Like many developers at Microsoft, I spend a good chunk of my free time writing tools, or fun little programs that use some new SDK, or even applications requested by friends or family to help them do some task better and/or faster. Many of these materialize...

The April 2004 issue of MSDN Magazine is now online. You can read it here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/04/default.aspx You can also download a .chm file of the issue here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/htmlhelp.aspx Enjoy...

Found this on the web this morning... it's almost scary how true this really is. I almost never ask a question these days before first doing a well-crafted google search or two.

Did you know it's possible to customize the test page auto-generated for Web services in ASP.NET? For example, let's say you wanted to order the WebMethods such that they're displayed in alphabetical order. You can modify the DefaultWsdlHelpGenerator...

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I had an exciting morning today... I ordered a DVD. Why is that noteworthy? Because when I watch the DVD I'm going to be able to see myself. Mona Lisa Smile is being released to DVD on March 9th, and I had the fortunate experience of being a part of it...

We shipped our April 2004 issue of MSDN Magazine this week, and I've received a few reader's emails about something I wrote in the “.NET Matters” column. I was answering a question concerning exception filters and C#. While there are two...

MSDN Universal subscribers: did you know that with your subscription you can get a free subscription to MSDN Magazine? All you have to do is ask for it. Log in to the MSDN Universal downloads section at http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/downloads...

I started this blog a year ago with very good intentions. But somehow I got sidetracked and I haven't been back since. It's too late for a New Year's resolution, so I'm making a March resolution... starting next week, I'm going to make it a point to post...