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May 2006 - Posts

Why am I losing data when debugging SQL Server Express?

Posted Friday, May 26, 2006 2:44 PM by danielfe
This question comes up frequently enough (exhibit A ), that I thought I should blog about it to help raise the Google-juice and add some self-help to confused customers. Answer: When you add a local SQL Server Express database to a Visual Studio Express Read More...
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Americans no longer paying for the Spanish-American War

Posted Friday, May 26, 2006 8:52 AM by danielfe
Did you know that we've been paying for it the last 108 years through a federal phone excise tax of 3% on our phone bill to fund the war effort? Apparently no one thought to remove it until now. Fully story | Digg it Read More...
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Made In Express Contest – Finalists Start Coding

Posted Monday, May 22, 2006 4:56 PM by danielfe
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Made In Express Contest, it’s a two-stage process where the first stage is simply submitting your idea (no coding involved) and if your idea is deemed good enough, then you will move on to Stage two where you Read More...
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E3 Reactions on the Web

Posted Thursday, May 18, 2006 1:20 AM by danielfe
I’ve been on vacation but been totally fascinated by the blogosphere news on E3 , but it sounds like Nintendo and Microsoft did well at the show, but Sony seemed to have bombed. The Inside Microsoft blog had a post “ Reaction to Sony @ E3…Uh…Not Great Read More...
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Learn how to create classic arcade games using Express

Posted Tuesday, May 16, 2006 9:39 AM by danielfe
The year was 1972, bell bottoms were all the rage, the US was in Vietnam, The Price is Right premiered on CBS, the Dallas Cowboys had just won Superbowl VI, the Godfather was the top grossing film, and on November 29th, Atari released a game called Pong. Read More...
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What does "simplified menu options and defaults" for Express mean?

Posted Wednesday, May 10, 2006 10:03 AM by danielfe
[This question came up recently on an internal DL so I thought I would elaborate] On the Visual Studio 2005 Product Feature Comparison Chart , you'll notice that the User Experience row lists Visual Studio Express as having "simplified menus and options". Read More...
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Learn How to Mod Mech Commander 2: 3-Part Webcast

Posted Monday, May 01, 2006 6:59 PM by danielfe
As I blogged about earlier , and as was mentioned on Slashdot and Digg , Mech Commander 2 is available to download, and using Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition, and the webcasts listed below, you too can learn how to create your own game mods. Michael Kulcher Read More...
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MSDN Events - Coming to a city near you

Posted Monday, May 01, 2006 6:33 PM by danielfe
At Maker Faire, I got to meet the local guys from SVC who came to help out at the booth, including Anand Iyer . Anand is part of the national Microsoft team (like Geoff and Rory ) that does MSDN events and they have several upcoming events you should Read More...
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I *Love* Maker Faire

Posted Monday, May 01, 2006 5:15 PM by danielfe
Kudos to Dale Dougherty, Phil Torrone, Dan Woods, Sherri Huss, Katie Dougherty, Louise Glasgow, Bre Pettis and the rest of the O'Reilly team for a "phenomenal" Maker Faire. The total attendance was a whopping 20,000+!! That's huge! The thing that really Read More...
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