Professional IronRuby
it is official, Professional IronRuby published by Wrox/Wiley is finally looking like it is a real thing. A fellow developer noticed this on the Amazon web site and passed on to me today. I was not even aware it was up yet. Aaron and I have a third author, Dan Bernier , so this...
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it is official, Professional IronRuby published by Wrox/Wiley is finally looking like it is a real thing. A fellow developer noticed this on the Amazon web site and passed on to me today. I was not even aware it was up yet. Aaron and I have a third author, Dan Bernier , so this...
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InfoQ Gang at RubyFringe
UPDATE: The conference sessions and the interviews will be up on the InfoQ site at www.infoq.com/rubyfringe. Look for them in the coming weeks. Here is the gang from InfoQ at the recent RubyFringe conference in Toronto with some additional folks: From left to right - Werner Schuster (InfoQ), Tom Preston...
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UPDATE: The conference sessions and the interviews will be up on the InfoQ site at www.infoq.com/rubyfringe. Look for them in the coming weeks. Here is the gang from InfoQ at the recent RubyFringe conference in Toronto with some additional folks: From left to right - Werner Schuster (InfoQ), Tom Preston...
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RubyFringe - Day 2
Today was the second and final day of RubyFringe. I only had the opportunity to listen to a couple speakers today because I was busy all day interviewing some of the speakers from the conference for InfoQ . Check out a post from the Unspace folks discussing the conference. The Speakers Geoffrey Grosenbach...
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Today was the second and final day of RubyFringe. I only had the opportunity to listen to a couple speakers today because I was busy all day interviewing some of the speakers from the conference for InfoQ . Check out a post from the Unspace folks discussing the conference. The Speakers Geoffrey Grosenbach...
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RubyFringe - Day 1
Today was the first day of RubyFringe here in Toronto Canada. The conference put on by Unspace and they have done a great job. Last night we enjoyed a get-together at the Amsterdam Brewery with free wine, beer and finger food. I think everyone had a great time. I am here partially for my own interests...
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Today was the first day of RubyFringe here in Toronto Canada. The conference put on by Unspace and they have done a great job. Last night we enjoyed a get-together at the Amsterdam Brewery with free wine, beer and finger food. I think everyone had a great time. I am here partially for my own interests...
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Updated iPhone to 2.0 and the App Store
It seems Apple carefully let the release of the 2.0 firmware for the iPhone out a little early. MacRumors was the first I saw with the announcement with a link to the download . I am running iTunes on Windows and had to download iTunes 7.7 to be able to do the update and access the App Store later on...
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It seems Apple carefully let the release of the 2.0 firmware for the iPhone out a little early. MacRumors was the first I saw with the announcement with a link to the download . I am running iTunes on Windows and had to download iTunes 7.7 to be able to do the update and access the App Store later on...
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Using Waegis to Fight Comment Spam
I recently switched blogging software from Wordpress to GraffitiCMS , not because Wordpress was bad or anything but because I wanted the flexibility of hosting my own blog running on Windows. Graffiti does a good job of determining what is spam as far as comments or trackbacks goes but I still have to...
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I recently switched blogging software from Wordpress to GraffitiCMS , not because Wordpress was bad or anything but because I wanted the flexibility of hosting my own blog running on Windows. Graffiti does a good job of determining what is spam as far as comments or trackbacks goes but I still have to...
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My Quest for a New Laptop Bag
I have a couple laptops I use for various tasks, one is a 15" MacBook Pro and the other is a Dell Latitude D820. I have a nice Targus backpack to carry the D820 around, which is usually short trips to local client sites. When I travel I prefer to use my MacBook Pro, which is quickly...
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I have a couple laptops I use for various tasks, one is a 15" MacBook Pro and the other is a Dell Latitude D820. I have a nice Targus backpack to carry the D820 around, which is usually short trips to local client sites. When I travel I prefer to use my MacBook Pro, which is quickly...
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The First Hartford, CT Code Camp coming August 16th, 2008
The first Hartford, CT Code Camp has been announced and is scheduled for Saturday August 16, 2008. Details are limited but some information is available. A code camp is a FREE, community-driven, all-day event for developers. Speakers are local or regional developers. Topics are based on community interest...
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The first Hartford, CT Code Camp has been announced and is scheduled for Saturday August 16, 2008. Details are limited but some information is available. A code camp is a FREE, community-driven, all-day event for developers. Speakers are local or regional developers. Topics are based on community interest...
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ADO.NET Entity Framework No Confidence Article on InfoQ
I wrote an article and published it today on InfoQ , called ADO.NET Entity Framework Taking Some Heat . It is about the recent petition put out by some industry folks concerned about the soon-to-be-released version 1.0 of the framework, called ADO .NET Entity Framework Vote of No Confidence . I was a...
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I wrote an article and published it today on InfoQ , called ADO.NET Entity Framework Taking Some Heat . It is about the recent petition put out by some industry folks concerned about the soon-to-be-released version 1.0 of the framework, called ADO .NET Entity Framework Vote of No Confidence . I was a...
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Karl Seguin Giving Away Foundations of Programming Ebook
Karl Sequin is giving away what appears to be a great fundamental of programming book called Foundations of Programming . Karl says: I'm excited to finally release the official, and completely free, Foundations of Programming E-book. This essentially contains all 9 Foundation parts including a conclusion...
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Karl Sequin is giving away what appears to be a great fundamental of programming book called Foundations of Programming . Karl says: I'm excited to finally release the official, and completely free, Foundations of Programming E-book. This essentially contains all 9 Foundation parts including a conclusion...
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