May 2004 - Posts
This week I'm here in San Diego for Microsoft's TechEd conference. The day began with a keynote from Steve Ballmer. Steve really put forth Microsoft's position on how we are continuing to drive innovation, but at the same time creating infratstructures
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Yesterday I scored an 826 (passing was 700) on the last in my series of 3 exams, so I'm now an MCAD.NET in VisualBasic.NET. The exams were harder than I thought, especially the last one, 70-310 Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft
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Here's a great article I found on the proper way to do many things in a British Pub , including finding one, ordering, paying up, and more. Plus, I learned there that “Pub” is short for “Public House”... I'm so ignorant on some
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Several folks at my sessions have asked how to create a report in SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services Report Designer based on a stored procedure. Keep in mind, there are some tricky steps if you are using the report wizard. You don't get the opportunity
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As I sit here in lovely Myrtle Beach, SC, preparing to deliver our latest round of MSDN Events content, I'm trying to anticipate what people will be really excited to see. Will they prefer the stuff they can use right now, like Application Blocks and
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Well, not if you ask my wife, I guess. Forty years ago today BASIC was born at Dartmouth college. Could they have ever envisioned a language as powerful and respectable as VisualBasic.NET back then? I think it's fascinating how far the language has progressed.
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