[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":135},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog:2006:what-im-up-to-at-the-moment":3,"blogMore-Personal":121,"comments-what-im-up-to-at-the-moment":134},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":105,"commentCount":106,"date":107,"description":12,"excerpt":108,"extension":109,"filenames":110,"hidden":111,"image":110,"meta":112,"minutes":103,"navigation":113,"path":114,"seo":115,"showCategory":110,"stem":116,"tags":117,"updated":110,"url":118,"wordCount":119,"__hash__":120},"content\u002Fblog\u002F2006\u002Fwhat-im-up-to-at-the-moment.md","What I’m up to at the moment",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":101},"minimark",[9,13,16,39,42,57,89,92,95],[10,11,12],"p",{},"The project I’ve been working on professionally for the last two years reaches a milestone this week and so is a great opportunity to take a well-deserved break for a couple of weeks.",[10,14,15],{},"I was hoping to head out somewhere as far out as Japan but things are held up in a complicated set of scheduling dependencies and a looming demo to investors.",[10,17,18,19,26,27,32,33,38],{},"At home I’m currently working my way through ",[20,21,25],"a",{"href":22,"rel":23},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.co.uk\u002FMCTS-Self-Paced-Training-Kit\u002Fdp\u002F0735623333",[24],"nofollow","Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Windows-Based Client Development Training Kit"," (nice name there Microsoft) as part of my studies towards ",[20,28,31],{"href":29,"rel":30},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.microsoft.com\u002Flearning\u002Fexams\u002F70-526.asp",[24],"exam 70-526",". This is a requirement to obtain a ",[20,34,37],{"href":35,"rel":36},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.microsoft.com\u002Flearning\u002Fmcp\u002Fmcpd\u002F",[24],"Microsoft Certified Professional Developer"," (Windows Applications) which I’m hoping to add to my resume.",[10,40,41],{},"The initial test they provide on the CD-ROM wasn’t too tricky however some of the questions seem obscure and irrelevant. This is apparently normal for Microsoft exams and does seem to be a little familiar when I think back to my Internet Information Services 4.0 examination I took in 1999 to get my Microsoft Certified Professional certification.",[10,43,44,45,50,51,56],{},"I’m also finishing off a few additional icons for ",[20,46,49],{"href":47,"rel":48},"https:\u002F\u002Fankhsvn.tigris.org\u002F",[24],"AnkhSVN"," particularly in the area of the Working Copy Explorer and the Repository Explorer dialogs. Once I can get the Subversion 1.4\u002FAPR\u002Fzlib dependency libraries etc. installed again then I’ll be able to test and commit those back. I’ll bug ",[20,52,55],{"href":53,"rel":54},"https:\u002F\u002Farildf.spaces.live.com",[24],"Arild"," to put the 1.4 dependencies up on Tigris for other people wanting to hack around with the source too.",[10,58,59,64,65,70,71,76,77,82,83,88],{},[20,60,63],{"href":61,"rel":62},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gringod.com",[24],"GrinGod"," and myself have been considering writing a small blogging system in .NET using the ",[20,66,69],{"href":67,"rel":68},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.codeplex.com\u002FWiki\u002FView.aspx?ProjectName=actionpack",[24],"SubSonic"," ORM. I’ve been tempted for a while and today ",[20,72,75],{"href":73,"rel":74},"https:\u002F\u002Fhaacked.com",[24],"Phil Haack",", maintainer of ",[20,78,81],{"href":79,"rel":80},"https:\u002F\u002Fsubtextproject.com",[24],"Subtext",", dropped the clues that he’s also ",[20,84,87],{"href":85,"rel":86},"https:\u002F\u002Fhaacked.com\u002Farchive\u002F2006\u002F11\u002F13\u002FGood_Design_Minimizes_The_Impact_Of_Changes.aspx#feedback",[24],"wanting to switch Subtext to an ORM"," although would like to do it very slowly.",[10,90,91],{},"I, on the other hand, am keen on a very lightweight free .NET based ORM that doesn’t provide UI based configuration or skinning abilities instead relying on the developer to get his hands dirty for customization. More of a .NET blogging system for .NET developers who want to integrate it with whatever they’ve rolled for their site.",[10,93,94],{},"And it seems we can borrow all sorts of stuff from the Subtext source tree.",[10,96,97],{},[98,99,100],"em",{},"[)amien",{"title":102,"searchDepth":103,"depth":103,"links":104},"",2,[],"Personal",1,"2006-11-14T23:59:49+00:00","[object Object]","md",null,false,{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002F2006\u002Fwhat-im-up-to-at-the-moment",{"title":5,"description":12},"blog\u002F2006\u002Fwhat-im-up-to-at-the-moment",[49,69],"\u002Fblog\u002F2006\u002Fwhat-im-up-to-at-the-moment\u002F",365,"xmXYxROH4yK_5XAx_uszo0GT2VLuvTv5tAkIX8gLUWE",[122,126,130],{"title":123,"date":124,"url":125},"Origins of a love affair","2009-12-29T12:06:51+00:00","\u002Fblog\u002F2009\u002Forigins-of-a-love-affair\u002F",{"title":127,"date":128,"url":129},"Friday Fill-Ins #91","2008-09-27T05:26:07+00:00","\u002Fblog\u002F2008\u002Ffriday-fill-ins-91\u002F",{"title":131,"date":132,"url":133},"How did I get started in software development?","2008-08-05T18:37:55+00:00","\u002Fblog\u002F2008\u002Fhow-did-i-get-started-in-software-development\u002F",[],1780900535096]