June 2003 - Posts

Ah, Internet at last!
29 June 03 07:12 AM | RWlodarczyk | 2 Comments   
Finally... Internet access! I've been here in Barcelona for the entire week visiting the sites. Barcelona is a beautiful city! Magnificent architecture and art. I've just completed my setup for the Imagine Cup Competition . We have these really cool booths Read More...
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Off to Barcelona tonite!
23 June 03 11:33 AM | RWlodarczyk | 2 Comments   
This is the moment I've been waiting for for about 2 months now. Nearly exactly 2 months ago, the US Finals for the Imagine Cup were in full effect. Now, after 2 months of waiting, not idly, I'm off to Barcelona, Spain tonite. These next two weeks will Read More...
PocketPC 2003
23 June 03 10:40 AM | RWlodarczyk | 2 Comments   
Here's a nice PDF overviewing the features of PocketPC 2003. Good stuff! Can't wait to get my hands on a new PocketPC Device. This time I want a PocketPC Phone so I can finally marry my GSM cell phone and Pocket PC together. Let's hope Pocket PC 2003 Read More...
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Aw yeah, I'm funky!
23 June 03 10:38 AM | RWlodarczyk | 0 Comments   
Don Box says "If you don't want funkiness, there's little reason to use XML." I'm funky . I'm valid . Read More...
TechEd Barcelona just around the corner...
21 June 03 11:13 PM | RWlodarczyk | 0 Comments   
Since TechEd Europe is just around the corner, and seeing Christian's post and Christophe's post , I figured I'd join the TechEd Bloggers . Looking forward to meeting everyone at the meet up there! BTW, If you're on AT&T Wireless's mLife and have Read More...
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These are hilarious...
20 June 03 12:33 AM | RWlodarczyk | 0 Comments   
I just clicked thourgh all the way in Stephen Forte's blog ... These photos are hilarious ! Read More...
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NYC .NET Developer's Group Meeting Review
20 June 03 12:20 AM | RWlodarczyk | 0 Comments   
Ken Getz gave a great talk tonight about Windows Forms Inheritance. This is a great idea if you're looking to save some time coding and debugging/testing. I've used some of the ideas that he mentioned today in the past and found it to be really helpful Read More...
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NYC .NET Developer's Group Meeting Tonite
19 June 03 10:45 AM | RWlodarczyk | 0 Comments   
I'm heading out to the meeting tonite at 6pm @ Microsoft in NYC. Hopefully I'll get to meet up with a few of you after the talk by Ken Getz . Read More...
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CeBit sucked!
18 June 03 09:09 PM | RWlodarczyk | 2 Comments   
To put it plainly and simply, CeBit America sucked! Let me begin by stating that I've gone to PC Expo's in NYC since the early 90's when I was in middle school. I recall Andy Grove talking about the "Ubiqutous PC" when the Pentium chips were being just Read More...
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Oracle just doesn't get it, do they?
18 June 03 09:01 AM | RWlodarczyk | 0 Comments   
Look! Oracle is now counter-suing PeopleSoft and JD Edwards... They just don't get it, do they? When will Larry Elison ever learn? Read More...
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Off to CeBIT America (in NYC) in the morning...
17 June 03 10:25 PM | RWlodarczyk | 1 Comments   
In the morning I'm heading on the LIRR into the city for the first CeBIT America. Will report back later in the day as to how it was. I've been an avid attendee to PC Expo since the early 90's (yes, even when I was in middle school!). But unfortunately Read More...
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photoAlbum RSS Module 1.0
17 June 03 06:22 PM | RWlodarczyk | 1 Comments   
I just finished writing and implementing the specification and namespace definition for my photoAlbum RSS Module . This now adds RSS support for my Photo Album Web Service, so if the service is on a live website, you can actually subscribe to the Photo Read More...
Joke played on me...
13 June 03 10:19 AM | RWlodarczyk | 3 Comments   
Someone a while a took the liberty of subscribing me to the "Java Developer's Journal". I'm not a Java developer, and honestly I hate the whole Java, Sun, and Oracle camp just as much or even more than anyone in that camp hates .NET and Microsoft. I must Read More...
Possibly the beginning of the end fo Oracle
12 June 03 09:06 AM | RWlodarczyk | 0 Comments   
CNET has a good article about the "Larry Factor" and how this bid for PeopleSoft is a sign of Oracles slow demise. Read More...
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Web Services on Palm OS, Symbian OS, and Blackberry OS
11 June 03 01:49 PM | RWlodarczyk | 0 Comments   
IBM has announced some Java toolkits that enable you to consume Web Services on Palm OS, Blackberry OS, and Symbian OS. Also, they support Pocket PC as well. Personally, I'm not a big Java fan, but for those of you out there that use Java these tools Read More...
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Office 2003 and Visual Studio .NET
11 June 03 12:24 AM | RWlodarczyk | 0 Comments   
Looks like Microsoft has just released tools for writing "old VBA" applications in managed code... very cool. Here's the link . Read More...
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Applied XML Conference coming up...
10 June 03 08:21 PM | RWlodarczyk | 0 Comments   
Just a friendly reminder to all that this conference is coming up soon... Read More...
The long awaited Imagine Cup Press Release!
10 June 03 08:04 PM | RWlodarczyk | 0 Comments   
As Julia points out, I had a difficult time telling people that I had won the Imagine Cup since there was little to no references of it. Finally there is a Press Release announced today! UPDATE #1: Here's another link to the same press release at the Read More...
Some more information about Imagine Cup
10 June 03 12:51 AM | RWlodarczyk | 0 Comments   
There is finally an official website up for the Image Cup Competition: http://www.imaginecup.com/default.htm If you click on "The Line Up", and then click the star that's next to New York, you'll hit a profile of me... Read More...
Agreed! Performance is CRITICAL!
07 June 03 10:17 PM | RWlodarczyk | 0 Comments   
Sam points out two great articles on MSDN about Performance considerations when writing Managed Code. Good Stuff! I've taken the pledge too! Read More...
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More bickering on the Java "standards" front
01 June 03 12:35 AM | RWlodarczyk | 1 Comments   
One thing for sure, Java doesn't have the ECMA and ISO standardization that C# and the CLI has. If they did, they wouldn't constantly have to keep fighting with Sun's Java Community Process mechanism of "standards". If Sun just hadn't pulled their ECMA Read More...
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