Regular Expression Library Builder

Brian Delahunty created Regular Expression Library Builder, a tool that allows the creation and modification of Regular Expression Libraries.

The RegexLibrary builder allows you to:

• Create CLS compliant Regular Expression Libraries - .NET assemblies that contain only regular expressions.
  
• Add multiple regular expressions to a single assembly.
  
• Define individual names, namespaces, regex modifiers, and accessibility levels on a per regex basis.
  
• Reload existing Regular Expression Libraries and add, remove, or modify regular expressions contained within.
  
• Manually set the version number of the assembly to help ensure compatibility with existing versions.
  
• Much, much, more... ;-)

freshfeed.pl: mix multiple RSS enclosures by publication date

freshfeed is a script that can create aggregated RSS feeds from multiple input sources. You can create an RSS feed containing just the most recent enclosures from multiple OPML inputs.

Lessons from Star Wars: Do you work for Darth Sidius?

I know that this a little dated but I just couldn't help throwing in my two cents.

Over at ITtoolbox.com there is a posting titled 'Lessons from Star Wars: Do you work for Darth Sidius?' I found the article humorous; there are some interesting points about how superstars work, how they are treated by others and how they think of themselves. Can we really simplify every IT boss into two groups? You are either a member of the Jedi Council, a group of people working with the notation that they actions are for the good of all, or a Dark Lord, an extremely small group of people working for massive political power. I just don’t thing that we can classify all of management this way.

One Vary large Catfish

Some stories are just so strange you just have to check it out.

Over at NationalGeographic.com there is a story of a man catching a giant catfish. The catfish was almost nine feet long and weighing in 646 pounds. According to the story the villagers tried to keep the fish alive but were unsuccessful.

Microsoft Skills Assessment

Microsoft has released several skill assessment tests. It appears that the tests are free when you completed a test you will receive a personalized learning plan. The learning plan includes Microsoft Curriculum courses, Microsoft books and Microsoft TechNet resources.

The assessment tests are being offered in the following categories:

• Microsoft SQL Server 2005
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003
• Windows XP
• Supporting the End-User Desktop
• Exchange Server 2003
• SQL Server 2000
• Security
• Office 2003
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows Storage Server 2003
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
• Visual Studio .NET
• Desktop Deployment

IronPython

IronPython is a Python implemntation in .NET. Please remember that IronPython is in pre-alpha. Pre-alpha means that you should note load this on your production machine, you should expect bugs and features not working.

Python is a high-level general-purpose, interpreted, object-oriented programming language.

Update: DevX has the article 'Python + .NET = IronPython'.

Refactoring with Visual Studio Macros

There is a neat article over at O'Reilly 'Refactoring with Visual Studio Macros.' The article shows how to write your own macro to perform a refactoring.