Archives
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Sending the LINQ To SQL log to the debugger output window
When coding apps that use LINQ to SQL, it is very important to check the SQL code generated to make sure that your queries are optimals. To do this in a Console app, you simply use this code to output the query to the Console window:
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Visual Studio Talk Show #71 is online (French)
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Nvidia Laptop Graphic Card Drivers Update
Last year, I bought a Dell Vostro 1700 with an Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT 2560MB graphic card with a respectable rating of 4.5 for Aero and 5.1 for gaming.
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PHP for Visual Studio
While doing a little browsing, I found a product that let you program with PHP inside Visual Studio 2005 & 2008. They even have a standalone version for those who don't have Visual Studio installed. The price is dirt cheap: $99. The only strange thing is that there is absolutely no info at all about the company on their Website. Strange is you ask me.
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Wired article: Apple Evil/Genius (and how Microsoft changed)
Interesting article in Wired this month by Leander Kahney called How Apple Got Everything Right By Doing Everything Wrong.
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Will the real Crystal Reports 2008 stand up?
After looking at Business Objects' Webpage about Crystal Reports 2008 for Visual Studio, you may conclude that the version included in Visual Studio 2008 is a "light" version of CR 2008.
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Visual Studio Talk Show #70 is online (French)
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IE8 Beta 1 Whitepapers
Doing a little search on some of the new IE8 features, I found this page listing a series of IE8 whitepapers:
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LINQPad
[From Eric Moreau]
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Visual Studio 2008 PowerCommands
[From Eric Moreau]
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Mix08: Qixing Zheng in the WideOpen Web
At Mix08, I had the chance to record a quick interview with Qixing Zheng. Qixing is a UX advisor for Microsoft Canada. If you're doing anything UX related and you're in Canada, make sure to bookmark the Canadian UX Connection blog.
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Crystal Reports 2008 - Doh! (Part Deux)
[Follow up from my previous post]
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Thanks to Rod Paddock
I'd like to thank Rod Paddock for doing his Annual Canadian User Group World Tour again this year. He spoke on Monday in Montreal, then Tuesday in Ottawa and finally Wednesday in Toronto.
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Crystal Reports 2008 - Doh!
Any Crystal Reports experts here? Not sure if I get this right....
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GUVSM Next Meeting: Rod Paddock from CoDe Magazine
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Mix08: Steve Ballmer in the WideOpen Web
Seeing the CEO of a large company answering non scripted questions from an audience is remarkable. Too bad people will only remember this:
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Mix08: Party in the WideOpen Web
While Laurent Duveau's French (from south of France) accent was a hit with the ladies at the Mix08 attendees party at Tao, my French Canadian accent only got the attention of this Rum & Coke.
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Mix08: Ben and Jerry in the WideOpen Web
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Mix08: The WideOpen and Deep Zoom Web
One of the coolest demos shown at the Mix08 keynote was the Hard Rock Cafe Memorabilia Website created by the folks at Vertigo using SilverLight 2 Beta 1. It is using a technique called Deep Zoom. Very cool and impressive.
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Mix08: Attend the WideOpen Web for free (almost)
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Mix08: Elvis in the WideOpen Web
Yep, Elvis saw the (Silver) Light at Mix08. That's what he told me after playing a hot guitar solo on Rock Band!
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Montreal .NET User Group Next Meeting (French)
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Visual Studio Talk Show #69 is online (French)