Author Archives: Mel Grubb

Well, I think I’ve decided on what sessions I’ll be attending:http://www.codemash.org/SessionScheduler/?1=2&2=30&3=33&4=7&5=3&6=9&7=42&8=32 I’m still a little up-in-the-air about the "Introduction to Workflow Foudation" vs. Brian’s "Applied SOA" session.  Brian’s a great speaker, and I’d want to get in at least one … Continue reading →

The Enterprise Library’s security block is very handy, and pretty easy to use, but the one complaint I see about it most often is that people don’t want all of their security rules living in the app.config file usually due … Continue reading →

Hey, look what I found in the parking lot at Veteran’s Memorial today?   Now to be fair, there was a handicapped placard hanging on the rear-view mirror of this monster.  It does make you wonder, though.  If you can … Continue reading →

How do you do a wildcard search with Linq?  It took me quite a while to find the answer to this question, so I thought I’d blog it and maybe the search engines will pick it up for the next … Continue reading →

Well, there’s nothing like a good round of standards abuse to get the blood flowing.  Recently I’ve found myself in a situation where I can’t use part of the enterprise library as it was originally intended to be used.  The … Continue reading →

In a recent client interview, I was posed some interesting "puzzle" questions.  These weren’t of the "How would you move mount Fuji" variety (By the way, I would never dream of doing such a thing.  Surely some detailed requirements gathering … Continue reading →

This won’t be news to any of the Microsoft gurus or MVP’s, but it struck me as pretty friggin’ cool, so I thought I’d share it.  If you’ve read any of Scott Guthrie’s blogs, then you’ve seen some cool stuff … Continue reading →