Visual Studio 2005 Beta here I come

Downloaded the 3.6 GB DVD image... check
Uninstalled the Tech Preview... check
Sleep,Work,Eat... check
Extract .img files (Thanks to IsoBuster)... check
Installing Visual Studio 2005 Beta... working

I'll check back if this ever completes.

[Listening to: Def Leppard - Bringin' On The Heartbreak]

Custom Configuration Section Handlers

Don Box points to a couple nice articles on custom configuration file handlers from Craig Andera and Jeff Newsom. Notice in the comments another article on the subject from Phil (a.k.a. haacked).

[Listening to: Tragically Hip - The Heart of the Melt]

Creating your own Custom PatternLayout, PatternParser, and PatternConvertor with log4net

I'm a big log4* fan, so naturally I'm all over Scott Hanselmans blog on Creating your own Custom PatternLayout, PatternParser, and PatternConvertor with log4net.

Thanks for doing the recon for everyone Scott.

[Listening to: Tragically Hip - Gus: The Polar Bear from Central Park]

UML Symbols for Visio

Linked through Scott Hanselman: UML Symbols for Visio.

If this saves the headache of dealing with the built-in UML integrity checks I'll be a happy man.

thinktecture - Ingo Rammer's Weblog: The Missing Parts Of System.Messaging

Ingo Rammer of Thinktecture fills in some Missing Parts Of System.Messaging.

Don't know if I'll need this, but hey -- I'm a pack rat.

Automatic (empty) Unit Test Case generation in Reflector -- NeedItNeedItNeedIt

Jonathan de Halleux once again floors me with this gem: Automatic (empty) Unit Test Case generation in Reflector.

Oh sweet heavenly ham I need this. I can't wait until it's available.

GC Performance Counters

Maoni details all of the GC Performance Counters. Sweet.

Now I just have to write enough code to worry about performance.

Improving XML Performance in .NET Framework Applications

Dare Obasanjo points to a couple useful articles on Improving XML Performance in .NET Framework Applications.

High-performance XML

Daniel Cazzulino presents a series of blog entries on High-performance XML:

High-performance XML (I): Dynamic XPath expressions compilation

High-performance XML (II): XPath execution tips

High-performance XML (III): returning well-formed XML from WebServices without XmlDocument

High-performance XML (IV): subtree transformations without re-parsing

High-performance XML (V): in-memory XML Schema validation without re-parsing

I'm back -- time to catch up

Now that I'm relatively settled in at the new job it's time to throw out the occassional blog entry. Be prepared for some older links that I haven't had time for until now.