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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 10:55 AM

Fixing Word 2007 Crash on Exit & Broken Mouse Support!

I love Office 2007, but recently I've had big problems with Word. 1.) I can't select text..... It seems this is a common problem with a number of add-ins. In this case it was the Word plug-in for Snag-It 8 from TechSmith - when I uninstalled it, mouse
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Monday, November 12, 2007 1:03 PM

Hire Andrew !

Do you know this guy ? Hire him. His name is Andrew Stopford. I met him years ago after reading a book he wrote. And we've stayed in touch. He's been to Redmond for some of the "private" events we've had. Anyway, changes at his company (outsourcing
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007 12:29 PM

Contribute and Win stuff at DotNetSlackers

Have a chance to win stuff like this just by posting at DotNetSlackers.   Telerik RadControls for ASP.NET - Worth 799US$ XBox 360 Elite - Worth 449US$ Second Prize The second prize winner will receive a redgate ANTS Profiler Pro license and a book
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Monday, October 29, 2007 10:27 AM

Assembly for .NET Programmers

For us old timers that miss ASM, now we can code assembly for .NET. Check it out here. http://www.viksoe.dk/code/asmil.htm
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Friday, October 19, 2007 2:52 PM

Open Source does NOT exclude Windows !

eWeek.com has publoished an article / slide show: 10 Things You Should Know About Open Source. Especially check out slide 5 and 7 !!!!
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Friday, October 19, 2007 11:28 AM

Maturing .NET Code Base

I saw my first preview of .NET in 1999 and that means to me that the code base of the .NET development community includes code that is approaching a decade old (not considering code that was pulled forward from pre .NET code.) In the post DOT COM era
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007 9:24 AM

Why are the How-Do-I Videos in Visual Basic ?

I get asked this question ALLOT ! Actually, the question usually comes wrapped in explicatives, or phrased less as a question and more as a command. We actually do the recordings in VB for a few reasons. 1.) There are more VB programmers than C# developers
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007 2:40 PM

I'm asked: "Can you separate M$ lip service from fact for us? "

I’ve received a great number of emails in response to my “Scoble Gap” post. The first that has prompted me to white included this question. “Can you separate M$ lip service from fact for us? That has to be the toughest part of
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007 9:45 AM

Why would anyone Scrum?

I just read “The Enterprise and Scrum” by Ken Schwaber and I’m left with a single burning question. WHY WOULD ANYONE DO IT ? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not talking about starting a new company or product unit and basing that
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:42 AM

You gotta give Miguel de Icaza credit.

As a Microsoft shareholder I’ve been opposed to Mono . Not as technology, but as theft of Microsoft’s Technology. [Personal opinion, not a statement of Microsoft’s Position.] Now, before the attack start – just Google Me. I’m
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007 8:55 PM

Extending the Windows Vista Trial Period

I’ve been building a VPC (Virtual PC Hard Drive) for the Microsoft Developer Evangelists in the field. It’s a Windows Vista Ultimate installation with a reasonably complex collection of PHP demos. When you install Widows Vista you have 30
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Friday, August 10, 2007 10:05 PM

Getting Tech Support is like getting a divorce !

Every conversation is excruciatingly painful. You even wanna strangle the people that are on YOUR SIDE. When it’s over you’re left with less than you started with !!!!! I know tech support is a hard job. I know it’s hard to communicate from the other
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Friday, August 10, 2007 9:37 PM

Giving T-Mobile and Windows Mobile 6 a Try.

After 10 years with Verizon Wireless I’ve changed cell phone providers to T-Mobile. My experience in the store was great. They guys were friendly and really interested in providing good service. I selected these 2 devices. The T- Mobile Wing as
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Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:31 AM

Free at Last, Free at Last (Or Verizon Wireless You Still Suck, Part FINAL)

Just use a search engine and search for Verizon Wireless Sucks and see what you get. I wrote a blog post few years ago titles “Verizon Wireless You Suck”. Since then I’ve received several HUNDRED email and comments with people sharing
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Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:07 AM

UPDATE: Those Guys at Ektron !

2 Days ago I posted about my woes trying to contact Ektron . Well, the folks ar Ektron are REALLY connected to the developer ecosystem. It think I’ve recieved an email from almost EVERYONE at Extron. I have a demo next week (that even the CTO is
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