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My friend Dave Donaldson has come up with a pretty cool idea called CodeKeep. Its simply a place to store all of those code snippets that you want to keep around forever. You can also share the code snippets with others. From his blog entry:

My goal with CodeKeep from the beginning was to create a very simple way to store and search for code snippets, and to create a massive distributed community from which to pull code snippets from. My hope is that developers everywhere use CodeKeep to foster an increased sharing of code so that in the end, we are all more productive because of it.

Check it out!

Based on the CodeKeep logo, I wonder what Dave's favorite .NET language is. Hmm....

I'll be at the PDC in Los Angeles! Just weeks ago I didn't think I'd be able to go, but the planets aligned and everything worked out. I'm looking forward to meeting up with people out there and enjoying the energy that comes along with the event. Should be fun!

I find there is plenty of information out on the web for specific features of .NET products. However, it can be difficult to find a timely step-by-step reference to apply common and practical scenarios such as using forms authentication with Active Directory, or protecting database connection strings. A search of the web will sprout up several articles of varying quality, usually each with their own problems.

The Patterns and Practices team has gathered a bunch of security practices into a single location that include step-by-step instructions. The resources are available in this article: Security Practices: ASP.NET 2.0 Security Practices at a Glance. This is a great resource that I'm sure I'll point a lot of people in future conversations.