Archives
-
BIOS update blues
I recently wanted to upgrade the BIOS on one of my PCs and I used the ASUS BIOS update Windows utility.
-
DevTeach 2008 Montreal call for speakers ends today
-
Upgraded to dasBlog 2.1
-
LINQ to SQL Dynamic Mapping
The problem
You have SQL Servers for each of your environments (development, test, pre-prod, production) and in each one, the table names are different. In fact, it’s not the table names that are different but the schema names but since the schema name is part of the table name, it must be specified.
Ex : dev.ZeTable et prod.ZeTable -
Wireless Presentation Remote
I was looking to replace my old wireless presentation remote (PowerPoint clicker) so I asked presenter extraordinaire and PowerPoint guru Etienne "E.T." Tremblay for a recommendation. He said that the best device on the market is the Logitech 2.4 GHz Cordless Presenter so I quickly ordered one from TigerDirect to use it for my talks in Paris.
-
Podcasting in Paris
While in Paris for speaking at the Université du SI conference, Mario Cardinal and I went podcast crazy. During the week, we recorded 8 podcasts with French MVPs and even a bonus one with a French software engineer working for Microsoft Ireland.
-
Zune Originals
I was planning to get a Zune 80GB when I saw that Microsoft is offering free engraving (+ shipping) thru September 15th. Being a Kraftwerk fan, I couldn't resist ordering this design:
-
Visual Studio Talk Show #78 is online (French)
-
The Next Bubble?
Anyone interested in the business of social networking Websites should take a look at Technology Review Magazine's August issue. It's a special issue about social networking and the future of the Web. Being published by the MIT, you would expect more then just a list of cool social network sites à la PC World. Well, the magazine deliver the goods. Not only you get a good assessment of the current situation, you get to understand the business of it (or lack of). They also explain what Facebook runs on.
-
ALT.NET Canada
The first ALT.NET Canadian conference will take place on August 15-17 2008 in Calgary.