musings from a snowstorm....

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....

Tonight's the night!

Last night I was writing some demos that do distributed transactions across databases.  It started getting late (or early, depending on your point of view), but I was making good progress and didn’t want to stop. I took a break after reaching a roadblock...

From Scoble's blog, a reference to a ComputerWorld article .

OK. OK. OK.  I'll be at the PDC too.

Saw a reference on Chris Sells' blog , about this posting by Eric Sink .  Chris' words: “There's just so much good advise in this post and it covers so much ground that I can't even think of a clever summary. Just go read it.” ( An aside: Am I arrogant...

MSDN just posted a new Developer Center .  “Visit the new one-stop shop for all mobile and embedded information, including the .NET Compact Framework, Visual Studio .NET, Pocket PC, Smartphone, and Windows CE .NET.”

Newsgroups are such a wonderful resource.  People can post questions and get quality answers.  I use Outlook Express and lurk in the “microsoft.public.dotnet.*” groups.  What's really cool is that there are people who are experts in their field(s) who...

Wow, that rant felt good. Turns out, all I needed to do was UNPLUG the cable modem from the wall (I went ahead and disconnected the ethernet cable, and the coax just to be sure) for 30 seconds.  Did the same for my laptop and my wireless router.  Just...

Well, my VPN capability is being held hostage. Comcast is my cabel modem ISP.  (Right now, if I could switch I would.)  I've recycled my cable modem & PC about a half dozen times.  That didn't help, so I called Comcast tech support. Because...

Here's the registration link . Smart Client Deployment with Windows Forms This session focuses on how Windows Forms applications fit as part of a distributed enterprise environment. At the most basic level, a smart client deployment involves the ability...

I was looking through the MSDN Library for something & took a different tack.  This time I went to the Contents and drilled down to find the topic I wanted.  As I as drilling I came across this very helpful page:  “ Documentation Map by Technology...

Just read Scott Hanselmann's post about the computer upgrade he gave himself as a reward for becoming a “degreed computer scientist.”  Congratulations, Scott...  (and cool computer!)

Last week was pretty hectic.  Two of the accounts I work with were on campus last week so I traveled to Redmond to be with them Monday - Thursday.  While I was in town I went to the NetDA user group meeting on Monday evening, the NetBAT group meeting...

My copy of “ Applied XML Programming for Microsoft .NET ” by Dino Esposito arrived today!  It's going to be a fun weekend!  (I've used the RSS for Charity link to the book....  (Thanks again, Rory !))

“Everyone's” blog is spitting out:  A runtime error has occurred.  Do you wish to debug?

I went to an informal gathering of bloggers last night at the Crossroads.  Met a number of cool people.  Caught up with Joshua Allen , an old friend from my consulting days at Microsoft.  I only had a side view of one person, and from what I could...

Written by Aaron Skonnard.  It's well written with a number of good demos that show off the TCP capabilities in WSE 2.0.  Find it here .

CNET , ADTmag.com , eWeek , InformationWeek , and InfoWorld , to mention a few.

Building Interoperable Web Services: WS-I Basic Profile 1.0 is intended to help software architects and developers design and code Web services that are interoperable across multiple platforms.  This was the goal of the Web Services Interoperability ...

You do have to do an initial installation of the app on the desktop, but from then on, it will update itself automatically.  The app can run when disconnected from the network.  But you don't have the deployment nightmare of traditional smart client applications...

Tuesday, August 12, 2003  6:30 - 8:30 pm NETBAT - .NET Build Applications Team    Work on an E-Bay clone in a small group Bellevue Regional Library Meeting Room 12th Street and 110th Ave, Bellevue, WA www.dotnetusers.org See you there!