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Well, I’m about 6 months into the blog and decided to migrate to WordPress.  I’ve been looking into this for a while and decided it was better to do it sooner rather than later.

Boy was I glad that I decided that.  I’m in the middle of cleaning up the posts that didn’t convert properly and I couldn’t image having more to clean up.

So what does this mean for this blog?  Well there will be a period of cleanup, and then I have a list of new items coming.  In addition, I have a few new projects that will be surfacing soon and am looking forward to receiving some feedback on those.

Thanks for the patience during the migration.

Well we have been talking about it for a while, but there will finally be a GiveCamp event in Houston.  The event will be held between Nov 5 - 7th in the Galleria area.

Now if you have never heard of the GiveCamp events, you are missing out.  You can check out the main GiveCamp website at http://givecamp.org.  The event lasts for 2 days.  That’s right, 48 hours straight thru.  You have teams competing against each other consisting of 4 to 5 developers, designers, and dba’s.  Each team is assigned a charity who is in need of either a new website or enhancements to their current solution.  At the end of the 48 hours, each team will present their solutions to the group for judging.

Sounds simple right?  If so, then make sure you sign up and get involved in your local event.  It’s a great way to give back and have some fun in the process.  We promise to have plenty of caffeine to get you thru the weekend.

I’ll post more information on the Houston event once it becomes available.  I’m in charge for finding sponsors for the event, so make sure you contact me if you are interested.

Join us this Thursday for an evening with Claudio Lassala as he discusses Command design patterns, Lambda Expressions, Extension Methods, fluent interfaces, refactoring, test-driven development, writing elegant code, and more. This session will cover a little bit of many things learned from projects he has worked on. We expect every attendee to learn a few tricks that can be applied immediately, and also to feel encouraged to go out and research more on whatever area appeals the most.

Also, we will have pizza, conversation, and plenty of door prizes. check our site at http://nhdnug.org for details.

If you haven?t been to a presentation by Claudio, then you can?t miss this one.  You can check out his blog here : http://claudiolassala.spaces.live.com/

Hope to see you there.