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Tuesday, April 27, 2004 2:00 PM

[OT] Google sucks (or: Google likes me)

[Followup to yesterday's post ] Some of my posts are getting really high rankings on Google. Examples: The post on sharepoint development : #1 result on Google for "sps development " The post on a matrix joke : #1 result on Google for "matrix jokes" The
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Tuesday, April 27, 2004 1:17 PM

Winforms custom control - Hierarchy mapper

Last night I took someone up on a dare and whipped up a quick-n'dirty winforms control which allows graphically mapping connections between nodes in different hierarchial views (represented by treeviews). The connections are created by dragging nodes
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Monday, April 26, 2004 8:17 PM

A-Y-SSN-A-B-T-U

This post of mine on the SelectSingleNode method (from Nov-2003) has been producing over 100 hits a day from Google (today it was over 200). And here is why: it is result #5 for when googling for SelectSingleNode! Just after MSDN which comes in 3rd and
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Monday, April 26, 2004 4:03 PM

No, you can't get the orchestration done on time

Owen Allen asks " Can you get the orchestration done on time? ", and goes on to mention that Biztalk " isn't your grandfather's ETL app ." While I agree that Biztalk is immensely powerful and provides an excellent development infrastructure, Owen's title
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Monday, April 26, 2004 10:49 AM

Is anyone doing any XAML RSS work?

I stumbled across Joe Marini 's XAML Blog Reader sample which is simply awesome. However it is just a sample and not a full fledged app. Has anyone run across a community based XAML RSS reader project? I would love to participate if there is one underway
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Monday, April 26, 2004 10:35 AM

Testing Visual Blogger

Hmm.... Visual Blogger looks cool, but will it work? <hint: if you see this post then apparently it did> Update: It did work although I had to manually fiddle with the blog settings in the Configuration.xml file. The blog setup dialog is hideous,
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Friday, April 23, 2004 2:39 PM

New article on how to build the Links Web Part.

No, you can't have my Web Part, you can build your own. Sorry it took so long but I have been trying out so many ideas that, like any normal technology person, documentation was the last thing on my mind.
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Wednesday, April 21, 2004 10:17 PM

Using Access 2003 as a Smart Client

If a 'Smart Client' means being able to work online or offline and call Web Services then here is an example. This app lets you copy the WSSFAQ and view it in an Access form.
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Tuesday, April 20, 2004 2:40 PM

[OT] Only in America : Environmentally friendly nuclear weapons

I can't even begin to describe how stupid this is. And it's being funded with our tax dollars. In order to comply with EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) regulations, and at a cost of about $5.2 million per ICBM, the rocket motors on 500 Minuteman
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Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:24 PM

XmlDocument.CreateProcessingInstruction goes better with XmlDocument.InsertBefore

Note to self: Next time you need to add a Processing Instruction (PI) to an XmlDocument, ignore the MSDN documentation sample which uses XmlDocument.AppendChild . That sample isn't exactly incorrect, however it does result in the PI being appended to
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Tuesday, April 13, 2004 3:56 PM

Productivity, my way

I recently finished redesigning the topology of my home office - hardware, software and network - and my personal productivity has been soaring . I'll take a minute to brag ... err, explain... how the new setup works. First of all, this is my home office:
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Tuesday, April 13, 2004 2:18 PM

Is your Windows Update on?

Time to patch! Several critical Security Bulletins were released today so make sure your system is up to date. And If you haven't activated Windows Update yet - now would be a good time to start. Microsoft Windows Security Bulletin Summary for April,
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Tuesday, April 13, 2004 2:07 PM

On the MVP Issue

It seems to me that whenever you get a group of highly motivated and competitive individuals, there is bound to be some occasional friction. And everyone agrees that the MVP issue is a touchy one, especially for people like Roy and Rory who are both of
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Tuesday, April 06, 2004 2:59 PM

Document Library Event Handler Toolkit Released

The sample in the Document Library Event Handler Toolkit (EventHandlerToolkit.exe) download introduces developers to the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services list events feature for document libraries. The download consists of two projects, SampleEventSinks
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Friday, April 02, 2004 11:14 PM

Lots of new Biztalk 2004 content released today

While this has been blogged about ( ScottWoo , OAllen ) it really deserves a little more buzz: 1. Microsoft FINALLY released the Friggin help and documentation for BizTalk 2004. As a newbie BTS developer on a tight schedule I have been praying for this
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