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Wednesday, September 29, 2004 12:27 AM

I'm on holidays

I am taking some time off with my family. Two weeks out of the office. I'll be taking photos with my XDA and posting them here. If you're interested in what we are doing, you can read about the trip on my other blog I'll be back October 11.
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Friday, September 24, 2004 5:56 PM

ISV Buddy Program

We're opening up the ISV Buddy program for ISVs in Australia & New Zealand. If you are in ISV, head over the ISV Community center and register your interest. You may get a developer from the Visual Studio team as your buddy, or you could even
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Thursday, September 23, 2004 10:58 AM

The Xray!!

Here's the xray to prove the story Before After
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Wednesday, September 22, 2004 12:15 PM

Whistle Update

 I have been getting lots of requests for an update regarding Brice and the Fantastic Voyage of the whistle he swallowed. Well, I have good news. He went in for another xray on Monday and there was no sign of the whistle. Someone it got out. Nature
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Tuesday, September 21, 2004 9:14 PM

Sauce Reader - Aussie Software

There's been a bit of talk in the blogosphere about Sauce Reader. It's a neat application, uses the .NET Framework, has a blog, and best of all, developed in Australia, by an Australian company - Synop. It's still in beta, but I have started using this
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Tuesday, September 21, 2004 1:30 PM

Geek Weekend

Mitch Denny is calling out for participants in a .NET Geek weekend. Mitch has setup a Wiki for interested parties. Now, if we could combine this with Splatt's Geek Dinner, we will be rocking!!!!
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Tuesday, September 21, 2004 1:20 PM

Calling XP/Agile Enthusiasts in Perth

Nick is looking for XP/Agile developers based in Perth - so if you are out there, let him know..... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dotnet-owner@stanski.com On Behalf Of Nick Zdunic Sent: Monday,
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Friday, September 17, 2004 6:13 PM

Ooops - he did it again

My little Brice is a child that likes to live life on the edge. In his short life he has had a broken leg, a broken arm, pneumonia, impetigo, countless cuts & bruises, but yesterday he experienced his personal hilight.  He swallowed a whistle!
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Thursday, September 16, 2004 5:03 PM

My new Tablet PC Specs

People have asked me for the specs of my new tablet pc. This is what I can tell you Toshiba Protégé M200 Processor 1.7 GHZ  Pentium M Screen Display,12.1"TFT Memory 1024 MB Video Card Integrated 32MB VRAM(Shared) Hardrive 60.0GB, ULTRA-ATA
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Thursday, September 16, 2004 1:19 PM

Finally I get a Tablet PC!

I have had my pc for 3 years - a Dell Latitude C610. It's tired and needs a rest. Today I collected my new Tablet PC - a Toshiba Protégé M200. Yummy. So, I am now in the cool kids club! No longer feeling left out, I can hang out with Dr Neil and
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Wednesday, September 15, 2004 11:16 AM

Peter Mackay Added to Australian .NET Blogger List

Another addition to the Australian .NET Blogger OPML, Peter Mackay from Canberra. I had the good fortune to briefly meet Peter at the TechEd Open Day, as he was collecting his lovely VSIP beanie. While he was there, he "released" a book on one of
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Tuesday, September 14, 2004 8:36 PM

Sneak Preview of Latest Australian MSDN Flash

The next edition of the Aussie MSDN Flash has gone to press and will be delivered soon. I have a sneak preview online in my unauthorised MSDN Flash archive.
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Tuesday, September 14, 2004 12:24 PM

Children & Blogs @ School

My son Billy, who is in Grade 5, has invited me to speak at his school today about blogging. His class teacher (Mrs Thornton) is so excited about this, she has invited children from other classes to be part of the session. Billy will be interviewing
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Tuesday, September 14, 2004 9:41 AM

September MSDN Update - A Walk Through DotNetNuke

Microsoft joins forces with local user groups and brings you the DotNetNuke Development Team (Scott McCulloch and Phil Beadle). Don't miss this introduction to DotNetNuke and why this open source, solution kit portal application has become one of the
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Monday, September 13, 2004 10:10 PM

Biztalk Australia

Time to crank up the google juice for Biztalk Australia Here's my bit to help. So, when you are looking for a Biztalk specialist in Australia, make sure you visit The Noumenon Group.
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Friday, September 10, 2004 11:18 AM

Sydney .NET User Group - 15 September 2004

I got a reminder for the upcoming Sydney .NET User Group Meeting. This one looks interesting. Special Speaker Gideon Schaller, from Microsoft in Redmond USA, will be joining us this month to talk about: The implementation of the XML Index in Yukon.
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Saturday, September 04, 2004 6:54 PM

Site Setup on http://frankarr.aspxconnection.com/

I followed the directions and now have the shell of an ASP.NET site ready to do some dev. What shall I do?? Suggestions welcome
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Friday, September 03, 2004 7:41 PM

"Free ASP.NET Web Hosting" for all MSDN Connection Members is now ready for access

I told you we would be announcing this soon  Dear MSDN Connection Member, We are very excited to announce that the "Free ASP.NET Web Hosting" for all MSDN Connection Members is now ready for access. What you need to do: To access your hosting,
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Friday, September 03, 2004 7:17 PM

Leading Australian Publisher adds support for RSS

You know RSS is hitting mainstream when the old established publishers add support for it Fairfax has added RSS feeds for their two leading publications - The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age. Hats off to you, Mr Fairfax The Sydney Morning Herald
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Thursday, September 02, 2004 5:25 PM

Sneak Preview of latest MSDN Flash

I've got a sneak preview of September 2nd Edition of the MSDN Flash. Our guest editor is Pradeepa de Silva, our new Academic Evangelist, who has replaced the irreplacable Tyson Dowd who has recently moved to Singapore.
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Thursday, September 02, 2004 9:42 AM

Please forgive me BizTalk Bill!

There's been a bunch of new people added to the Australian .NET Blogger list over the past few days, but I forgot one really important addition. I was emailed with this new entry over a month ago and I forgot to update the OPML or blog about it. For this,
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Wednesday, September 01, 2004 4:36 PM

Aussie .NET Bloggers coming from everywhere

We have had a spurt of local .NET bloggers letting me know about their existance. I got an IM from Chris Masters about his new site and I read a post by Mitch Denny where he let the world know that Martin Granell has started blogging. So, of
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