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A few more fall leaves pics before I leave
October 04 2008
I haven't been able to go out hiking to see the really phenomenal view but thankfully the view from my house isn't so bad either. I leave for Amsterdam this evening, so I'm putting these photos here to look at while I'm gone and make myself homesick. They are mostly the same picture… read moreTechnology Deathmatch: LINQ to SQL vs. Entity Framework
October 03 2008
How great is that session title? I'm happy that I don't have a session scheduled at the same time that Alex and Paul are doing this talk during the SDN Conference in Amsterdam next week. If the session is as entertaining as the title, it will be quite a lot of fun to… read moreWin an MSDN Subscription at my DevTeach Entity Framework Workshop in Montreal (Dec. 5th)
October 03 2008
Although I mentioned this in a blog post last month about the DevTeach early bird special pricing, I thought I would highlight this to see how quickly we could pack the room! Not that the prospect of a full day of EF shouldn't be enticing enough. But I thought that it would be nice… read more"Error applying transforms" during Uninstall
October 03 2008
This cost me two very precious hours today, so I thought I would share. In preparing my laptop for my upcoming trip, I needed to get the latest version of an app I wrote for a client in case I need to do any work for them while I'm away. The application… read moreProgramming Entity Framework available as a RoughCut within the next few days
October 02 2008
As we begin the push of getting my book, Programming Entity Framework, towards production, it is still going to be a number of months before it is out in print. Currently, OReilly is targeting January 2009. But why wait for paper (and the perfection of the final edits)? We've decided to take my… read moreGirl Geek Dinners popping up all over the world
October 01 2008
London Girl Geek Dinners just celebrated their 3rd Anniversary. Since its inception, the idea has taken hold and there are now GGDs all over the world. Read more here! [A New DevLife Post] read moreFall in Vermont - Time for some pictures
September 30 2008
The sun just came out so even though I'm trapped working, I ran out the door to snap some pictures. It's been warm so the leaves are turning a little early. It's going to cool down so that will slow down the process a little. These are all right from my front… read moreA bookmark: EF queries for Parents who have 1:0..1 relationships to their children
September 30 2008
I saw this thread early this summer and have spent hours looking for it since. Since i just came across it, I thought I would make a blog bookmark to it. Multiplicity of 0..1 and SQL eager loading problem Here's what the thread is about. When you query an entity that has… read moreWPF Binding's StringFormat - YAY!
September 29 2008
Oh happy day, I finally woke up and discovered that StringFormat was added to SP1. Here's a quick rundown on Lester Lobo's WPF blog: WPF 3.5 SP1 feature: StringFormat This solves a huge problem that i was having in my book where I wanted to format a date but didn't want to… read more$400 off IASAConnections with an amazing list of architecture gurus -
September 29 2008
This weekend I'm heading off for conferences in Europe (SDC Netherlands, DevReach in Sofia and some Girl Geek Dinners in between (Amsterdam & London)) but there is a notable event in San Francisco at the same time that I want to recommend if you are a last-minute (but can't quite make it to Europe)… read moreMy Presentation Zen mentor has done it again
September 28 2008
Claudio Perrone is a developer who is passionate about Agile practices. We when we were both presenters at the Developer Summit in Stockholm this past spring. We had a lot of chats about presentation style and I've been very inspired by what he showed me and got me thinking about. I learned the… read moreNo, I do not want Set in the name of my EntitySet
September 26 2008
Roger Jennings wrote about this (well, ranted is probably a more appropriate word ) last week. I finally came across it today and see why he was so annoyed. I am revising all of my early book chapters to line up with the release version of Entity Framework. In doing so, I am going through… read moreBrowsing hosted databases with SQL Server 2008 Mgmt Studio
September 25 2008
I have a database hosted at ORCSWeb. As soon as I started using SQL Server 2008, I couldn't get at it from the Object Browser of SS Management Studio. I could access the database and work with it. I was just having a particular security problem with the Object Browser. When I tried… read moreVermont IT Jobs: Network Admin
September 25 2008
IT Network Administrator Vermont Energy Investment Corp (VEIC) is searching for a Network Administrator who will install, configure, secure, maintain and provide support for all aspects of VEIC's local and wide area network infrastructure serving our 175+ staff and sub-contractors. The Network Admin will also works with the IT Manager to plan for and… read moreData Access Options in Visual Studio 2008
September 25 2008
I've written a 14-page article (that's pretty long!) comparing DataSets, LINQ to SQL and Entity Framework. It's in the current issue of CoDe Magazine. Read more here... [A New DevLife Post] read more
