Thoughts about .NET. Thoughts about code.
Posted in General on Apr 21st, 2009
In my opinion writing about the blogging and blogging software makes for dull reading. The only people that are interested are fellow bloggers. Having said that I do want to write about changing my blog server however because it is likely to affect incoming links.
This site has been running for over five years on the [...]
Posted in General on Feb 13th, 2006
For the last couple months our fax machines has been inundated with junk faxes. I’ve been so busy traveling and teaching that I haven’t had much time to deal with it. Each junk fax dutifully lists a toll-free number to call for removal from the list. Sure! We’re busy, just like you are. I really [...]
Posted in General on Feb 11th, 2006
I vividly remember reading Popular Science magazines when I was in Junior High school. I loved reading the ‘What’s coming’ section. I followed the new ideas researcher were pursuing. I’d daydream for hours about what I could do with the new gadgets. It probably won’t surprise you to know that I also devoured science fiction [...]
Posted in General on Oct 30th, 2005
I’m working on a project, can’t say much about it right now, and I was looking for some royalty free music. Music you pay for once and then won’t have to pay for every copy sold with your application or shown with each presentation.
The Music Bakery looks promising.
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10/30/2005 8:44 PM Adam Jones
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Posted in General on Sep 17th, 2005
I really wanted them to get along. Live side-by-side in harmony sharing the same CLR but it wasn’t meant to be I guess.
I downloaded Visual Studio 2005 RC1 this week. I also grabbed the September TCP (Community Technology Preview) build of SQL Server 2005. I wanted to install both on my demo machine but there [...]
Posted in General on Sep 13th, 2005
I like UI design. You wouldn’t know it from reading this blog because I’ve rarely talked about it but it is one of my passions. Good UI design is pleasing to the user, simple and easy to use and most of all intuitive. You can become a better UI designer by researching good patterns, studying [...]
Posted in General on Aug 2nd, 2005
Important: If you run Microsoft Virtual PC on a laptop you need this hotfix. Get it now, don’t wait even one more hour.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=889677
OK. Now that I’ve yelled at you let me tell you why you need this hotfix. Virtual PC freaks out when the host OS enters hibernation mode. It’s nasty. There are numerous symptoms [...]
Posted in General on Jul 22nd, 2005
I’m about 90% sure that Microsoft has chosen the real name for the next version of Windows. They certainly can’t sink lower than the awful ‘Windows Me’ label applied a few years ago. I have it from a few usually reliable sources that the new name is ‘Windows Vista’. How’s that grab you?
Hmmm. Still thinking…
Posted in General on May 29th, 2005
I’d like to talk to the PM at Microsoft that approved this feature. This has to be the lamest, stupidest thing I’ve seen in a Microsoft product in a while. What were you thinking?
I opened a PowerPoint presentation that was saved 18 months ago. I immediately see a message I’ve not seen before.
"This presentation cannot [...]
Posted in General on Apr 20th, 2005
I keep finding new things to like about Google maps. First is was the drag-a-bility of the maps. Then the local search feature. Plus the satellite overlay is simple to cool for words.
Today, I learned about the ‘to’ operator. If you want a quick simple map from one city to another try this.
seattle wa [...]