I had a blast doing it.  I love listening to the shows and can't even imagine the amount of work that goes into putting it together each week. 

Main realization?  I talk way too much.  Get me going and not even Carl can get in a word edgewise.  Well hopefully everyone who listens to it will find it interesting.

Thanks Carl, Richard and Geoff.

Saturday, July 23, 2005 3:55:42 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)         Comments [3]  

Be sure to visit all the options under "Configuration" in the Admin Menu Bar above. There are 16 themes to choose from, and you can also create your own.

Tuesday, July 19, 2005 11:00:00 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)         Comments [0]   dasBlog

Looks like I will be doing a GrokTalk on Tuesday about combining the Enterprise Library security block with ASP.NET 1.1.  Check out http://www.groktalk.net/blog/ for the full schedule of talks being given by the Regional Directors.

Thursday, June 02, 2005 7:52:40 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)         Comments [1]  

I have a need for an odd kind of Wiki.  I want one that allows me to control a list of contributors but expose the site for anonymous readonly access.  I have seen other folks interesting in something like this.  Paul Wilson talks about a version he put together to suit his particular needs.

Does anyone know of a full wiki implementation in .NET that is more along these lines?  Time to start one?

Thursday, June 02, 2005 7:47:17 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)         Comments [0]  

I am starting the session planning process for ASPLive! Orlando is in full swing.  I will be tracking out the ASPLive sessions and this is my official notice that I am accepting submisssions.  Feel free to submit them directly to me or use the online form here.

VSLive is returning to Orlando!  The show will be October 9-13th.

 I have been asked to head up the ASP.NET content selection for this show.  The current plan is to split into three tracks: a Smart Client track, an ASP.NET track and a SQL track. 

 Please send all proposals to me and include VSLive Orlando in the title so that i spot them.  Alternatively please use http://www.fawcette.com/conferences/callforpapers/ to submit session ideas. This show will not be us just picking up all the content from the previous shows.  Twice a year we take a fresh look at the content and San Francisco and Orlando happen to be the shows we target.  Treat this as the first call for proposals.  I need all proposals by June 17th so I can get a preliminary matrix setup. I need proposals for both 60 minutes sessions and all day workshops.

Thursday, May 26, 2005 11:43:57 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)         Comments [0]  

My subscription file in NewsGator got horked by a lodgenet proxy at the Rio Hotel in Vegas a couple weeks ago.  I sent it to newsgator who said they would fix it, took one look at it, and said they fix them by hand and I have too many feeds to do by hand.

Nice guys.  The unspoken implication is that your time is more valuable than mine.

So the search is on for a new aggregator.  While I kind of liked the fact that the messages were stored in Outlook I might be willing to look at some other type of aggregator.

I haven't been looking around but what is the killer aggregator as of late?  FeedReader?  RssBandit?  What?

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 6:57:08 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)         Comments [1]  

When I first started out with VSTS I created a nightly build project. Since I was just setting up my solution I did not yet have any tests to run.

Team Build unfortunately is a one way interface.  Once you setup the build the only editing experience you get in MSBuild!

So the trick to adding tests to a build without them is as follows.  Look for:

    <TestingFlag>false</TestingFlag>
    <!--  TEST ARGUMENTS
          If the TestingFlag is set to true then the following is relevant
          Metadatatest file path - mandatory
          Testlist name, a test list which is a part of the selected metadata file - mandatory
          Runconfiguration file path - optional, defaults to the active run configuration in the metadatafilename
        
    -->
    <TestingArgs> </TestingArgs>

Change the TestingFlag to true and point it at the vsmdi file in your solution which contains information about which tests to run.  Like this:

    <TestingFlag>true</TestingFlag>
    <!--  TEST ARGUMENTS
          If the TestingFlag is set to true then the following is relevant
          Metadatatest file path - mandatory
          Testlist name, a test list which is a part of the selected metadata file - mandatory
          Runconfiguration file path - optional, defaults to the active run configuration in the metadatafilename
        
    -->
    <TestingArgs>/testmetadata:$(SolutionRoot)\VergentSoftware.SeattleTraffic.vsmdi</TestingArgs>

Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:35:23 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)         Comments [0]   VSTS

If you have done a single server install with AD and hit this error:

An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted)
Cannot impersonate user for data source 'TfsReportDS'. (rsErrorImpersonatingUser)
Logon failed. (rsLogonFailed)
Logon failure: the user has not been granted the requested logon type at this computer. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070569)

Go to the local security policy and give the service account (TFSSERVICE) permissions to logon locally. Reboot and you should be golden.

Wednesday, May 18, 2005 3:58:22 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)         Comments [1]