Thoughts about .NET. Thoughts about code.
Posted in General on Aug 28th, 2004
This article is a bit off topic.
Those of you who are techies know that your working life is filled with the quest for good technical knowledge. Often times you can find it in a book. Heard the joke about becoming a programmer - you’d better buy a big bookshelf.
Bibliomania is a site that has many [...]
Posted in .NET on Aug 11th, 2004
I had an idea while listening to a Microsoft evangelist talk up some of the newer Office tools (OneNote, InfoPath). She mentioned Virtual PC while answering an audience members question and that started a chain reaction in my head. So what was the big idea that I had?
Why don’t software companies distribute beta software as [...]
Posted in VisualStudio on Aug 10th, 2004
Today’s guest speaker from Microsoft [at the southern California Working Connections conference] dropped the bomb on pricing for the .NET express editions. Can you say FREE? As in complimentary for you and me.
Not low cost - that’s right - NO COST.
This is an amazing price, if he is correct.
Can anyone from Microsoft confirm [...]
Posted in Programming on Aug 4th, 2004
Eight months after it was released I finally discovered the PortQry Command Line Port Scanner Version 2.0 . A simple but powerful utility it provides nearly everything you need in a port scanner except a GUI.
PortQry shipped as part of Windows 2003 but is available as a free download from Microsoft. Be sure and [...]
Posted in .NET on Aug 3rd, 2004
The Story
Some days it’s frustrating to be a .NET developer. You’re eating lunch with your software team, pizza for the third time this week, and suddenly everyone starts brainstorming a useful little utility that fills a niche in the software world.
"We can market it via the Internet," you say excitedly.
"Yeah. We could let [...]