Mijn Tirades en Tieren

5,000 Achievement Points Baby!
5,000 Achievement Points Baby!
4 november 2006

Url: http://xbox.com

SQL Server 2005 Paging Demo
SQL Server 2005 Paging Demo
4 november 2006

Url: http://wilderminds.blob.core.windows.net/downloads/pagingdemo.zip

Nine Things Developers Want More Than Money (via Digg)
Nine Things Developers Want More Than Money (via Digg)
3 november 2006

Url: http://www.softwarebyrob.com/articles/Nine_Thin...

ADO.NET Team Blogs about LOB Access through SqlDataReaders...
ADO.NET Team Blogs about LOB Access through SqlDataReaders...
31 oktober 2006

Url: http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2006/10/30...

Adobe.com Is Slooooooow!  Is CFM to blame?
Adobe.com Is Slooooooow! Is CFM to blame?
29 oktober 2006

Url: http://www.adobe.com

Bare Naked Ladies are Flouting DRM...And I Love Them for It...
Bare Naked Ladies are Flouting DRM...And I Love Them for It...
25 oktober 2006

Url: https://www.werkshop.com/bnllive/details.jsp?pr...

Oracle 11g Announced
Oracle 11g Announced
23 oktober 2006

Url: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?...

Soapbox (MS's YouTube Competitor) is nice!
Soapbox (MS's YouTube Competitor) is nice!
10 oktober 2006

Url: http://ideas.live.com/signup.aspx?versionid=856...

Great Report on Aero and Battery Life
Great Report on Aero and Battery Life
6 oktober 2006

Url: http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/10945

ROW_NUMBER, RANK, DENSERANK and NTILE
ROW_NUMBER, RANK, DENSERANK and NTILE
4 oktober 2006

I had an interesting discussion with some members of a class I am teaching right now about how paging is done.  It looks like there are four Functions that allow for paging and using Common Table Expressions.  They all can optionally include a separate ORDER BY clause to specify how they are sorted (so your result set can be sorted differently than it is ranked).

Wierd: PacMan and Space Invaders for Excel!?!
Wierd: PacMan and Space Invaders for Excel!?!
3 oktober 2006

Url: http://www.geocities.jp/nchikada/pac/

Am I just too Low Brow?
Am I just too Low Brow?
2 oktober 2006

Url: http://www.crownplaza.com

iTunes 7.x Installs Outlook Addin - No one seems to know why!
iTunes 7.x Installs Outlook Addin - No one seems to know why!
30 september 2006

Its official, once I installed iTunes 7.x (which I am uninstalling) it installs an addin into Outlook! I can't find any reason for this. I haven't determine exactly why it installs it and what it does (I disabled it). This is to go through a nasty bundling of stuff with iTunes (anyone understand why Apple gets away with this but Microsoft gets critisized for it?).  When I install iTunes I get:

Writing Windows Live Messenger Add-ins with .NET
Writing Windows Live Messenger Add-ins with .NET
29 september 2006

Url: http://www.devsource.com/article2/0,1895,202254...

iTunes needs to update Outlook? WTF?
iTunes needs to update Outlook? WTF?
28 september 2006

I am installing iTunes 7.0.1 because they still have the best selection of music (though admittedly, I burn them to CD and immediately rip everything in MP3 to strip them of DRM).  When I installed it today, I got this curious complaint from the installer:

Completely Off Topic: Kung Foo Baby
Completely Off Topic: Kung Foo Baby
26 september 2006

Url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdFo8ajCsU8

Gaming Inspirational Posters
Gaming Inspirational Posters
26 september 2006

Url: http://retroblast.com/gallery

Interesting web sites...
Interesting web sites...
26 september 2006

Here are a collection of some new web sites I've ran into that I think everyone should visit (don't worry, no religion or politics here):

Thank you Atlanta...
Thank you Atlanta...
23 september 2006

Url: http://wildermuth.com/Presentations/#WPF

Off Topic: Studio 60
Off Topic: Studio 60
21 september 2006

Url: http://www.metacritic.com/tv/shows/studio60onth...

On the Road with my XBox 360
On the Road with my XBox 360
11 september 2006

Url: http://xbox.com

.NET 3.0 Visual Studio Extensions ("Orcas") Compatible with Vista RC
.NET 3.0 Visual Studio Extensions ("Orcas") Compatible with Vista RC
7 september 2006

Url: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx...

IE7 and Google Toolbar Aren't Playing Well Together
IE7 and Google Toolbar Aren't Playing Well Together
4 september 2006

I am using the IE7 that is installed in Vista RC1 and while the new Google Toolbar does seem to work, it is causing problems with the context menu so I uninstalled it.  Interestingly I can't figure out how to tell Google its not working.  Does anyone know of a feedback mechanism (e.g. connect.microsoft.com) for Google?

Nice Vista RC1 Tweak Guide
Nice Vista RC1 Tweak Guide
4 september 2006

Url: http://www.longhornblogs.com/chris123nt/article...