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Using IronPython for Dynamic Expressions. by findleyd

We recently had this question posted to our forums over at LVS : Dear Forum Experts: I am looking for very specialized solution: I have various Items which I store into a table in a Relational DB. I would like to do a custom calculation, specific for...

Suggestions for distributing CTPs as VirtualPC images by findleyd

I finally got around to trying the Sept. CTP of Orcas. I loaded up the VPC images on VPC7 Beta (which seems to perform much better than VPC2004). If this is going to be the way that MS is going to release CTPs in the future here are a few suggestions...
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Convert Thunderbird Email to Windows Mail by findleyd

I've been converting my thunderbird email boxes to Windows Mail on Vista. To do this you need to use a tool that convert the mbox format to .eml format. I found this free one that seems to work pretty well: http://www.broobles.com/imapsize/th2outlook...
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Problems with RewritePath and Search Engines. by findleyd

We just recently launched the new version of LearnVisualStudio.NET. The implementation uses the RewritePath method to serve up dynamic pages based on templates. All of our pre deployment testing showed that this was all working without a hitch. Once we...
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New version of LearnVisualStudio.NET launched by findleyd

It took us a while but the new version of LearnVisualStudio.NET is live. We've packed a lot into this redesign and we hope that you enjoy the improvements. I'll start with those items that you might not find all that interesting, but are a HUGE improvement...

Remote workers and Agile/SCRUM/XP by findleyd

Andrew raises the question: What is the impact of the remote worker on Agile approaches? A couple of months ago I started working with Bob on LearnVisualstudio.NET . We are just about ready to launch a major redesign of the site. The development process...
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Set hardware clock to UTC on Windows (or how to make the clock work on a Mac Book Pro) by findleyd

I recently bought a Mac Book Pro since I can now dual boot OS X and Windows XP. The only real issue that I've had is that OS X, like most Unices likes to set the hardware clock to UTC time. This causes the clock in Windows XP to be off by 5 hours (I'm...
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