August 2007 - Posts

What do You Want Charles to Write?
31 August 07 03:56 PM
As a follow up to my " Who do You Want to Read " post, Charles Petzold , a regular columnist on WPF, has posted a similar question on his blog asking you what you would like to see him write on related to WPF. Please stop by his blog and give him some Read More...
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Beware the Strange Meat Cart
31 August 07 08:39 AM
I'll be in NYC again next week and as I prepare for that trip (by "prepare", I mean that I'm submitting my expenses from the last trip), I'm reflecting on an experience from my trip a few weeks ago - an experience where I got so INSANELY sick that I actually Read More...
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Who do You Want to Read?
28 August 07 11:30 AM
So I've been at this job for a couple of months now, and feel as though I'm finally starting to get my head out of the day-to-day tactical stuff and look at what we do as a magazine from a more strategic viewpoint (I'm still a little bit more tactical Read More...
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OBA - Are We There Yet?
25 August 07 10:40 PM
I am a beliver in the power of Office as the pre-eminant smart client for the majority of LOB applicaitons. However, I also think that we're still a little ways off from realizing my belief - not because of some entrenched NIH complex held to by consultants Read More...
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How Did I Miss This?
24 August 07 12:13 AM
I consider myself relatively savvy in the ways of C#. However, I apparently missed a pretty cool 2.0 operator back in the day and just stumbled over it tonight (by way of researching it after being absolutely sure that the code I was looking at was wrong). Read More...
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Windows Embedded Team - Call Delta ASAP!
13 August 07 09:00 AM
I'm currently sitting on a plane between Redmond and New York and just had something funny happened. Recently, Delta put in a new entertainment system where a screen is mounted on back of every seat, giving the traveler individual control over what he/she Read More...
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C# 3.0 Object Initializers
13 August 07 08:59 AM
As I'm sure you are aware, C# 3.0 includes a new language feature called object initializers. Put simply, object initializers enable you to initialize the state of an object with a single expression that does not require use of parameterized constructors. Read More...
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Semi-Transparent Intellisense in Orcas
10 August 07 08:30 AM
I stumbled across this a while ago on ScottGu's blog and just wanted to try it out. There's no real news other than to say that it works as advertised and is just one of those really nice details that may prove helpful in the long run. The feature is Read More...
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Behold the Calming Powers of IT!
09 August 07 11:54 PM
A while back I wrote about how my wife had begun using the closet that is home to my server rack as a bread-rising room . Well, as it turns out, my little hardware investment has paid off in yet another random way. On July 7 (yea, 7/7/7 - it totally rocks), Read More...
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Running Vista in VPC 2007
03 August 07 04:10 PM
I have my Orcas test bench environment setup in VPC 2007 using a Vista base image as the foundation for my Orcas differencing drive. That said, it has been driving me absolutely crazy how slow Vista performs under VPC - so after a quick search, I came Read More...
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