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Teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesting.
For those curious, this is the only way I can figure to do a permanent redirect in
ASP.NET 3.5 and lower.
using System;
namespace newtelligence.DasBlog.Web
{
public partial class rss : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently";
Response.AddHeader("Location", "/SyndicationService.asmx/GetRss");
}
}
}.
A couple of weeks back (sorry still catching up) I had the great fortune of being invited to visit a MS Research event called TechFest. MS Research hosts this event annually for fellow MS Employees and opens up their doors so they can see what they've been working on, and for the first time in their 15 year history, they allowed those of us without the trademark MS employee blue-badge to attend. The "exhibit hall" was very "science fair" full of academic research geeks and no marketing folks.
MS Product teams have been going through an era of transparency over the past few years and it was nice to see this principle infect MSR. A few quick facts that impressed me about MSR:
There was lots of interesting projects to learn about, some very space-age and cool, others kind of weird and hard to see any use for, and some that you wish were in a shipping product yesterday. Then there are some that caused attendees with certain allergies to get all stuffed up. Check out some of the videos here and here.
DevTeach is a really nice conference. I went to it for the first time last year and it's a very intimate and interactive conference. While smaller than your TechEd's and PDC's, it manages to attract a very good set of speakers....Kevin McNeish, Brian Noyes, Julia Lerman, Don Kiely, Patrick Hynds, Carl Franklins, Mario Cardinal, Ted Neward, Nick Landry, Etienne Tremblay, Sam Gentile, Jim Duffy, Guy Barrette, Eric Cote, Markus Egger, Kate Gregory and me too. I'll be doing a DataSet tips and tricks talk - but mostly just so I can get a free pass to go and see all the other great talks. This year it is being held once again in Montreal which is a beautiful city with a great night life.
And last but not least, here is a rebate code for $50.00 "TO000OBJSHARP". You can register at