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May 2005 - Posts

Wasting time on the intraweb

posted Thursday, May 26, 2005 5:51 PM by rrinaldi
I am Mario.I like to jump around, and would lead a fairly serene and aimless existence if it weren't for my friends always getting into trouble. I love to help out, even when it puts me at risk. I seem to make friends with people who just can't Read More
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What to expect at Nerd Dinners

posted Tuesday, May 24, 2005 2:25 PM by rrinaldi
After attending quite a few of these events (in Chicago at least), I’ve discovered that a lot of them break down into very similar conversations month after month: “Did you see <Insert new Xbox game> yet?” – This one comes Read More
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Successful nerd dinner

posted Tuesday, May 24, 2005 1:23 PM by rrinaldi
Last night the Chicago Nerd Dinner - Downtown Edition was a success.  We had 9 people show up, including 3 that we thought had fallen off the face of the earth.  Conversation was great and some really great ideas were tossed around.  Around Read More
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System.Diagnostics.Debug.Writeline not doing anything for you?

posted Monday, May 23, 2005 1:12 PM by rrinaldi
Just found out that if you add a new project to a solution using the “New Project In Existing Folder” option of Visual Studio.NET 2003 the project doesn’t define the DEBUG (or TRACE for that matter) compile directive, which is required Read More
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System.Web.Mail pet peeve

posted Monday, May 23, 2005 11:07 AM by rrinaldi
Why, oh why do I need to have a file on disk to create a MailAttachment?  Let me pass in a stream and the name to attach it as.  I don’t want to have to serialize a file to disk just to send an email with an attachment. Read More
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Is merging schema that bad of an idea?

posted Thursday, May 19, 2005 12:59 PM by rrinaldi
The other day, I posted about my ideal concept of source control for database schema and I got a few interesting comments.  A lot of people recommended Red Gate Software’s SQL Compare tool.  I have been a customer of Red Gate for Read More
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Testing BlogJet

posted Thursday, May 19, 2005 9:52 AM by rrinaldi
I have installed an interesting application - BlogJet. It's a cool Windows client for my blog tool (as well as for other tools). Get your copy here: http://blogjet.com "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." -- Pablo Picasso Read More
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Database tools just don't cut it.

posted Tuesday, May 17, 2005 7:10 PM by rrinaldi
I don't like databases any more.  I'm tired of them.  They just don't do it for me any more. In my opinion (which means you should probably ignore it), database tools just don't make sense in enterprise development today. "Blasphemy!", Read More
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Running the new hotness

posted Friday, May 13, 2005 12:20 AM by rrinaldi
I've upgraded the Dojo to the Community Server! 3 hours of conversion, 1 hour of setup, and a randomly failing router (hardware always picks the best times to die) later all is well. (Well, not really.  I expect problems.) If there are any problems, Read More
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Dojo maintenance

posted Thursday, May 12, 2005 5:52 PM by rrinaldi
The site will probably be down for a bit tonight (tonight being relative to me.  -6:00GMT).  Just doing some work on the ol' server. Read More
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Test post

posted Thursday, May 12, 2005 11:49 PM by rrinaldi
If this shows up, it looks like the Community Server migration worked. *crosses fingers* Read More
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PDC Registration information!

posted Wednesday, May 11, 2005 4:30 PM by rrinaldi
  The PDC Web site has been updated with the following information: Registration will open on June 7, with a special 15% discount off the registration price of $1,995 if you register by July 21 (a discounted price of $1,695).   [MSDN: Microsoft Read More
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MSN 7 and Trillian

posted Wednesday, May 11, 2005 1:53 PM by rrinaldi
As my buddies are upgrading one by one to MSN 7, I'm slowly watching them drop off from my buddy list in Trillian.  Is anybody else having trouble seeing their MSN 7 buddies' online status? Read More
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Day of .NET

posted Monday, May 02, 2005 7:04 PM by rrinaldi
The Chicago .NET Users Group put together A Day of .NET Conference that took place over the weekend.  It seems to be similar to the Code Camps that I keep hearing about.  Overall, I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by the Read More
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