Monthly Archives: December 2006

IT Pioneer Leaves Rhode Island

David Ortiz: “An IT pioneer who introduced open-source code to Rhode Island’s government Web sites is leaving after four years to return to his native New Jersey…” We’re going to miss you, Jim! Come back any time!

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UML and Patterns for Web Database Design

Several years ago, I wrote this tutorial and presented it a conference (The Bazaar) in New York. I had a lot of fun with it, and I think the students did, too. I posted the booklet and some cards that … Continue reading

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How Long Are You Willing to Wait for that UAC Prompt to Appear?

Anyone who’s talked to me about Vista in the past couple of months knows that I’m impressed with it. And I’ve even been known to say kind things about how Microsoft cleaned up the User Access Control (UAC) prompts in … Continue reading

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Help Build and Play a Video Game System This Afternoon (12/6/2006)

I recently picked up an XGameStation Pico, which is a small video game system you can build and program yourself. I’m going to be coming up to AS220 around 2:30pm, and I’ll set up a little work area where I … Continue reading

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Last Providence Geek Dinner of 2006 this Wednesday (12/6)

The Providence Geek Dinner is back at AS220 (115 Empire Street, Providence, RI) on Wednesday, December 6, 2006. The fun starts at 5:30pm. I hope to see you there. See the Providence Geeks blog for details and RSVP.

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