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Word Now Supports DAISY XML by Jason N. Gaylord

You can now download an add-on for Microsoft Word that supports DAISY XML, the Digital Accessible Information System standard for accessible translation. The add-on reads the word document to individuals. Like most accessibility projects, there are still...
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TECHbash in 3 Days - Get your Swag here! by Jason N. Gaylord

We're coming down the home stretch to TECHbash 2008. 90% of the prep work is complete. Wow do we have some swag to giveaway. Each attendee will receive a SWAGbag with an event t-shirt, pen, and notepad. In addition, we'll be raffling off 41 books, 5 copies...
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Dell is 24 Years Old by Jason N. Gaylord

Have you visited dell.com yet today? Dell is 24 years old. Sometimes when you deal with a company for so long, you forget about some of the good (and bad) things that they have done in the past. It's nice to use these lists when you reconsider that company...
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Bad SQL Mistake For One Forum Goer by Jason N. Gaylord

This isn't funny, but it is. It should be a daily WTF. Wally just sent me this forum post where someone deleted a little more than anticipated. It sounds like this guy can be in quite a lot of trouble... http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx...
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Xobni Goes Public, But Still In Beta by Jason N. Gaylord

Xobni went public recently offering it's beta tool for download at http://xobni.com . Xobni, inbox spelled backwards, is an add-on for Microsoft Outlook. I've been using it with Outlook 2007 for quite some time and appreciate it's usability. I like being...
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Need To Set Bounds for onscroll to Work by Jason N. Gaylord

Sonu Kapoor over at DotNetSlackers.com has, not only a great site, but also some great AJAX controls. He's always looking to improve his controls and today he stumbled across something. He was working on a prototype where he had a div nested inside of...
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Microsoft Expression Studio 2 Ships by Jason N. Gaylord

This afternoon, Microsoft announced that it was releasing Expression Studio 2 and the containing products. The suite includes Web 2, Blend 2, Design 2, Media 2, and Encoder 2. Expression is Microsoft's competition for the Adobe Creative Suite. The biggest...
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Full Schedule Released for TECHbash 2008 by Jason N. Gaylord

The TECHbash 2008 session schedule has been released. Registration begins at 7:30am. During the registration period, a continental breakfast will be served in the dining room. The keynote presentation by Joe Stagner will begin at 8:30am with breakout...
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Count in LINQ using Lambda Expressions by Jason N. Gaylord

I had a table that contained a couple of columns defined in SQL 2005 as tinyint. In SQL, I'd generally write something like: SELECT COUNT(EmailOptIn) FROM Members WHERE EmailOptIn = 1 Of course using LINQ there are lots of different ways to option the...
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Aggregate Functions in LINQ by Jason N. Gaylord

I found a great post which summarizes aggregate functions in LINQ. It includes examples for Average, Sum, and Count. Check it out at http://www.dev102.com/2008/04/16/how-to-use-aggregate-functions-with-linq-to-sql/ . As always, you can test your functions...
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