Project Origami, you’ve got my attention!

Ok so Microsoft’s Project Origami has got me totally psyched! I cannot wait for this thing. I’m not sure if it is an UMPC or not, but it is cool!

If it can run VS so i can code on it, i will buy it the first day it comes out. That is a promise!

Now for the origami teaser!

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Bill Miller’s Tech Talk

I’m blogging from MAN 122 while listening to Bill Miller’s talk on recognizing trends in the industry and working up a skill set
He has mentioned there are various techniques.
Some Methods to use:

  • Watching Amazon.com Keep an eye on what people have in their wishlist. That’s current!
  • Trade Magazines – IEEE, ACM, C/Net, etc.
  • Conferences- Mix 06′ anyone?
  • Online communities – Blogs
  • http://channel9.msdn.com/
  • http://blogs.msdn.com/
  • Users groups – West Michigan .NET Users Group
  • Talk to people in the field, professors, friends, cube buddy
  • Ok, so we got kicked out early bout 5:50 by some class 🙁
    That was a bummer, but it was great having Bill come and give a talk. He certainly gave us a few nuggets of information to walk away with. I’m definitly looking forward to having him back for future talks.

    -MP

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    Inserting Records Into an Access Database Using ASP.NET 2.0 – Tutorial

    1) Open Visual Studio and create an ASP.NET website or create a new website
    2) Open Access and create a database with at least one record
    3) Save the file in the App_Data folder of the website
    Ex. “\Visual Studio 2005\WebSites\web1-16\App_Data�?
    4) Open the toolbox and from the Data section of the toolbox, drag “AccessDataSource�? on the blank page.
    5) Configure the data source by left-clicking on the triangle on the data source and choose configure data source

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    6) Choose the database by browsing to it and selecting it.
    7) Next configure the select statements by clicking “specify columns from table or view�? then clicking the “*�? button to select all attributes of the record. Then click the button to the right labeled “Advanced…�? to set up enable Insert, Update, and Delete features.
    a. Click to select generate Insert, Update, and Delete Statements
    b. Click to select use Optimistic Concurrency

    8) Test your query then finish the wizard.
    9) Next click on the DetailsView Control from the Data tools and drag it onto the page.
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    10) After you’ve configured the data source by selecting the Access Database on the details view, go to the Properties pane on the far right and set AutoGenerateDeleteButton, AutoGenerateEditButton, and AutoGenerateInsertButton to the value of True. By selecting True for those properties, you are allowing records to be deleted, edited, or inserted into the database.
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    11) Click on the Access data source, then in the Properties pane click on InsertQuery (Query) to open the Command and Parameter Editor.
    12) Remove the primary key from the query (for this example ProfessorsID) and also the corresponding question mark. Also be sure to highlight ProfessorsID on the Parameter listing below the statement, then click the red X to remove it from the listing.
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    13)Then click OK.

    14) Now you are ready to run the ASP.NET page complete with an interactive database

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    Holiday Coding Roadtrip 2005 Day 3:

    I was woken up at 4:45am. It was my turn to drive. I took a 3 hour stint at the wheel. We finally made it to DC at about 1:45pm. We finally got to the condo of Henry’s cousin Ralph and his roommate John. After we moved our stuff inside, we all decided to take a nap until the owners of the condo came home. For dinner we went to the Dogfish Alehouse. It was a pretty good restaurant. They had gigantic portions. After dinner we went back to the condo for a bit of TV, then an early night of sleep.

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