My Blog Has Moved to blogs.msdn.com
Published Wed, Jan 4 2006 22:34 | coad
We'll, after being at MS for over a year now, with the encouragement of friends, I've made the move to blogs.msdn.com. My new blog site is: Blog moved to: http://coadblog.com Which redirects to http://blogs.msdn.com/noahc. Please update your readers...
VSTS MSDN Chat
Published Tue, Nov 15 2005 14:46 | coad
Team System MSDN Public Chat Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Developer & Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Testers When: Wednesday, November 16th @ 10am PST What: Join us to discuss the Profiler, Test Tools (Unit, Generic, Manual), Web...
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VS05 Express Free for a Limited Time
Published Mon, Nov 7 2005 11:37 | 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 Mon, Nov 7 2005 11:18 | 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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New! Team System MVPs
Published Mon, Oct 10 2005 20:02 | coad
We have new Visual Studio Team System MVPs! An MVP competency for Team System was just created. You can see the full list of our new Team System MVPs on the Microsoft MVP Site or read what an MVP is . We have 9 Team System MVPs who are truly rock stars...
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Wedding & Honeymoon Photos
Published Tue, Jul 26 2005 0:50 | coad
They're here! The much requested photos from our Texas Wedding & Maui Honeymoon . Just click the links to see the full online photo album. Here are two sneak preview pics. Just married! Enjoing Maui to the fullest! I'm giving this MSN Spaces thing...
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New Living Room w Couches
Published Fri, Jul 15 2005 14:02 | coad
For the last several years, I've dreamt of having a real leather couch! My living room at my Redmond (Seattle) apartment has been completely bare since I moved in (a year ago) with the occasional influx of moving boxes (from when I moved in then Dawn...
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C# Resources
Published Fri, May 20 2005 12:24 | coad
Introduction Here is my base collection of resources on C#. I'm putting this together so when I write articles or reply to e-mails, I have one central place to point people. This is a live post, which means I'll be updating it as needed. Feel free to...
Getting Married Today!
Published Sat, Apr 30 2005 10:32 | coad
In just three hours I'll be waiting for my beautiful blushing bride at the alter!! I'm in the hotel with my Best Man with half a tux on getting ready to head over to the church. Friends and family are pouring in from around Texas and even the nation for...
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Countdown to My Wedding
Published Sun, Apr 24 2005 4:40 | coad
My wedding is rapidly approaching! Here is how much time is left until my wedding on Saturday April 30th 2005 @ 1:30 PM CST. If it is after that date, the time is counting how long I've been married. Here are two other posts about my upcoming wedding...
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New MSDN Forums Replace Newsgroups
Published Fri, Apr 22 2005 19:57 | coad
MSDN has moved to using cool new web forums to replace the old Whidbey newsgroups . The new forums have tons of features! There are RSS feeds, alerts, a nice UI, easier moderation, and much more. One good feature is that we on the product team recieve...
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Visual Studio 2005 (Whidbey) Beta2 is Here!
Published Mon, Apr 18 2005 20:16 | coad
Whidbey Beta2 is Released! We all (you & MS) have been waiting long for this build! Wow, it is a substantial improvement over Beta1 and the client bits even have a Go Live License. I'm excited! How about you? If you have a MSDN Subscription , you...
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14 Days to I Do
Published Sat, Apr 16 2005 21:21 | coad
In just two weeks from today , I'll be waiting at the alter for my fiance to walk down the isle to receive her hand in marriage. I'm very excited! Dawn is aggresively packing up her appartment in Bryan, TX to be moved out by next week. Next week is also...
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Favorite Web Design Links
Published Sat, Apr 9 2005 21:43 | 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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SerialPort (RS-232 Serial COM Port) in C# .NET
Published Wed, Mar 23 2005 19:28 | coad
This article is about communicating through the PC's Serial COM RS-232 port using Microsoft .NET 2.0 or later by using the System.IO.Ports.SerialPort class.  If you're looking for USB info, see here . Way in the Past... Back in my early ...
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Define 'Axiom Postulate Theorem Corollary Hypothesis'
Published Mon, Mar 21 2005 15:43 | 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 Sat, Mar 19 2005 7:39 | 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 Sat, Mar 19 2005 7:30 | 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 Sun, Feb 20 2005 2:50 | 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 Sun, Feb 20 2005 0:39 | 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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