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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]