My Blog

A Night of Avalon
A Night of Avalon
January 25, 2006

Url: http://avbsg.net

Slow Transactions with System.Transactions and SQL Server 2000
Slow Transactions with System.Transactions and SQL Server 2000
January 20, 2006

Url: http://blogs.msdn.com/florinlazar/archive/2005/...

My First Week with FireFox
My First Week with FireFox
January 19, 2006

Url: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

Reminder...Atlanta Geek Dinner This Evening...
Reminder...Atlanta Geek Dinner This Evening...
January 19, 2006

Url: http://nerddinner.com/blogs/atlanta/archive/200...

Lesson for the Day: Don't use XP Home for Development
Lesson for the Day: Don't use XP Home for Development
January 18, 2006

As some of you know I lost the screen on my main laptop (HP ZD8000, a lovely machine at 13 lbs) so I sent it into support where they are going to fix it but take 2 weeks to do it. I took over my old laptop from my dear Tricia to try and make it work for a while.

HP Support Woes
HP Support Woes
January 17, 2006

Url: http://www.hp.com

.NET Rocks
.NET Rocks
January 15, 2006

Url: http://dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showID=162

My First Taste of Cider...
My First Taste of Cider...
January 11, 2006

XBox 360 Game Roundup
XBox 360 Game Roundup
January 11, 2006

I've had my 360 for a couple weeks now so I wanted to give out some mini-reviews of some of the games I've played so far:

Typed DataSets and App.Config...A Cautionary Tale
Typed DataSets and App.Config...A Cautionary Tale
January 10, 2006

In this assembly, the designer created an app.config and a Settings.setting object.  All sounded good.  So in my ASP.NET 2.0 project, I setup the connection string in the web.config and called it "MyConnection".  This all worked until I deployed it to a server, when all hell broke loose.  After deployment, my code that did *not* use Typed DataSets (mostly DataSources) worked fine with my new "MyConnection" connection string...but...

Scott Hanselman is right...FoxIt Installed...PDF Reader Uninstalled
Scott Hanselman is right...FoxIt Installed...PDF Reader Uninstalled
January 7, 2006

Url: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/PermaLink.aspx?gu...

Congratulations to Brendon Schwartz for becoming a new ASP.NET MVP!
Congratulations to Brendon Schwartz for becoming a new ASP.NET MVP!
January 6, 2006

I just heard through the grapevine that Brendon Schwartz was awarded an MVP for his work with ASP.NET (and no doubt the Atlanta Community).  Congratulations, you've earned it.

Atlanta Geek Dinner - January 19th, 2006
Atlanta Geek Dinner - January 19th, 2006
January 4, 2006

Url: http://nerddinner.com/blogs/atlanta/archive/200...

Mixed Metaphors
Mixed Metaphors
January 3, 2006

Url: http://wildermuth.com/metaphors

XBox 360 - Initial Impressions
XBox 360 - Initial Impressions
December 29, 2005

Url: http://xbox.com

XBox 360...at last...
XBox 360...at last...
December 28, 2005

Web Application Project Preview from Scott Guthrie!  (This is HUGE)
Web Application Project Preview from Scott Guthrie! (This is HUGE)
December 22, 2005

Url: http://webproject.scottgu.com/

Forbes Top 15 Rich Fictional Characters
Forbes Top 15 Rich Fictional Characters
December 15, 2005

Url: http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/fictional/Rank...

King Kong...A Brief Review (No Spoilers)
King Kong...A Brief Review (No Spoilers)
December 15, 2005

Url: http://www.kingkong.com/

Anyone remember Ubi?
Anyone remember Ubi?
December 14, 2005

Anyone remember this exceptional board game from the 80's?  I just bought a copy on E-Bay and I am so excited to play it again.  If you remember it, please reply with what you remember about it...

My New RSS Reader
My New RSS Reader
December 8, 2005

Url: http://engadget.com/entry/1234000707071579/

OR Mappers, Code Generators and Business Object Frameworks
OR Mappers, Code Generators and Business Object Frameworks
December 2, 2005

I am currently doing a bunch of evaluations on OR Mappers, Code Gen and Business Object Frameworks for my new book.  If anyone knows about anything great that might go unnoticed, please drop a comment or send me an email!

No Geek Dinner in December
No Geek Dinner in December
November 28, 2005

Geek dinners will resume in January!

Finally, A Keyboard for My Shrek-Sized Fingers
Finally, A Keyboard for My Shrek-Sized Fingers
November 24, 2005