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 I found out today that I will be presenting at Prairie Dev Con in Regina, Saskatchewan on June 2-3.

Please try to catch one of my sessions on the ASP.Net MVC framework!! 

 Many thanks go out to D'Arcy Lussier for selecting my talks!!  I hope to meet quite a few new friends up in the Great White North!

  -G

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Ok..  I have been reading on the internet this week, and seeing some new headlines about blogging.  And while I have thought that blogging; per-se; has come to an end.  I totally disagree with this.. I think that the casual blogger, who posts news or just small comments, is dead..  

Is that not what Facebook and Twitter are for?? 

I however seem to utilize blogs in another fashion.. For work research..  For the developer; programmer; software engineer these works are invaluable!!!!  We utilize them every day!! Just like a historian utilizes newspapers and magazine articles or historic records..So, to answer in my own words..  No blogging is NOT dead.. It just should be utilized for what it’s good for, like any good technology.  And please utilize other technology for what it good at.. 

  -G

 

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As you may be wondering by the title of this post; I am talking about dogs...

 In the past couple of months my littlest puppy, a Pomerainian Poodle has had a couple of accidents in his kennel..  Maybe caused by his parents not getting up and letting his 1yo puppy self outside hourly during the night.  Maybe because his accidents happen about once a month, and we really don't know when that time is.

 Anyway, while I was bathing him to get all of the ishys out from his paws; I pondered the question that I ponder everytime that I have to do this...

 

How the HECK does he get POO behind his head, on his back and around his mouth?!?!?!

 Why can't a dog; who happens to have an accident; just stay OUT of his ickys???  But for some reason, I am not sure if it's only this animal, but he seems to LIKE to sleep right in his mess. 

 I had to blog on this weird topic, only because I am in a bewildered state due to the non-understanding of this behavier!!!!

 

   -G

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Hey everyone!

 Please join me in Orlando at VSLive! this fall!  The dates have been released!  It's happening October 4-7th at the beautiful Buena Vista Palace hotel right near Downtown Disney! This should be a GREAT conference. Come to the last conference before the release of Windows 7!  

   -G 

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First of all I'd like to thank everyone that attended my sessions in Las Vegas!  I thought that the sessions went off quite well!

 

Anyway, below are the links to download the code from the sessions.. Please feel free to pop me any questions if you have any!

 

  -G

VSLive - VM4.zip (2.00 mb)

VSLive - VM7.zip (2.08 mb)

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I am a little late popping this up on my site, however there is a new 'GROUP' to go to in the twin cities.  The Twin Cities Pragmatic Beer group.  This is going to be handled much like the 'Geek Dinners' in other areas that have had GREAT success!  I will not be able to attend the first meeitng; which happens to be TONIGHT?!  But I do plan on attending the next event next month!

 Please click the link above to get a description of the meeting.

 

  -G

Tags: beer, geeks, geek, .net, windows, technical, sql server
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With the latest issues with the economy, finally Google has been hit.. 

This is something that many people would have never thought could happen?! 

Please read the following link to the Slashdot article

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I just read this article on Engaget about Circuit City. 

I can only say that in this economic landscape this isn't a total suprise. It looks as if the Best Buy Monster has swallowed yet another company. At least they lasted longer than Computer City and (most of) CompUSA...

   -G

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I have taglines on Facebook today, and now on CNN.com. But this great piece of gadgetry that makes your ears happy with music while plugging away at your computer must have been really sad to see 2008 go away!  As it seems that most of the 30GB versions of the unit have all commited Zuneicide!!  I'm hoping that MS comes up with a quick solution for this, as it will GREATLY diminish their stock market price as the day goes on.. 

 Oh, and BTW.. I'm SO glad I have an iPod!!  (Don't tell Microsoft!)

 

  -G

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I have not had much time to blog lately, but I thought of this while looking at a screen that I'm building in WPF...  I figured it was worth a web search for free graphics and a post..  So, no matter what you celebrate this time of year, I hope you have a great time, and PLEASE don't over indulge and drive!!!!

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