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New Version of Cropper Released

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On January 30, 2007

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Brian Scott released a new version of Cropper a couple days ago.  I missed the announcement due to RSS reader issues, but I was fortunate enough to get to poke around with it in advance for a couple days.  It’s been about a year since the last release, and I was beginning to wonder if version 1.8 was going to be “it”.

Cropper is one of those little apps that I have that I couldn’t imagine not having.  I’m glad to see that development has picked up again.

Now I should just buckle down and take the time to write an “output to Community Server” plugin…

Update #2: More IE Stuff

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On December 21, 2006

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Early this year I posted a ZIP of stuff for IE context menus.  I just wrote and added another menu item for checking or unchecking any checkboxes in the current text selection.

The file is attached to this post.  Download and use at your own risk.  See readme.txt for summary and instructions.  These will modify your registry and if you don’t know what that implies, then you probably won’t want to install them.

I’m Looking for New Opportunities

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On October 19, 2006

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Well, the time has come for me to start aggresively looking for new employment opportunities.  If anyone has any leads, please contact me.  My resume is posted on this site, and I will be updating it shortly.  In a nutshell, I’m a .NET developer, and am open to any ideas.

Visual Studio 2005 Toolbox Icons

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On October 19, 2006

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I’m sure this is something I could fix given some time with my good friend Google, but time is something I don’t have a lot of, and the problem isn’t really that serious — just annoying.

In a nutshell, the icons in my Toolbox (VS 2005, not SP1) are “messed up” — they’re all the same icon (see picture on right).  Does anyone have any suggestions for fixing this?  Especially suggestions that won’t cause me to lose other non-default settings I have changed?

Update: It’s only happening on WinForms apps (web apps are OK), and it is only on three of the control groups in the toolbox: “All Windows Forms”, “Common Controls”, and “Containers”.

How Wealthy Is Bill Gates

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On October 9, 2006

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So BillG is worth around $53 billion, or should I say $53 “Bill-ion”.  That’s amazing.  To help me put that into perspective, I found the MegaPenny Project.  According to the math on this site, if Bill converted his entire wealth into pennies, he would have enough pennies to fill the Sears Tower — twice!

Of course that’s 25 times as many pennies as are in circulation, so I wouldn’t be looking for any copper skyscrapers in Redmond anytime soon.

I’d be happy with enough pennies to fill my house ($10-15 million).  I’m not greedy.  [;)]

ASP.NET Web Application Project Problem/Question

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On September 27, 2006

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OK, so I have an ASP.NET 2.0 Web Application Project (and here) — opposed to a Web Site Project — that I’m having an issue with.

If I manually add a DLL to the bin folder and navigate to a page that uses it, I get an error:

Could not load type ‘Other.Project.Name.ClassName’ from assembly ‘Other.Project.Name, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null’

However, if I add a reference to that same DLL in the web app project and navigate to the same page, it works.

What am I missing?  Does adding a reference do more than simply adding the DLL to the bin folder?  Obviously there’s a lot more detail than I’ve described here, but that seems to be the crux of it.

Windows Automatic Update Reboot Nag

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On July 20, 2006

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This is one of those “so I don’t forget where I found it” posts.  So how many people have seen this dialog?

Normally I’m not ready to reboot right after I install updates, so I click Restart Later.  Easy enough, right?  Well it would be if it didn’t pop up again 10 minutes later.  Then 10 minutes later.  Then 10 minutes later.  Then 10 minutes later.  Then 10 minutes later.

Anyway, I found this fix the other day and thought I’d link it so I could find it again in the future.

Can’t Install Expression Web Designer CTP

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On May 15, 2006

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So I downloaded the new Expression Web Designer CTP today on my work computer (new Dell, XP Pro SP2, 3+GHz PentD, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD), but can’t seem to install it.  I get the EULA prompt, then the status bar starts.  It makes it about 90% across then I get a dialog box that says “The installation of this package failed.”

I don’t see anything in the event logs either.  Anyone have any ideas?  I’ll try on my home computer later.

Obviously I’m missing something but don’t know what.

LINQ

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On May 10, 2006

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LINQ.  Rhymes with Pink.  Maybe my next post will be titled “Think”… [:)]

Based in part on Sean‘s presentation last night, I finally looked at LINQ today for the first time.  As it turns out the latest CTP seems to have been made available for download today.

I’ve looked at it for all of 10 minutes so far, but it looks pretty cool.  I’m a little “behind” on the “future” technology, so I have no idea how performance compares, but it looks like productivity will increase.

Domain Names For Sale

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On April 27, 2006

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I used to have quite a collection of domain names.  At one point, I had nearly thirty.  It was an addiction, and I needed help.  Now I’m a recovering domain-name-aholic, letting unnecessary registrations lapse as the expiration date approaches.  I’m currently down to 17.  (The road to recovery is long and lonely.)

Well, I have three that I am planning to “let go” very soon, putting them into an indefinite “domain name purgatory” until my registrar decides to release them back into the wild.  If you’re interested in any of these domains, let me know.  I don’t need to get rich from this, but I do want to make sure they make it to a good home.  [;)]

Here are the names I am currently planning to let lapse:

  • hypothesize.org
  • resemblance.org
  • wordforsale.com

Please help me keep from falling back into my old addictions.  I am still weak, and may falter at any time.  With your help, I can overcome this hurdle.

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