I got married yesterday, it was a total whirlwind but a total blast! I'll write more later, but thank you to everyone who came out and I'll be back in the blogosphere October 13th when I'm back from the honeymoon in Bora Bora. much love, -Dan

GearGrip The next time you're heading out to that LAN party and you need to transport  your tricked out computer, don't carry it by hand, instead use GearGrip to transport both your PC and monitor. Tom's Hardware has the product review ....

We recently published a How-To on support.microsoft.com  for how to share user controls across projects.  In talking with customers, one of the things they would like to do is have a common set of reusable web UI, say a navigation bar, across...

Why are methods in C# final by default versus virtual in Java? Why is the override keyword required to override virtual methods?  How did issues like versioning affect the design of C# and the .NET Framework?  You can read...

I got a question from someone recently asking what the naming convention we have been using for Visual Studio represents.  Is Orcas a character in Lord of the Rings? Answer: No.  Here's the real answer: The versions of Visual...

Scoble , Jeff Sandquist and I met a couple of weeks ago to discuss what sort of blogger events we could do for PDC, and we'll be sending out details sometime soon.  It was cool to finally meet Scoble in person as I'm a big fan of his blog. ...

The Microsoft Broadband Networking team just released this wireless adapter supports both 802.11b  and  802.11g (54 mb). If you're a newbie to networking, you should also definitely check out the How to Use Your Network section . ...

For those of you attending PDC, this morning we published 136 sessions live on CommNet.  You can see the list of sessions here : The session schedule isn't finalized, but we're working on that today :) Architecture and Infrastructure...

[Keller and I just watched this classic] There is a special Red versus Blue  advertisement on GDN. It's an absolute must see and even includes the timeless Steve Ballmer "Developers, Developers, developers..." clip (he says it 35 times). ...

Today we publicly announced that we'll be doubling our dividend from .08 to .16 cents.  News story

I got my WiFi Finder today, its pretty big for a keychain, but then again, I carry a PocketPC Phone so I'm used to large tech gadgets.  The WiFi Finder succesfully noticed that my office has a wireless network, and from reading the instructions...

I'm still catching up on blog entries that I've been meaning to post, here are some of the tools I mentioned in my TechEd New Zealand sessions. FXCop FxCop is a tool that lets you know whether you code conforms to specific rules like naming...

Bill Venners has released Part II and Part III of his interview series with Anders Hejlsberg on the C# Language Design Process.  There's some great discussion on topics such as why C# does not have checked exceptions like Java, simplicity...

While ordering international power converters from mobileplanet.com , I broke down and ordered the Kensington WiFinder .  It's basically a keychain that notifies you when you're in a wireless hotspot.  Not bad for $35, and now finding a hotspot...

[Sorry for not posting, but I've been *way* too busy, and blogging is the first thing to cut when push comes to shove] After my last post on Pascal's Triangle, Brian Keller and I were in his office when he shot me a concerned look and wondered...