Alex Lowe's .NET Blog

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My blog moved to https://callmealex.com/cs.

Date: 02/23/2005

Tim created a fantasy football league for all of us .NETers. Anybody can join and it should be a...

Date: 09/07/2004

Roy brings up a great point that was raised in his comments - local Microsoft offices have a new...

Date: 07/10/2004

Here are a few things I've learned about the Class Designer and ASP.NET Projects: The Class Designer...

Date: 06/15/2004

Ok, so the heading is a little misleading and I'll explain in detail why later in the post. A few...

Date: 06/11/2004

Technically, there are now two models for MSF - formal and agile. Oh, and one cannot forget Visual...

Date: 05/24/2004

Robert Scoble believes that MSDN Magazine is like the PDC (in terms of content) but a cursory glance...

Date: 05/03/2004

It looks like the Business Objects folks want in on the blog action and they've setup a blog and a...

Date: 03/22/2004

Ok, so I've now seen a bunch of posts on the subject of "why developers don't build scalable...

Date: 02/24/2004

Are you using the Microsoft JVM? If you should know that (the quote below is from here).........

Date: 02/23/2004

I would like to know if developers are more likely to watch a webcast or attend a local event...

Date: 02/23/2004

Is MSDN Flash useful to you? Do you subscribe? If you do, what do you like/dislike about the...

Date: 02/23/2004

James Avery has written my thoughts on Sam's post better than I could in this post. Enterprise...

Date: 02/15/2004

I've seen a few posts in the blogosphere regarding the DevDays events that have occurred throughout...

Date: 02/15/2004

I found this three part series: Part 1: The Case for Naked Objects: Getting Back to the...

Date: 02/14/2004

I noticed today that the following sites were running ASP.NET: PaneraBread.com - I love soup in a...

Date: 02/11/2004

Gavin wants everyone to know that Russ Fustino will be at the Tampa Bay .NET User Group meeting...

Date: 02/11/2004

Maxim Karpov has a neat blog started over here. He blogs about .NET Patterns and much more....

Date: 02/09/2004

I will be presenting at the DevDays event in Detroit, MI (March 3rd), Columbus, OH (March 17th), and...

Date: 02/09/2004

Dictionary.com defines “evangelist” this way (there are three other definitions but they...

Date: 02/07/2004

Disclaimer: I don't work on the team that runs the Regional Director program but I do have a...

Date: 02/07/2004

Well, let's start by getting out of acronym land: Microsoft MVP = Microsoft Most Valuable...

Date: 02/07/2004

I think that some MVPs and a very small percentage of Microsoft employees misrepresent these groups...

Date: 02/06/2004

If you are nearby (I suppose you are invited even if you live a long ways away too) then I'm...

Date: 11/17/2003

This article is a great read on the upcoming security changes in Windows XP Service Pack 2 and the...

Date: 11/12/2003

If you are, you need to attend the Cleveland .NET SIG meeting tomorrow night! Dave White and I will...

Date: 11/10/2003

MSDN Webcast: Applying Microsoft Application Blocks to Increase Developer Productivity and Reduce...

Date: 10/23/2003

Study: Windows cheaper than Linux A Microsoft-commissioned study has found that companies could save...

Date: 09/09/2003

“Shipments of servers loaded with the Windows operating system grew more than shipments of any...

Date: 09/02/2003

Noticed something I thought was neat in the Time Tracker Starter Kit white paper - a little snippet...

Date: 08/29/2003

If you only want certain validators to fire on a large ASP.NET page (for example) then you can set...

Date: 08/26/2003

A couple of the more general gotchas come to mind: ASP and ASP.NET cannot share session state which...

Date: 08/25/2003

Chris Flaat has two posts that folks who do VS.NET development should really read. The first post...

Date: 08/25/2003

If you are, then David Chalmers is someone you should send feedback on Microsoft products and how...

Date: 08/25/2003

Tim Sneath has some great ADO.NET Tips. Here are a few of my own: Always close database connections....

Date: 08/25/2003

Tyson Dowd writes a very funny piece about self-objectification (the article discusses the idea of...

Date: 08/25/2003

and they have some interesting things to say about the J2EE 1.4 spec and Java development in...

Date: 08/22/2003

Someone on a list I'm a member of (at AspAdvice.com) recently asked if there are NUnit alternatives...

Date: 08/16/2003

If you have used Eclipse then I'd love for you to post some comments to tell us all what you like so...

Date: 08/07/2003

ASP.NET, SQL Server Session State, and SQL Server Service Pack 3 are a recipe for problems. Just a...

Date: 08/07/2003

And it's not Microsoft or SCO this time........ I've long said the Java Community Process was not as...

Date: 08/07/2003

Some interesting numbers regarding JSP usage on the Internet. Hint: it's up 94% since last July...

Date: 08/07/2003

Apache Software Foundation is starting it's own open source implementation of J2EE - IBM, BEA, et al...

Date: 08/07/2003

Date: 08/07/2003

If you are considering the migration from Cold Fusion to ASP.NET or you are curious as to some of...

Date: 07/27/2003

If you've ever found yourself wondering whether you should use the DataGrid, DataList, or Repeater...

Date: 07/27/2003

Here are some "must haves" if you intend to convert JSP, etc. applications to their .NET equivalent:...

Date: 07/27/2003

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