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Thursday, August 23, 2007 8:55 AM

Cool job in LA.

I get approached about jobs all the time, I very seldom post them on my blog, but this one sounded really cool. It’s IN LA, and it’s a funded startup in the Social Networking space. Company Info: The client is an entrepreneurially driven,
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007 9:15 AM

Migrating from Classic ASP to ASP.NET

A few links for migrating from Classic ASP to ASP.NET came through my inbox and I though some folks might find them usefull. 1. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/asp.net/aa336573.aspx 2. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa479019.aspx 3. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms973813.aspx
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:42 AM

You gotta give Miguel de Icaza credit.

As a Microsoft shareholder I’ve been opposed to Mono . Not as technology, but as theft of Microsoft’s Technology. [Personal opinion, not a statement of Microsoft’s Position.] Now, before the attack start – just Google Me. I’m
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Monday, August 20, 2007 11:47 AM

Microsoft Project Code Names ?

Ever wonder what that new project name at Microsoft stands for ? Ever get confused about what something you learned about “turned into” at release time. There is a Wikipedia page !! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Microsoft_codenames
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Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:34 PM

ASP.NET AJAX Shorthand Syntax

Did you know that ASP.NET AJAX include these shorthand notations for commonly used commands ? $ get ( 'YourControlName') Shortcut to Sys.UI.DomElement.getElementById - gets a reference to the DOM element, same as document.getElementById $ find ( ) Shortcut
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Thursday, August 16, 2007 9:18 AM

XML Editing Tools in Visual Studio

RIAs mean passing data around and XML is one of the big flavors for doing this. The XML editing tools in Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 are really good, and are included in all of the VS SKUs (Express, Standard, and Pro). Here is some good information on
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Thursday, August 16, 2007 9:14 AM

Code Project Browser Add-In for Visual Studio 2005

Do you find great samples on CodeProject.com ? This cool utility for VS 2005 lets you browse Code Project directly in Visual Studio 2005. When you click on a link that would normally download a zip file, it asks you instead if you'd like to open the sample
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Thursday, August 16, 2007 7:25 AM

Javascript Debugging with Visual Studio 2008

Kirk has an interesting blog post on debugging Javascript (from a PHP page no less) in Visual Studio 2008 here: http://blogs.msdn.com/kaevans/archive/2007/08/10/javascript-debugging-in-visual-studio-2008.aspx
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007 8:55 PM

Extending the Windows Vista Trial Period

I’ve been building a VPC (Virtual PC Hard Drive) for the Microsoft Developer Evangelists in the field. It’s a Windows Vista Ultimate installation with a reasonably complex collection of PHP demos. When you install Widows Vista you have 30
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007 8:17 PM

ASP.NET AJAX Postback Event Validation

In my video “How Do I Use the Cascading Drop Down Control Extender” I demonstrate setting EnableEventValidation=”false” at the page level and mention that you can leave the default (which is true) and individually authorize client
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007 8:11 AM

Silverlight Changes from Beta to RC

These documents provide a list of new features, changes or enhancements that have been made to Silverlight since the Silverlight 1.0 Beta release (MIX release May 2007). In addition, they provide a list of "breaking changes" which are changes that you
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Monday, August 13, 2007 9:05 AM

Regular Expression Webcast Series

ReqEx is a critical tool for use in defending your website from malicious activity as well as assuring the quality of user input. Check out this great Regular Expression Webcast Series by Zain Naboulsi. http://blogs.msdn.com/zainnab/pages/webcasts-page.asp
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Friday, August 10, 2007 10:05 PM

Getting Tech Support is like getting a divorce !

Every conversation is excruciatingly painful. You even wanna strangle the people that are on YOUR SIDE. When it’s over you’re left with less than you started with !!!!! I know tech support is a hard job. I know it’s hard to communicate from the other
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Friday, August 10, 2007 9:37 PM

Giving T-Mobile and Windows Mobile 6 a Try.

After 10 years with Verizon Wireless I’ve changed cell phone providers to T-Mobile. My experience in the store was great. They guys were friendly and really interested in providing good service. I selected these 2 devices. The T- Mobile Wing as
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Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:47 AM

I Now have Bawls in the Morning :)

I don’t smoke, drink (much), I don’t do drugs, but I a AM a caffeine addict. It’s a productivity enhancemenmt. But, how many cups of coffee can you drink a day. Plus, my bathroom is a couple hudred yards and 2 sets of stairs away So….
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Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:31 AM

Free at Last, Free at Last (Or Verizon Wireless You Still Suck, Part FINAL)

Just use a search engine and search for Verizon Wireless Sucks and see what you get. I wrote a blog post few years ago titles “Verizon Wireless You Suck”. Since then I’ve received several HUNDRED email and comments with people sharing
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Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:07 AM

UPDATE: Those Guys at Ektron !

2 Days ago I posted about my woes trying to contact Ektron . Well, the folks ar Ektron are REALLY connected to the developer ecosystem. It think I’ve recieved an email from almost EVERYONE at Extron. I have a demo next week (that even the CTO is
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Thursday, August 09, 2007 8:25 AM

Merrill Lynch says I'm either Porn or I'm a Hacker :)

Does YOUR compnay think I’m porn ?? Send me a screen-shot !
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Wednesday, August 08, 2007 5:33 PM

Umbraco - The OTHER .NET Based CMS :)

V3 Released =========== Finally after more than 18 months of development, umbraco v3 was released in the beginning of the summer. Yesterday, v3.0.2 was released and now v3 is rock solid stable. It offers more than 500 improvements, including: - Much easier
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Wednesday, August 08, 2007 6:43 AM

Come work for Microsoft in MA !!

Microsoft SoftGrid We are expanding our capabilities and facility- moving to 1 Memorial Drive Cambridge overlooking the Charles River 9/24/2007 Job Openings in Software Development. ( dev manager, lead test engineer, software engineers, sustaining engineers
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Tuesday, August 07, 2007 10:57 AM

When Technology Hurts the Business !

I’ve met the Ektron guys several times at various events and they make a super product ( CMS400 ) – not to mention have some very cool stuff on their site. I wanted to take a closer look at the product (ad discuss some other opportunities)
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Tuesday, August 07, 2007 9:15 AM

Would you like to Blog with Scott Guthrie ??

Wanna Blog with Scott ????? We’re going to start adding blogs from developers like YOU to http://weblogs.asp.net I’m going to pick 1 or 2 folks each week and get them set up with a new blog on the ASP.NET web site. http://blogs.asp.net/YOURNAMEHERE
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Tuesday, August 07, 2007 9:02 AM

Can you get me a ticket to ISPCON ?

I tried to register for ISP Con today and had a great experience of WHY we need more web technology conferences. 1.) I can’t register because the registration form insists my Credit Card expiration date in invalid. (Though it works every day elsewhere.)
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Monday, August 06, 2007 11:42 AM

Netcraft says IIS up 2.6 Million Sites while Apache Down 991K Sites

I place VERY tempered confidence in statistics and have never been a huge fan of the Netcraft numbers as I think they are often used to make arguments that their predicate data does not support. Still, this is interesting. NetCraft web server survey says
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Monday, August 06, 2007 11:37 AM

Dilbert on Open Source

If you read my blog you’ll know there is allot about open source that I dig ! But, I also think CIO types have a tendency to make decision based on what was on the cover of their favorite trade rag last week. Which, is made even more troublesome
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