If you want to download the videos to watch later, or to happily play them faster, skip ahead etc, then you can grab the .wmv files instead of having to watch them in a browser in silverlight. I like to increase the play speed in parts and silverlight doesn't allow that ;) To get the .wmv's,...
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I was flicking through some MSDN help pages, when I noticed this topic on Component Authoring: Isn't it nice how "special" Microsoft views VB folks. Obviously anyone using C# doesn't have this issue, it's just the people using VB. Not patronising at all <geez> Oh well, at...
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Paul Vick released some statistics in relation to VB , which for discussion sake I'll repeat here : Visual Basic is the #1 .NET language (as reported by Forrester Research) Visual Basic is the #1 downloaded and #1 registered Express Edition (topping the #2 position by 20%) Visual Basic is the #1...
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Trying really hard not to laugh (too much) at Nige's latest mishap , but there is a valuable lesson to be learnt there.. If you don't know the difference between a shovel and a spade you shouldn't be using them ;) (hint that sure looks like a shovel, not a spade. And no shovels are not meant for digging...
You can get IE to easily clear the history for textboxes by selecting the entry and then pressing the Delete key . But you can't do the same for IE's address bar. Clearing ALL your IE history will clear the list of typed URLs, but I really didn't want to have to do a complete wipe just to remove a couple...
I like to run IE with ActiveX for the internet set to administrator approved. This allows me to run things such as windows update, media player, macromedia flash, without all the other activex possibilities to worry about ;) This is the reg file I use to set the administrator approved controls Windows...
Well TechEd Oz was definitely BIG !! I had a great time, thanks Chuck and Frank and all the MS people that helped to put it together. I hope those who attended Nick and mine's session had a great time. I definitely appreciated all the positive feedback you guys gave I didn't get to as many sessions I...
A couple of weeks ago, late one Sunday night, Dr Pete decided to record a conversation with me. The sound quality isn't the best as he called me over Skype so it sounds very much like a mobile just out of range. I know I found it difficult at times due to the time lag/echo on the line. But it was fun...
Wow, over 200 MVPs have signed the petition to Microsoft asking for a better road forward for VB6 . Total signatories as I write this is already over 1500 !! And reading the blogsphere there are other great names who haven’t signed the petition that also think Microsoft needs to do something better...
Yag just emailed me, telling me I’m famous J Frank also blogged and emailed me , adding me to the Aussie bloggers opml feed. It’s nice to be surrounded by so many nice people J Community is good … I love it. It’s that “together” we can do it type of thing. It’s...