September 2004 - Posts

Deklarit and Remoting

Published Mon, Sep 27 2004 20:11 | William

I just went through my Deklarit Library and found the unreal support that http://www.deklarit.com has for Remoting. And I learned a few pretty cool tricks to boot. If nothing else, it's probably well worth your time to download the trial just to check...

An interesting piece on architecture

Published Sun, Sep 26 2004 20:04 | William

From the first time I used it, I though www.deklarit.com was a superb product. Originally I had thought tools like this were all hype because I had a bad experience using this really lame 4GL called Visual DataFlex (and if I paid everyone that's ever...

Filed under: Data Access

Tricky Exception Message while Remoting...

Published Sun, Sep 26 2004 19:49 | William

Well, as you may know, I've recently taken a position at a new company . We are doing some really really cool stuff which, amongst other things, takes advantage of .NET Remoting , Service Oriented Architecture , MSMQ , Biztalk Server 2004 and Web Service...

Filed under: Remoting

!(Brains && Brawn)

Published Sun, Sep 26 2004 19:45 | William

Ok, that's going to be officially the way I represent myself because, well, I'm fat and I'm a piker by smart standards when compared to the Man . KC just posted this as if the other one wasn't cool enough. Why do I have the feeling that there will be...

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Definitive Proof Casey kicks a33

Published Sun, Sep 26 2004 15:51 | William

Well, it's not exactly like proof is necessary, it's a foregone conclusion. A week ago he starts reading up on Neural Nets and now, well, check it out for yourself.

Filed under: News

Remoting?

Published Sat, Sep 25 2004 23:27 | William

Well, since I've started my new company , I've went from knowing squat about Remoting to being able to hold my own with it. We have some extremely kick a33 people there and a lot of what I've worked with is part of existing framewors, but screw it, if...

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A great Question on Kasamba

Published Fri, Sep 24 2004 13:18 | William

Well, I got an email from www.kasamba.com indicating there was some money to be made... Can anyone help me figure out what price to bid at [It was in the C# category]? (P.S. Technically the answer is 'No' and I'd be willing to take Rupees for it - but...

"It certainly can't be my fault"

Published Thu, Sep 23 2004 1:55 | William

I guess I'm being a little fussy, but one thing that is really starting to get old is people in newsgroups that bitch about technological limitations of things that they don't understand. Recently I read a post in a .NEt group where a guy pretty much...

Filed under: Data Access

Best Kept Secrets in .NET

Published Wed, Sep 22 2004 20:42 | William

Just got a copy of Best Kept Secrets in .NET and haven't been able to put it down. 207 pages of a33 kicking. Finally someone put together a great reference of keyboard shortcuts and a great discusssion on using the IDE. It's a boring subject but sure...

Filed under: News

Attend the .NET To Go Mobility Roadshow

Published Tue, Sep 21 2004 19:02 | William

Just figured I'd post it b/c it'll probably be pretty cool: Have you been thinking about taking your code mobile? The .NET To Go Mobility Roadshow will provide you with the answers to your mobile development questions. Digging into the details, using...

Filed under: Compact Framework

I'm afraid this isn't SPAM or a joke...

Published Mon, Sep 20 2004 19:09 | William

Ok, part of me thinks this is one of my friends goofing on me. This is literally the 7th request I've gotten in the last 2 years from someone who 1) Says they don't know how to code or are new to coding 2) Want code samples 3) Don't specify what they...

Filed under: Humor

More on Edward Nilges

Published Sun, Sep 19 2004 23:41 | William

So last week I wrote a little blurb on Edward Nilges and his book that I can't say enough good things about. So it was pretty cool to see a guy like him reading my blog and posting some responses. Well, the more I read the more i think he needs pressured...

Three New Books

Published Sun, Sep 19 2004 22:32 | William

I got the itch in the bookstore and had to get some non-tech stuff. So I gave in and made a few non-tech purchases: 1) Peace Kills by P.J. O'Rourke. Started reading it Saturday morning and have it finished already. It's not as funny as Parliament of Whores...

Politics and blogging...

Published Sun, Sep 19 2004 22:15 | William

I get home tonight and head over to one of my favorite sites . Noticed that Kirk was making the point that politics has no place in Blogdom . That's a pretty naive point in many regards although I don't disagree with the spirit of what he's saying. First...

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Dumb Programmer goes to the SAAB Dealership

Published Sun, Sep 19 2004 13:22 | William

Well, I'm car shopping and at first really wanted a new Passat - that TipTronic transmission was just too cool for me. So then I went to the CarMax and they didn't have a Passat - but they did have a BMW Z3. I really really wanted it and the salesman...

Developing .NET Enterprise Applications - John Kanalakis

Published Sun, Sep 19 2004 11:51 | William

Well I've already had a bunch of requests to borrow Nilges' book on writing your own .NET language and I've reluctantly agreed to lend it out. Not because I'm some tightwad with my books, but well, because of my girlfriend. I've moved back to SC recently...

This looks interesting...

Published Sat, Sep 18 2004 13:24 | William

Well, it looks like someone is coming out with a documentary about none other than Michael Moore himself. I saw the link on Drudge and clicked on it just to see what it was. There's some seriously discomformting footage in the trailer. I was at the Video...

Binary Serialization of DataSets by Dino E

Published Fri, Sep 17 2004 12:45 | William

Even if I tried really hard, I don't think I'd ever be able to make myself not like something Dino Esposito has written. I know I know, he wouldn't be at Wintellect if he wasn't a total bad a33 but still, he's the man at a lot of different stuff and it...

Filed under: Data Access

Gmail Accounts...

Published Wed, Sep 15 2004 22:52 | William

Got more than a few to spare - if you want one drop me a line... Bill

Build Your Own .NET Language and Compiler

Published Wed, Sep 15 2004 22:51 | William

All I can say is that Build Your Own .NET Language and Compiler by Edward Nilges rocks. I had to write an amazon review b/c the people that trashed it were out of their f----g minds. http://www.apress.com hasn't put out a '1' Star book that I've come...