Darryl Burling @ Work

Dmitry Robsman from the ASP.Net team created a RSS toolkit for ASP.Net last year. Its a great little toolkit that makes adding RSS to your website nice and easy. I use it on a number of my sites, including this one where I take all my blog posts from...

If you've been waiting for SQL Server 2005 to be released, well it is out now :-) When you install SQL Server 2005 on Vista, you'll be prompted to install Service pack 2 - only problem is that it hasn't been available - until today. You can download it...

I'm sure this has been posted a thousand times on other blogs, but I thought I'd put it up here anyway. If you want to add Microsoft ASP.Net AJAX (v1.0 RTM) to an existing website assuming you've installed the RTM edition you can do it by adding some...

We've got some great New Zealand gadgets up on the Microsoft NZ website now including ones from DigiRama, TrafficWatch, NZ Herald, ASB, and TVNZ (my personal favorite). These are all listed on here . If you've been thinking about writing a side bar...

Alex has blogged that he's had a baby. I spoke to Alex a few minutes ago and he was on Dad duties at home (chasing his son around the house having jumped out of the bath). All seems to be going well. He also said they've named their new son Hugh. Congratulations...

Unless you haven't been paying attention, we've got some technical training coming up: March 7 - Auckland March 14 - Wellington March 21 - Christchurch You can head to the registration page and sign up now. What to know: It costs $199 to register You...

Geekzone has kicked off a Vista Video competition. The idea is that anyone can submit a short video of themselves explaining what they like about Windows Vista. I see there are already a few videos up there, but it would be good to see more. Prizes include...

Mark Carroll - cellmate, Liquidator, and local Wellington Architect for Microsoft has just started blogging. He's kicked off with a series of posts on Understanding Application Lifecycle management . If you are an architect or aspiring architect, you...

If you happen to be in Auckland this Friday, and you are considering building a Windows Vista gadget, you really should get along to the .Net User Group tomorrow night. Dr Neil Roodyn - the live developer MVP and Microsoft Regional Director from Australia...