June 2006 - Posts

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Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals - An Analysis. by dotnetgeek

I was lucky enough to visit the mother ship and learn about Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals. I spent a few days with some of the team members and got to go over the features and how they can help in an application lifestyle. What...
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Announcing .NET Geek Emails By GMail! by dotnetgeek

Its official! I have gotten GMail to offer me 100 (99 now) email addresses hosted by them. The account would work just like a regular gmail. So you can have it auto-forward to your regular account or you could use it as your new email address. Same features...
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Mutexes, Semaphores and Toilets by dotnetgeek

This is not something you read every day. I came across this on Shahed Khan's latest post . He references Niclas Winquist's article which I post here. Too funny, but easy to understand. Mutex vs. Semaphore, what is the difference? The Toilet Example ...
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My VX-6700 Mods by dotnetgeek

I have owned the VX-6700 for a few months now and have loved every minute....except the first few when I found out that the phone came with some features crippled. That's right, crippled. Leave it to Verizon Wireless to cripple the best mobile device...
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Supressing VS2005 Code Analysis Messages by dotnetgeek

I was going through our code here and started to ‘clean’ it up. As I was doing this, I was noticing that the naming rule CA1705 was saying that I should rename some of my property names based on an acronym that was in ALL caps such as APR...
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Future Mods for My CS Installation by dotnetgeek

Community Server Rocks! Since I have installed my CS site, I have been working to modify it. I have already done a considerable amount of little changes, and am now getting curious on how to modify the source as well. As a result, I have been doing a...
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Posting to this blog. What to do?!?!!! by dotnetgeek

It seems that there are a number of solutions out there that I can use to post to my blog. I am not sure what choice to go with. So far here is what I have used. 1.w.Blogger – This was ok, but it was COM based (so 90’s!). 2.FCK Editor–...
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Unblocking Blocked Outlook Attachments - an Alternative by dotnetgeek

Scott Hanselman has posted an article on how to hack the registry to unblock file types in outlook. While this is effective, I find it frustrating to have to go into the registry to get a file attachment to show up; especially if it is temporary. A while...
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Wanna Get Your Kid Involved In Your World? by dotnetgeek

I just found this link on the internet for the Kids Programming Language (KPL). My son who is now 6 has been telling me for a year that he wants to be an X-Box programmer. I was planning on getting him Lego Mindstorm this Christmas to start with but I...
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VS2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals by dotnetgeek

It looks like Microsoft finally has gotten in the game of treating database developers as first rate citizens. On June 11 they will release Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals. With a list of features comparable to TOAD, I may be able...
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