The Regexinator - VS.Net Addin to search documents using Regex
Found this out through Darren's Regex weblog . The Regexinator looks like a cool idea that someone eventually had to do: It lets you search the active documents using Regex, and when you click on each result you are…
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Testing web services locally - faster
I really hate having to test my web services while still going through the whole TCP IP stack when testing them on the local machine. Luckily, Brian Ritchi has a nice and elegant solution . He created a proxy class that…
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Agile Resources and a good article on daily Stand up meetings
You might have noticed that I've turned off the comments for the blog. Damn spammers.I'll put them back on. But there needs to be a way to delete comments by offending IP address or something. Anyway - I thought you…
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MS Israel events RSS feed published
Finally is all I can say, Microsoft Israel is starting to get RSS. You can now register for the latest MS israel events RSS feed. http://www.microsoft.com/israel/recent/default.aspx A good start!
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My upcoming lecture schedule
My plan to take over the world is starting to show some progress. if you're in Israel, here's my talk schedule in the coming weeks: This Wednesday - 4/8/2004 IVBUG : VB.Net user group: Regular Expressions in .Net…
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.Net Rocks Tablet PC contest
Wanna win a tablet PC (Toshiba M200, actually - which is a mighty machine)? Go and fill out a contest form over at the .Net Rocks show contest page . Don't forget to listen to .Net rocks (although this is not required…
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How not to do TDD
Tim Weaver finds out the hard way how not to inroduce TDD into an existing codebase. Read and learn. http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/tim.weaver/archive/2004/07/29/20655.aspx
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The SQL Server usability advantage
OK. I'll say it here - I fear Oracle a bit. I know it is psychological - or isn't it? this post from Lee Dise had me smiling: “... But backing up Oracle always struck me like trying to walk a cow to a different pasture…
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Congrats to Rory
Rory Blyth has taken the plunge and is now a Microsoft Employee. That's pretty cool. Guess I won't have to invite him to the next summit ;) (You knew that one was coming, right??)
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Selecting an Agile Process
“Mike Cohn, author of User Stories Applied (which has been getting great reviews on Amazon, by the way), has an excellent presentation on Selecting an Agile Process: Comparing the Leading Alternatives (PDF, 837k). ...“…
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MbUnit is coming along, and I get to have some of my ideas thrown in
Peli is doing an awesome job. One wonders where he finds the time. I think he's experiencing the creativity boost I experienced when I was “on my own” for three months a while ago. Remember? I made The Regulator and 3…
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Not the PhD type, I guess
I consider myself as someone who finds interest in many wonderful things. Sort of a “Bring it on” kinda guy when it relates to knowledge about pretty much anything technological. But rest assured - I will never ever…
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TDD workshop in Atlanta, Georgia - are you up to it?
Appearently this TDD workshop thing is picking up quite a momentum. After 3 such meetings I have 3 already setup full with attendees, and even a few interested clients willing to pay up front for a full course on these…
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TDD workshop went well - ready for the next one?
The 3rd TDD workshop (beginners) was held yesterday and was a great success! Thanks to all who attended. The advanced workshop (featuring database testing) will be held at Magen offices on the 8th of august. Register…