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That is great news as Microsoft and FireFox are really starting to work together: View article... SM...

Michael Yon writes the best blog ever.  He is the bravest, most honorable, and most truthful blogger I have ever read.  Please see his writings here: http://www.michaelyon-online.com/ The face of media is changing and Michael Yon is the leader....

Control your Windows Mobile Device from your PC.  I have been looking for something like this for quite some time and it is finally here: http://www.mymobiler.com/ SM...

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After a long wait period, the Microsoft LifeCam drivers are now available for Windows Vista including both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms.  You can get them here: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/windowsvista/support.mspx All of my hardware is now...

For those interested in reading things outside of programming and software architecture, I have started blogging for the Orlando Sentinel.  You can read the posts here: Orlando Sentinel Apopka Community...

Why did my DVD writer stop working or lose functionality when I installed Windows Vista?...

I am a regular vistor of Irena Kennedy's blog 'Something You Should Know" She knows to make the tools work for us.  Check out her latest article: http://blogs.msdn.com/irenak/archive/2006/10/27/sysk-228-get-table-columns-or-rows-with-single-key-press.asp...

Irena Kennedy has some interesting things to say about Sql Server 2005 Everywhere Edition and how "compact" it truly is.  The footprint is larger than you think: http://blogs.msdn.com/irenak/archive/2006/08/31/733527.aspx SM...

For those not familiar with MsBuild, it is Microsoft's Build Engine that comes with the .NET 2.0 Framework.  It is a highly flexible and highly reusable framework that makes it possible to build almost any type of software and deploy any type of...

A commentator on my last series of posts requested some information on how to use anonymous methods within predicates.  So, here goes: For the sake of review, let's take a quick look at what an anonymous method is in .NET 2.0 (a strict 2.0 feature)....

I am never ceased to be amazed by my friend Tom Rossi who runs a company called The Mole Hill out of Jacksonville, Florida. Honestly, when he told me that he was switching to the Ruby on Rails development platform I knew he had lost it. He proved me...

An incredible tool for your VPC's (Hat Tip:  Andrew Connell): http://andrewconnell.com/blog/archive/2006/08/14/3361.aspx  ...

I have been looking for something like this for a long time: http://www.whiteknighttechnology.com/cs/blogs/brian_knight/archive/2006/08/13/215.aspx White Knight Technology finally created one that is actually quite useful.  ...

If your application has a requirement that a certain number of user's need to be selected and then all of them promoted/demoted to a certain position within the company you would probably, again, have to iterate through your pre-filtered EmployeeCollection...

I mean:  What is a predicate? To be honest, at the beginning I got tired of all of the hype of .NET Generics.  Yes, they are pretty neat but I could never see their use outside of creating strongly typed collections with a few lines of code....

Speakers and Sessions have been posted regarding the Jacksonville .NET Users Group Code Camp.  Link:  http://codecamp.jaxdug.com  ...

I had an issue after installing the Windows Vista July CTP that I could not figure out regarding strongly signed .NET 2.0 assemblies. Everytime I tried to compile a project that had a strong-name-key associated with it, I kept getting the error "Cryptographic...

http://wizbangblog.com/2006/05/08/weekend-caption-contest-winners.phpShaun McDonnell...

I have been signing up for many of the webcasts that the Microsoft Developer Network has been putting on lately and I have been extremely impressed with the breadth of the content.   So, what I have done is put together a compilation (with links)...

I recently had a user quit my project and had left many pending changes within the solution. I didn't need the changes anymore but really wanted to his name gone from the solution as having files checked out. I found this very simple command to help...

It seems that the OSTK story decided to grow after I wrote last night's post.  I say this because the story made the front page of today's New York Times as well as the front page of the business section.  Links are below: U.S. Subpoenas 2...

The CEO of OverStock.com - Patrick Bryne - is one of two things - crazy or criminal.  And one thing is for sure, he keeps getting weirder and weirder.  As I will detail out below, he has accused a "Sith Lord" of bringing down the stock of his...