Despite my long history with Windows, indeed I own and regularly use a Mac (a G5) and so am looking forward to using the latest IMovie ‘09’s image stabilization feature. Chris Grace shows what kind of results you can expect in real-world situations. It...

In the previous post I showed how to consume extension methods without modifying either the assembly containing the extension methods or the assembly being extended. The price for this was having to create a third assembly. In this post, I will bring...

This is an update from my original post: http://blogs.msdn.com/saveenr/archive/2008/11/14/consuming-extension-methods-in-ironpython.aspx Before proceeding, please read the original article. It will help in understanding this one.   A QUICK RECAP...

Someone asked me today for a Python-only example illustrating how to automation the following in Visio: Drop two masters and connect them. I wasn’t sure if “Python-only” included IronPython, so I decided to refresh myself on how Python (specifically Python...

This post will illustrate a very simple end-to-end walkthrough of how you can use SQL 2008 reporting features to expose and analyze system administration information. This post will demonstrate the creation and deployment of a simple SSRS report that...

Thomas Plagwitz reminded me that I had forgotten another free tool that produces good results in screen capture: Windows Media Encoder 9 Series I haven’t used this one for years. So, inspired by his comment I tried it and was overall quite pleased with...