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A Windows 8 Win
I got my work laptop just over 2 years ago, and had been using the same install of Windows 7 since then. This is actually quite a long time for me to go without reinstalling Windows. It was getting really slow and I had been planning on doing a fresh install once I got through […]
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Thanks to everyone who was able to make it to the Evansville DNUG meeting today. Here are my presentation materials and other resources. Slides: View | Download CSS3 Media Queries demo: Download Other Resources: Mobile Support in ASP.NET http://www.asp.net/mobile Simulating an iPhone or iPad browser for ASP.NET Mobile Web Development with WebMatrix 2 or Visual […]
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In the past I’ve had multiple computers setup in my office, and I wanted to share the mouse and keyboard between them. I’ve used Synergy and Input Director in the past with mixed results. At the time I tried it, Synergy just didn’t work well with Windows 7 and was a bit of a pain […]
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Blend 3 RC Available
Today Microsoft shipped the Release Candidate (RC) of Expression Blend 3. You can download it from here. It also includes Sketchflow, whatever that may be. If you’ve been waiting for Intellisense and Team Foundation Server source control integration in Blend, this is a must for you. I’ve been able to try them out, and it […]
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Hyper-V Has Arrived!
I just saw an announcement on Microsoft’s Server and Tools blog that Hyper-V is going to be available for download at noon PST (2PM for us Central folks), today. Just in time, too, since we have a Server 2008 RC server that finally needs to be updated to 2008 RTM (or SP1, for those who […]
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Hyper-V RC1 Release Today
Paul Thurrott let us know that he received an e-mail saying Hyper-V RC1 will be released, today. The RC1 Evaluation copy of the code will be made available here for download by EOD on May 20th. For more information, please check out the STB News Bytes Blog or Virtualization and Consolidation. Since upgrading from the […]
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Today was the first really nice day of the year that we could take Declan outside to play. This was a great opportunity for him to ride his Easter present he got from his Godmother. He had plenty of practice inside, so we knew he’d enjoy it. He can’t steer, yet, so he keeps one […]
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I decided to try the Windows Live Mail client on my Vista machine, so I installed with the Windows Live Installer from the Live website. After installation, I tried running it and got a dialog saying “Please wait while Windows configures Windows Live mail.” Every time I ran the application I would get this dialog. […]
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One of the exciting things I was anticipating in Visual Studio 2008 was the multi-targeting capabilities. After having to have 2 IDEs installed for a couple of years, my first thought was that I didn’t want another Visual Studio installed. Then I learned about VS 2008’s ability to work with .Net 2.0 and 3.0 as […]
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From the MSDN Subscriptions WebLog: Visual Studio 2008 is now live on MSDN Subscriber Downloads As of 0900 (PST) on Monday November 19, 2007. You have two avenues to download the files you are entitled to 1. Top Subscriber Downloads (make sure to allow popups) 2. Suscriber Downloads and Product Keys link Enjoy! I’m downloading […]
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