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Wednesday, June 21, 2006 7:11 PM

Introducing Shelly

Say hello to the new face which is rocking my world: Her name is Shelly. Update: A Shelly Santo fanclub is now up @ http://shellysanto.spaces.msn.com
Posted by Addys | 8 Comments
Thursday, February 23, 2006 3:54 PM

LINQ at the NYC Code Camp this Saturday

I'll be delivering my famous (ok, not really) "LINQ & C# 3.0 For Mere Mortals" presentation at the NYC Code Camp this Saturday. For those who haven't registered yet- unfortunately the code camp registration is already full , but another one is already
Posted by Addys | 3 Comments
Sunday, February 12, 2006 12:45 AM

[OT] 0 Items!

Kirk Allen Evan inspired me to finally take action on something which has been on my to-do list for months - cleaning out my Inbox, which had (despite all my rules) grown to over 1200 items. It is strangely empowering to look at outlook and see: (Thanks
Posted by Addys | 6 Comments
Tuesday, February 07, 2006 12:09 AM

[OT] Not enough music!

I haven't been listening to music much lately, which must mean that I haven't been coding enough either. Between Scrum-meistering the team, tweaking our infrastructure and completing a few lingering architecural tasks, I haven't had time to squeeze in
Posted by Addys | 2 Comments
Monday, February 06, 2006 3:13 PM

Anti-Agile development conference

Agile developers should get a smile (at least) from http://www.waterfall2006.com/ . This anti-agile conference couldn't possibly go wrong, they already have it planned down to the smallest detail: "Because it's possible you may want to attend all sessions,
Posted by Addys | 3 Comments
Sunday, January 22, 2006 7:18 PM

GDI + LINQ = Generate a bar graph in a single line of code

This is a simplified version of actual code from an app I'm working on. There are a few lines of setup, and then the cool part (the last statement): Using a select statement to iterate over a List < double > , creating a RectangleF object for each
Posted by Addys | 3 Comments
Sunday, January 22, 2006 6:36 PM

Code Snippet: Setting NTFS permissions

My previous post shows how to use Windows32.Security to read and set permissions to the registry. Doing the same for a NTFS is even simpler: public bool TestNTFSPermissions( string path, string userName) { SecurityDescriptor secDesc = SecurityDescriptor.GetFileSecurity(path,
Posted by Addys | 2 Comments
Sunday, January 22, 2006 5:27 PM

Code Snippet: Working with Permissions (ACLs/ACEs) in C# under .Net 1.1

I've been working lately on adding "self-healing" capabilities to a certain application. The idea is to create a set of utility functions which will validate (and fix if needed) various environmental settings such as NTFS permissions, registry permissions,
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Thursday, December 29, 2005 8:37 AM

[OT] Coolest 360 upgrade yet (might be a bit pricey though)

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/dec05/12-27URGE360PR.mspx "Conceived by Nissan Design America Inc. (NDA) and equipped with the Xbox 360™ next-generation video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the Nissan URGE concept car allows
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Friday, December 16, 2005 10:45 PM

Something really was wrong with Google's original PageRank...

... and this guy put his finger on it: Something is Wrong with Google's Mathematical Model (Math alert: Eigenvalue problems and general hilary ensue).
Posted by Addys | 1 Comments
Tuesday, November 01, 2005 11:34 PM

So are we cool again now?

It will be interesting to see how the "Web 2.0" crowds reacts to the new "Windows Live" and "Office Live" offerings... Sometimes I think that many of them are too young to remember how Microsoft turned on a dime and conquered the previous internet platform
Posted by Addys | 5 Comments
Thursday, October 27, 2005 11:42 AM

LINQ presentation slides

The PPT deck from my "LINQ For Mere Mortals" is available on NJ Code Camp , or here (direct link ).
Posted by Addys | 4 Comments
Thursday, October 27, 2005 11:27 AM

XOR in C#

Random factoid: Use ^ for bitwise XOR in C#, for example: a = a ^ c; (or simply: a ^= c; )
Posted by Addys | 4 Comments
Friday, October 14, 2005 12:13 AM

LINQ for mere mortals @ NJ Code Camp, this Saturday (Oct. 15th)

If the LINQ materials currently available on the web make your head spin (Lambda Expressions? Query Comprehensions /w Extension Methods and Inline Initialization of Anonymously Typed objects? huh?) then you are invited to the the NJ Code Camp this Saturday.
Posted by Addys | 3 Comments
Sunday, October 02, 2005 3:53 PM

VS.NET Bug? Easter Egg?

After "Collapsing to Definitions" (Cntl-M,Cntl-O), Visual Studio decided to color the collapsed code section in black, white and red: Can anyone clue me in on what/why that is? It happened consistently while VS.NET was open, but only for that specific
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