Have you recently tried to migrate an existing ASMX Web service to Windows Communication Foundation, and discovered that the complex types you've so lovingly hand-crafted for the XmlSerializer don't work the way you expect? Are you having to resort to...

I just provided some behind-the-scenes commentary over on my blog regarding Somasegar's announcement that we are making Expression Web and Expression Blend available to anyone with an MSDN Premium Subscription .

Interested in what I would focus on if I were building the Ultimate Developer Rig? Well, I just posted some commentary to my blog regarding my recommendations for the Ultimate Developer Rig as being built by Scott Hanselman .

If you've watched my screencast on How to use Windows CardSpace with ASP.NET Forms Authenticaiton , then be sure to check out the latest update on my blog, Do as I say, not as I do - use UniqueID, not PPID , for an important security update.

Take a lesson from Game Stop . Their automated system called me today and left a voice mail. It got my attention right off the bat with, "Attention Halo fans!" Every other automated telemarketing pitch I've ever received on my cell phone was immediately...

In this week’s edition of HanselMinutes on identity , Scott Hanselman and Carl Franklin chat about information cards and Windows CardSpace. Scott gives me mention for the work I did to enable information cards and Windows CardSpace on www.casadehambone...

Rather than wait for perfection, I'm making available an SVN patch of my work-to-date for information card support in DasBlog 1.9.6264. You can get it here from the Casa dé Hambone Download Center . Due to the dependence in my current build on Microsoft...

I'm testing out a slightly modified information card login process on Casa dé Hambone . Previously, I validated your email address in your self-issued card. An email was sent to your email address asking you to click a link to activate your account. Currently...

I spent a little more time this afternoon polishing the info card login process on Casa dé Hambone . Let me know what you think. I really liked how sxcore and sandbox.netfx3.com are handling their info card login. Sxcore specifically has a nice way of...

DasBlog 1.9.6264.0 . Authenticated comments. Windows CardSpace . Working. Try it out right now by signing in with your information card and then leaving a comment on this post. Inclusion of your web page claim is optional; include during the initial card...

Has this guy ever sat inside a high rise office building or even the basement of a Midwestern home and struggled to get a reliable cellular signal? In his article about how once again the browser will make Windows irrelevant , he sings the joys of living...

Taking inspiration from Kim Cameron and how he CardSpace-enabled WordPress , I did the same with DasBlog 1.9.6264.0. casadehambone.com now supports logging into the administrative account using Windows CardSpace allowing me to throw the use of passwords...

One of the more painful processes on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 is granting read permission to the private keys of a certificate. It typically requires a few trips to your favorite search engine, msdn.microsoft.com and running winhttpcertcfg.exe...

As I mentioned here , Scoble points out that IE7 renders TechMeme slower than Firefox 2 . A true statement. Another true statement is that Firefox isn't respecting the <META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="now"> tag. Furthermore, Firefox doesn't respect...

Scoble knocks IE7's performance compared to Firefox 2 and I had to see it to believe it. Given I've been living in IE7 for months - and more recently with IE7 on Windows Vista - I've never given performance a thought, which tells me either that performance...

I've been getting my feet wet with Windows CardSpace and my self-issued card. In watching Kim Cameron's demonstration of how he integrated CardSpace with Wordpress , I saw his nifty looking card with his portrait on it. Right then and there I decided...

Turns out the 32-bit Windows Vista RC2 upgrade from RC1 broke my notebook computer's domain membership in an odd way. I could still log into the machine with my domain credentials, seamlessly access Exchange over HTTP via single sign-on, etc., but I could...

I'm really curious to know how many people actually leverage WSRP to run portlets in a variety of different portals. I'm not talking about writing the portlet here and running it over there. I'm specifically interested if people are actively writing portlets...

The Object Test Bench is, in my opinion, one of the lesser known features of Visual Studio 2005. The Object Test Bench provides a way for you to create instances of your classes within the Visual Studio 2005 IDE and then invoke methods on those objects...

I'm actively working to revive casadehambone.com as my personal blog site. Much debate and internal wrangling is going on about moving my corporate blog to here or not. I've been speaking with a couple of my blogger friends and there's a distinct theme...

I'm looking to buy a new workhorse of a laptop and came across a Dell Latitude D620 that's pretty pimped out. I've got a few Dell small business servers at home but have yet to own one of their laptop products. I've always been impressed and envious of...

I've been plagued lately in that whenever I create a new unit test, I have to manually add a reference to the Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework assembly. I'm left scratching my head wondering why I have to do that and if I've done...

I've been staging a new set of virtual machines for running my Team Foundation Server demos and stuff. I'm using a Seagate 100GB 7,200 RPM USB 2.0 drive to move between my 64-bit desktop machine at home and my Toshiba laptop from work. In most cases,...

I just spent more time than I care to admit cleaning up the comments on blog. I cannot help but laugh at the sheer stupidity of these comments and the endless varations of the "Great article! blah blah blah <insert stupid link here>." Its times...

I traded some mail over the weekend with Ron Jacobs and Keith Combs about using Camtasia Studio from TechSmith for video podcasting. Ron, the godfather of ARCasts, made it clear to me that the way to go is Camtasia. Keith has provided some great guidance...