I went out to grab the VS.NET 2005 Release Candidate [http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/] and the SQL Server 2005 September CTP [http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2005/productinfo/ctp.mspx] a few days ago from the MSDN subscriber site [https://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions]. The download took a lo

If you are going to be in the Albany, NY area on Tuesday, Nov 8th, stop by at 6:30pm at the Tech Valley .NET User Group [http://www.tvug.net/] meeting. I'll be presenting and demonstrating the enhancements to ADO.NET 2 [http://www.tvug.net/site/294/default.aspx] using the latest release candidat

The amount of good content in the Microsoft WebCasts is quite amazing. The conferences such as VSlive, Tech Ed, Code Camps and Dev Connections are great too. Of course there are the occasional duds, but overall there is a lot of good content in there. For me, what sets apart a good presentation is n

A few months ago I am finishing up my article on System.Transactions [http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/02/DataPoints/] for MSDN Magazine [http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag] at about 3am, decide to hit the sack and review the article one last time before I submit it the next day (the due d

I’ve been pretty absent from the blogging scene of late. Life can throw you many twists and turns and many of them are when they are least convenient or least expected. My family has had one of these thrown at us recently and I am thankful for God and my family for being here for me and for each oth