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September 2003 - Posts

Getting Married and going on my honeymoon

Posted Sunday, September 28, 2003 10:16 PM by danielfe
I got married yesterday, it was a total whirlwind but a total blast! I'll write more later, but thank you to everyone who came out and I'll be back in the blogosphere October 13th when I'm back from the honeymoon in Bora Bora. much love, -Dan Read More...
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LAN Party Gear & the new old backup technology

Posted Monday, September 22, 2003 2:54 AM by danielfe
GearGrip The next time you're heading out to that LAN party and you need to transport  your tricked out computer, don't carry it by hand, instead use GearGrip to transport both your PC and monitor. Tom's Hardware has the product review .   DV Read More...
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Sharing ASP.NET User Controls across Pages

Posted Monday, September 22, 2003 1:57 AM by danielfe
We recently published a How-To on support.microsoft.com  for how to share user controls across projects.  In talking with customers, one of the things they would like to do is have a common set of reusable web UI, say a navigation bar, across Read More...
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Anders describes the finer points language design

Posted Sunday, September 21, 2003 2:48 PM by danielfe
Why are methods in C# final by default versus virtual in Java? Why is the override keyword required to override virtual methods?  How did issues like versioning affect the design of C# and the .NET Framework?  You can read all about Read More...
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Product Names: Everett, Whidbey, Orcas

Posted Thursday, September 18, 2003 2:21 PM by danielfe
I got a question from someone recently asking what the naming convention we have been using for Visual Studio represents.  Is Orcas a character in Lord of the Rings? Answer: No.  Here's the real answer: The versions of Visual Read More...
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Blogger Events at PDC

Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2003 2:35 AM by danielfe
Scoble , Jeff Sandquist and I met a couple of weeks ago to discuss what sort of blogger events we could do for PDC, and we'll be sending out details sometime soon.  It was cool to finally meet Scoble in person as I'm a big fan of his blog. There Read More...
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The easiest way to connect your Xbox wirelessly

Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2003 2:23 AM by danielfe
The Microsoft Broadband Networking team just released this wireless adapter supports both 802.11b  and  802.11g (54 mb). If you're a newbie to networking, you should also definitely check out the How to Use Your Network section . The cool thing Read More...
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PDC Update: 136 Sessions Live!

Posted Monday, September 15, 2003 9:11 PM by danielfe
For those of you attending PDC, this morning we published 136 sessions live on CommNet.  You can see the list of sessions here : The session schedule isn't finalized, but we're working on that today :) Architecture and Infrastructure : 17 breakout Read More...
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Red vs Blue PDC Special Edition!!!

Posted Friday, September 12, 2003 8:37 PM by danielfe
[Keller and I just watched this classic] There is a special Red versus Blue  advertisement on GDN. It's an absolute must see and even includes the timeless Steve Ballmer "Developers, Developers, developers..." clip (he says it 35 times).   Read More...
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MSFT Dividends doubled

Posted Friday, September 12, 2003 12:19 PM by danielfe
Today we publicly announced that we'll be doubling our dividend from .08 to .16 cents.  News story Read More...
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WiFi Finder and Windows network connections

Posted Friday, September 12, 2003 12:12 PM by danielfe
I got my WiFi Finder today, its pretty big for a keychain, but then again, I carry a PocketPC Phone so I'm used to large tech gadgets.  The WiFi Finder succesfully noticed that my office has a wireless network, and from reading the instructions, Read More...
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Handy Tools

Posted Monday, September 08, 2003 2:28 AM by danielfe
I'm still catching up on blog entries that I've been meaning to post, here are some of the tools I mentioned in my TechEd New Zealand sessions. FXCop FxCop is a tool that lets you know whether you code conforms to specific rules like naming guidelines, Read More...
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Anders Article Part II & III

Posted Monday, September 08, 2003 1:23 AM by danielfe
Bill Venners has released Part II and Part III of his interview series with Anders Hejlsberg on the C# Language Design Process.  There's some great discussion on topics such as why C# does not have checked exceptions like Java, simplicity Read More...
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Gadgets

Posted Thursday, September 04, 2003 7:57 PM by danielfe
While ordering international power converters from mobileplanet.com , I broke down and ordered the Kensington WiFinder .  It's basically a keychain that notifies you when you're in a wireless hotspot.  Not bad for $35, and now finding a hotspot Read More...
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Reality Check[ed] from Keller

Posted Thursday, September 04, 2003 6:52 PM by danielfe
[Sorry for not posting, but I've been *way* too busy, and blogging is the first thing to cut when push comes to shove] After my last post on Pascal's Triangle, Brian Keller and I were in his office when he shot me a concerned look and wondered why anyone Read More...
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