Stories kicked by grauenwolf http://www.dotnetkicks.com/ en-us Atweb Publishing Ltd. http://backend.userland.com/rss DotNetKicks.com - .NET links, community driven 30 Should we really have libraries in .NET that are language specific? Why do only VB programmers get a Copy Directory function? Why do J# programmers (all 3 of them) get ZIP and UNZIP for free? <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.infoq.com%2fnews%2f2008%2f06%2fCopy-Directory"><img src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.infoq.com%2fnews%2f2008%2f06%2fCopy-Directory" border="0" alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" /></a> http://www.dotnetkicks.com/clr/Do_Language_Specific_Libraries_Belong_in_NET http://www.dotnetkicks.com/clr/Do_Language_Specific_Libraries_Belong_in_NET Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:53:46 GMT What happens when you combine anonymous methods and threads - a things you need to be aware or you will encounter a strange behavior that will be hard to explain. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fvaultofthoughts.net%2fAnonymousMethodsVsThreads.aspx"><img src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fvaultofthoughts.net%2fAnonymousMethodsVsThreads.aspx" border="0" alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" /></a> http://www.dotnetkicks.com/csharp/Anonymous_Methods_vs_Threads http://www.dotnetkicks.com/csharp/Anonymous_Methods_vs_Threads Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:46:01 GMT When many years of experience does not mean a penny <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.buunguyen.net%2fblog%2fthe-wrong-attitude-of-learning-on-the-job.html"><img src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.buunguyen.net%2fblog%2fthe-wrong-attitude-of-learning-on-the-job.html" border="0" alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" /></a> http://www.dotnetkicks.com/architecture/The_wrong_attitude_of_learning_on_the_job http://www.dotnetkicks.com/architecture/The_wrong_attitude_of_learning_on_the_job Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:01:02 GMT System.IO.Path has a number of utility methods that are useful when you have to progamatically build a file path ... <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fmattberseth.com%2fblog%2f2007%2f04%2fsystemiopath.html"><img src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fmattberseth.com%2fblog%2f2007%2f04%2fsystemiopath.html" border="0" alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" /></a> http://www.dotnetkicks.com/csharp/Quick_Tip_Use_System_IO_Path_Combine_instead_of_string_concatenation http://www.dotnetkicks.com/csharp/Quick_Tip_Use_System_IO_Path_Combine_instead_of_string_concatenation Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:01:01 GMT A theory on why IBM is trying so hard to kill OpenXML and the role Lotus Notes plays in the dispute. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.infoq.com%2fnews%2f2007%2f01%2fODF-Notes"><img src="http://www.dotnetkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.infoq.com%2fnews%2f2007%2f01%2fODF-Notes" border="0" alt="kick it on DotNetKicks.com" /></a> http://www.dotnetkicks.com/other/Fire_and_Motion_What_OpenXML_Means_to_IBM_and_Lotus_Notes http://www.dotnetkicks.com/other/Fire_and_Motion_What_OpenXML_Means_to_IBM_and_Lotus_Notes Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:16:01 GMT