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Book Review: ADO.NET 2.0 - Advanced Topics
Book Review: ADO.NET 2.0 - Advanced Topics
July 17, 2006

Url: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735621411

Online RSS Readers
Online RSS Readers
July 16, 2006

Sculptures by Tricia
Sculptures by Tricia
July 15, 2006

Url: http://www.sculpturesbytricia.com

Depends for .NET?
Depends for .NET?
July 13, 2006

Url: http://www.netomatix.com/development/DependsNet...

First Person Shooter in 96KB (yeah, KB)
First Person Shooter in 96KB (yeah, KB)
July 12, 2006

Url: http://produkkt.abraxas-medien.de/kkrieger

Microsoft Requiring SQL Server Express Sucks...
Microsoft Requiring SQL Server Express Sucks...
July 11, 2006

I have been attempting to try out some new software from Microsoft (including Glidepath and Visual Studio Database Edition).  Both of these require SQL Server Express installed.  Problem is that I install a Developer Edition of SQL Server 2005 (as well as 2000) because it is more feature friendly than SQL Server Express.  Why does Microsoft insist I have a third Database server?  Why can't it prompt me to tell it what database to use, or at least attempt to find SQL Server 2005 as the default instance on the current machine?  Just stoopid in my opinion.  It's keeping me from trying out and possibly exhaulting these new interesting projects.

VH1's Parody of the new Mac Campaign is pretty sweet!
VH1's Parody of the new Mac Campaign is pretty sweet!
July 11, 2006

Url: http://www.bestweekever.tv/2006/07/07/bwe-mac-ads/

Fritz Onion says Essential ASP.NET 2.0 Is Almost Done!
Fritz Onion says Essential ASP.NET 2.0 Is Almost Done!
July 8, 2006

Url: http://pluralsight.com/blogs/fritz/archive/2006...

What do "Barbie Horse Adventure" and "Grand Theft Auto" have in common?
What do "Barbie Horse Adventure" and "Grand Theft Auto" have in common?
July 7, 2006

Url: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6153617.html

Return of the Atlanta Geek Dinner
Return of the Atlanta Geek Dinner
July 3, 2006

Url: http://wildermuth.com/talks

MSNBC Finally got the "It" List right
MSNBC Finally got the "It" List right
July 2, 2006

Url: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4043608/

WinFS is Dead?!?
WinFS is Dead?!?
June 23, 2006

Url: http://blogs.msdn.com/winfs/archive/2006/06/23/...

Atlanta .NET User Group - June 26th, 2006
Atlanta .NET User Group - June 26th, 2006
June 20, 2006

Url: http://www.atlantadotnet.org/

Duke Nukem Forever Still In Development?
Duke Nukem Forever Still In Development?
June 14, 2006

Url: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/dukenukemfore...

Google acting like Yahoo...
Google acting like Yahoo...
June 13, 2006

I was installing the new Google Earth when I noticed that Google is becoming Yahoo/Real/Microsoft these days.  Why can't we just have options in your setups that don't try and cross-promote?  Its cheap and makes me lose faith in companies. 

The Windows Genuine Advantage Deception
The Windows Genuine Advantage Deception
June 12, 2006

Url: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?page_id=3170

Vista Nuggets...
Vista Nuggets...
June 11, 2006

After my recent rant on Vista not being ready, I did want to mention a couple of great things I saw in Vista that I haven't heard about before:

Vista Conversion Complete....And Abandoned
Vista Conversion Complete....And Abandoned
June 10, 2006

I spent the majority of yesterday moving my primary laptop to Vista.  I got a new 100G/7200RPM drive, so I decided to chew up some of the space with a dual boot.  I got to late last night (about 6am) when I decided it was a dead proposition and I needed to revert to my XP SP2 desktop.  Good news is that a majority of the software I loaded on Vista worked without a hitch.  At the end of the day it came to that a few critical pieces of software weren't Vista-ready.

BINARY_CHECKSUM and Database Concurrency
BINARY_CHECKSUM and Database Concurrency
June 8, 2006

Url: http://wildermuth.com/viewrant.aspx?id=2053

Halo 3: Teaser - Behind The Scenes Video
Halo 3: Teaser - Behind The Scenes Video
June 8, 2006

Url: http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/11108/Halo-3-Behi...

TableAdapters - A Critique
TableAdapters - A Critique
June 8, 2006

I have been a fan of Typed DataSets since the PDC Beta of .NET.  I’ve been asked to detail my recent criticism of Table Adapters in the .NET 2.0 Typed DataSets. Here are the points that I am most concerned with:

Timestamps and TableAdapters
Timestamps and TableAdapters
June 8, 2006

I was having a chat with David Sceppa about TableAdapters recently when he mentioned that in the final VS 2005 bits, the TableAdapters will use timestamp fields for concurrency.  I told him flatly I didn't think it worked, but I was wrong.  If you create a Table in a Typed DataSet in VS 2005 and include the timestamp field in the select statement, it will use the timestamp field for concurrency.  Awesome!

How Refreshing...
How Refreshing...
June 7, 2006

Url: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13183269/

SQL Server Timestamps and ADO.NET Concurrency
SQL Server Timestamps and ADO.NET Concurrency
June 7, 2006

Url: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/system...