Joe Stagner - Frustrated by Design !

Wanna use your favorite old DOS utility on today’s Operating System ? (Or play your favorite old game?) Check our this DOS Emulator. Versions for …….. Windows Gentoo Linux Mac OS X FreeBSD Fedora Core BeOS OS/2 http://dosbox...

I own an xBox, and a PS2, but I’m not a big gamer. My list of things to get done is just too long so when I try to play, all the things I’m not getting done keep nagging at me. I do often play on my PocketPC though. (Waiting in airports...

Windows One Care is Fast

Tune in to my webcast on Friday, May 26th. [ Click here for more details ] Join us for this webcast discussion that explains the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL), a process by which Microsoft develops software, defines security requirements...

There is a Micosoft Career Connections Event in the Waltham MA district office on Thursday May, 25. Here is the info from the TechExpo Website. Microsoft Career Connections – New England- May 25, 2006 Date & Time: Thursday...

This week will be busy, I have to finish the MSDN Magazine Article, Set up a machine to do the full day Secure .NET Coding course at the Software Security Summit, Write the “What’s In Your Security Toolbox” talk for the same event, and...

On an average day I spend considerably more time using keyboard and mouse than I do wearing shoes. So having a good Mouse/Keyboard combination (Desktop) is more important to geeks then having good shoes. I've always had a preference for Microsoft...

A few years ago I met Stephen Toub on the Developer Conference circuit. Stephen is one of those smart, young, fun guys that every your person admires. He lives in New Your City and is a technical lead for MSDN Magazine. A prolific writer, he has also...

I have to say – beta testing Office 2003 was PAINFUL! I’ve put of installing Office 12 / Office 2207 until beta 2, but I took the plunge this week since I’m in the middle of backing up my drives from the old job and configuring hardware...

So, blogging is fun, but……. I want to build an ASP.NET Training & Educational portal. It will be found at www.MasterASP.net I’ve deployed the site on my awesome dedicated server at MaximumASP and set up DotNetNuke version 4.0 Sidebar – DotNetNuke...

Well, last week was my first week on the Web Platform and Tools Product Team. I spent it in Redmond, primarily in “Top Secret” meetings with another software company. Since this both a new role for me, as well as a new role at Microsoft, I thought I’d...

IT Doesn’t Matter. This book is basically a rebuttal to Carr’s argument that Information technology has become a commodity and therefore no longer a distinguishing factor relative to competitive business strategy. The book is an interesting read, and...

I presented a couple of weeks ago at the RI .NET User Group. If you’re in RI or Southern MA – please check them out. They are a great, conversational group with a mixture of new developers and seasoned pros. Defiantly one of my favorite...

Hi All, There are MSDN Events in Boston and Worcester this week. I, however, no longer do MSDN Eevents. I have a new job ( click here for more ) Since many of my “regulars” have asked me to post when I’m not goping to be presenting...

The Google Story. Google is an interesting company. But this book only scratches the surface of what's really interesting about Google and it's executives. It reads far more like a personal marketing piece for Google's founders Sergey Brin and Larry...

BOOK REVIEW I just read “Agile Web Development with Rails” by Dave Thomas & David Heinemeier Hansson. While I haven’t encountered anyone who is actually doing commercial work in Rails, Rails is getting a lot of verbiage in the blogosphere...

I'll be presenting at The New York PHP Conference and Expo 2006 in June. I'll be talking about running PHP on Windows and integrating VB, COM, and .NET with PHP. If you'll be there and you would like to connect, please ping me though the "contact...

I’m preparing a list of Free, Open Source ASP.NET applications. What is YOUR favorite? Help me build the list.

My Windows XP Powered Root Canal. <RANT-ON> Everyone seems to like to talk shit about Microsoft. The bashfest of recent years has become an entire platform for the press (even publications like PCWeek seem happy to adopt the National...

The ubiquitous power of the internet as a publishing platform and the concept of “freedom of speech” make for a very interesting combination. Take this article for example. http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/hull_asp.html...