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Entries from November 2007

Visual Studio 2008 releases to the MSDN holders

November 25th, 2007 · No Comments

I’ve been playing with VS2008 over the holiday weekend and have to say I love it. The more I dig into Linq, the more I think of all the possibilities it opens up both for rapid extensibility and ease of development. Below’s a quick example…
var userNames = from user in users select user.name, user.email where [...]

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Tags: Programming

Justice for Megan Meier

November 25th, 2007 · No Comments

The unfathomable tragedy of this story speaks for itself A 13-year-old girl was driven to suicide because of the cruel words of one of her friends.
Yes, it was “only MySpace.” Yes, kids can be cruel, whether it is face to face, or over the Internet, and teenage boys are no exception. But [...]

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Tags: Personal · Politics

And a Happy Thanksgiving to all…

November 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Another pleasant holiday done and nearly gone, went out with a few people to the Top of the Mark downtown, and it was just fabulous once again. It was later than the normal time for me to have the holiday meal, and also the first time I’d ever been at the Mark during sunset. It [...]

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Tags: Personal · Politics

Baltic yields ‘perfect’ shipwreck

November 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

 A near-intact shipwreck apparently dating from the 17th century has been found in the Baltic Sea, Swedish television has said.

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Tags: Personal

In MySpace we Rest..

November 18th, 2007 · No Comments

The first time was last year, but then it hadn’t really struck me to look anything up. A few weeks ago another person whom I’d known only in the briefest of passing from Maryland Faire had passed away from an auto accident. Given the number of people we know, it’s tragic but bound to happen, [...]

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Tags: Personal