Monthly Archives: April 2006

MTS06 – Don Box

Posted on April 12, 2006 by Brian Pontarelli

If you don’t know Don Box or have ever been in a room with him I can only think of a few ways to describe: – Don Box is the eloquent mad genius of Microsoft – Don Box has a … Continue reading →

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MTS06 – How fast is google

Posted on April 11, 2006 by Brian Pontarelli

I’m a geek but I’m wondering how quickly google will pick up the tags for MTS2006 in its searches. I’m not sure how well google will index into my blog, but we’ll see. If you see this post on google, … Continue reading →

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MTS06 – Jim’s slip?

Posted on April 11, 2006 by Brian Pontarelli

I’m blogging today from the MTS2006 (Microsoft Technology Summit 2006). This year we have internet in the room, so hopefully I’ll be able to send out updates quickly rather than spatting out information in the evenings after a couple of … Continue reading →

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ActiveRecord trick

Posted on April 8, 2006 by Brian Pontarelli

Just ran into something and wanted to jot it down to remember it. ActiveRecord objects have two different methods of accessing their associated data: @foo and foo. The former references the container for the data and the latter references the … Continue reading →

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WebWork2 auto validation is inconsistent

Posted on April 6, 2006 by Brian Pontarelli

I’ve been working in WebWork2 lately trying to get a Java web application up and running. A few of the major downsides to WebWork2, making it nearly unusable, are that the documentation is really lacking in almost all areas, there … Continue reading →

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