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Kernel Debugging Day 3 - Interesting snippets of information for debugging in the trenches comes to an end

We had two interesting days as outlined in Kernel Debugging Day 1 - Interesting snippets of information for debugging in the trenches and Kernel Debugging Day 2 - Interesting snippets of information for debugging in the trenches . Today was a journey Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 29, 2009 6:29 PM by willys | 0 Comments

Microsoft Canada Development Centre (MCDC) – Cook Book

What I admire about Canada and especially the Microsoft Canada Development Centre is the diversity of cultures and continuous innovations at work, in the communities and now in the kitchen. "Hot off the press" ... MCDC has just released its International Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 28, 2009 6:26 AM by willys | 0 Comments
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Kernel Debugging Day 2 - Interesting snippets of information for debugging in the trenches

This post continues on day 2 of a debugging adventure we started in Kernel Debugging Day 1 - Interesting snippets of information for debugging in the trenches . Today the spinning heads were still there … just spinning a lot faster, screaming for the Read More...
Posted Friday, November 27, 2009 3:36 AM by willys | 0 Comments

Kernel Debugging Day 1 - Interesting snippets of information for debugging in the trenches

Context Two weeks ago an invite went out for a “Kernel Mode Debugging” course and as I am always interested in debugging and a challenge, I signed up. That’s where I was today and for the next two days. I have not done any kernel mode development for Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 26, 2009 8:42 AM by willys | 0 Comments

Chatter: Basic Manual Project Management – part 3: PERT Probability Calculations

In Chatter: Basic Manual Project Management – Part 1: Cost Evaluation we looked at some of the basic cost evaluation techniques, in Chatter: Basic Manual Project Management – Part 2: PERT Techniques we explored the PERT techniques and in the end we mentioned Read More...
Posted Monday, November 23, 2009 2:53 AM by willys | 0 Comments
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Chatter: Basic Manual Project Management – Part 2: PERT Techniques

In Chatter: Basic Manual Project Management – Part 1: Cost Evaluation we looked at some of the basic cost evaluation techniques when dealing with a number of projects and having to decide which will be the right one … not from a “technical having fun” Read More...
Posted Monday, November 16, 2009 6:55 PM by willys | 0 Comments
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Chatter: Basic Manual Project Management – Part 1: Cost Evaluation

Part of my part-time studies … don’t ask … included project management and two areas, which we take for granted when using the Microsoft Project tool are cost calculations and evaluations, as well as the application of PERT techniques. I personally found Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 14, 2009 1:16 AM by willys | 2 Comments
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TFS Integration Platform … To Err is Human … getting the conversion result right: Lesson #1

When I was debugging the custom adapter we developed for a proof-of-concept tonight, battling to keep my eyes open, I thought of a statement made by Paul Ehrlich … “ To err is human, but to really foul up things you need a computer ”. When I finally identified Read More...
Posted Friday, November 06, 2009 7:58 AM by willys | 0 Comments
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The secret of creativity …

Albert Einstein once said: “ The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources ”. Well, when it comes to the VSTS Rangers solutions and all the creativity that the VSTS Rangers are bringing to life, then there is no hiding of the sources. Check Read More...
Posted Friday, November 06, 2009 6:46 AM by willys | 0 Comments
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Falling in love with Windows 7 …

It took me forever to move from XP and a short (ad)venture with Vista, to Windows 7 … but after enjoying the stability, the performance and the productivity enhancements for a couple of weeks I wish I had taken the plunge a lot earlier. Bookmark Martin’s Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009 9:01 PM by willys | 0 Comments
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TFS Integration Platform – Provider not found Error. Question & answer 6

Context I have been battling with the following error and finally decided to delve into the debugger and isolate the gremlin. It just got worse, because when I finally found the method …LoadProvider(), which loads each Adapter DLL in the PlugIns directory Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009 12:36 AM by willys | 0 Comments
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Schaub Canada Log: 20091101 ... Halloween has come and gone

We are T+9 months, which means we are approaching 1 year in Canada, we have the first Canadian winter ahead of us and have just enjoyed the first real Halloween experience. After a long walk of enjoying the numerous Halloween decorations and the trick Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 01, 2009 7:41 PM by willys | 0 Comments
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VSTS Rangers – Champion Survey Results … Finally we can ring the Swiss Cow Bells :)

A while ago be asked all the active external VSTS Rangers and VSTS Ranger project leads to vote for their external VSTS Rangers champion of the current wave of VSTS Rangers projects, which included: TFS 2010 Requirements Management, TFS 2010 Branching Read More...
Posted Saturday, October 31, 2009 12:17 AM by willys | 0 Comments
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What do you get when you have 4 South-Africans in Vancouver with Halloween rapidly approaching?

  We are going to have fun :) Looking at the dropping temperatures we will be enjoying a Swiss Cheese Fondue and a Swiss Schnapps just to keep warm … Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 27, 2009 4:29 AM by willys | 0 Comments
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Now that my mobile development centre is ready ... I can go home and enjoy the weekend :)

Not sure if the magnitude of my latest Windows 7 Virtual Machine (VM) will be apparent to everyone, but I now have a fully “ integrated ” application lifecycle management  (ALM) environment, with version control, work item tracking, automated build Read More...
Posted Friday, October 23, 2009 11:17 PM by willys | 0 Comments
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