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Windows LiveWriter and .Text (dotText)
When LiveWriter got announced, I was totally bummed out that it didn’t work with the .Text (dotText) blog engine. Turns out that that was incorrect. Thanks to James W for this post describing how to set up the integration. -Ben
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Beantown.NET User Group Meeting (9/7/2006): Secure Code Reviews
The Beantown.NET User Group (INETA) is meeting again on Thursday, 9/7/2006. http://www.beantowndotnet.org This month we have Robert Hurlbut coming to talk about doing secure code reviews. As always, our meeting is open to everyone so bring your friends and co-workers. If you want free pizza, send me an RSVP using the contact form (http://blog.benday.com/contact.aspx) by 1pm…
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VSTS / TFS Tips
Richard Hale Shaw and I just finished writing a few mini-articles for FTPOnline on VSTS and TFS. They just got posted as part of a special report that FTP is doing on Team System. Tip #1: How to deploy supporting files as part of your VSTS unit tests. This would be of interest for people doing…
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Beantown.NET User Group Meeting (8/3/2006): BizTalk Server 2006
The Beantown.NET User Group (INETA) is meeting again on Thursday, 8/3/2006. This month we have Kurt Guenther from Infusion Development Corporation coming to talk about BizTalk Server 2006. (NOTE: there’ll definitely be content about workflow and rule set development.) Also, I’ll be raffling off some more books from WROX and some other prizes supplied by…
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Profiled on boston.com / The Boston Globe
I got profiled by The Boston Globe because of this blog and I’m on the home page for boston.com this morning. Pretty cool, huh? (BTW, this post violates the consistency tenet that Phil van Allen mentions in the article but I think it’s ok just his once, right?) But wouldn’t you know it? Right when I get…
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NHibernate @ O'Reilly Open Source Convention
I got notification yesterday that I’ll be speaking on NHibernate at the O’Reilly Open Source Convention 2006 (aka OSCON 2006) in July. The convention is happening from July 24 – July 28 in Portland, OR. My session is “Tips and Tricks with NHibernate“. Here’s the abstract: You already know the basics of NHibernate. You can map your…
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NHibernate Performance
Rob Hurlbut sent me a link to a post on Jeffrey Palermo’s blog referencing my Channel9 NHibernate interview. I think Jeffrey really nailed the NHibernate performance meme with this quote: What performance do they really need? Now, NHibernate is NOT slow, but if you need to go 400 MPH instead of a measley 397MPH, then you…
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My NHibernate podcast interview with Ron Jacobs of Channel 9
Well, earlier this month when I was out in San Francisco speaking at VSLive, I was interviewed by MSDN Channel 9‘s Ron Jacobs on his ARCast podcast. I just got an email from Ron letting me know it’s up. Here’s the link. Share and enjoy. -Ben
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NHibernate and Rights-Based Security Talks at VSLive Orlando
This just in… I just found out that I’ll be doing my “Intro To NHibernate” and “Rights-Based Security” talks at VSLive Orlando in May 2006. -Ben
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NHibernate Presentation on March 23, 2006
I’ll be giving my NHibernate talk at the Cape Cod .NET User Group meeting on March 23, 2006 at 6:30pm. I believe this is open to the public so, feel free to drop by. Here’s the abstract: The problem: our applications use objects, but our databases don’t. Why isn’t there an easy way for applications to…