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My big, fat, photoblog cat
Got bored. Started a photoblog . Here's my big fat Israeli cat. Oh, yeah. This post is a little off topic.
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1st prize just got a whole lot bigger
Just got the word- Essential Suite by SyncFusion has been added to 1st prize at the Add-in competition . That's the same suite of tools I use in The Regulator , along with the cool text editor that supports Syntax…
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Test Driven Development Workshop is a go!
[Note; Applies to Israeli developers only] Great news! I just got the go ahead from my boss here at Magen, Reuven, to use Magen’s facilities for hosting the first “ Hands on Test Driven Development Workshop” (see link…
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Good article about ReaderWriterLock and Multi Threading
MultiThreading in .Net is an important issue. Sebastien writes a good article about multithreading using C# examples, mainly talking about the benefits of the ReaderWriterLock object and using the “ Dispose ” pattern.…
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Hands on Test Driven Development - class resources needed
[Note: this post applies to Israeli blog readers] One of the talks that I *really* want to do at one of the user groups is “Hands on Test Driven Development Explained” (like this one ) . The thing about TDD is that the…
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What Add-ins would you like to see in the contest?
The Add-In contest is really picking up steam . The prizes rock, and hopefully we'll all be getting some cool entries that we can all benefit from. However, I got a good suggestion from Eric Brunsen: “How about adding a…
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Blogsphere viral marketing
Gavin knows how to do viral marketing well . I'm writing this, arn't I? :) [Update] Here's another great viral marketer: “Anyway, John offers an interesting deal on his website. He writes: Imagine you are applying for a…
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VB.Net is diverging from C#. That can't be bad, or can it?
It's interesting to see how VB.NET is slowly but surely diverging itself into a whole different language and toolset. The most notable of these changes to me right now is the “ My” language addition , available in…
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Some cool stuff coming in ADO.NET 2.0
Very nice MSDN TV show on some of the new features in ADO.NET 2.0. Some really cool stuff in there. (link via Christa )
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Taiwan is closer than I thought
The past week has be *tough*. We found on on Sunday that my wife needs to leave for Taipei,Taiwan on Monday . That's right, the day after that. So, we were all busy and anxious to get all packing. Her job is sending her…
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Simple and addicting game
This game is simple and really addicting: Can you seperate the blue from the red?
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[Coding Contest] Most Useful/Innovative VS.Net Add-in/Macro (and some huge prizes)
So here's the deal. We hold a contest. It will be called Most useful Add-in/macro for visual studio .Net You send me your submissions (including code) and according to who wins, we give out some prizes. The judges :…
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Ack! My DataTable magically grew a new data column. Here's why.
Ugh. That was almost fun :) I was showing some of the guys how to do unit testing against a database, and we got stuck on a test that does an insert using a dataset. Imagine this: you use a simple data adapter against…
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Hardcore XML blog
I'll admit it now: when it comes to hardcore XML schemas,xsd's, DiffGrams and all that stuff - my eyes glaze over. Its something that I know I'll have to get into someday, but right now I'm mostly a bystander looking at…
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[Tool] WMI Strongly Typed Class Generator
WMI rocks, but it's common to be afraid of it. Yosi points to a very cool tool that will help overcome this fear and make working with WMI a little easier: Microsoft (R) Management Strongly Typed Class Generator -…
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The Regulator v. 2.01 - now with Intellisense
In short - lots fixed, and cool stuff added! Go download version 2.0.1 beta -------------- -added: "Document Changed" dialog specifies the name of the document in question. -added: Intellisense in the Regex window. Can…
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Misunderstanding timestamp
timestamp columns in SQL server are misunderstood. I know they are because today I was definitely misunderstanding them, and I'm (according to Google) not the first. So what's to not understand? Well, here's the deal. I…
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The art of folding
Oh. and speaking of an amazing video, I really need to learn how to fold my shirts . Sounds boring, but just watch the video.
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Getting creative with the windows sound recorder
This is simply too cool. (turn your speakers on)
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Problems downloading The Regulator?
I've had one report of someone not being able to download the latest version of The Regulator from sourceforge. It puts out a “file not found“ message for some reason. I just tried it myself and it seems to work great.…
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New version of Data Access Application Block available
Its the Beta before version 3.1, and I'm still not sure about everything that's new in it, but the site is reporting that this version fixes all the bugs in the earlier version. Download here as for a provider…
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Code Readability and double negation - not uninteresting!
Ooh, Omer has a nice question about Code Readability and expressing double negation in seriously harsh conditions (no outside function allowed). go take a side.
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A UI Singleton?
Steven explains a concept I haven't thought about before - the UI Singleton pattern . Nice concept. Yeah, I can admit that I've done my share of “ Expose this control of the form as a Public Static member ” Sorry.…
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When friends show off
Addy is showing off his desktop space. Heh. I like this comment on that picture: “Pull down the matrix poster. That's so five years ago. “ He also links to some words of wisdom on the recent past . Gawd , that is one…
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Connection pools and a DAAB v. 3 mystery
Phew. Yesterday I gave a whole day about ADO.Net to a group of fine young people, and today I gave about an hour more about ADO.Net best practices. Boy am I tired. I found out that after about 3 hours of speaking my…
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When links attack
Chris Fralic sends us a pointer to the Product Quick Links page of the Five Star Billiards, Inc. website. This page lists hundreds of products in no discernable order. It should definitely not be called the "Quick…
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How to re-throw an exception correctly
A smart tip on throwing exceptions by Brad . (via Scott )
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Test Driven Development with Microsoft .NET - seems to be a good one
Steve Eichert reviews the book “TDD with .Net” , and seems to really like it. He also made something that I really appreciate - he wrote down a list of bullet points while reading the book, and then posted it. Even from…