DVD Library on Extenders How-To
Somebody figured out how to use symbolic links and a playlist to make it possible to rip all your dvds and then play them back on an extender. Sweet! 
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Pretty cool use of Lambdas. Passing functions around is really handy!
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During class today we briefly talked about how you could/should store config info; such as connection strings. Basically there are 4 options;
Now; if your BizTalk installation is just using one server the .config file option might be the best option for you, but for most larger installations you’re better of using the SSO database. I did a little digging around and found a blog post by Jon Flanders describing in detail how to do this; Great! I haven’t tested it yet, but it looks solid so far.
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So I’m in Oslo attending a BizTalk Bootcamp course. So far it’s not to hard, basically lots of Xml stuff that I knew before I came.
But BizTalk still looks interesting, but I can hardly wait to get started. Kinda bored of dull samples and stupid examples… 
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Very interesting read. I like TDD, but I’m also struggling with some aspects of it; ie. am I doing this right?
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So, yesterday I finally started in my new job here @ Bouvet! I’m loving it so far!
What am I doing now? I’m working my way through the BizTalk 2006 R2 tutorials, pretty easy stuff, but interesting. It’s definitely a new angle to development. The modeling aspect is very cool! And there are so many tiny details that I have no idea why are the way they are. I just love new tech like this! In two weeks I’ll be attending a “Getting started” course in BizTalk, held by John Callaway. I need to be up-to-speed by then.
More good news; I got a new laptop to play with! It’s a beast to! Not in a “heavy and loud” kinda way, but rather in specs! It’s got a 2.4GHz Dual Core CPU, 3 GB of RAM, a Nvidia Quadro FX GPU and all the bells and whistles I can think of (not really, but it’s got what I need). Works great! I’ve been mostly working on a VPC image today, no need to install BizTalk, VS2005 and Sql Server on the laptop if I can avoid it. I have installed Ditto and Launchy though! And I’m using the fingerprint scanner!
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Interesting. Sort of a poor mans mocking framework, only not. ;)
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This is why I read Longs blog! Too funny!
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Pretty cool! I like the fact that they (Microsoft) are actually showing us their specs! That’s just awesome! Charles asked for feedback on whether we wanted to see more spec like this or not; my answer is a simple yes. It’s awesome to see how Microsoft does this and to see what you guys are thinking. How will VSTS/TFS look/feel/act in the near future? All good stuff!
As for the features; The bug submission feature doesn’t really attract me all that much, but it looks like a nice feature though. The linking spec was just too much for me, I lost track after like 3 minutes of reading. Looking forward to a new drop of Rosario CTPs to test though. The e-mail feature looks nice, especially when paired with TSWA. Not sure how I feel about the requirement to use Outlook though… Could this be done in a more open fashion?
Something just dawned on me; why aren’t WI queries available as RSS feeds? That would be an awesome feature!
Ozzie Rules Blogging : 3 More of the Rosario Specifications posted
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