March 2004 - Posts

ASP.NET Whidbey at CTTDNUG Tonight.

I'm presenting an overview on ASP.NET 2.0 tonight at CTTDNUG . There isn't a great abstract on the site - and in fact, I will physically be unable to do the objectspaces stuff since the new version of VSNET CTP doesn't even have it in it anymore. Don't Read More...

Downtown Metro Toronto .NET UG Inaugural Meeting!

Finally a downtown user group. First week of every month - and the first one is April 1st - no fooling..at 200 Bloor St. East (Manulife) at Jarvis. This is also the first date on the MSDN Canada .NET User Group Tour across Canada. There is also a raffle Read More...

Security for Developers

Why is that you can't plug a fridge into your house until it's been CSA or FCC approved, and that you have to have a licensed electrician install or at least review any modifications to the wiring in your house plugged into the grid - but any yahoo can Read More...

Whidbey and Yukon names and dates tighten up

So I've heard that Yukon (Sql Server) and Whidbey (.NET 2.0?) are being now committed for “the first half of 2005”. Furthermore, it can be confirmed that the names Sql Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 are the official names. Officially, I believe this Read More...

ADO.NET rant

Why is SqlDbType in the System.Data namespace when all the other provider specific types are in their own specific provider namespace? There is definitely some ugliness going on here. I'm not sure it's entirely a mistake. As an aside, why is it SqlDbType Read More...

Design by Blog

http://jroller.com/page/scotartt/20040216 I'd like to add to this new methodology... "Programming by Googling" or "Progoogling"© I also think that “Consensus Architecture“ can be automated on a world-wide basis by using the google api. Read More...