Windows forms rocks!!! web sucks :)
hhmmm, pdfs full of lorem ipsums?
Cool. Three guesses what I'll be using this for...
http://www.nikhilk.net/Entry.aspx?id=20 from here perhaps?
Bits and bytes: So will this also work for some of the people we work with (i.e. project managers, other developers) :)
I've signed up.. we just need to get at least 5 people now...
So why are you telling us this, seeing that you will only be doing windows stuff....<a href="http://dotnet.org.za/armand/archive/2004/01/30/257.aspx">proof</a> :)
ok... html tags not so lekker on feedbacks.... let me try this: proof = http://dotnet.org.za/armand/archive/2004/01/30/257.aspx
might be, it's been sitting in my favourites for a while. please accept my most sincere apologies for not mentioning the origin of the link, i will ensure that in future this situation is not repeated. sorry if this grieved you in any way. bla bla bla
Nice one on the new job. Expect to go through a keyboard a month if you're using WinForms in .NET. :-| Can be a tad frustrating.
Thanks, I'll start stocking up on keyboards then :-)
Cool, we've made it past the magical 5 mark!
My comment is a joke, but my post no... will be true this notice?
I see Stefano, thanks. http://msnbc.msn.com/ID/4253584
When I read this at 0:00 this morning I wasn't sure if I was seeing things or of this was true... From the MSNBC article I would say this is true. Scary stuff.
http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=17509
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/Feb04/02-12windowssource.asp http://slashdot.org/articles/04/02/12/2114228.shtml?tid=109&tid=187 Source available on p2p : http://dotnet.org.za//images/dotnet_org_za/armand/64/o_windows.jpg
The url you have for Getting MonoDevelop is a bit out of date, we had some anonsvn issues, however we are posting regular snapshots at http://devservices.go-mono.com/MonoDevelop/ . The 0.1 release on the 27th of feb still stands! :) --Todd
Thanks, will update it! Keep up the good work :-)
SA Blogs @ dotnet.org.za?
If you reverse the current name, you get "Az grot entod". Say it out loud for the full effect. :-P
Heya Can u point me to a link on how to implement a new skin? Regards KevinT
dot net dot org dot zet ay
This is a gr8 link to send around my office - thanks. Posted in on SADev as well - hope u dont mind! ;-P Regards KevinT
Sounds good to me...and I think Midrand would be fine for most. David and Ernst may have a problem ;)
Now that s sounds like a good plan
cool... but I dont drink....do they serve colddrink? ;) *smirk*
Yeah..Sounds good...
KevinT suggested we meetup after the Security Seminar on the 16th. Sounds good to me, so if anyone has any suggestions for a venue, shoot.
Sound cool.
I'll be there with bells on. Double bells. With ice. I have left a msg on SADev inviting everybody to come :-) Regards KevinT
I'd like that, but now how about a venue?
Cool post! However you could also make use of the Web access feature that most mail servers have these days. I do this quite frequently.
i'm using the pop3 service that comes with server 2003 :-(
Not too familiar with any nice places in Kyalami. Any place that sells good food and cold beer is A-OK with me.
I think sticking to the url, dotnet.org.za, as the name is the best idea from a marketing point of view. What you need is a catchy phrase to go with it...I like Thea's suggestion - depends on your vision for the domain really.
I'll let it be for now, just need to do something about the frontpage. I've asked a friend to come up with a creative logo for the site. But I agree, a catchy slogan is also needed. Any suggestions?
Kevin suggested Blue Berry. I'll make a booking if everyone's ok with that. The map to the place is http://www.blueberrygrill.co.za/map.htm.
For those of you who don't know where it is, if you look at the street map Armand linked to, The Theatre on the Track is in the top middle of the map. (and thats where the seminar is).
Sounds good. It could also be an unofficial SA bloggers meetup too. :-p
Not 100% sure but I think it might just be the 1st unofficial SA bloggers meetup :-) Another good reason for celebration!
Thanks, was able to put this to good use :)
I would have liked to go, but unfortunately I already have other obligations... Hope you guys enjoy it!!
I'll be there...
Can't make the seminar, but will make a plan for the get together....
will bring my 'thing' to the 'thing' :)
Thanks, now I know how to score many pints of Guinness at the pub next weekend...
I agree with Simon there... Stock up on anything that can be thrown. Take out insurance on windows... I've thrown a mouse through a window once... Also a programming related incident.
Ah man sorry I didn't make it guys & gals...got caught up with work :-( Had to catch up on stuff after the security seminar... So what did I miss? Except heaps of fun... Should defintely try and organize another one soon, will block it off in my calendar:-) Promise Alrighty, cheerio Iwan
I also posted this feedback on the reminder for the after event meetup... sorry I didn't make it guys & gals...got caught up with work :-( Had to catch up on stuff after the security seminar... So what did I miss? Should gimme / send me some of the inside info:-) Except heaps of fun... Should defintely try and organize another one soon:-) Cheerio, Iwan
Ryan used to be a friend of mine, but now that I know he is VB positive I will stay far away from him...
It's bad yes, heard a rumor they might start rolling out free anti-retroVBals at state hospitals soon.
It was seriously worth it. Good food, cold beer and some tequilas. Can't go wrong :-) Was really cool to be able to put faces to names etc and from some other posts i've seen it'll happen again soon.
Cool! I'm downloading as I type. See ... erm, speak to you online!
We also started using it last week for comms between our CT and PTA office, the quality is really better than normal landlines. Any idea on how much bandwidth it consumes?
I was stunned and is spreading the word... the ideal would be to have no more Telkom problems!!!
You might also want to check my RSS Feed Viewer Web Part published about a month ago. It's the XML Web Part with custom XSLT but using a more sophisticated XSLT (actually 3 external files you can choose from) supporting RSS 0.91, 0.92, 1.0 and 2.0 (soon to come: ATOM 0.3/0.4). Get it from here: http://www.asaris-matrix.com/sweber/playground/downloads/forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=6
Excellent, thanks!
Nice one Johann - the new look rocks! Thanks :-)
Thanks, it really looks stunning!!!
Well done Johan and Armand... it looks cool......
Should read, well done Johann. I didn't do anything but copy a couple of files across :-)
>>If you're browsing to the home page instead of using a RSS aggregator like all civilized people do<< Yes, yes, I admit to being one of the "unwashed masses". It looks great, thanks!
lol, it's just a facade, when no one's looking i secretly go to all the blogs i follow and look at the actual sites. i always read yours in "discreet blog blue". just makes me feel good about myself throwing around terms like "RSS aggregators" etc, just helps me score points with the boss but deep inside i'm still a kid that likes to point my browser of choice to url and look at the nice pictures and colors and thingy's on the sites.
Aggregators don't waste enough bandwidth... That's what HTML was invented for... HTML über alles! ( I was kidding, before you guys start thinking I'm an HTML evengelist )
Cool :)
Thanks! Appreciate the mention.
Very cool.... I never thought you could serialize a delegate in this way.....
This is really useful to know, thanks! You should turn it into a short article for sadev :-) Regards KevinT
Ugh u're telling me, and I see ADSL's monthly pricing is now over R1k per month for Telkom & ISP... :-(
Think happy thoughts....nnnnnnggg! X-(
A good thing :) I'm joining a very exciting project from 1st May. Finally, for the first time, I'll be developing on .NET exclusively. No more (well, I suspect much less) COM. Yay!!!!
Cool! I didn't know about the [Flags] attribute.
Very cool! Congrats!
test <a href="http://www.google.com">google</a>
I'm glad to hear that you actually voted. I was amazed to see how many people didn't vote! And its probably the same people that complains the most about the state of affairs.
This has been one of the most usefull article series I've read in ages! Well worth a visit!!! -Ernst
I probably should have mentioned that bug... its been around for a while. :( But hey, its only beta and it works well enough to get by. (w.Bloggar had proxy issues for me)
A R90 Million bash!!! It is crazy!
After the chat yesterday, i was just about to write something like this myself...i am glad you beat me to it :-P If anyone getting started wants a copy of my OPML (you can import it into sharpReader) to get a listing of some interesting feeds, just contact me. I also have a list of local (SAfrican) bloggers, and other "mentors" on my blog...
How are you connected over there? Been a while since I was at JHB Int.
Don't worry dude, I'm sure Johann will be taping it. That's if he isn't there in the front row with his camcorder....
I think it was the biggest waste of money EVER!!! Why the hell was it necessary? They could have used the R90mil for job creation and building a few of the 1 000 000 promised houses. It makes me sick that the government uses 90mil for a party while millions of people live in poverty. I wonder where the money came from... The political party's bank account or my tax money?
Hmm..probably GPRS or wireless hotspots?
They've got a very very nice smoking lounge, there's laptops and internet terminals available free of charge. So you can sit and relax, have a beer and a cigarette while reading blogs and watching the planes take off :-)
SA Blogging dinner? We have blogging dinners? When? Where? :)
http://dotnet.org.za/armand/archive/2004/02/26/520.aspx :-) Any suggestions, I would vote BlueBerry for the venue again or maybe somewhere else?
Eye min, four shore!
That sounds like a cool plan.
Brilliant! Thanks for the heads-up.
In a previous discussion (http://dotnet.org.za/thea/archive/2004/03/17/750.aspx) Kevin suggested the last Thursday each month. I am up for that, but maybe this month directly after devdays. When booking BlueBerry - ask for a table outside :)
Cool, thanks for the tip!
necesito el procExp.exe
That's one of my favorite shortcuts. It also works in MS Word XP and Notepad2 :-)
In SharpReader v0.9.4.1 (the version I'm running) and in quite a few versions before, you CAN search! Just do CTRL+SHIFT+F, and you'll see a "filter" bar appear. It works really well.
doh, you have no idea how stupid i feel now :-) i must've been blind and ignorant. thanks for pointing this out to me!
At least you are not alone Armand :-$ Kinda of sneaky of them to go and hide it under a menu like that... :-P
What... you leaving me alone with these guys? ;) I can't find rss feeds on the mweb blog site either... I don't think they will have, looking at the way they've done the home blog page... (search and stuff on there) It looks like they want you to visit the home page to read the blogs...
Hell, this is one of the things I've been under an NDA not to talk about ... and I really wanted to at the recent SADev meeting. I guess it's public domain now. woohoo The exact syntax is still under debate as far as I know.
I've been going back and forth between readers too. Here's what I ended up with and why (RSS Bandit): http://ryanfarley.com/blog/archive/2004/05/14/629.aspx -Ryan
I will be there for a while, have to do the family thing later on that evening :(
I will be there, thanks.
dido
Sounds good, but also just for a little while :(
Sounds cool
RSS Bandit has an 'Unread' items folder that shows all new posts in all your feeds. Look in 'Search Folders'. You can also create a Search Folder that meets whatever criteria you need.
Thanks Dare, I found that :-) Switched fulltime to RSS Bandit now.
Sounds great....Trans doing the serving?
After reading this, I thought I'd give RSS Bandit another try. The features are definitely impressive. Initially I imported all my feeds, update all...snap crackle pop..broken. Every time I opened it, I was pointed to a detailed error message in non-existent error log. Not to be deterred, I deleted all the RSS files in App and Local settings and started again. Now we're good friends and I don't have a bunch of default feeds and settings that I don't use either.
If you're into generating code, have a look at this one http://www.ericjsmith.net/codesmith
I'm keen.
Engaged...engaged...
Hey! I'm with you on that one!!! Love the image! ;-)
I hope to make it - I have to be in Douglasdale by 7pm... But I'll try be there for as long as I can...
Still looks like sh*t in Firefox. :(
Wow, I'm also about to upgrade from ISDN to ADSL. If Sentech coould get off their asses and improve their coverage, Telkom would be a distant memory :-( Good luck!
Good luck guys... we had our fair share of crap with Telkom ... should really complain to people higher up than the grunts answering phones
Mike you wish :-)
When I upgraded to ADSL, I prepared for the worst. My ADSL has been installed for the last 2 months, after something like 10 phone calls. No problemo, I knew I was going to deal with Telkom. But three months later my emails that were associated to our Telkom dial-up account still hasn't been migrated, although a person from Telkom assured me that they did it.
Also wish Sentech will speed up their roll-out. I'm "zoned" probably later this year but can't wait that long :-(
viva le'sentech :-)
Thanks for organising the dinner. It was good to put a face to the blog. :-)
For even more skins, check out the brand new .Text Skin Directory (http://www.sagetechnology.com/Default.aspx?tabid=102) with screenshots of every skin up at sagetechnology.com now. Use the link in header of this post for quick access. Browse the available skins (some just released & others updated for 0.95) or upload your own skins.
Very nice. Too bad I can't play with source codeat work since they block nntp :(
Just one note, there is a reason for the msi not allowing the installation on Longhorn just yet. The .NET framework version differs if you compare the Longhorn version to the VS 2005 alpha/beta version, and this different version could "break" things in Longhorn...the guys working on the project said they'll be bringing out some sync'd versions in the next community drops, etc... Just my 2'c
I was just about to post about that Eric Sink response :-) The guy is truly a class act.
Yeah, he's a legend, or maybe not :-) http://notalegend.com/ brilliant guy!
I think this will work well in IT-related companies and other business sectors where the average employee is quite bright. However, I think it would be corporate suicide to let the average joe in the average company loose on a blog... One of the things i like most about blogging though is that the corporate mofos haven't caught on to the idea yet - blogging is now what the internet was 10 years ago: a vibrant exciting frontier, full of possiblities. I would hate for the suits to turn it into just another marketing strategy. But then again, maybe that is just the instant esspresso overload talking...
Glad to hear you are trying Sauce Reader. If you haven't already, please send us your OPML file (nathan@synop.com) so we can debug it. We're working hard to iron out all the bugs, so please drop by our newsgroup if you have any other problems: http://www.synop.com/Support/ cheers, Nathan
To much time thinking about the new car, methinks... :-P
Sorry to hear man... as long as you guys are alright... and good luck for the rest of the week ;)
Woah! Glad you guys are fine. Hey, your week should be great!!! (After a sunday like that) :)
Sheez... glad you guys are ok... where did this happen?
Just phoned them again. They never received my fax so the order was just sitting there. The first woman I spoke to gave me the incorrect fax number. So the process is just starting over again. Yipee.
That sux. hope your'e ok
Eish, I know your pain. It happened to me a few years ago - also a sunday afternoon. Some drunk stole his sister's car and went on a high speed trip - straight into me. My car was a writeoff bur at least no one got seriously hurt.
cool.... I also only used double checking, but this is cool.... makes it much simpler. Q: So if static makes a reference thread safe, you will never need to use the key word 'volatile' with a static declaration.... am I right?
This is real cool!! Used to take lines and lines and lines of code.... I also heard something about the wizards whidbey provides...? That used to take pages and pages and pages ;)
Corne, Only static initialization is thread safe, after initialization static members have the same locking requirements and loading requirements as any other variable. There is also much more to this issue, like achieving lazy initialization which is specific to .NET/C#. I think I will make a post on this topic at some point.
Too true. Count your lucky stars. I will only have ADSL in my area by the end of July, according to Telkom... Almost went for Sentech, but decided NO (after seeing http://sentechsucks.co.za today.
Sounds interesting. Could this be useful for Papillion?
well spotted, definately. i only installed it, haven't looked at the source but it will certainly work from what i've seen.
You seriously had me worried for a few seconds there...
It is definately horrific. The service is absolutely atrocious. I recommend sticking with telkom for a while.
Probably will stick with Telkom for now. Saw your site :-)
Still waiting for that bribe! :D
This is cool stuff. Especially NAnt. Have been using NAnt for Biztalk 2004 deployments and I have to admit it really rocks! For those who know, deployment in Biztalk is a real pain....but NAnt simplifies the whole process of undeploying and deploying of assemblies to a point where you can just activate NAnt, and in the meantime get a fresh cup of coffee.
SourceGear Vault Configuration ExampleFor Visual Source Safe you must specify the executable, project, username and password. You may also specify the SSDIR. If SSDIR is not set the default or the SSDIR environment variable will be used....
thhanks for putting this together. i've linked to your blog entry from the CCNet Vault documentation page: http://confluence.public.thoughtworks.org/display/CCNET/Vault CCNet does support automatically retrieving source from other source control systems -- it just hasn't been implemented yet for Vault, but we're always happy to accept patches. :)
Looks good! I think the webcasts on P&P and SOA are some of the most interesting ones, so it's nice to have a resource like this available on MSDN!
As I'm currently using Subversion from the command line, you have no idea how useful that [tab] trick will be. Thanks!
Thanks for the link :-)
It does seem like a wierd concept, but I don't think it's anything new. Sure, as a programmer, I do feel a little threatened by the idea that the art of coding may be defunct sometime in the future, it's not going to happen soon. If you compare a tool like InfoPath which is built for business-types to make their own "apps", it doesn't threaten the need to have actual programmers on staff.
ooh a new episode!! Cool. Ramzi rocks man!!!
WOW...WOW...i cant believe it is only 96k. The gameplay is awesome...graphics and effects are awesome as well.
Glad you enjoy our blog! Thanks for the link!
Crashes fatally on start-up on my machine :-(
It did the same thing on my laptop. Works on my desktop though. It is still beta and only 96k so I'm sure there's bound to be some restrictions.
If we run the world, then why am I at work so early???!!!! :P
Interesting.... O and ps, I've also mailed ITWEB to get them to start offering RSS...but nothing yet :-(
And to make the TAB key work under pesky Windows 2000 machines while under CMD.EXE just open REGEDIT and change HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\CompletionChar to 9. Now open a new CMD.EXE instance and press TAB.. whalla. But if you are lazy and you wanna change directories, simple use asterisk and CMD will do the rest. So the following "CD C:\P*Files\C*Files\Micr*" will result in "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared"
I share your pain..... especially when you've got dial up ;)
You do know that with Telkom ADSL, local bandwidth counts towards the monthly cap? up and down traffic.
I saw that it included all traffic but after reaching the monthly cap they only restrict international browsing and surfing through a local south african proxy sidesteps the restriction ;-)
Armand, you are THE MAN! This is just what I'm looking for.
Glad it could be of use to someone :-)
I second that - this tool rules!!!
Good one ! Our build manager on my current project is gonna love this!
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