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		<title>Rants and Raves #6</title>
		<link>http://developingfor.net/2009/08/19/rants-and-raves-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever had a problem you couldn’t complain about?&#160; Me too.&#160; I have been so busy I haven’t had much time to post.&#160; Between working like mad on a new project at work, learning several new technologies, traveling to Nashville for my first DevLink 2009, and a super-secret side project I’ve just been too [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=developingfor.net&amp;blog=29673437&amp;post=433&amp;subd=developingfordotnet&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rants and Raves #5</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in form this week with both Rants and Raves… Rants CodeRush I wrote last week about how much I love ReSharper and what a benefit it has been.  I also said that I was installing DevExpress’s CodeRush and would report back.  Unfortunately, my report is not good. My biggest beef is that I just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=developingfor.net&amp;blog=29673437&amp;post=422&amp;subd=developingfordotnet&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rants and Raves #4</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is very difficult for me to come to terms with this, but I have nothing to Rant about.  I don’t know, maybe I’m sick or something, but nothing has really gotten under my skin this week.  Don’t worry, I’m sure I’ll be feeling better next time.  For now, I hope you enjoy this Rant-free [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=developingfor.net&amp;blog=29673437&amp;post=417&amp;subd=developingfordotnet&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rants and Raves #3</title>
		<link>http://developingfor.net/2009/07/10/rants-and-raves-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rants Microsoft Certification Exam I ranted in the last Rants and Raves about the Microsoft Certification exam, specifically about the format.  Well, this week I feel no better: I decided that since I was so close last time that I would push ahead and quickly retake the exam, so I scheduled the exam for 9 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=developingfor.net&amp;blog=29673437&amp;post=403&amp;subd=developingfordotnet&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rants and Raves #2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, it&#8217;s been a busy few weeks since the last Rants and Raves: Silverlight Firestarter DC, CHODOTNET, RVNUG, and CodeStock (not to mention two Craft shows!) Rants Microsoft Certification Exam Along the way I have also been studying for my very first Microsoft Certification Exam, 70-536 &#8220;Microsoft .NET Framework &#8211; Application Development Foundation&#8221;. I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=developingfor.net&amp;blog=29673437&amp;post=396&amp;subd=developingfordotnet&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rants and Raves #1</title>
		<link>http://developingfor.net/2009/05/29/rants-and-raves-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 20:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m thinking of starting a regular feature called &#8220;Rants and Raves&#8221;.  If I do continue this down the road, then I can always look back fondly and call this the beginning.  If not, I&#8217;ll just forget it as a failed experiment.  In the meantime, maybe it will make me feel better. Rants Expression Design and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=developingfor.net&amp;blog=29673437&amp;post=369&amp;subd=developingfordotnet&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Vista Machine follow up</title>
		<link>http://developingfor.net/2007/12/11/new-vista-machine-follow-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I let VS2008 finish installing last night while I was at home. I got in this morning, and the system had done an automatic update. It loaded a ton of updates from Microsoft, some were Vista specific but most were not. I was able to confirm that VS2008 installed just fine and I have spent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=developingfor.net&amp;blog=29673437&amp;post=53&amp;subd=developingfordotnet&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New ThinkPad T61 with Vista Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My new laptop arrived today. I&#8217;ve been playing with it for a few hours now and thought I would share my initial reactions with you. This is a Core Duo 2.2Ghz processor with 3GB of RAM. It has a 15.4&#8243; widescreen LCD display, which is gorgeous. My favorite feature so far is the integrated fingerprint [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=developingfor.net&amp;blog=29673437&amp;post=52&amp;subd=developingfordotnet&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MSDN Notes from a first time subscriber.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been following my journey, you&#8217;ll know that Monday morning, after 4 years as a .NET developer, I finally subscribed to MSDN.? I did so in anticipation of the release of Visual Studio 2008, which occurred Monday afternoon.? Needless to say, I was very excited by all this.? My excitement began to dwindle though, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=developingfor.net&amp;blog=29673437&amp;post=39&amp;subd=developingfordotnet&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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