Free Visual Studio Tips and Tricks ebook
I can’t remember how I found this on the web (update: This was found in the July 31st MSDN Flash newsletter written by John Bristowe), so if it was your site that pointed me to it, thanks. Infoq
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Poker Night
Last night I was out playing some poker with friends (both new and old) at Justice’s place. Although I’ve played a fair bit of poker online, this was my first attempt at playing live. This certainly
Richard Campbell at Edmug Tonight
Tonight Edmug is having it’s July event. Richard Campbell is in town and talking about SQL Querying Tips and Tricks along with some SQL 2k5 stuff. Drop by and watch his presentation. We will be han
NDoc 2 is dead
The fact that NDoc 2 will no longer be pursued by Kevin Downs is a drag. NDoc has been on my list of things to integrate into my build process for quite some time and losing it means that the Sandcas
Code Monkey
Ah yes….finally an anthem we can all sing proudly. I’ve really been getting tired of Kumbaya in our cubicle. I’m especially happy about the section where “…manager can go and write logon page himsel
BSG Season 3 trailer
Season 3 of Battlestar Galactica is looking good. Gotta love the tune they picked for this trailer too. A little Hanna Alberta blue collar rock from Nickleback. Gotta love the Alberta boys. Battles
INETA Live Presentation on User Group Best Practices
I noticed to day that the Best Practices for Running a User Group webcast has been put up on the INETA Live site. Have a listen to Chris Williams, D’Arcy Lussier, Robin Edwards, Doug Ware and myself
Why I'm pushing for code coverage
Right now I’m make a push at work to increase the percentage code coverage by our unit tests. Let’s just say that the numbers are very very low. But they are increasing. This morning as I was lying
Naming SQL Server Objects
In the final post of my series on naming conventions, I’m going to discuss some different ways to name some of the objects in your SQL Server databases. This topic alone could turn into it’s own seri
Naming Conventions for UI Controls
Moving from backend code that I’ve concentrated on in the rest of this series to the UI, today I’m going to discuss some of the naming conventions available for controls that are used on the user inte