We all really out did ourselves this year. Not only did we attract an outstanding panel of speakers, an awesome collection of attendees, but the local newspapers recognized the event for what it was and ran a front page story about it.

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A short post and example on how to use the C# syntax Using. The example is for an ado.net business object that can be used with an ObjectDataSource. This saves you the trouble of disposing of your objects properly, as well as doing it at the right place.

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Please come join me for my presentation at Foothill College this coming weekend on Silverlight.

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Silicon Valley Code Camp Schedule Almost Ready… come back in a couple days.

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This article shows how to set the default Value of a DropDownList Control when using asp.net 2.0. It uses the DataBound event to do it. A full page example which can be cut and paste is included

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