This just in: I’m a moron.
A while back, I posted about VS.NET not accepting non-standard ports for web services when adding them via “Add Web Reference…”. I would like to update that post and say that boy, am I a moron. Of...
View ArticleMSDN documentation can be incomplete.
Well, incomplete in my opinion anyway. A co-worker was having a problem with his in-process HTTP server written using the very cool HttpListener class available in .NET 2.0 (on Win2k3 and WinXP SP2...
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No sooner did I post saying that MSDN docs are incomplete than I remembered that there’s an effort at Microsoft to allow the community to add comments. Check out the wiki at...
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First impressions of the new Microsoft product packaging
Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 have been released for a while now, but I finally got around to purchasing a retail version so I can use them at home (in addition to my MSDN/volume license...
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Building on the Visual Studio 2008 Shell
I ran across this link today (by accident, actually): http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/bb510103.aspx Microsoft is opening up to VSIP partners the Visual Studio 2008 Shell, something the SQL...
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Joel on Packaging
See, I’m not crazy – Joel thinks the new Microsoft product packaging sucks too. (And we all know Joel isn’t one to criticize easily! )
View ArticleMore fun with documentation
Over a year ago I posted about some incomplete MSDN documentation. In continuing my “annual” series on interesting documentation tidbits, I got a kick out of the code example for the...
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More Windows Vista backgrounds
I’ve really enjoyed the default background images that have shipped with Vista. I think they’re beautiful, even if some don’t make great backgrounds behind a lot of desktop icons – if that’s the case,...
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Microsoft 2008 launch event in Indianapolis
I just saw that the registration site for the Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, and Visual Studio 2008 launch event is up and accepting registrations. (via DotNetKicks) And I was really happy to...
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Off to TechEd 2008
I’m leaving tomorrow for TechEd 2008 in Orlando, FL. I’m excited about it since it’s my first developer conference that isn’t targeted at a very specific purpose (like Interact 2008 was). I’m looking...
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