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More discussion about MS and agile methodologies
This post is a retort to this: http://geekswithblogs.net/jglynn/archive/2004/05/10/4751.aspx Jay hopes that my comments about adopting XP at Microsoft will never be heard. My answer to that would be hopefully never. In…
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Managed Smart Documents Wrapper
Oh, i know there are some people looking exactly for something like this : Vertigo Software's Managed Smart Documents WrapperT simplifies Microsoft® Office Smart Document Development with a new, object-oriented,…
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Worst UI ever?
oh. my. god. I downloaded and installed this just so that I could believe what I had seen, and yes. it was very real. I couldn't stop looking at it. It was like watching an accident. You just can't look awaym no matter…
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Getting *really* creative with IL graphs
Holy moly, this guy is good . He's also the one behind mbUnit, which is a pretty interesting Unit testing framework. With the kind help of Lutz Roeder , I have recompiled the IL Grapher into a Reflector Add-in...
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TechEd Europe sessions I'd love to be at
Ever since Tech-Ed Israel I have a whole new respect for Clemens . Not only technological, but also presentation wise. I think he was one of th best, if not the best presenter there. And then I find out he's doing these…
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Israeli .Net User group meeting today - you coming?
Next Meeting: June 2 17:30 - 18:00 Assembly 18:00 - 18:05 Introduction and miscellaneous 18:05 - 19:15 “Challenges and Solutions in Building Rich-Client Applications – Part 1” Israel Kehat, I.K.S. - Israel Kehat…
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In search of Bingo
I was just taking a look at the sneak peek video that Carl And Rory have released on to the the world from Tech-Ed. The first thing I noticed is that the video quality is very good. The second thing is that Rory is…
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I've been contacted...
I always thought I was a pretty regular guy, You know - get up, go to work, come home, watch TV dude. But lately I've been getting contacted by all sorts of very high ranking people. And by high ranking I mean really…
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The Regulator 2.0.3 - *finally* with a help file!
What Is The Regulator? Go download it It's finally done. I took the time and made a Help file for The Regulator. It's now bundled along with the new version up on SourceForge - 2.0.3. Go get it . You can also download…
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.Net daily affirmation
YOU ARE NOT INADEQUATE . You do NOT have to refactor all your code. You do NOT have to keep up with the latest news from microsoft, and know everythnig there is to know about longhorn, whidbey, avalon, XAML, indigo and…
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[Cool Tool] Dataset Quick Watch "visualizer" Add-in for VS.Net 2003
Finally! someone came up with a way to view the contents of a Dataset object while debugging: The Dataset QuickWatch project allows you to view the contents of a dataset just like the “visualizers” in Whidbey (well,…
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FeedBurner? I like it.
[Update: of course one small caveat is that the refresh rate of the feed is taking a bit. THis post hasn't yet been downloaded using the new feed although is was written about 4 minutes ago. Maybe I'm just impetiant…
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Typical Norway Scenario
OSLO (Reuters) - One of the Nordic region's biggest power stations shut Friday to let an expert tune a grand piano for a concert undisturbed by the hum of huge hydroelectric generators. "When you put a big piano in…
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The Regulator 2.0.2
What Is The Regulator? Go download it Notes: This is a minor bug fix release. This release mainly deals with Intellisense support. for example, you can now *disable* Intellisense altogether through the options dialog.…
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Workaround for Help Issue in Community Technology Preview May 2004
I'm starting to dabble a little with Whidbey CTP from may, so you may start to see some posting on thie new technology. be warned. for now, this helped: Workaround for Help Issue in Community Technology Preview May 2004…
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Opened: C# and .Net framework forum at Developers.org.il
I'm proud to announce that the Forums section of www.Developers.org.il is now re-opened with a new look and feel (and a new system underneath - lots of bugs with the old one). I'll be managing the C# and .Net framework…
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Another Israeli Blogger
Yorai is another israeli developer/blogger - only in Delphi. Still, I think there's currently so few of us that he gets a link in my Bloggers section. Plus, he seems to be writing some interesting stuff, also about .Net…
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[OT] Why you should never put your picture on the Internet
[Update: thanks to SecretGeek for giving an alternative link BTW: looks like I shouldn't have posted *my* picture either :) ] Until I get my act back together and return to “normal” programming, here's another thing…
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Cool VS 2005 "Burton" videos
Some very cool VSTS videos here: http://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=24465 (via Early Adopter ) VSTS: Unit and Load Testing Demos Unit testing seems to be finally fully supported. Also auto…
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ok, I get it
Heh. Scott says that some people in Tech-Ed are now wearing shirts saying “Rory was invited”. Made me laugh out loud (though not in a evil “MUHahaha” laugh, sorry).
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The daily WTF
This site is starting a funny little trend: The Daily WTF speaking about annoying development stuff. He also encourages that you send your own WTFs over through a contact form on the site and he'll blog them. (via Matt…
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[OT] Sad joke
This joke came in the mail today, and while I'm not usually into politics, I just had to write this down. It would have been really funny if it wasn't so sad (and don't flame me, this is all in good, satirical, dark…
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If you're a developer in Norway, Mercatus is hiring
Mercatus , the company I was working with for two months in the last winter, is looking for good people. They're located in Norway, (Flore) and are doing .Net web based projects there. I'm writing about this because…
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[Book] "Slack", Where Learning Happens
I saw this post yesterday on the XP mailing list and I just had to quote it. It quotes from the book Slack by Tom DeMarco (author of “ PeopleWare ” and “ The Mythical Man Month “, two of my all time favorite books) and…
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Recommended C# Bloggers
If you've read my blog for a while you'd know that I'm not much for a popularity contest. however, I am most honored to be listed along with these great people in the same place, in what Eric Gunnerson posted as a list…
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Returning to RSS bandit and a couple of requests
I've been trying on RSS bandit for about a month now, and loving it. I still miss some of sharpreader's features (which I'll outline later) but I love the fact that I can synchronize my feed list between home and work.…
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Peli's blog - a great unit testing information center
Peli's blog has been on my aggregator for a few weeks now. He is, among other things, responsible for mbUnit , a Generative Unit and Model-based Test Framework. his blog discusses the techniques for the stuff he does…
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HOWTO: fight back the current spam scum
via Jesse : If you have been spammed today by the guy that is hitting us all go t https://www.stormpay.com/stormpay/report_spam.php and report that affiliate: 2004887 is spamming you (cut and paste one of his messages…
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Comment spam wave
I'm getting comment spam (about 50 in the past two hours or so), and for some reason .Text won't let me disable my comments. Already mailed Scott about it but thought maybe anyone had a quick fix for this?
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Useful config files scenarios to keep on hand
Suzanne shows some useful application config files that allow you do achieve specific CLR stuff:. I'll probably need this some day. here are the examples titles: - Forces the v1.0 CLR to be run. If the v1.0 CLR is not…