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October 2004 - Posts

The Da Vinci Code

A friend of mine told me I should read The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown . I would like to publicly thank him for that. Terry, thanks. I couldn't put it down. Dan Brown is a great story teller. This Book is intelligent, suspenseful and fun. Full of codes Read More...

Splitting Logs

Over the Thanksgiving weekend I rented a log splitter. Now I love everything electronic, I am a fairly typical developer. But I also love a good power tool and this was a beauty. I had two trees in my yard that had been taken down for one reason of another Read More...

P & P Summit Day 3 (Enterprise Library)

In an earlier blog entry I mentioned Enterprise Library. At day three of the Summit we spent the morning talking about Enterprise Library. The Enterprise Library has an amazing resemblance to the PFC (PowerBuilder Foundation Class). Not that it's similar Read More...

P & P Summit Day 2

Today was not as good as yesterday. Don't get me wrong the speakers where great. I mean really great. But the topics were not new to me. DataAccess Layers, Middle Tier, Smart Client, Configuration. All topics I have a great deal of familiarity with.So Read More...

P & P Summit Day 1

Today was long but good. They kept getting behind so we had lunches and breaks in the room while someone spoke. The speakers were good thank god. The key note was Tommy Morris who talked about an army field medical application that was pretty cool. They Read More...

Patterns & Practices Summit

This week I am in Reston Virginia at the Patterns & Practices Summit . I'm hoping this is a good week and I learn lots. So far I learned the hotel bar has Bass on tap. :) I'll keep you posted of the goings on here at the summit. Read More...

Patterns & Practices Application Blocks

If you use the Application Blocks from the Patterns and Practices group. You might be interested to know that next year they will be releasing their Enterprise Library. For those that don't know what they are: Application blocks are reusable software Read More...