November 2004 - Posts
Community Server has gone beta....
Come and Get It - CS Beta 1 - Community Server :: Forums
You can now download Community Server Beta One. (build 2004.11.17.18694)
There will not be any source code, installer, or upgrade scripts for the beta.
As stated before, there is still a lot of to be done, but this should give you a good feel for where we are going with the project.
The download contains a readme file explaining the steps you need to follow to get it setup.
From Scott Hanselman's blog...
TestDriven.NET 1.0 Launch - What are you waiting for?
I literally don't know how I managed before TDD, and you'll have to pry this free tool from my cold, dead hands.
Thanks Jamie and Team, this is great stuff.
Yes, the final Portland Nerd Dinner of the year. Finally!
Be there and be square. Spread the word.
From the Smart Client developer center home...
Microsoft MSDN Smart Client Bug Reporting Challenge
Are you a Visual Studio 2005 beta tester? If so and you log the most Windows Forms 2.0 bugs from now through May, you'll receive an official Visual Studio 2005 backpack in which to parade your pride in front of your friends. Even if you aren't #1, places 2-4 will receive Visual Studio 2005 t-shirts. Read the rules today and make sure you're a contender!
I just finished watching "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" starring Jim Carey and Kate Winslet. It wasn't quite as mind-bending as "Primer," but it had its moments. I thought Jim performed one of his best acting jobs in this movie, especially for a serious role.
Posted from BLInk.
My brother spent some time in a recording studio a couple of years ago belting out some classical tunes as written by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. He's a voice professor at Wingate University in North Carolina.
Here's one of my favorites that he performed by Tchaikovsky. (At the ball, op. 38, No 3)
Posted from BLInk.
These 4 pictures say more about project management than many books. From Ian White's blog...
Witterings of White - Project management
Someone just sent me these 4 pictures as an example of Project Management at its best..
A little Halo 2, a little football (the Lions are wearing their retro uniforms again (boy they look horrible) (boy, the Colts are going to spank them)), and a bunch of food.
Just a shout out to my brother, John! Hope you guys have a great Thanksgiving there in North Carolina!
And to everyone else, fill up on turkey and save the apple pie for me.
Posted from BLInk.
I'm so glad Al Gore invented the internet. Otherwise I would have had a very
frustrating evening (instead of just a kinda frustrating evening).
I gave my daughter The Sims 2 game this evening and she immediately started
installing it. It got to a particular point each time and then died, complaining
about a video driver. Hmm. I gave it a try and it rewarded me with a BSOD,
pointing to the video driver. I did a quick check online but there weren't any
updates.
I Googled around for the DLL name and ran across a newsgroup posting relating
to The Sims 2 hardware requirements. Hmmm. I jumped to The Sims web site and
sure enough, the graphics card on my daughter's 1 year old computer wasn't up to
snuff. They had a list of compatible cards, so with that information I searched
BestBuy.com and found a number of them available, one at almost half price.
Things were looking up.
I went to Dell.com and looked up the specs on my daughter's computer and yes,
it has an AGP card slot. Good. I then hopped back to BestBuy.com, checked local
stores for the card's availability. Yes, the Beaverton store had a bunch of the
ones that were almost 50% off in stock!
I checked reviews of various cards online and saw that the card that was on
sale was deemed "good."
So my wife and I hopped in the car and returned a couple hours later
with a new video card. I plugged it in and Bam! everything worked like magic,
including The Sims 2.
Life is good with the Internet.
Thank you, Mr. Gore, for inventing it. I'll bet you would have made an
excellent president.
Posted from BLInk.
Stuart Celarier :
Community Server: host forums, blogs and galleries. It's ASP.NET 1.1, it's Beta and, as Madge would say, "You're soaking in it."
I have been working up some detailed installation notes for installing on a WebHost4Life account. Let me know if you'd like a copy.
Interesting to see at the bottom of the page "Trust Level: Full" - I wonder what that means.... hopefully not running as System. : )
Hey Robert, what does it take to join in the action?
Clash of the .Net, J2EE Clans?
Robert McLaws, president and chief software architect at Interscape Technologies, wants to pick a fight with the Java community.
The 22-year-old .NET developer recently started a clan, a group of .NET programmers who also play Microsoft's highly-popular Xbox game, Halo 2.
Disclaimer
"A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" is coming on this Thursday evening. I can't
wait. That, and "A Charlie Brown Christmas" are two of my all-time favorite
cartoons.
Posted from BLInk.
... so I can make millions of dollars, get into fights on the court, have
things thrown at me by my loving fans, and charge into the stands and start a
riot. Whoo-Hoo! Lots of fun!
Posted from BLInk.
Rory gave an excellent series of presentations in "Portland" yesterday. He didn't even come close to passing out or going blind during the 4 hours of talking.
The agenda was a mixed bag starting with a beginners-level object oriented concepts talk (with references to his digestive system being an object with a Mouth() interface (he didn't talk about the "output" from this system)); a whirlwind tour of MapPoint Web Services (and a brief discussion of web service "platforms" (such as Amazon's web service) in general); a performance and tuning session using PerfMon and Application Center Test; and a preview of ASP.NET 2.0, focusing on the developer productivity features.
I caught him in action with my new SmartPhone that has a built-in camera.
His eyes were still at the hospital being examined by a doctor...
Just about to show off some ASP.NET 2.0 magic
Close-up of Rory's chest and right bicep...
All you ladies out there, please try to contain yourselves.
Kinda' looks like a "Ken" doll, doesn't he. : )
Oh, and if you're interested in seeing the Rodawgg live and in person, but don't know where he's going to be on any given day, take a look at http://snowstormlife.com/wheresrory.
Posted from BLInk.
It's been a relatively dry past few weeks here in the Portland area (but the skies have been nice and grey - oh, yeah, nice and grey).
The weather folks are finally predicting some snow for the Cascades over the nest few days. Maybe there will be enough to make going up to Mt. Hood worthwhile. Currently there's only 18" at the bottom and only the groomed runs are open. Blah. Not worth the effort.
That's one thing about living in the northwest - during the winter when it's really crappy weather in the lowlands it usually means there's snow in the mountains.
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