Brent VanderMeide on Scopes in .NET 2.0 Part 2

Brent VanderMeide continues his series on scopes this week with details on multi-level nested scopes.

http://dnrtv.com/default.aspx?showID=114

OK, I'm about to unpack about 100 dnrTV zip files to get the wmvs out and put the metadata in the database for a feed (yeah, I know... took me long enough).

So I want to know what else people want. I get a steady stream of email asking for an ipod version, and although I think you are all crazy, I'm willing to put it out there anyway. Then there's the Zune... same thing. I understand that you might want to just listen to it and maybe see a crappy video so you can get an idea of what we're doing. Touche'

So... the 64-bit question is... what formats do you want? What screen sizes? What feeds?

I'm all ears.

<Distributed Caching with Microsoft's "Velocity"/>

Scott sits down on the TechEd floor with Anil and "MK" from the Velocity team to talk about Microsoft's new .NET Distributed Cache.

http://hanselminutes.com/default.aspx?showID=134

Brent VanderMeide on Transaction Scopes in .NET 2.0 Part 1

Brent VanderMeide shows how to use database transaction scoping, incliding how to create and use your own scope class.

http://dnrtv.com/default.aspx?showID=113

<The Return of the "Franklinator"/>

Scott talks with Carl, who is back from a long hiatus, about the joys of programming and getting back to basics. Is it hard to stay passionate about this job? Is there a need for the community to revisit Computer Science 101?

http://hanselminutes.com/default.aspx?showID=133

Jolene Blaylock

A charitable proposal: The Society for the Preservation for Jolene Blaylock.

I have been itching to do a kick-ass guitar song all by myself in the studio, so I enlisted the help of my daughter Emmy (12) and her friend Yumi (16) to help with camera work and recording controls. They learned a little about the recording process and had some fun as well.

You might remember my first all-me tune, Home at Last by Steely Dan. I received a lot of suggestions for more Steely Dan tunes to do next, and I will get to them someday for sure, but I wanted to do something else first.

I grew up with Steve Miller's greatest hits, and this has always been one of my favorites to play and sing. I admit I had never played it on drums or bass before sitting down to do the video yesterday, but the parts are pretty straight-ahead. The bass took some extra time. Lots of tricky stuff there. The guitar work was pure bliss, and the vocals just popped right out. This might have been the best day I've had in a long time!

I used the same technical setup as with Home at Last. Same cameras, although I know a bit more about lighting now. The drums were first, followed by bass, guitars, and finally vocals. By the time I recorded the vocals it was the wee hours, so you can see a dramatic difference in the light. The daylight shines through the big windows in the studio during the day. Yeah, I could have tweaked the color spectrum a bit, but I really just wanted to get this done and out there. It's a cover tune, after all.

Click here or on the image below to see the Silverlight version in 720p (23mb).

Click here to see the low-fi youtube Flash version.

Click here to download the mp3 (5mb).

Click here to download the hi-def 720p wmv file (110mb).