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October 2003 - Posts

Let them eat cake

posted Friday, October 31, 2003 9:53 AM by rrinaldi
At work today while discussing .NET, I related .NET to cake: “If you think of programming like a cake, .NET is the filling that makes the cake worth eating.” R-Lowe then added: “But it also makes you fat and lazy.” :) Read More
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Another Richard?!?

posted Thursday, October 30, 2003 11:09 AM by rrinaldi
I would like to extend a welcome to the dojo's newest member, Richard Hsu.  Richard contacted me the other day and requested a blog on our site, and I just can't say no.  f anybody else is interested in a blog, feel free to contact me (email at ryanrinaldi.com). Read More
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Sometimes, I can be little anal....

posted Wednesday, October 29, 2003 8:01 PM by rrinaldi
Since Windows 95 came out, I have wanted one thing.  Let me arrange the taskbar as I see fit.  I like having all the little programs down there in a certain order, and when something crashes (like, for instance, Outlook) and I restart it, I want it to Read More
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Indigo on non-Longhorn machines?!??

posted Wednesday, October 29, 2003 5:24 PM by rrinaldi
Scott mentions that Don told him that Indigo will be available for non-Longhorn versions of Windows sometime after the release of Whidbey.  Now, this is cool.  I haven't had a chance to play with Indigo yet, but I'm dying for the opportunity.  If/When Read More
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PDC

posted Wednesday, October 29, 2003 2:55 PM by rrinaldi
Let me tell you, it is rather hard to get any work done with the PDC going on.  All these wonderful blog postings to read, and not to mention all the new documentation over at MSDN to gawk at. Thank you PDCBloggers, for making my work slow down to a crawl. Read More
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Newsgator

posted Wednesday, October 29, 2003 1:39 PM by rrinaldi
This is a test from NewsGator.  If this works, I'm probably going to wind up purchasing this thing.  Probably one of the best apps for Blogging around! Read More
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Cubbies in October

posted Wednesday, October 22, 2003 7:42 PM by rrinaldi
I added a new gallery, you can find it over there on the navigation or click here: Cubbies in October. Read More
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Spambayes wants me canned.

posted Monday, October 20, 2003 9:12 PM by rrinaldi
There have been a couple people that have mentioned SpamBayes lately.  In short, it rocks.  Best-Spam-Mail-Filter-Ever.  One of the interesting side effects of ALL the spam filtering software I have tried is that they all seem to think that email from Read More
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Why do people get sick?

posted Monday, October 20, 2003 9:03 PM by rrinaldi
If you've read my blog before, you would know that I spend a lot of my time volunteering with the Special Olympics.  One of the kids that I work with was in the hospital for the last couple of weeks (unbeknownst to me).  He came home the other day.  The Read More
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The Dojo has been busy

posted Monday, October 20, 2003 8:55 PM by rrinaldi
Hey! I knew there was something that I was forgetting to do!  Write in the blog. Sorry for the lack of updates lately, but all of us members in the Dojo have been quite busy. Richard, Ray and I just finished a HUGE data migration ASP.NET rewrite at Read More
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Record Locking

posted Friday, October 10, 2003 12:14 PM by rrinaldi
On my most favoritest SQL Server mailing list, SSWUG, the question came up if it was possible for SQL Server to maintain a lock on an accessed record after a client disconnects from the server.  The question also asked that if it wasn't possible currently, Read More
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VOIP!

posted Thursday, October 09, 2003 8:08 PM by rrinaldi
VOIP for me! Read More
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Hey Hey, Holy Mackerel, No Doubt About It!

posted Monday, October 06, 2003 1:12 PM by rrinaldi
The Cubs are on thier way!!!! Central Division Champs: Check Divsion Series Champs: Check and now on to the pennant. Read More
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A new record?!?

posted Wednesday, October 01, 2003 3:13 PM by rrinaldi
This has to be a new blogging record.  Chris Brumme typed 11,241 words (approx. 22 pages) on the .NET Exception Model. Someone has WAY too much time on thier hands. Read More
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