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VS05 Express Free for a Limited Time
Published 7 November 5 11:37 AM | coad
Visual Studio 2005 Express editions (WebDev, C#, VB, C++, J#) are officially Free! for 1 year (expires 11/6/2006). I just watched Steve Balmer give the keynote at the first and official kickoff launch event and he talked about the great Web Developer...
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Visual Studio 2005 Launched
Published 7 November 5 11:18 AM | coad
As of today, Visual Studio 2005 has officially launched! This is a fantastic product that we have all been long awaiting! There are a number of launch events being held in cities around the world the next month. Check out if one is in your city soon....
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Favorite Web Design Links
Published 9 April 5 9:43 PM | coad
These are some of my core reference links that I consistently refer back to while working on the web (mostly from MSDN ). I also use them with many other projects, but most frequently with web/html/scripting/xml apps. The main links have been listed on...
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Define 'Axiom Postulate Theorem Corollary Hypothesis'
Published 21 March 5 3:43 PM | coad
When explaining to a friend of mine some of the fundamentals of mathematics, I found myself giving definitions of these base terms. A quick search with Google returned this great excerpt that efficiently and eloquently defines the words and relations...
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Ballmer Dancing Developers Conference Video
Published 19 March 5 7:39 AM | coad
At one of the developer conferences (late 90s, early 2000s?), Steve Ballmer , CEO of Microsoft, came out on stage saying 'Developers' over 15 times before his voice went out. Being a developer myself, I think this is cool. At the Microsoft company meeting...
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Ballmer Sells Windows v1.0 TV Video Ad
Published 19 March 5 7:30 AM | coad
Steve Ballmer , CEO of Microsoft, can be seen here in an early days of Microsoft in this TV ad selling Windows v1.0. It is a facinating, and entertaining, video. Get a load of the 286 computer w/ IBM EGA monitor! Wow, that brings back memories... The...
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Congrats to Jeffrey Palermo, MCAD
Published 20 February 5 2:50 AM | coad
Congratulations to my friend Jeffrey Palermo on becoming a Microsoft Certified Application Developer ( MCAD )! Jeff's making great progress on his MS certifications and is headed towards a MCSD & MCT .
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US Patent Plaque
Published 20 February 5 12:39 AM | coad
Between high school and college (at Texas A&M Univ. ), I spent a year in Sandpoint, Idaho , working on a national biomedical smart card system. My Dad was working for a sister company at the same time on a portable home cholesterol monitor which interfaced...
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Bubble Tea
Published 20 February 5 12:3 AM | coad
My new favorite treat! Bubble tea is a tasty flavored drink with tapioca pearls in it. Also known as Pearl Tea, the drink comes in a flavored ice slush, milk shake, or tea form, but what really makes it is the squishy tapioca balls! At first glance, it...
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Microsoft Coding Guidelines
Published 19 February 5 10:20 PM | coad
Brad Abrams posted Microsoft's Internal Coding Guidelines . This is a good read! I'd agree with most everything there. I see a lot of Microsoft code and it sure is good to have consistancy. One thing I differ with, is that personally, I really like not...
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Hello Neighbor
Published 30 October 4 4:58 PM | coad
Today a friend came over and I'm showing off how to do blogging. Say Hi!
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Moving to Microsoft
Published 6 July 4 1:49 AM | coad
Joining the Ranks Well I've taken the red pill, gone blue card, lost my MVP status, been assimilated into the collective, and joined Microsoft! I am now a Program Manager on Visual Studio Team System . On to Washington On Friday (July 7th) my girlfriend...
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Official Forum Flame Form
Published 22 June 4 1:59 AM | coad
< lol > This is hilarious! :) Here is a simple check off list for flaming forums. I'm not a flamer, but I've got to try using this sometime when it would be appropriate. The checks are from its original post . Official Forum Flame =============...
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.Text Upgrade on MVP Site
Published 12 June 4 10:53 AM | coad
Susan Bradley just updated (6/11/04) msmvps.com to .Text v0.95.2004.102. We're still working out the kinks, but it is coming along! So if your agregate news reader shows double post entries (like my RSS Bandit), you know why. If you're using RSS Bandit...
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TechEd 2004 Curiosities
Published 10 June 4 2:52 PM | coad
< lol > I missed these funnies at TechEd , but thankfully they have been captured in time. :)
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Ultra-Portable Laptop
Published 9 June 4 10:44 PM | coad
Overview I have received many inquiries in airports, conferences, classes, meetings, etc when I pull out my laptop and it is smaller than even the thinnest paper notebooks on the table. I've seen too many people not carry or use their portable computer...
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Favorite Bloggers
Published 9 June 4 3:1 PM | coad
News/Blog Reading RSS Bandit is a great aggregate news reader. It is writting entirely in C#, is easy to use, works like a charm, and is even open source so you can see how various components have been implemented. To add feeds, just right-click in IE...
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More TechEd Photos
Published 9 June 4 2:25 PM | coad
Here are a few more photos that came out of TechEd 2004. Dang we had a good time! See you all next year! Look for me in a dark blue shirt... :) Cathi Gero (C# MVP ) and Ted Neward ( MVP , Author , .NET Rocks! ) Mark Dunn ( MVP , MCT , Previous .NET Rocks...
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Increase Internet Explorer's Simultaneous Connections Limit
Published 8 June 4 7:30 PM | coad
Internet Explorer limits the number of simultaneous downloads to two downloads, plus one queued download. This is an out of the box browser setting. To increase the number of simultaneous connections that are allowed, follow these steps: Start the Registry...
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Enabling More Than 10 IIS Connections in Windows XP Pro
Published 7 June 4 10:49 PM | coad
The IIS included with Windows XP Pro is shipped out of the box with a 10 concurrent connections limit. This can be increased to 40 or so. Just download and install the IIS MetaEdit utility, load it up, and change the LM/W3SVC/MaxConnections entry's data...
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