Jon Galloway
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Batch files to check SQL 2005 (MDF) files in and out of Subversion source control
Here are a few batch files I whipped up to help our team keep development databases in sync with our Subversion repository. These handle detach / reattach from the database, so running the checkout script has us the latest version in the repository in twenty seconds.
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[link] 9MinutesOfFame
Back in February, I posted about MyLastFM, an open source player for Last.FM radio. MyLastFM is a really slick looking application with some slick code under the covers. It's the product of a killer team - Eric's the programmer and Nicole's the designer.
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Subscription updates for my blog
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Can Operating Systems tell if they're running in a Virtual Machine?
Or, do androids know they're dreaming of electric sheep...
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[OT] Getting stupid with Smart Art in PowerPoint 2007
Sure, you've seen the Gettysburg PowerPoint Presentation. You may have even seen the Death Start Attack PowerPoint, or David Byrne's PowerPoint fueled artwork. PowerPoint has always been there when we needed our bullet points to say something more.
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[OT] Google buying YouTube for $1.65 Billion
MarketWatch: Google to acquire YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock
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[Tool] RegmonToRegfile - Record and playback registry changes
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[.NET Gotcha] Commandline args ending in \" are subject to CommandLineToArgvW whackiness
I recently posted on my confusion when I tried to use commandline arguments ending in \" and got unpredictable results. It seemed that all backslashes before a double quote character needed to be escaped, but if they didn't preceed a doublequote, they didn't need to be escaped.