john spurlock 2009

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checked in azure table client batch-transaction support to the resourceful.codeplex.com main branch. usage exampleCodePlex.Resourceful - Source Coderesourceful.codeplex.com

checked in a client class for azure table services to resourceful.codeplex.com main branch usage example:CodePlex.Resourceful - Source Coderesourceful.codeplex.com

azure table service supports batch transactions! uses multipart mime as a poor-mans alternative to http-pipeliningPerforming Entity Group Transactionsdocs.microsoft.com

woxyplaylist.com just updated - top 50 artists/songs last week on @woxy:tinyurl.com

glad to see that amazon dramatically lowered the price for sqs. looking into it again - interesting to note the differences to azure queues

"what would you do if you knew you could not fail?" - robert h. schuller

azure application monitor is a cool idea. dumps instance vm stats out to storage, and has a wpf ui.Azure Application Monitor - Homeazuremonitor.codeplex.com

azure + fulltrust = opens up interesting possibilities... the developer portal is slow though - update process takes too long

woxyplaylist.com just updated - top 50 artists/songs on woxy.com last week:tinyurl.com

"an old man sits collecting stamps in a room all filled with chinese lamps he saves what others throw away, says that he'll be rich someday"

rico mariani on vs2010 startup and editor performance:Visual Studio 2010 Performance Part 1: Startup – Rico Mariani's Performance Tidbitsblogs.msdn.microsoft.com andVisual Studio 2010 Performance Part 2: Text Editor – Rico Mariani's Performance Tidbitsblogs.msdn.microsoft.com

woxyplaylist.com just updated for the week - top 50 artists/songs on woxy.com this wk:tinyurl.com

"california-based google added 0.4 percent to close at $428.40 in nasdaq stock market trading yesterday. microsoft was unchanged at $21.40."

apple, you lost a $1000 sale - new mac mini still doesn't properly support a2dp (stereo bluetooth) - will hunt for a mac compat adapter...

"...she looks like the real thing, she tastes like the real thing..."

woxyplaylist.com just updated - top 50 artists/songs on woxy this week:tinyurl.com

released spaceblock 0.0.2.6 - initial support for the new sun cloud object storage apiCodePlex.SpaceBlock - Homespaceblock.codeplex.com

by the way folks: it turns out you *can* set the date header in .net's httpwebrequest using reflection. reflector saves the day once again

following @realscottgu

"some http client libraries" = you know, .net itself. the "royal" some...Authentication for the Azure Storage Servicesdocs.microsoft.com

this is rich, microsoft. "the x-ms-date header is provided because some http client libraries automatically set the date header"

woxyplaylist.com is back up! top 50 artists and songs played on woxy last week:tinyurl.com

official tmobile cupcake android os update finally shows upbit.ly

google to launch amazon s3 competitorGoogle to Launch Amazon S3 Competitor - Datamationdatamation.com

my stereo bt headphones just came in from japan (from a future time and place)bit.ly

still no cupcake from t-mobile. current rumor is "end of this week"

waiting for cupcake (android 1.5 update) via t-mobile - let's see how long it takes...

nytimes reader 2.0 ditches wpf & silverlight in favor of adobe airThe New York Times: Get a Digital Subscriptionnytimes.com

macbook + windows 7 rc + sql server 2008 + azure sdk march 2009 ctp = works!

commons-logging for .net (sigh)DevIL's Diary: Common Logging 2.0 for .NET Releasedeeichinger.blogspot.com