January 2007 - Posts
In my posts regarding the CPU monitor I posted a VBS script that would dump the values from WMI. That script incorrectly prints the wrong property name. It is also displaying the temperature in kelvin not Celsius The conversion is: static decimal ConvertToCelsius(
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Well, before Microsoft hit's the street with WCF/WF update (.NET 3.5 perhaps), here's some custom activities that allow design time integration with WCF from Workflow WCF activities for windows workflow Source: WCF activities for windows workflow
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Our book is printed, and out. Source code is now online on the Apress site. Already seeing a few ratings on Amazon and a question regarding what version of WCF (.NET 3.0) was used. The book and supporting code works with the RTM version of .NET 3.0 released
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Interesting... What does this mean for the future of Websphere? A different track? This guy (Don Ferguson) has his name all over the WS-* Specs... Link to Microsoft Hires Father of WebSphere from IBM
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This came in handy today. The materials is buried in the MSDN documentation, but the presentation here is ideal. Link to Fusion Workshop
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Jets got crushed. Giants choked. The fact the Giants were even a wildcard was amazing. Jets however showed promise - until New England crushed them in the 2nd half. From the looks of New England they have a good chance of going all the way again. Eagles,
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Some nice features in the tool such as a diff utility for XML, which is not a pure text compare. Intellisense Transform support Tree view ... Not XML Spy (even the home version) but it's light... Link to the MSDN Article Link to Download details: XML
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Codeplex has some sample projects, code for DB pro. Samples to me are by far the best way to get aquanted with a newer technology. DB Pro is quite cool too. Link to Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals Samples
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Found this in the Blue Origin article. This is cool. Amazon amazes me with some of these capabilities that they've re-marketed. This looks like a great foundational platform for a strong service. I always need storage and the ability to get to it from
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Another billionaire is trying to make space flight commercially viable. This is great. If they offered me a ticket today to be a passenger or just work on the thing, I'd take it. If you view the video you'll see their prototype go up about 280 ft, then
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With the update of signatures dated 1/3/2007, eTrust is no longer being reported as "out-of-date" by Security Center. Talk about Y2K issues, this was an "every year" issue. I can see the logic inside the WMI provider from CA eTrust: bool productUptoDate(){
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Vista's looking more and more like a supported operating system!! First Zune folks release their Vista update; Virtual PC 2007 RC is now ready. Link to Scott Woodgate's OutBursts : Happy New Year - Virtual PC 2007 Release Candidate ready for download
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I've been using eTrust 7.1 on my Vista builds with absolutely zero issues until the New Year. As of 1/1/2007 Security Center is informing me that CA eTrust 7.1 AntiVirus is out of date. The Virus Signatures inside of eTrust and it's all up to date with
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This topic is containted in Chapter 13 of the book I participated on ( Pro WCF: Practical Microsoft SOA Implementation ). I did the first draft of Chapter 13 and spent quite a bit of time looking at the competing WS-* stacks. If you're looking at interopability
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