Alex Lowe's .NET Blog

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Dave Wanta of 123aspx.com and kbalertz.com is blogging......

Dave Wanta of  123aspx.com and kbalertz.com and other great products is blogging - subscribed....

Author: AlexLowe Date: 07/06/2003

Making .NET accessible to our youth....

Martin Spedding had a discussion with friends in which they deduce that the young folks in software...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 06/22/2003

Simple custom cache class.....

One of the projects I'm working in is a large ASP.NET application that will have both Mobile and...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 05/28/2003

Microsoft is missing the SDLC boat....big time....

I think Visual Studio .NET is a pretty darn good IDE. Don't get me wrong, it has it's quirks (anyone...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 05/27/2003

Do you miss ASPToday.com?

For those of you who didn't have a subscription to the site, I wrote a monthly column on ASPToday...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 05/25/2003

Do you read asp.netPRO magazine?

asp.netPRO magazine is the only ASP.NET magazine on the market (AFAIK). I wrote an article (and a...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 05/25/2003

I'm back and so is the Grand Rapids, MI .NET User Group......

Ok, so it's been A LONG time since I last posted and hopefully that will change now (I say that...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 05/25/2003

Yikes...where does the time go...?

I'll tell you where it goes..........It goes to my project at work (as of 3:44pm today we are 759...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 04/04/2003

Removing email addresses from a string/text......

Yeah, it sounds easy but for a RegEx dummy like me it wasn't that easy (thanks Scott). Anyway, I...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 03/03/2003

3degrees is not that cool.....yet.....

From Ollie's blog: Microsoft has launched its ThreeDegrees beta. It's midnight and I'm tired, so I...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 03/02/2003

XML Web Services are kewl.....

And Darren is pointing everyone to Dan Wahlin's wonderful XML videos (and site): Dan Wahlin's done...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 03/02/2003

You can now search the ASPAlliance lists.....

Yep, we just put the finishing touches on our search engine so members and non-members can search...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 03/02/2003

Performance testing is fun.....

Performance Testing Microsoft .NET Web Applications by Microsoft Press is a great book to introduce...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 02/24/2003

Looking for web based bug/defect tracking software.....

And I'm having a hard time finding one I like. I am interested in what you folks have used for web...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 02/21/2003

Back from vacation.....

and it stinks. I mean, it was 75 degrees in Orlando, Florida and now I'm back home and it's 25...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 02/19/2003

Edit and Continue will be back......

Edit an Continue will be back in at least VB.NET for version 2.0 and possibly other languages!

Author: AlexLowe Date: 02/11/2003

Ingo Rammer (.NET Remoting God) redesigned his site....

Yep, Ingo Rammer has redesigned his site (again) - be sure to read the explanation of how it works.

Author: AlexLowe Date: 02/11/2003

John Lam on CLAW.....

NOTE: Oops, the quote below came from John Lam's blog (not Sam as I originally wrote).......

Author: AlexLowe Date: 02/11/2003

Busy, busy, busy.....

Whew, things out here in Seattle are BUSY. Yesterday, the MVP summit kicked off in grand fashion and...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 02/11/2003

Funny stuff in a software city.....

So we're on the Underground Tour (very neat - tour guides were funny, story was interesting, made...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 02/09/2003

What do you do in Seattle?

Alright, the plane made the jump from Grand Rapids to Minneapolis and from Minneapolis to Seattle...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 02/08/2003

Off to the mothership......

In a couple hours I'll be on a plane to the mothership - Microsoft (Redmond, Washington, USA). I'm...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 02/07/2003

Do you miss 'Edit-and-Continue'?

I do. I loved the 'Edit-and-Continue' feature in Visual Basic 6.0. My C fill in the blank friends...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 02/06/2003

Job Sites....do they all suck?

I don't have the end all be all answer but my short answer is YES. Basically, they are a...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 02/05/2003

Language Wars.....

Chris Sells says: "Let The Language Wars Continue I think that the CLR languages should have...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 02/04/2003

This weeks favorite MSDN articles.......

Here are my favorite MSDN articles published this week: Cutting Edge: The ASP.NET View State...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 02/03/2003

Is AspToday.com worth the cost?

I remember when AspToday.com content was free. Here are the current prices for an AspToday.com...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 02/03/2003

Newsletters I read....

I thought I would share some of the .NET newsletters I read that some of you may find...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 02/03/2003

Free .NET Tools.....

Chris Sells has a bunch of free tools (some .NET) available on his website. Here is the skinny on a...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 02/03/2003

Space shuttle Colombia == Sadness

We, in the United States, often forget how blessed we are in many ways. Space travel has become...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 02/01/2003

ASP.NET Page Templates.....

ASP.NET Page Template techniques has become a hot button issue among ASP.NET developers. I've done a...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 01/31/2003

.NET Feature on Sitepoint.com

Sitepoint.com is featuring .NET technologies this week. Here is a sample of what they are currently...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 01/30/2003

Thinking about moving from version 1.0 of the .NET Framework to version 1.1?

If you are then I highly suggest you read this article on MSDN. There are some great tips for how...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 01/30/2003

Status Meetings Are Necessary

Well, I'm off to my weekly status meeting. But, before I go, I wanted to pop in and recommend to...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 01/30/2003

aspNetMime Rocks!

I've been using Advanced Intelllect's aspNetMime product and this thing is very cool. We use the...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 01/29/2003

Open for businesss!

Welcome to my blog and my first blog entry! Scott was kind enough to offer me some space and this...

Author: AlexLowe Date: 01/29/2003

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