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Wed, Nov 26 2008 12:41

Microsoft releases Chart Controls for .Net 3.5 SP1 - and they're free!!!!

Microsoft just recently released some very handy .Net Chart Controls for .Net 3.5 and does require SP1 - something which i've been waiting forever to see. These controls are very crisp looking and come in both 3D and 2D versions. There's a whole...
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Sun, Sep 28 2008 15:48

Service and support when it matters…Applied Innovations

A little while ago I was contacted by Kentico ( www.kentico.com ) with an offer for a free enterprise license of their CMS system. As I had planned on moving the Perth SQL Server User Group over to a site where we’re have a lot more control it came at...
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Thu, Jun 26 2008 9:27

Community Server has a bug? WLW not getting categories when updating/editing a post

I noticed lately that WLW wasn’t getting the “Categories” from Community Server when I was editing a post i’d published. At first i thought it was a problem with WLW, but i have it from reliable sources that it’s only Community Server which seems to behave...
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Thu, Apr 10 2008 7:41

NTBackup is gone from Windows Server 2008? Michael Kleef #MSFT#

Having never really liked NTBackup, i can't say that i'm saddened that it's been replaced. From all accounts, the new feature - Windows Server Backup - is more than capable, although lacking the support of tape backups. On that note, i'm...
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Fri, Jan 11 2008 6:38

I be lazy - SoftFuse Password Generator

How often do you actually have to "think" real hard about a password? seriously, it's in the top 10 of most time consuming mini-tasks for IT admins and developers (the dev's has variable naming and method naming as the top) and since...
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Thu, Dec 13 2007 10:05

Fabian rocks....Sharepoint DVDs going on order!

today i got the green light to purchase two copies of the Sharepoint Training DVD which Sahil Malik created together with Carl Franklin . All thanks to Fabian who vouched for it and put the PO through for me. Now i just have to wait for Carl to get back...
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Wed, Oct 17 2007 22:56

Groove - it can come in handy!

Today i decided to start building a complete set of references for the platforms i work with. Starting with Sharepoint. I don't know why i never thought about doing it this way and i'm sure i can come up with a better way to store the info, by...
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Fri, Oct 5 2007 8:58

When a presentation goes so well i'm left speechless!

Last night I attended the Perth .Net Community of Practise 's event, presented by a friend of mine, Nick Randolph and it was a brilliant presentation. Nick presented on Visual Studio 2008 and he simply keeps on improving. The presentation was so well...
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Sun, Sep 30 2007 21:50

Run IT on a Virtual Hard Disk

I don't know how often i've had to delay playing with a new piece of released technology, just because I was in the middle of another set of tests and simply didn't have the time to create my own virtual server environment again to accommodate...
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Sun, Sep 9 2007 14:45

CSharpZealot.com starts another competition...

The IdeaBlade DevForce Pro competition is kicking of at CSharpZealot.com. Don't miss out of winning this fantastic prize. - a copy of IdeaBlade's DevForce Professional with 1 year full support, valued at more than $3000. This prize is generously...
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Thu, Aug 9 2007 22:58

InnerWorkings - .Net training very much hands-on

I got an email from Brian Finnerty yesterday who runs www.innerworkings.com - a .Net training site with a twist. I've been through quite a few of them over the years..from instructional DVDs, to remote training and onto class-room training and thought...
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Thu, Jul 12 2007 23:03

Ozzie Rules Blogging : Release Candidate of Windows Presentation Foundation labs now available!!

Charles "Chuck" Stirling has just released a nice 3 part series of labs for WPF. After having a good read through them, i'm surprised in how much effort he must have put into these "manuals". If you haven't already had a read...
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Wed, Jul 4 2007 15:22

Feedburner releases paid services for free after Google purchased them.

Source: www.builderau.com.au Feedburner has announced that both their Stats PRO and MyBrand services will be free from now on. This news is coming a little over a month after Google acquired Feedburner at the end of May. I will admit that I was a little...
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Sun, Jun 17 2007 10:06

Microsoft Surface web site launched

I seriously want a table like this...anyways, this new technology (well sort off, HP apparently has a VERY high-end, non-affordable version) just got a home. www.microsoft.com/surface i'm still totally keen on this idea...i wonder what the wife would...
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Wed, Jun 13 2007 23:54

Networking Virtual PC 2007 on Vista

I decided to forego the pleasure of a BIOS upgrade to my desktop and install Windows Server 2008 in a virtual environment - gotta love virtualisation!! Well, the install went very well and took less than 30 minutes even with the lack of resources. Firs...
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Sat, Jun 9 2007 11:44

New ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit Release - ScottGu's Blog

One thing about Scott Guthrie's blog is that there's always GOOD news coming from him. I know that he writes his own blog and doesn't have an assistant or some other write it for him. I think Scott's blog was one of the first i ever subscribed...
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Thu, May 3 2007 18:14

D-Link AirPlus G for Vista - driver that works

Since we haven't been able to find a sparky to take care of the wiring we need done after moving office from one end of the house to the other, I decided to get a wireless USB adapter till we can locate a sparky we can trust. Since it's a temporary...
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Fri, Apr 20 2007 23:29

- Orcas Beta 1 Available - no fix for my problems that i can see :(

Finally - "Orcas" is out of CTP and the first public Beta has been released, as was mention on the CSharpZealot.com forums by Stu Smith from FeedGhost. I'm very tempted to download the Beta, but i'm having some serious reservations after the debacle i...
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Sat, Apr 7 2007 23:13

Logitech S510 Cordless Keyboard - New Keyboard for the laptop

One thing i find hard to get used to is the keyboard on a laptop - it's set too far forward, especially on a laptop the size of the Dell XPS M1710, so to alleviate the slight "discomfort" i get from using the keyboard i went out and bought myself a new...
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Thu, Apr 5 2007 11:41

Andrew Coates ::: MSFT : ReMix Australia

This is SOOO cool!!! finally a massive initiative from MSFT to bring one of the most popular events worldwide to australia. MIX, which is held in Las Vegas this year is going to have a little brother. ReMix Australia. It's in Melbourne, which eventhough...
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