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February 2006 - Posts

Next Time You Remodel

posted Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:22 AM by mitchell
Do it like the "batcave" and Wayne Manor: http://www.hiddenpassageway.com/ This company will help you make things like hidden bookcase levers, chairs that move and reveal tube passages, etc. Unreal. Read More
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Murphy's Law: Computer-Style

posted Monday, February 27, 2006 11:14 AM by mitchell
I "coined" this a long time ago, so I thought I'd share it. Caveat, the thought isn't original, just the acronym: MRFFE (pronounced - murphy) = Microsoft Recommended Fix For Everything Naturally, the MRFFE is "reboot." Read More
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Battle of the Bulge - Oral History

posted Thursday, February 23, 2006 12:16 PM by mitchell
I think it's critical that we capture our oral history, so this article (from The History Net) on the Battle of the Bulge is a must read for you history buffs out there. Read More
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Last Combat Mission for Tomcats

posted Wednesday, February 22, 2006 10:15 PM by mitchell
Military.com has the story. Read More
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Quantum computer solves problem, without running

posted Wednesday, February 22, 2006 4:00 PM by mitchell
Quantum computer solves problem, without running from PhysOrg.com By combining quantum computation and quantum interrogation, scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have found an exotic way of determining an answer to an algorithm Read More
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RSS Toolkit

posted Wednesday, February 22, 2006 11:10 AM by mitchell
Read about the RSS Toolkit Dmitry has just released on his blog. Allows for consumption and production of RSS feeds as well as caching options. It is also both ASP.NET and Forms usable. Read More
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Creating Your Own Application Block: Brian Button in St. Louis

posted Wednesday, February 15, 2006 12:26 PM by mitchell
I recently watched an MSDN Event webcast on creating your own Application Block by Brian Button (blog) and Tom Hollander. Now, Brian's giving that same talk in St. Louis to the C# User's Group. It was a great talk with plenty of code samples; be there Read More
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Evil Empires

posted Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:21 AM by mitchell
There's an AP story about Internet companies and their Quisling appeasement with the Chinese government that's sickening to read. For instance, they insist that "no private business can resist China on its own." That's just plain, unmitigated double-speak. Read More
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Upgrading to SQL Server 2005

posted Tuesday, February 14, 2006 8:47 PM by mitchell
Went to another session at our Tech Fair. This one was given by Microsoft on upgrading your 7.0 or 2000 instances to 2005. What really got me was that they were very blase about just going ahead and upgrading without any thought at all. Their recommended Read More
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Blue Ocean Strategy: History and Business Collide

posted Monday, February 13, 2006 1:33 PM by mitchell
So, my company is hosting a Technology Conference, primarily aimed at our own employees but also open to others. I happen to think this is a pretty cool idea for a variety of reasons most notably because knowledge sharing is the quickest way to promote Read More
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Ajax.NET

posted Monday, February 13, 2006 8:02 AM by mitchell
Very cool! Read More
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ASMX and WCF Playing Nice in the Sandbox?

posted Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:23 PM by mitchell
Jeff's got a pointer to a post covering a simple way to being migrating from ASMX to Inidgo services. It seems elegant and simple, but I wonder how well it plays if my services are wrapped with any of the WS-* specs? Read More
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