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  • DeployNow.com and "Smoke"

    I’ve had a lot of people asking me lately what has become of the DeployNow .com site and more importantly, about Smoke – my Windows Installer validation tool. As enthusiastic as I was about building a community site for installation developers, the idea just didn’t take off on it’s...
    Posted to Ramblings & Rants by Michael on Thu, May 12 2005
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  • In Memory of Zach

    Last Wedenesday, Amanda and I got the phone call that everyone dreads. The details were vague and sketchy, but in a shaky and uncertain voice, my Mother-In-Law informed us that my Brother-In-Law Zach had been in an accident and she needed to go with the police to identify his body. Zach and two of his...
    Posted to Ramblings & Rants by Michael on Mon, Apr 18 2005
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  • Guru.com & Dispute Resolution

    If you’ve been following along , I am trying to recover some money that I paid for web design work that I ultimately learned had been stolen from http://www.creative.com by Shayna McCullough under the name of a non-existent company called Iconic Media. Early on in the process, I went to guru.com...
    Posted to Ramblings & Rants by Michael on Sat, Jan 15 2005
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  • Business Fraud Alert!

    A few months agao, I contracted a “company” that goes by the name “Iconic Media” through http://www.guru.com to design a new site for an eCommerce project of mine which was to be launched at http://www.xambi.com . A woman named Shayna McCollough was the one and only person from...
    Posted to Ramblings & Rants by Michael on Fri, Jan 14 2005
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  • Washing my hands...

    So, after all that ruckus with Rob Mensching about COM Advertising from before Christmas, and my sincere gesture to clear the air , it seems that nothing is really resolved after all. Just before I posted my very nice attempt at clearing the air, I put together a little sample that exactly duplicated...
    Posted to Ramblings & Rants by Michael on Mon, Jan 10 2005
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  • Doh! - My Secret Agenda Revealed...

    Ha! Ha! Thanks for the laugh Justin ! Seriously now. How anyone can come to the conclusion I have a secret agenda to promote some other product when I am in the process of contributing smoke, and fighting hard to keep features working with WiX Toolkit is a mystery to me, but I guess stranger things have...
    Posted to Ramblings & Rants by Michael on Wed, Dec 22 2004
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  • Provider Model WebCast Fun!

    Wow! Robert McLaws and Jeff Julian just wrapped up their WebCast: “Provider Model: The Flexible Design Pattern of ASP.NET 2.0”. Not only was it a great presentation, but two really cool new things also were announced: Robert announced that InterScape is releasing a Provider Model framework...
    Posted to Ramblings & Rants by Michael on Wed, Oct 27 2004
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  • MSN Music Customer Service

    So – I was searching out some new music on MSN Music today with WMP10. I did a quick search for Smile Empty Soul, and of course found the album right away. The problem is that what I got was sort of like some search results. It had two albums displayed near the bottom with identical images and...
    Posted to Ramblings & Rants by Michael on Mon, Oct 25 2004
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  • Implementing a Windows Installer Validation Engine in VB6

    A recent topic in the msi newsgroups has focused around implementing a Windows Installer debugger or validation engine in VB6. Conceptually, this isn't all that tough. The concept focus around a successful implementation of the MsiSetExternalUI method and the companion callback. Basically, the steps...
    Posted to Ramblings & Rants by Michael on Wed, Oct 20 2004
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  • Announcing DeployNow.com!!!

    I’m really happy to formally announce the launch of my new deployment related community site! http://www.deploynow.com Basically, the site is a place for me to post articles on deployment technologies, write about tools and technologies, and to host a forum in which I can help others in the community...
    Posted to Ramblings & Rants by Michael on Fri, Oct 1 2004
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  • Rob Mensching on Open Source???

    Rob Mensching put up another post on Open Source stuff today. While I’m sure it is all very interesting, I find myself becoming really disappointed in Rob and his blog. Don’t get me wrong, Rob’s commentary on Open Source is certainly interesting (in moderation), but I don’t subscribe...
    Posted to Ramblings & Rants by Michael on Mon, Sep 27 2004
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  • .Text Help Please???

    Can anyone point me to a reference guide explaining what the options under the “Advanced” section of the New Post page do? Entry Name? - ??? Excerpt? - I'm guessing that you can put an excerpt from your post here and have it sent in your feed instead of the full text. Is that correct? Title...
    Posted to Ramblings & Rants by Michael on Wed, Sep 22 2004
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  • Telligent is Hiring

    So, I just noticed that Rob Howard posted a couple of cool sounding positions at Telligent that they are looking to fill. http://blogs.msdn.com/rhoward/archive/2004/09/21/232682.aspx Too bad that the timeframe is 6-8 weeks…
    Posted to Ramblings & Rants by Michael on Wed, Sep 22 2004
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  • Who the heck is Michael Sanford?

    As a first post, I think it would be appropriate to provide some background on who I am. About Me My name is Michael Sanford. If your familiar with Microsoft lingo, I am a MCP, MCSE, and MCSD. I am also a second year MVP with a specialty in Windows Installer (a part of the Windows Server – SDK...
    Posted to Ramblings & Rants by Michael on Fri, Aug 13 2004
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