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Its Hawaii time
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After it ships the "Whidbey" and "Orcas" versions of its popular Visual Studio tool set, Microsoft Corp.'s Visual Studio development team is headed for "Hawaii." Hawaii is the code name for a version of Microsoft's Visual Studio tool set two versions beyond Whidbey
The reports from eweek.
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Word 2002/2000 Add-in: Read in Microsoft Reader 1.1
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With the Word 2000/2002 Add-in: Read in Microsoft Reader (RMR) 1.1, you can use Microsoft Word 2000 or Microsoft Word 2002 to create your own Microsoft Reader eBooks. Microsoft Reader makes on-screen reading more like reading a printed book, while adding active reading capabilities, instant access to content, and storage of a personal library. You can use this add-in to convert new or existing Word documents, letting you benefit from the features and convenience of Microsoft Reader.
Download from MSDN.
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CLR Team into blogging
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The CLR Team has started blogging and Balaji has got a nice article to start off with.
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Why you shouldn't compress SQL Server data and log files
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I am in awe to what Ken Henderson manages to write everytime. Let alone his books on SQL Server Internals or the MSDN articles he writes. It's amazing to just read his blogs ... The interesting part is it is free :).
I know people quote performance issues whist using compression for the data and log files. But here is a very classic and fantastic reply *technically* correct to take to neck deep into the problem. A worthy read and a worthy blog to add to your favourites.
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CIOL: Ask the Experts
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CIOL - This is a big network of magazines and is the parent for the famous magazines like PCQuest, DataQuest, DQ Channels, The DQWeek and many more. This magazine feature a profile each month from various industry backgrounds.
Continuing on those lines feature on their "Ask the experts" section for the month of May. More about the same can be viewed at: http://www.ciol.com/content/developer/askexpert/
I would answer queries related to SQL Server 2005 and .NET Features in SQL Server 2005. Feel free to write to me ...
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Strange but true
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You might have noticed I changed the skin for my blog. But this was in experiment to find out why the galleries thing didnt work for me. And Rakesh (Fellow MVP) told me the skin I am using can be a problem. And guess what it worked. Thanks buddy !!!
Now you can catch the Asia MVP Global Summit Snaps from the gallery too :).
Update:
People I've reverted the skin again. Even though the
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Snippet Editor for Visual Basic
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I like this addition ...
“Are you eager to produce your own Visual Basic Code Snippets but prefer not to think in terms of angle brackets? The Visual Basic Snippet Editor is a Windows Forms application with UI for creating, editing, testing VB code snippets. You can specify snippet code and metadata (e.g., title, author, description, keyboard shortcut), replacement variables, and referenced assemblies. You can preview your snippet as it will appear when inserted into the code window, and you can even test whether it will compile.”
Download it now.