Just ran across these getting started training videos. They’re all between 10 and 20 minutes long. Easy to consume and digest during lunch! What is Silverlight? An Overview Understanding and Working with XAML Code in Expression Blend Creating Vector-Based...

Dear Reader, have you ever wished you could resize – grow – a fixed-sized VHD disk? Earlier today I sure did. A couple of months ago I created a smallish fixed-size VHD file that I boot native into, to use as the “host” for running Hyper-V images. That...

When you tell Hyper-V Manager to “Delete Snapshot Subtree…” how do you know if it’s started doing anything? Or if it’s still doing anything? Or if it’s done doing anything? (I guess that’s more than one question. but they’re all related.) I’m trying to...

Hi Dear Reader. Eons ago I kept my blog over here on http://blogs.msdn.com/jblizzard , but then moved to my own site, http://snowstormlife.com/blogs/bliz . This evening, on a lark, I looked back here and yes, my old blog is still working, and I was even...

I must be crazy. I've left the safety and warmth of http://weblogs.asp.net to move out on my own. No longer will my posts be displayed on that central page, ready to be viewed by the masses. Nope, I'm now on my own, but using .Text as my blog engine...

During the general meeting , Cory Isakson and I will be talking about state management for web sites. After the general meeting the MCAD SIG will meet. See you there!

Last month I though I saw a cool geek shirt with the slogan “got msil”. Turns out that the shirt didn't say that. But now David Scott has created a real version of the shirt . Be the first geek in your user group to get one! Very cool...

Heh. Someone out there needs to know what to do in a snowstorm. How do I know? Well, weblogs.asp.net now has a cool stats section that shows referrers (thanks Scott!). Someone did a Yahoo! search for “what to do in a snowstorm” which returned...

Scott Stanfield from Vertigo Software gave a talk last night at the Portland Area Dot Net User Group (PADNUG). He made an interesting comment, with the net of: If you’re going to fail, you want to fail fast. That way you can figure out what went...

I upgraded my sorry Pocket PC phone's operating system to Pocket PC 2003 and a new radio stack. Bingo! Home run! Connectivity issues are a thing of the past. I can finally use IM on the thing. And it synch’s with Exchange automatically every...

Quite a bit. Otherwise, why would a grown man, driving to work in his car, have tears coming down his face while listening to names being read by children? September 11, 2003. Two years later, and it still seems just like it was yesterday.

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For using the .NET Framework.... for System Administrators for Developers

So how did you prepare to take a certification test? Did you use the MS Press study guides? Exam Cram series? Other non-study-guide books? Hands-on experience? Sample exams? Newsgroups? MSDN? GotDotNet? Quickstarts? WWW.ASP.NET ? Other? Did you buddy...

I’m sitting through day 1 of a 2-day planning session, with about 100 people in attendance.  If I see another presenter get up and say the words “I know you can’t read this slide…” I believe I’ll scream.  (Everyone in the Chicago area, keep your ears...

After using the PPC phone for a while, I've decided not to use it to reply to e-mail.  Connectivity is the main issue.  Sometimes the thing syncs up without a problem.  Sometimes I can't connect at all.  What's most frustrating is when it quickly and...

This one has me stumped.  I never have been able to connect to my IM account from my PPC phone.  I “tap here to sign in” and the phone connects to something, but I never can get logged in.  Big bummer.  Anyone able to get it working?  Any secrets?

I just finished rebuilding my laptop hard drive with Windows Server 2003.  It's going to be fun to play with the new IIS6 features.  I'll keep you posted on how things go.

I work with the Boise .NET Developers User Group (NETDUG -- gotta luv that name).  They’ve started an MCAD SIG, so I work the study guide labs along with them.  I wanted to do some cross-language inheritance from VB (parent) to C# (child), just to see...

Not trying to start any language religious debates.  Just trying to inform. ;)   This article  describes VB.NET, C++ .NET, C#, and J#, providing the language features, programmer constituency, unique language features, and unique environmental features...

Cool.  There's a site for people who will be blogging at the PDC.

Here's the place to look:  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconhowruntimelocatesassemblies.asp   (see also the additional steps described in detail under that section (look in the table of contents)).

I need to drive to Seattle today, tweezers in hand .  Looks like they're going to arrest one of the Blaster dudes .

In VB.NET 2003, when you create an instance of a class and there are no parameters to pass to the constructor, the parentheses will not show.  You can type them, but the editor will remove them.  They didn't disappear in VB.NET 2002.     myNewObject...

I'm working with the Boise .NET Developer User Group .  We're doing an MCAD certification study group, using the MS Press study guides as our primary reference material. I looked at the ton of labs we’re going to be working during our study group....