January 2006 - Posts

Patterns and Practices Summit!
27 January 06 02:26 PM | davidlem | 0 Comments   

Nils van Boxsel (MS Architect Evangelist, Canberra) sent me a reminder that the Patterns and Practices Summit is on during February in Sydney, and that registrations are open now. This looks like a good summit, with the keynote being delivered by Richard Read More...

Code Camp and Blog Dung!
27 January 06 01:46 PM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

Code Camp is happening this year again in Wagga Wagga , and as part of the road trip spirit, me and some of the team have scored ourselves some outstanding accommodation: http://www.macleaystreetapartments.com/naveena.htm But Chuck wanted to know if I Read More...

Breaker Breaker...this is Party Pooper!
24 January 06 10:34 PM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

Yil brought home a Family Guy special episode the other night, and I couldn't but help watch my favorite Stewie sections for like the 50th time tonight, and I picked up on this funny scene when Stewie and Brian are about to take Quagmires Winnebago to Read More...

Brian K on XNA!
24 January 06 10:09 AM | davidlem | 0 Comments   

Great post from Brian on his new role with the XNA team, and just what the hell is XNA. I’m buzzed, because as I look at Microsoft’s role in the development tools space, it’s getting really cohesive. Not long ago, we developed and released Read More...

Security Interchange!
24 January 06 09:57 AM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

The Australian Security Interchange kicks off in February, but Chucky has opened the gates early, and is taking registrations now! Check out the link to his blog to find out more, and make sure you get along, as we have some of our best security experts Read More...

Dev'garten Launch in Melbourne!
23 January 06 11:46 AM | davidlem | 0 Comments   

Hi ya’ll, please join me at the CITC in Melbourne on the 30th of January for the launch of the Dev’garten. http://msevents-as.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=120466605&Culture=en-AU I’ll have some goodies to giveaway, and will be giving Read More...

What's better than being an MVP?..Part II!
22 January 06 03:31 PM | davidlem | 3 Comments   

So the response over my post about my views on the MVP programme have raised some great debate, which I think, has been long overdue. But rather than just leave it “unresolved”, I felt I needed to follow up on my original post . My feeling Read More...

Tim and I work on our flow!
20 January 06 06:15 PM | davidlem | 1 Comments   

Tim Wragg (Sharepoint hellcat and secret WWF fetishist) and I will be performing this Tuesday the 24th at the VDNUG meeting. I’ll be playing the castanets, Tim will be singing and on lead triangle. We decided instead of doing the usual presentation on Read More...

What's better than being an MVP?.. An MVP Nominator!
20 January 06 11:44 AM | davidlem | 20 Comments   

I received a really nice surprise this morning in my pigeon hole, a certificate of recognition for nominating MVP’s! Now, I was an MVP (as I always tell people, it was only for a couple of days, but they were special) so I know how important the MVP award Read More...

My heritage is looking pretty sketchy!
19 January 06 04:18 PM | davidlem | 15 Comments   

On the back of Franky ’s post , I thought I must find the answer to my roots at MyHeritage.com ! Jeez, I should have known better! At 56%, it’s me and Double ‘ya: And then at 50%, it’s Mr. Kung Fu himself: Yikes! But what was even Read More...

Treat your mother right!
19 January 06 03:31 PM | davidlem | 2 Comments   

My bro’ just pointed me to this for all those mothers out there: http://www.starterupsteve.com/video/MrTMothersDay.html Mr. T’s love is smoother than buttermilk! Go T! I love the last frame of the clip, “Be somebody”. Ahh, I miss Read More...

Dev'garten and Hosted Team Foundation Server!
18 January 06 11:29 AM | davidlem | 2 Comments   

Over the past few months, I’ve been working with a local Microsoft Gold Partner called WDG , on plans for a new hosted service around Team Foundation Server ! In addition to this, I’ve been working with Intel and Shuttle on the Dev’garten Read More...

Something to Drools over!
17 January 06 04:02 PM | davidlem | 0 Comments   

My good friend and Java froth-mouth, George Papas, shot me a link to a new Java framework yesterday called Drools. Drools , and it’s .NET red-headed cousin, Drools.Net , are a rules engine built upon the Rete algorithm developed by Dr. Charles L. Forgy. Read More...