Geekdojo

Here's the link to the beta, go and get it: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service pack 1 Beta...

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Like last year, I'm heading out to the MVP Summit in Redmond.  Here's some information on the event: The upcoming summit, April 14-17, will feature a keynote from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and closing by Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie, in...

When I said I wouldn't post here anymore.The truth is that my men-talhealth website is still a good idea but I don't have enough material to post there consistently. Also, I like writing tech stuff - I now just have a different agenda to before.That in...

I really like Extension methods... especially when you combine them with other good language bits to really make a difficult problem a lot easier.  I think invoking on Windows Forms applications is one of those problems that is elegantly solved by...

I'd like to coin a new word, genericization, mostly because it's fun to say, but it's hard not to go back and try and correct that red squiggly line. Anyway, I didn't really want to talk about new words and automatic spell-checking. What I really want...

"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time;the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them."- Thomas Jefferson...

My company Neudesic will once again be hosting NuCon, a deep dive conference into .Net 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 including LINQ, ADO.Net 3.5, Silverlight and TFS. Microsoft's new IO model (Infrastructure Optimization) will also be covered in one of the...

Here's an absolutely fascinating article, by Noreen Kendle, regarding the philosophy of data. This is a must read for anyone who has to deal with data from a data warehousing perspective. Ms. Kendle tackles the philosophy of data from an oft neglected,...

Technically, I guess, this counts, since I do read it.... 01. One book that changed your lifeChanged my life? That's a tall order...Mere Christianity 02. One book that you’ve read more than onceThere are too many, but I'll go with this: Lord of the Rings...

then you're not a programmer with relatives... (from the Daily WTF): Best of the Sidebar- Could You Explain Programming Please...

"It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate theminds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate andanimate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitualcontempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and inhumanity,...

Once again, Batman as he ought to be......

A - Got a chance to play with HALO 3 in the lobby. Wow. Makes me want to get a box. 1 - WCF is the communication platform for Microsoft for the next 10 years at least (right out of the Microsoft mouth) That means that Remoting, ASMX, etc. are all legacy...

So, I screwed up. I brought my external HDD to a VS2008 Hands-on Lab thinking it would be helpful...and it was! The Lab was overbooked, and there weren't enough Microsoft supplied HDDs to go around. So, in my infinite wisdom, I said, that's ok, let's...

Just ran across this little gem: Autoruns...

"I love the freedoms we got in this country. I appreciate your freedom to burn your flag if you want to, but I really appreciate my right to bear arms so I can shoot ya if you try to burn mine." - Johnny Cash...

I've been looking high and low for this toy for my niece the last several weeks.  It turns out that I've was looking in places that definitely weren't going to have it.  Fischer Price finally confirmed on their web site that the "Little Einstein...

Awesome functionality provided courtesy of Dan Grossman.   Modified code, courtesy of my buddy, Jeff, over at IOpine can be seen in the description at the top of this blog. Welcome to the Social....

I've had a Zune for awhile now, and I have to tell you I am very excited about the recent release of the new one. Why, you may ask, since my "old" Zune is now outdated and obsolete? Because, they did something right...for the most part, the new Zune is...

"The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyondincome, growth and entailment of a public debt, are indicationssoliciting the employment of the pruning knife." -- Thomas Jefferson (letter to Spencer Roane, 9 March 1821)...

I think I just found my Christmas present: Mephisto Chess Trainer...

A thought-provoking article from Mitch Albom today about a teenager who attempted to hire a contract assassin to kill his parents. Makes you wonder how to penetrate the fog that surrounds our children today. With all the things they have to distract them...

It's been awhile since I've seen this, but a friend sent it to me (it's making the email rounds again). It's well worth the time....

So, I installed SQL Server 2005 SP2 the other day and tried to create a new SSIS package today. No workie! So, in searching for the error GUID, I came across this Forums article, and, sure enough, registering the DLL worked. Now, why SP2 couldn't possibly...