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I have a few SanDisk Cruzer USB sticks. One thing that annoys me is the U3 app. I appreciate what they're trying to do ... OK ... wait ...maybe I don't. No, really, I just want it off my stick. Go to SanDisk's site and get their U3 Launchpad...
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No, not time for He-Man , just time for a mobile hardware upgrade. I spend a good portion of my time working with virtual machines. And in doing so, I'm always looking for more power when I'm on the road. This week I was able to make three great...
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Yes, it is July 1, 2008. and while it's not the traditional New Year, for me it is for two reasons. First, Microsoft has decided I didn't cause too much trouble over the last 12 months so I get to continue being a VSTS MVP . Thanks! Second, Microsoft...
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Currently on the plane, heading to Orlando (again) for TechEd 2008. Tomorrow, I'm presenting, along with Marty Schaeferle (from Appdev ), a workshop entitled "Exploring Visual Studio 2008". If you're interested in picking up the materials...
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Visual Studio® Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server and Team Suite VPC Image (Trial) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c7a809d8-8c9f-439f-8147-948bc6957812&displaylang=en Visual Studio® Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server...
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Currently at VSLive Orlando , where I did a workshop on Windows Workflow Foundation with Robert Green on Monday, and then three other sessions: What's New in Visual Studio 2008 for ASP.NET Developers Investigating LINQ to XML Build a WPF Application...
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I can't speak for anyone outside the US, but here, we tend to get a lot of spam written exclusively in Chinese, Japanese, and Russian. Outlook seems to block this stuff pretty well, but we're using a web-based mail service (so that spam doesn't...
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In case you happen to be in the area, on Saturday April 26, I'll be co-presenting a workshop titled "Exploring Visual Studio 2008" for the LA .NET User Group with Marty Schaeferle (from AppDev). The user group meets near UCLA. We'll...
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Continuing a long association with VSLive (been doing this since 1999), I'll be again speaking at VSLive in San Francisco, March 30 through April 3. It's a busy few days, for me--I'm co-presenting a workshop (Gentle Introduction to Windows...
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I recently presented a session at the Microsoft Office Developer's Conference, focusing on the Office 2007 Open XML File Formats, using the new Open XML SDK from Microsoft, and using LINQ to XML to interact with the parts within the document. If you're...
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Get the details on my Pluralsight VSTS blog. End of line.
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Ever since seeing the moronic Senator Ted Stevens describe the internet as a series of tubes last year, I've been laughing about the stupid metaphor. (For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes ). Recently, however, I noticed...
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I'm sitting on UA 934 waiting for them to tell me to "turn that thing off". :-) In either, case I fly to London, then on to Barcelona, Spain. I'm doing four VSTS talks this year (one with the bright Mr. Woodward ). More details to follow...
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Although completely off the normal topic, I find myself again spending evenings playing the piano for rehearsals of a local San Jose production of a musical theater production. I've been doing this sort of thing since, well, for about 40 years now. It...
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Recently, satisfying the goal of finding a small laptop for travel, I purchased a new Thinkpad X61 tablet. It's the only version of the X61 series that supports a higher-resolution screen (1440x1050), which I feel necessary to actually get work done...