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May 2005 - Posts

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  Unofficial TechEd XML Cabana - JW Marriott Lobby Lounge

  I was checking in with some of the usual suspect ( Christoph , Kir k, Kent , Jeff Julian , kzu , Christian Weyer , etc.) and it seems as though the XML crew will be spread out amongst the other Cabanas at TechEd. I’m in the DBA Cabana, Kent and Read More... Posted Sunday, May 29, 2005 9:15 PM by donxml | 0 Comments

  Filed under: .Net, XML, TechEd
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  Major Windows Media Player Suggestion – Portable Libraries For Portable Devices

  One of my biggest pet peeves about Windows Media Player 10 has to do with how it handles its library (the database of all your music). With the older versions of Musicmatch (not the most current version) you could easily create a music library and add Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 25, 2005 12:34 PM by donxml | 3 Comments

  Filed under: .Net
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  Build Your Own Portable 7200 RPM USB 2.0 Drive

  I’ve been bugging Miguel to post the details on his self built USB 2.0 powered 7200 rpm drive . This is a must for anyone using VPC (and if you are not using VPC, you should be). You can’t beat the price, $200 for the drive, and $20 for the Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 24, 2005 11:33 AM by donxml | 3 Comments

  Filed under: .Net, Windows Vista (aka Longhorn), SQL Server
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  Nautilus Project Team? Spelunking Corporate Secrets Thru Public Job Postings

  Chris Sells mentions that MS has 25 SDE positions with the keyword “Avalon” advertised on their public job listings. Now, since I’m always interested in things Avalon related, I decide to search the complete job posts, and not just for Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:49 PM by donxml | 5 Comments

  Filed under: .Net, WPF (aka Avalon), Windows Vista (aka Longhorn)
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  NUnit Testing and Application.LocalUserAppDataPath Property

  Here’s a note to myself (and for anyone else that is doing Test Driven Development). If you are using the Application.LocalUserAppDataPath property, when running tests, the properties value will not be the same as if you are running in the application. Read More... Posted Thursday, May 05, 2005 8:25 PM by donxml | 1 Comments

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  Microsoft Licenses the Mvp.Xml Library

  I’ve been heads down coding for a couple weeks now (I’m sure you’ve noticed the lack of decent content), but I’ve got to take the time to congratulate my fellow MS MVP-XML’ers. Oleg and kzu have announced that a license was Read More... Posted Monday, May 02, 2005 7:55 PM by donxml | 1 Comments

  Filed under: .Net, XML