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November 2004 - Posts

KB Article: Migrating a Custom AppWizard

Freshly updated and just what I needed for a little project that I'm working on. :) How to migrate a Visual C++ 6.0 custom AppWizard to a Visual C++ .NET custom wizard This step-by-step article describes how to migrate a Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 custom Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 30, 2004 1:29 PM by Brianjo | 2 Comments
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Slashdot Picks up on Visual C++ 2005 Express

Slashdot is linking to the Visual C++ 2005 Express page in a new entry. I'm finding the comments rather interesting. Take a look here: Microsoft Offers Beta of Visual Studio 2005 nanodude writes "According to DimensionXC, Microsoft is offering a free Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 30, 2004 1:12 PM by Brianjo | 3 Comments
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MSDN Smart Client Developer Center: Rebooted

The MSDN Smart Client Developer Center has been reloaded with Chris Sells as it's new content strategist. This is a great resource for people building Smart Client applications. MSDN Smart Client Developer Center: Rebooted Jonathan Wells and Chris Sells Read More...
Posted Monday, November 22, 2004 10:25 AM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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Halo 2 Recent Games

So I've added my recent Halo 2 games to my blog page . It's pretty cool that you can acually get an RSS feed of your Halo 2 stats, and it's even more interesting that you can use something like Newsgator to get them to show up on your blog page. Greg Read More...
Posted Friday, November 19, 2004 2:09 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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Steve Makofsky: How Many Gadgets Do You Carry?

The other day, Steve asked, " How Many Gadgets Do You Carry? " Since I carry a few things and I use a lot of computers, I decided to put together a little Visio picture that shows the major computers that I use in my work and my personal life. (I'll let Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 18, 2004 1:29 PM by Brianjo | 2 Comments
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64-Bit Computing Webcasts

I just noticed that there's a nice new page up for the 64-bit computing Webcast series that took place a couple of weeks ago. Check it out here: Gearing Up for 64-Bit Computing on Windows Server Tune in to this webcast series and take advantage of the Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 17, 2004 1:54 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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Dam Security

This is funny.... Beavers Weave Stolen Cash Into Dam Beavers found a bag of bills stolen from a video poker casino last week, tore it open and wove the money into the sticks and brush of their dam on a creek north of Louisiana Highway 48. (via the Drudge Read More...
Posted Monday, November 15, 2004 1:03 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments

Halo 2 Guide to Multiplayer Medals

Check this guide out for the medals you can earn this weekend playing Halo 2 online. My gamer tag is Brize if anybody wants to say hi. :) Read More...
Posted Friday, November 12, 2004 6:15 PM by Brianjo | 3 Comments
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Security Chat November 18th

Update: I'm taking this off the security feed so the new one shows up on the Security Developer Center home page. Update: Chat is over. Lots of good info from Mike and great questions. I'll post a link to the transcript when I get it. Update : This chat Read More...
Posted Friday, November 12, 2004 4:20 PM by Brianjo | 6 Comments

MSN Search on David Letterman Last Night

This was on Letterman last night. Pretty funny: Have you heard that Microsoft is launching a new search engine to compete with Google? They've come out with this commercial. "Microsoft if proud to announce a new, comprehensive Internet search engine that Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 11, 2004 12:49 PM by Brianjo | 3 Comments

Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 from the Command Prompt

I was getting a ton of questions from students who wanted to get started with the Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 , but who weren't sure how to begin. To answer the question I wrote a little article that explains how to create and compile a Hello World app from Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 10, 2004 4:41 PM by Brianjo | 3 Comments
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Happy Birthday Marines

Today, US Marines around the world celebrate the 229th birthday of the Corps. Today my family is thinking about all those men and women in harm's way. Here's a picture of my dad and me in our Marine photos. Our Marine careers were seperated by about 35 Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 10, 2004 11:45 AM by Brianjo | 4 Comments

Halo 2 vs. Half-Life 2

Well, it's not really like that, but Steve posted that he's tempted to get an Xbox simply to play Halo 2. I'm having similar pains over Half-Life 2. My beautiful wife picked up a copy of Halo 2 for me this morning at Target. On my home PC, I've got a Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 09, 2004 1:45 PM by Brianjo | 648 Comments
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New MSN Direct Movie Channel

I added this last night, but you can get movie listings on your SPOT watch now. I added the channel last night and I just remembered to take a look at it today. It works really well. Very easy to read. You look at the list of movies and choose from there, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 09, 2004 1:33 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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So I picked up a Smartphone too...

I bought a Microsoft Smartphone device a couple of weeks ago. I had to get one because Scoble kept raving about it. :) (I also wanted to do a little dev work with it.) I didn't take the normal path of getting my phone through my phone service (T-Mobile), Read More...
Posted Monday, November 08, 2004 11:37 PM by Brianjo | 1 Comments

TechNet Magazine Security Watch

I've been going through the premiere issue of TechNet Magazine and this is one awesome resource. I'll headline a few of the stories on the Security Developer Center over the next few weeks. For now, check out this piece by Kai Axford on free security Read More...
Posted Monday, November 08, 2004 10:39 PM by Brianjo | 3 Comments
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Visual C++ Getting Started Page Updated

We've updated the Visual C++ Developer Center Getting Started page. It now has links to a number of different examples to get you started with Visual C++. Take a look and let me know if there's anything else you'd like to see in this area. Visual C++ Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 02, 2004 9:00 PM by Brianjo | 8 Comments
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