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Visual Studio Command Prompt Here
I'm rebuilding my computer after a hard drive failure, and I keep running into issues where things I've taken for granted are missing – things such as the "VS Command Prompt Here" Windows Explorer context menu items. Years ago, Scott...
Meeting Cost Calculator
Have you ever been in one of those meetings where it seems that everyone in the company is there, even though they don’t need to be? I think everyone has and it is especially frustrating when you are one of the ones that doesn’t really need to be there...
June? Seriously? (And Tech-Ed)
June is just a week away.  That’s insane.  It’s cliché to say it, but time goes so fast.  My son is already four months old, and my daughter is getting hilariouser by the moment.  (I know some of you may not consider hilariouser a...
Jeffrey Palermo at UWM
On Friday, April 17, Jeffrey Palermo will be giving a full-day seminar on ASP.NET MVC at UWM in Milwaukee.  The event isn’t free, but is affordable at $125 – cheap for a day-long training session, especially from someone of Jeffrey’s caliber. If...
March? Seriously? (And Tech-Ed)
Well, tomorrow begins March 2009.  This year is already one-sixth over and it has been a blur.  As I get older years seem to go faster, but this one even faster than normal.  Maybe it’s the “big project” at work and the “big project”, errr...
Curly Brace Placement
I've been writing code with curly braces for a dozen years or so, starting with C++ in college, then JavaScript for many, many years, and for the last few years, C#.  In all that time, I have been a fan of putting the opening curly brace on the...
GiveCamp MKE
I'm very excited to announce that we are planning the first ever GiveCamp in the Milwaukee area: GiveCamp MKE .  In fact, it's one of the first GiveCamps anywhere. "What's a GiveCamp?", you ask.  In short, it is an opportunity...
TimeSnapper
I've been using the free version of TimeSnapper off and on for some time now, but pretty regularly over the last few weeks since I started my new job.  I'm doing billable work again, and am notoriously bad at getting my time entered. ...
.NET Micro Framework
Just got a book in the mail from Amazon: Embedded Programming with the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework .  It was only about $6 from the "Used and New" section of alternate sellers. An upcoming project at work is currently planned for Compact...
I Was Wondering When This Would Happen
Silverlight 1.1 becomes Silverlight 2.0 . (Thanks for the heads up , Dave.) Now I just have to find a way to get to Mix '08 next year.
Issue Tracking and Help Desk
What software do you use for issue tracking (feature requests, bugs, etc.) and help desk? I'm looking for something here at work. Has anyone used Axosoft OnTime ? I don't want something hosted as a service (I want to install it here). Also, I...
Microsoft To Make .NET Framework Source Code Available
Dave Bost just e-mailed and posted about this -- Microsoft is making the source code to the .NET Framework available. From Scott Guthrie's blog : We'll begin by offering the source code (with source file comments included) for the .NET Base Class...
Sunday Afternoon Reading
Work has been killing me lately (the last several months), but things are starting to calm down and I think I only worked about 45-50 hours last week. I spent yesterday with the family at the zoo. Charlie has been to the zoo more times in her 12 months...
New Tool: Folder Finder
I'm on a roll here with the little utilities... My dad called the other day as he was leaving his office (in California). Due to the nature of his business and the way their network is setup, he and his team work with a large number of folders on...
Interop Issue With Winsock
Error: Method '~' of object '~' failed So yesterday at work , I was working with a sample app from one of our product vendors. The app was a VB6 Windows EXE showing how to interact with their equipment using sockets -- Winsock. Since I'm...
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