I don't think I've ever seen an article rate so well at MSDN.

See The LINQ Project -- .NET Language Integrated Query.

Check out 101 LINQ samples, while you're at it.

[This just came through from my strange friend Gaksloope, who -- as you know -- lives in an alternative-reality cubicle, fourteen minutes into the future]

thanks Gaks! I'll be watching for that one here too.

(Note I hadto de-activate the links in Gaks' message, to avoid any trans-dimensional corruption of the universal fibril, as it scares my cat.)

Here's an interesting discussion about "Paging" (as in "please sir, may i have the next page of my result set?") in SQL Server.

I, for one, am very jealous to discover that MySql has a built-in clause called 'LIMIT' which says, basically, 'Get me fifty records, starting at record number 351. Please.'

How bout you yukon? You gettin THAT?? If not, then, well, you're just a stupid head.

Meanwhile, how cool is drew mclellan's blog design? And to think that people once scoffed at the suggestion of wearing an armadillo on the head.

(Here's a really good Code Project article discussing the performance of different paging techniques in sql server. Wow. I'm glad I don't have time to do that kind of research.)

(Some other comments about paging in sql server can be found on jospeh lindsay's blog)

Placing an anti-procrastination tool on the internet is like hosting an alcoholics anonymous meeting inside a brewery.

Macintosh is to Wintel as Girlfriend is to Mother

smart client: newspeak for fat client.

had to get those thoughts out of the way before they spilled out of my ears.

Some of the criteria that didn't make it onto our job ad:

• Minimum 12 years experience developing asp.net 2.0 solutions.
• Must have single-handedly invented the internet.
• Must be able to defuse a rocket with one hand, while flying a jet plane with the other.
• Sense of humour a must. Interview will include an impromptu standup comedy performance at the local women's prison.

Let me stress again, these are not requirements of the job. You do not need to meet these criteria in order to apply. The actual criteria are listed on our website.

When 'Team System' was first announced, there were murmurs of doom for Eric Sink's flagship product, "Vault". Vault exists in a niche market, relying on the badness of source-safe to attract new customers. Now that source safe is being replaced with the source control components of Visual Studio Team System, it seemed that Vault's niche market would dissappear. The worry was evident when Eric invested some of his time in trying to escape the whole source-control rat race.

But Eric's a smart guy, loves to play games, thinks a lot, and knows a lot about strategy.

So he's done a Miyagi.

In karate kid, when someone threw a punch at Mr Miyagi, he'd step aside and use the power of that punch to throw his opponent to the floor.

Eric's looked at the situation and he's wondered something like: "How can we use the power of team system to inflate us, rather than defeat us?" (i'm paraphrasing here... sorry eric... i can't read minds, actually)

In economics (and gambling) they call this "hedging". Here's the hedging strategy, expressed as a code snippet:

if (MicrosoftTeamSystem.isSuccessful) {

  //Teamprise brings the goodness of VSTS to Mac/Unix/Eclipse
  Teamprise.isSuccessful = true;

} else {

  //Vault is an alternative to sourcesafe *and* an alternative to VSTS
  Vault.isSuccessful = true;

}


And there you have it. I'm just gobsmacked at the simplicity and the brilliance of the move. If the people from skype don't win the next poker world championship (could you keep a straight face while bluffing for 2 billion dollars?), then e.sink is a shoe-in. comments

The 'aint' operator acts for both comparison and assignment!

example:

if (this aint jazz) {
  this.Music aint true;
}

if (this aint fun) {
  this.dispose();
}

We need a .Net developer for a permanent position in Brisbane!

Requirements for this position