Contents tagged with Bleeding Edge
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Brain-Dump for February
Here are some random links to sites, tools and other things going on in my life right now:
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Google vs MSN debate....IE Toolbars, IM, Desktop Search, Blogs, and Email - oh my!
I have used a combination of Microsoft MSN and Google internet tools and services for years now, and have flipped back and forth a few times on my preferences Here is where I currently stand with my usage of Google tools & services vs. Microsoft MSN tools & services:
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PDC05: Good sessions, great discussions, lots of swag, and extreme exhaustion...
Well, my plan to blog my way through PDC05 didnt work out as planned. I have been so absorbed with the constant train of sessions, and followup discussions that I have been busy from 6:00am to midnight every single day. I'll try to do a brain dump after I get back home, but for now, here are some quick impressions:
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PDC05: Arrival & First visit to PDC
After a draining 9+ hour ordeal trying to fly from DFW to LAX involving 1 broken plane in DFW and another upon arriving at LAX, we finally arrived in LA. (Thanks for the memories American Airlines!)
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Google Desktop Search 2 kicks butt!
Google just released a new version of their Google Desktop Search software. It has tons of configuration options and a new "sidebar" to help you keep information ready at your fingertips. As a developer, I also like the extensibility which now includes many 3rd-party file parsers and sidebar add-ins. If you are interested in writing your own plugins, there are even a couple .NET Wrappers available.
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VisualStudio 2005 Tutorials
Bob has recently has updated his site, LearnVisualStudio.NET, with over 50 new video tutorials on VisualStudio.NET 2005. Here is a quick sampling of some of the topics:
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VS2005: Uh, wow! Late change fixes System.Nullable type confusion....
David sent me this gem recently and it frankly surprised me a bit to see (what I consider to be) such a high-impact change to C# and the CLR so late in the game.
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FW: Visual Studio 2005 previous beta removal tool
Just discovered this tool by Aaron Stebner while continuing to fight install problems with Visual Studio.NET 2005 Beta2:
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VS2005: Beta2 install fails during Sql Server 2005 Express install
Beware if you are installing Visual Studio 2005 Beta2 on a PC with an existing SQL Server 2000 installation, because it will cause the setup to throw an error, eventhough it continues to successfully finish the setup.
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Other DBMS delivering CLR hosting
I was recently introduced to this article from IBM on DB2 Stinger's capeability of hosting the CLR, and later read this short comparison of the differences in Microsoft's Yukon vs. DB2's Stinger.