Will’s Blog

I almost forgot to write a post for this. Was meaning to write this post on the weekend, but forgot (Was browsing through the Ready To Launch DVD set that we were all given.)
Let’s start with last Tuesday, that was the night Victoria .NET UG had their user group meeting and [...]

Was just doing some research into integrating a custom Contact list with an external datasource (eg: From a SQL Database), and came across this excellent post by Stephen Toub titled Outlook Contact Provider.
I thought it was quite interesting, what Stephen has managed to do is making use of the stssync protocol to synchronise the data. [...]

If anyone is after some programming tips, Wil Shipley has posted some free programming tips on his blog.
Some good advice in there for those just starting out/finding their feet in the industry.
And on this topic, Mitch has also got some good ideas in his blog post about Integrating Learning into everything you do, which is [...]

LOL, just had to laugh at this new Dilbert comic strip.

And Australia is through to the SoccerFootball World Cup finals 2006!
Yahooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Wow.
This is big.

Very cool news. It’s only available free for download until November 6th, 2006. I think it’s a good deal.
It’s also nice that what you develop using the express products can be released commercially. Good for the weekend developer.
From the FAQ:
4. Can I use Express Editions for commercial use?
Yes, there are no licensing restrictions [...]

Just saw this post by Scott Guthrie about a Web Deployment Project for VS 2005.
Cool. This could come in handy. So bookmarking here.

It’s now November.
Yup, the 11th month of the year.
The second last month of the year.
And yesterday being the first Tuesday of November, meant us Melburnians got a day off to enjoy the “races”. Well, most of us just pay attention to the main race if nothing at all.
I decided to make the most [...]