Atlanta .NET Regular Guys

January 2007 - Posts

• SQLFight goes live, bring on the pain

  For all of you Database guys out there, a new web site just released called SQL Fight http://sqlfight.com/ which will talk about controversial database topics of the day.  If you have something to say about database design or technology you Read More posted 31-01-2007 09:31 by Brendon Schwartz | 0 Comments

• Signed Photo of Jamal Anderson and ME!

  This is the Jamal Anderson signed item I got at the Vista Launch party.  Jamal seemed like a nice guy and was going his best to seem excited about something he probably couldn't care less about.  Read More posted 30-01-2007 07:42 by Matt Ranlett | 0 Comments Filed Under: General, .NET Events

• Truly bizarre Vista marketing websites

  I forgot to blog about these a while back when I initially saw them.  First up there is the Institue for Advanced Personhood.  "You're a person.  So am I."  This hilarious sendup of New Age meditation and self actualization centers Read More posted 30-01-2007 05:33 by Matt Ranlett | 0 Comments Filed Under: General, Microsoft Products

• Heidi Schwartz cleans up at Best Buy Vista Launch party

  Being a Dot Net Regular Guy must make us lucky.  I've been pretty lucky in the past.  I've won a Portable Media Center (TechEd 2005), earned a PSP and an Xbox 360 (hooking up a software sale), AND won an Xbox 360 and $400 in Amazon gift certificates Read More posted 29-01-2007 09:52 by Matt Ranlett | 8 Comments Filed Under: General, .NET Events

• Web 2.0 hits Atlanta at SoCon07

  Looks like I missed the news that a conference on Blogging, PodCasts, Web 2.0 is going to be FREE in Atlanta.   It is on a Friday night and Saturday so stop by if you are interested. http://www.socon07.com/ Read More posted 23-01-2007 02:14 by Brendon Schwartz | 3 Comments

• 3rd Annual Atlanta Code Camp a smash hit

  290 attendees. $270,000 in prizes given away from over a dozen contributors.   6 tracks * 5 time slots = 30 presentations. Lunch from Justix was so well orchestrated that all 290 people were feed in less than 15 minutes!  Meat (and tofu) Read More posted 22-01-2007 05:35 by Matt Ranlett | 14 Comments Filed Under: .NET Community, .NET Events

• Dan and I are now Microsoft Certified Technology Specialists

  We both took a few hours off of work back on November 20th last year and took a beta version of the upcoming 71-631 Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Configuring exam.  Well, turns out our scores just got posted and we both passed.  Read More posted 15-01-2007 08:25 by Matt Ranlett | 2 Comments Filed Under: General, Microsoft Products, Technical

• My face hissed at me

  I've been fighting the same cold off and on for a month now.  It's cost me two sick days at work already.  This Saturday, I woke up in the morning feeling much better.   I could almost breathe normally!  So Kim and I popped Read More posted 15-01-2007 05:21 by Matt Ranlett | 1 Comments Filed Under: Personal

• 30 day price match guarantee

  Did you know that Amazon.com has a 30 day price-match money-back guarantee?  They don't match other retailers, but if you buy an item on Amazon and then notice within 30 days that the price of the has dropped, Amazon will refund you the difference Read More posted 11-01-2007 06:45 by Matt Ranlett | 0 Comments Filed Under: General

• Learning about limits

  Calculus defines the concept of a limit as the behavior of a function as it's argument get close to a point, or as it becomes arbitrarily large.  Well, the past two months I've been learning about my behavior as a function of the amount of work I Read More posted 09-01-2007 05:55 by Matt Ranlett | 0 Comments Filed Under: Personal

• Virtual machine troubles totally blow

  I've wasted like 3 or 4 days now on virtual machine issues of one sort or another.  Crappy! Read More posted 05-01-2007 01:49 by Matt Ranlett | 0 Comments Filed Under: Personal

• Atlanta Code Camp registration is now open

  Fellow Code Campers, I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Registration for the 3rd annual Atlanta Code Camp is now open. Please register on the Click to Attend website to guarantee your spot at the Read More posted 05-01-2007 01:45 by Matt Ranlett | 0 Comments Filed Under: .NET Community, .NET Events, User Groups

• SharePoint2007 Forms Authentication Management

  I think one of the great features added to SharePoint 2007 is the ability to use forms authentication instead of just Windows authentication.  Unfortunately I don't think the SharePoint team did a great job of thinking about this feature overall Read More posted 03-01-2007 10:08 by Brendon Schwartz | 2 Comments

• Sean Deasy almost saves my bacon

  Sean Deasy's post about how to expand a VMWare disk without totally blowing it away almost saved my bacon tonight.  I experienced a complete meltdown of my demo SharePoint Virtual Machine this weekend which set me back pretty badly.  I've Read More posted 03-01-2007 06:24 by Matt Ranlett | 1 Comments Filed Under: Technical

• The MS Store Rocks

  I recently got a new user group shirt from the Microsoft store.  I thought I would show everyone how cool the store is. If you can read the shirt, it says "First rule of Computer Club: YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT COMPUTER CLUB!"  If you know me you Read More posted 02-01-2007 06:30 by Brendon Schwartz | 2 Comments

• One more year, Brendon gets MVP again!

  I am proud to announce that I (Brendon) am once again an ASP.NET MVP!!!  I can't tell you how excited I am and how great things are going.  Matt and I have two articles coming out in the next couple months, a book on the way along with Read More posted 01-01-2007 10:00 by Brendon Schwartz | 4 Comments