Adam Nathan's Old Blog

I came across this on Channel9 and couldn't resist linking to it: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=104073

David's comment on my last post made me think about one of my pet peeves that seems to be pretty common: Cancel buttons that don't really mean cancel. For example: Open a text file in Notepad. Do a "Replace" (Ctrl+H): After replacing some text...

…that make all the difference in the world to me. I've been using Beta 1 a lot recently, and although " most of the stuff that we would expect that tech enthusiasts and consumers will be interested in will happen at Beta 2 ," every once in awhile come...

Scoble and Ernie Booth stopped by my office today with their camcorder so I could talk about and demo Internet Hearts -- now with the power of WPF! -- for an upcoming Channel 9 video. Look for it during the PDC timeframe. I've been so busy preparing for...

Raymond , Craig , and others are talking about Windows 95 today since today is its 10-year anniversary. I had just gotten a new computer a few months prior (since I was heading off to college) and I vividly remember getting Windows 95 in the mail. (Stores...

In the corner of my office, I've got a bunch of CDs: Rather than throwing away CDs that have outlived their usefulness, I started decorating with them. I know, it's a stretch to call a pile of CDs a "decoration," but they give a nice glow to the...

Every once in awhile I come across a blog post that mentions my Interop book or pinvoke.net, but this one is a first: For some reason, someone who goes by " Benzado " recently found and linked to a so-called "artificial intelligence" CS project I did...

In case you missed it, the official name for "Avalon" is Windows Presentation Foundation and the official name for "Indigo" is Windows Communication Foundation . Hmmm. I guess this is the answer for folks that felt the Vista name was too creative and...