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Thursday, October 27, 2005 11:29 PM

Visual Studio 2005 RTM

After a very long product cycle, Visual Studio 2005 released to manufacturing today. This is an awesome release that includes a lot of great new functionality. Great job, Developer Division! The ISO files can be downloaded via MSDN Subscriber Downloads
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Thursday, October 27, 2005 12:11 AM

Macro Wallpaper 7: More Fallpaper

Here is another set of macro photographs that have been formatted for a 16:10 aspect ratio (1920 x 1200) to match my widescreen monitor. So that they'll work with more "traditional" resolutions, I've also included links to 4:3 versions (1600 x 1200).
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Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:24 PM

Fontblog, TrueType Hinting, and More

Thanks to Marcelo for pointing out the recently established fontblog . There are already a number of informative posts that are worth checking out. Although the four minute TrueType hinting video is old, the technology is still interesting. If you'd like
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Monday, October 24, 2005 11:16 PM

Introducing "Cider" - The Visual Studio Designer for WPF ("Avalon")

Via our friends at ActiveWin , a recently posted episode of MSDN TV features Mark Boulter and Mike Harsh giving an overview of "Cider," the visual designer for Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly code-named "Avalon") that will be part of a future
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Monday, October 24, 2005 10:50 PM

WSYP Project: "We Share Your Pain"

A friend of mine pointed me to Microsoft U.K.'s very innovative WSYP Project . As someone who works closely with early adopters of our technology, I'm all for increasing the connection between our customers and the product team...especially, the individual
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Monday, October 24, 2005 7:34 PM

PDC05 Sessions Online

If you were unable to attend the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2005 (PDC05) in Los Angeles this year, never fear; 209 breakout sessions, panels, and symposia are now available online . Each session includes a video of the presenter, a navigable
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Tuesday, October 11, 2005 11:07 PM

Top 5 Show Off Videos

If you've been following my blog recently, or if you attended this year's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, you've heard me mention Show Off more than a few times . Well, just today we received the results of the printed surveys that
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Monday, October 03, 2005 11:30 PM

Awesome Music Visualization and Screen Saver: G-Force

I'm always looking for great Media Player visualizations , and I ran across this one just before my trip to PDC05. If you've ever spent more time than you'd like to admit watching your hard drive defrag (I know I have), I think you'll find this even more
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Monday, October 03, 2005 9:24 PM

Working on the PDC05 Post-Show DVD Set

I've spent the past few days reviewing the first-cut of the PDC05 post-show DVD set, and I have to say that I'm very excited about what we're going to deliver! Because I was part of the team that organized and ran this event, I only had time to attend
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