May 2003 - Posts

• ASPToday.com future

  Alex Lowe asks: Do you miss ASPToday.com? on his weblog. If you really do, then it is possible that I have good news for you. Just on yesterday's night I run into Simon Robinson article Wrox Has Been Sold. Simon Robinson is known WROX author (Pro ADSI Programming, Pro C#, Advanced .NET Programming). And among other things Simon says there that A!Press is working to restablish and indeed to improve the ASPToday.com website. He should know what he talking about, because one sentence later he claim that  he is the person whom A! Press has taken on to edit and manage future ASPToday.com. Well, that is rather a good news, at least for me. Good luck, Simon! Cross fingers. btw, in mentioned article Simon also proviode list of the Wrox books purchased by Wiley, and says that it's probably safe to assume that any book not listed there has been purchased by A!Press. Posted May 29 2003, 09:07 AM by Slavo Furman with 2 comment(s)

• What GoogleGuy said

  If you looking for behind the scenes informations with regards to Google, then check this weblog. Interesting. Posted May 21 2003, 05:15 AM by Slavo Furman with 2 comment(s)

• Design Patterns: Suggestions

  I was walking through Barnes & Noble during lunch. Out of the corner of my eye I saw "C# Design Patterns" I looked it up on Amazon and it got pretty horrible reviews. I am not really too concerned with a language specific book, but I am curious what others have read? Any suggestions for "must reads". [Scott’s ASP.NET Weblog] Well, just like Sam Gentile I do not like "C# Design Patterns" book. Scott, if you looking for Design Pattern book, then definitely take a look on "Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design" by by Alan Shalloway, James R. Trott. 10 points from 10. Honestly, I was really impressed by the way that this book was written. It is really gift to take definitely not easy concepts and present them in really understandable way. This book really change my viewpoint with regards to Design Patterns, with regards to object-oriented design. What more can I say. btw, a good review in also on http://www.aspmatrix.com/books/r4.aspx.   Posted May 21 2003, 04:57 AM by Slavo Furman with 2 comment(s)

• After the Revolutions, the Matrix goes Online

  Don Box mentioned that he picked up Enter the Matrix game. I considering to do so, but rather PC version instead because I do not have XBox. Enter the Matrix looks interesting, but even much, much more interesting sounds announcement from Warner Bros and Ubi Soft, that they will copublish The Matrix Online, the massively multiplayer online game which storyline (developed by Wachowski Brothers) picks up at the end of The Matrix Revolutions, the upcoming third movie in the series. Matrix Online is now under heavy development for the PC (no other platform is planned for now) by Monolith Productions, an award-winning independent game developer, and EON Entertainment, the company owned by the Wachowski Brothers, creators of The Matrix trilogy. "Our goal in collaborating with Ubi Soft is to create a multiplayer online game that reflects the trilogy's highly stylized storytelling and innovative action, taking fans beyond the boundaries of the movie screen and into a 'persistent world' where they can fully explore the vast realm of the Matrix.", said Joel Silver producer of the Matrix films in game official announcement. Just imagine that you can log in into the Matrix...   Posted May 20 2003, 03:11 PM by Slavo Furman with 3 comment(s)

• SharpReader 0.9.0.3 is here

  As Luke announced on his weblog post new build of SharpReader ( v.0.9.0.3, released on May 20th, 2003) is here. Note also a new Sharpreader domain (http://www.sharpreader.net). Nice work, Luke! Posted May 20 2003, 02:33 PM by Slavo Furman with 1 comment(s)

• weblog restarting...

  It was a while from my last posting. More than a two months. Time flies. There was sooo many things I have to sort out (surviving another organizational change in work, ...) Whatever, hopefully I'm back in blogging and, although I do not think that someone missed my writings, it is rather good feeling to have some spare time again for taking a look on all these interesting weblog's postings and maybe write something interesting, too. Well, I'm restarted already. Go to work. Posted May 20 2003, 02:02 PM by Slavo Furman with 1 comment(s)