October 2005 - Posts
So, as we all know, VS2005 shipped less than 24 hours ago. I've queued all the bits (VS, SQL, VSTO, Visio...) for download before I left for work this morning, knowing that I'd be able to play tonight. I did well. I only called my wife once through the
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This more of a note to self so I remember them for later. The redistributables for the 2.0 Framework have also gone live, but I hate searching in the download centre. So here's the link to the download pages so I don't have to search again :) .NET Framework
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Since the start of this week I've been logging into MSDN subscriber downloads at least once a day. The way I see it, November 7th is fast approaching, and you never know if us subscribers will get early download access - and dammit, I want VS2005 NOW!
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Since I posted my Maths test results , an funny conversation started up between myself and a co-worker. We ended up with what we thought was interesting little puzzle. The following is an equation. What do you need to know to realise that it is actually
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I wonder then, are my Maths skills better than most programmers out there? I know I'm at least better than Chris Sells is :) You Passed 8th Grade Math Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct! Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?
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My sister found a slogan generator , and posted some examples . I had to create some for me too :) Everything We Do is Driven by Geoff. (Sounds like what they're talking about is Geoff Driven Development) Only Geoff Has The Answer. (Too true...) Where
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Another quiz that I don't think Frank has done :) You are Aragorn. Putting your appointed path ahead of any inner conflicts, you make your own rules for the benefit of all. If my life or death I can protect you, I will. Sweet. I like this one :)
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I've been meaning to blog this for the longest time, and I've finally remembered since it took me so long to find the URL again. Have you ever needed to work out what package contains what dll that you've referenced, so that when you redistribute your
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Last week I did my first serious work with VS2005. Sure, I've played a lot with it, and compiled and run and tested a hell of a lot of different snippets and played with a lot of new features, but on Friday I started working on converting all our base
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On Thursday evening this week was the October meetup of the Canberra User Group . I went along this month for a few reasons, even though I really don't have any use right now for the topic being presented. First up, Andy was the presenter. Andrew Coates
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The work on the next TechEd here in Oz has already started, even though it's still 10 months away. Still, I imagine there's a hell of a lot of work going on behind the scenes. After 4 years of running the show , Chuck has stepped down and handed his tiara
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Another one, just to keep people guessing :) You scored as Angel . Angels are the guardians of all things, from the smallest ant to the tallest tree. They give inspiration, love, hope, and positive emotion. They live among humans without being seen. They
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Got this one from my big sister :) You scored as Logical/Mathematical . You like to work with numbers and ask questions. You learn best by classifying information, engaging in abstract thinking and looking for common basic principles. People like you
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Update 13/10/05: When I posted this I wasn't really trying to catch the attention of Microsoft - my comment in the end of the survey was my attempt at that. I figured by leaving my email address in my feedback if they really cared, then they could contact
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For all my geekiness, there's some things I know very little about. I know, I know, it's a bi tof a surprise, but it's true. Really. Domain name registering. I really have very little idea about them. I know how DNS works, and stuff like that, but actually
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For a fair while (especially since my latest was born 2 months ago) I've been (slowly) looking around for a decent place to put all the photos we take. The gallery feature in Community Server (like we have here at codebetter ) is fine enough, but we don't
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