Monthly Archives: October 2007

Nerdy afternoon

Posted on October 15, 2007 by Jason Meridth

1. My 2GB USB key drive has been bent for about 1 week so I almost bought a 4GB at Fry’s last weekend for $89.  I hesitated and it’s a good thing.  I went to CompUSA today and saw that … Continue reading →

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CodeBetter.CommunityServerExtensions

Posted on October 13, 2007 by Jason Meridth

I like to give people credit when I use their software.  One particular developer is Brendan Tompkins of Devlicio.us. We (LosTechies) have added 2 features available from his CodeBetter.CommunityServerExtensions:  Kick It: For those that don’t know, the “Kick It” tags … Continue reading →

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Alt.NET Day 2

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Jason Meridth

I apologize for the delay of this post.  It was a great weekend and I learned a great deal about other developers and myself.  It has also made me hit the code harder.  I don’t know how Oren or BREAKFAST … Continue reading →

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Scotticus

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Jason Meridth

“Even A**holes do great things” ~ (stated by Scott at the end of the ALT.net conference) I agree with many others, a big thanks goes out to Scott and the other leaders of the ALT.net conference for putting it together.  … Continue reading →

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2.6.23 Kernel, "Finally. Yeah, it got delayed"

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Jason Meridth

Finally. Yeah, it got delayed, not because of any huge issues, but because of various bugfixes trickling in and causing me to reset my ‘release clock’ all the time. But it’s out there now, and hopefully better for the wait,” … Continue reading →

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Hanselman recording of Guthrie MVC presentation

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Jason Meridth

It’s online: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ScottGuMVCPresentationAndScottHaScreencastFromALTNETConference.aspx Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.

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MonoRail screencasts

Posted on October 8, 2007 by Jason Meridth

If you want a great into to MonoRail, check out Colin’s screencasts. I will possibly be re-writing my validation post. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.

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"Alt.NET" conference was not for fanboys

Posted on October 7, 2007 by Jason Meridth

Please read Colin’s post and then read my comment response to a blog entry I just read from Colin Ramsay (post here). I apologize for posting my Hanselman quote out of context.  Scott said it in a joking manner without … Continue reading →

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System.Web.MVC

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Jason Meridth

Wow! I just left a presentation by Scott Guthrie on the new ASP.NET MVC architecture and I’m impressed. His opening slide was: Principles:-Separation of concerns, unit testing, red/green TDD, maintainable-Extensible and pluggable-Enable clean urls and HTML-Integrate nicely within ASP.NET + … Continue reading →

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Alt.NET Day 1

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Jason Meridth

Precursor: If you think I’m name dropping, I don’t care.  I have an opportunity to interact with some of the most intelligent/influential people in our industry this weekend.  ALL QUOTES IN THIS ENTRY ARE PARAPHRASED AS I DO NOT HAVE … Continue reading →

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