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November 2004 - Posts

Monday, November 22, 2004 4:16 PM

If all you have is a hammer...

I'm covering my head. However, I know that expression is a bit hackney, but for us sad folk at MSDN, it seems like it has value. OK, maybe for just me, but it's seeming like our new hammer, RSS is becoming more and more of an important concern in our
Posted by ksharkey | 7 Comments
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 8:59 AM

Who wants performance?

While it's not January yet, MSDN magazine has posted one of their upcoming articles from the January issue -- Rob Howard 's 10 Tips for Writing High-Performance Web Applications . Definitely worth a read. Unless you like slow web apps.
Posted by ksharkey | 1 Comments
Monday, November 15, 2004 9:00 PM

When their customers speak, the Web Platform and Tools Team listens

You may recall a while back when some changes got announced around possible changes to the special directories for ASP.NET 2.0. Many, many people wrote in to comment on those changes. So, I'm now pleased to point to Brian Goldfarb's posting , and a page
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Thursday, November 11, 2004 2:21 PM

Got issues? Track them

May be old news, but did you know there was an Issue Tracker Starter Kit for ASP.NET 1.x? The Issue Tracker enables project teams to keep track of outstanding issues, assigned owners, history and related issues through a Web-based interface.
Posted by ksharkey | 12 Comments
Thursday, November 11, 2004 1:04 PM

New Support Voice article (and support page)

Jen and Jeremy (and Jim) return with the latest Support Voice column. (no, it's not a requirement that all people in PSS have names starting with a 'J'). This month, Jeremy looks at tools to help you Troubleshoot ASP.NET. I'll definitely second the recommendation
Posted by ksharkey | 10 Comments
Thursday, November 11, 2004 11:43 AM

In Remembrance

I'm not usually known for "pro patria mortis" feelings, but thank a veteran today. IN FLANDERS FIELDS In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce
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Monday, November 08, 2004 12:20 PM

Ignore this post

Probably only of interest to two people on weblogs, but I'm testing the caching feature I broke on my RssViewer. I discovered this morning that not only is Skinny Puppy reborn, but they have a new album out .
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Tuesday, November 02, 2004 2:40 PM

Use Cache, Save Cash

Where's Rob been? Busy starting a company and building a Community Server . However, he still cares about all of you enough to keep writing his column - read his latest, " Use Cache, Save Cash " about SQL cache invalidation in ASP.NET 1.1 and 2.0.
Posted by ksharkey | 1 Comments
Tuesday, November 02, 2004 8:24 AM

0.67 technical posts

First off, completely non-technical, but a great short story (I am a *huge* Lovecraft fan) of the gruesome fate that awaits in the Pumpkin Patch . Scanning the rest of Strange Horizons, looks like I may have some reading for the upcoming long, dark nights.
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Monday, November 01, 2004 8:28 AM

Script Center

Billie Jo over on "the TechNet side" has a great posting on Technet's Script Center that I have to be ashamed to admit was unknown to me up until a few weeks ago. The Script Center Repository is my personal favorite. (<-oh, look, I spelled it 'merican
Posted by ksharkey | 5 Comments
 
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