Broken Images in my RSS Feed
Apparently the images in my feed, hosted by Feedburner, are being shortened to a relative path - which is breaking them since they are not hosted at Feedburner. This is either done by .Text or I...
View ArticleBacking Up Hamachi
I finally got the guts to pave my machine and install Windows Vista. I'm pretty particular about backing up all of my settings and documenting what I have installed but there is always one straggler...
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Quality Podcast Features from Tooth & Nail Records
This post is more about a couple of neat features that Tooth & Nail Records have in their podcast than it is about the podcast.Notice in the screenies. In the timeline of the podcast there are...
View ArticleTools of a Software Craftsman
I don't know if I would call myself a "Software Craftsmen" but I totally agree with Joey about the tools you use to build software. Joey seems to be a little more dedicated than myself because he...
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Good Computer Desktop Lamp
I need to get a desktop lamp for my cube at work. I started my new project last week and I've got a powerful machine, nice LCD monitor, and good chair to sit in. However, there is a big lighting...
View ArticleRemote Assistance with Copilot
Copilot's tag line is "Safe. Secure. Simple". I would agree 100%.I used Copilot this past weekend to help out my in-laws and it was easy to use and well worth the $5. I love helping people with their...
View ArticleA Great Visual Guide to Source Control
I've expressed by thoughts on source control and I still believe it is a vital part of any development project. I guess it's just misunderstood. Thanks to BetterExplained.com we now have a great...
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Amazon MP3 Downloads
I was itching for some new music and so I took the opportunity to checkout the Amazon Mp3 service. I downloaded and installed the Amazon MP3 Downloader and I was off and running. The first album to buy...
View ArticleSome Stuff
Things around here have been busy that's for sure. After spending the last year in Baltimore with Advertising.com I'm now a full time employee at Ciena. In addition to the new job we've also moved to...
View ArticleReview - uCertify PrepKit for Exam 70-528
I was contacted by uCertify requesting that I do a review of their certification PrepKit software. I agreed because I was already studying for the MCTS exam 70-528 and wanted to see if their software...
View Article.NET Rocks! and the State of Visual Studio Team System 2008
I'm no ALT.NET guru but I have decided that it doesn't have to have the Microsoft (MS) stamp to get me to look at it. I recall when I was "that guy". You know, the guy who would hear about non-MS...
View ArticleDon't Wait To Become a Better Developer
Yesterday I ranted a little about how some just wait until a feature shows up in a Microsoft product before they'll even look at it...and how I use to be that guy. My jumping off point was when I...
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ReSharper 4.0 beta for VS2008 is Out
I recieved a notifcation email last night from JetBrains that ReSharper 4.0 beta is out and can be downloaded here. UPDATE (6/10/08): ReSharper 4.0 has been released. Good Stuff!
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This Day in Geocaching History...
We began our Geocaching journey 5 years ago on June 22, 2003. In late 2002 I remember seeing a show on the Travel Channel "Top 10 Lost Treasures" and #7 on the list was Geocaching (couldn't find a...
View ArticleNew(er) MSDN Magazine Column
I've been trying to catch up on my reading and came across a new (since June) column in MSDN magazine that I think is very good and all of us developers can benefit from. The column is called Patterns...
View ArticleHow to Move from .Text (Dottext) to BlogEngine.NET
Back storyMy wife and I's blogs have been running on an archaic customized version of .Text for much longer than it should have. It did the job so it kept getting moved down the to-do list; not to...
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Use the Theme Default Gravatar in BlogEngine.NET
When I was setting up BE.NET I was glad to see it had support for Gravatars. What I don’t like are the options available for people that don’t have one. My option was to use MonsterID, Wavatar, or...
View ArticleMigrating from Visual SourceSafe to Subversion
For the the last few years I’ve worked with Visual SourceSafe (VSS), Vault, StarTeam, and Subversion. For me, the easiest and most straight forward is Subversion (SVN). Don’t get me wrong, if you...
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VisualSVN Server MMC Error
I’m just posting this in the event it helps someone out in the future. I have VisualSVN Server installed in Windows 2003 server with the Subversion repositories located on a network share. The...
View ArticleRocky Mountain Tech Trifecta v2.0 Call for .NET Speakers
Rocky Mountain Tech Tri-Fecta v2.0 will be held on February 27th at Metro State College in Denver and we are looking for .NET speakers for the event. Last years event had over 400 people attend we...
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