Archive for December, 2007

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Managing Telerik Web Controls

I use Telerik Web Controls in the work I do and these controls are used in multiple projects. I also use SVN as the source control system. Together I manage a single copy of the Telerik controls for multiple projects.
My SVN Telerik directories are setup like this:

I have a top-most Telerik directory that is a […]

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Sunday, December 9th, 2007

My last audio commute - Eifelheim

This was awarded the Hugo for best novel in 2007. You can never go wrong with a Hugo award winning novel and this is no exception. I’ve followed Hugo awards since Frank Herbert won it for Dune.
This is a story about medieval Europe, the Black Death and aliens. A totally engrossing combination of science […]

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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Localization without using built in .NET 2.0

This was a problem that needed to be solved to the okay of the decision makers. .NET 2.0 made a lot of improvements to how to localize/globalize ASPX pages. In the javascript/ASP application world where our current product lives translation was done via a method that queried the database passing in the English string as […]

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Saturday, December 1st, 2007

I’ve been so busy…

I haven’t had much time to do anything but code with a distinct lack of progress. Throughout much of October I was working on a task to add a new piece of functionality using the future framework of our product. This turned out to be an effort of futility. It wasn’t because the approach was […]

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Saturday, December 1st, 2007

The Prince Roger Series, aka March to the XXX

This series is four books: March Upcountry, March to the Sea, March to the Stars and We Few written by David Weber and John Ringo. The first book introduces us to Prince Roger, a spoiled third heir in the line to the Throne of Man. He is ordered by his Queen Mother on a […]

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