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Nifty Community Content, part 1
BizTalk Server has a vibrant community full of smart folks offering up tricks, tips and gems. Some great sites include the following listed in no particular order and definitely incomplete: BizTalk Server at Codeplex . The BizTalkDisassembler add-in for Read More...

Posted Friday, June 01, 2007 7:37 AM by ebattalio | 0 Comments

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BizTalk Server 2006 Documentation in PDF
Do you have a hankerin' for a 117 meg (55 meg compressed) PDF file containing the full documentation set (almost 20k pages) for BizTalk Server 2006? Hanker no more because it is now available here . Is this too much to digest at one sitting? Let me know Read More...

Posted Tuesday, March 27, 2007 7:54 AM by ebattalio | 1 Comments

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:O
Still lurking... Read More...

Posted Tuesday, March 20, 2007 7:53 AM by ebattalio | 1 Comments

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Repurposing Content
There are software tools for just about anything these days. One class of tools lets users like you and me convert a CHM into other formats including, not surprisingly, PDF. Sure, you could grab a copy of most of the BizTalk Server 2006 documentation Read More...

Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 8:44 AM by ebattalio | 0 Comments

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The 80's Called...
And they want their music back. You do too? Check out Club 977 The 80's Channel and plug in. Come on Eileen! Read More...

Posted Monday, February 26, 2007 1:14 PM by ebattalio | 0 Comments

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Pinging
Still here, just not full of compelling content for the ol' blog. Read More...

Posted Monday, February 19, 2007 2:11 PM by ebattalio | 1 Comments

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Have Questions?
Do you have any questions about BizTalk Server that you have been itching to ask but haven't? Post them here or send them to me v/o this blog and I will try to chase down an answer. Here are a few disclaimers/rules/humorous asides: No existential questions. Read More...

Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 7:36 AM by ebattalio | 0 Comments

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Eclipse
Short post, this one. While flying around the west coast, I fell into a discussion of the relative merits of Eclipse versus Visual Studio. I tend to use Visual Studio and, for smaller files or quick edits, Ultra Edit. I did take a look at Eclipse a few Read More...

Posted Friday, January 19, 2007 10:24 AM by ebattalio | 1 Comments

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Perspective & Ways of Seeing
Back in school, someone loaned me a copy of Ways of Seeing by John Berger. Since it is still in my possession, I obviously forgot to return it. I wonder if Jane is annoyed? She would likely be more annoyed knowing that I did not get around to reading Read More...

Posted Tuesday, December 19, 2006 9:12 AM by ebattalio | 1 Comments

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Perspective
I first heard "Born to Run" as a senior in high school. Soon after I heard it, I bumped into a good friend of mine in the halls between classes and said I had heard this great new song. When he asked what it was, I told him "Born to Run". "Yeah? Bruce Read More...

Posted Sunday, December 17, 2006 11:16 AM by ebattalio | 1 Comments

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Radar Blip
Still here. Stuff: Sonic the Hedgehog for the XBOX 360 isn't so good . Make sure you play the demo and by all means rent it if you think you must own it. RIP Sonic. Season 2 of Pinky and the Brain is out in time for the holidays . What are we doing tonight, Read More...

Posted Monday, December 04, 2006 7:45 PM by ebattalio | 1 Comments

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Gathering Words
Writing is nothing more than gathering words. Some writers gather words from experience, some through observation, and others by research and interviews. Great writers assimilate information, gathering their words subconsciously, and jumble them on a Read More...

Posted Wednesday, November 22, 2006 8:20 AM by ebattalio | 1 Comments

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Alton Brown and the Art of the Walkthrough
BizTalk Server 2006 is a complex program comprised of many moving parts and a multitude of related systems that, when combined, solve complex business problems. Developing for BizTalk Server requires attention to a number of details from the obvious (setting Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 21, 2006 8:20 AM by ebattalio | 2 Comments

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Ping
I've been ignoring the blog. On the BizTalk front, if anyone is interested in providing thoughtful comments on existing and new content, drop me a line c/o this blog. Other things: It is cold and rainy around Seattle . After living here a year, it doesn't Read More...

Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 8:01 AM by ebattalio | 1 Comments

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10 cents
Ray Bradbury was never one of my favorite writers. This was not entirely his fault -- Farenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles were inflicted upon me as an unsuspecting 5th and 10th grader. As a matter of principal (and as a protest against The Man ), Read More...

Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 7:43 AM by ebattalio | 1 Comments

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