2006 Resolutions
Well, it’s 2006 and I am back to work after a much needed vacation. The holidays were great and I was able to decompress and catch up on family time and think about some of the things I want to accomplish in 2006.
Happy New Year 2006
Happy New Year everyone! This is my first post of 2006 and will hopefully be the start of many more posts.
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express Edition
The recent release of Visual Studio 2005 came with it the express edition of SQL Server 2005. This is a trimmed down version of the full SQL Server 2005 we have all been waiting for but it’s included in the box.
Roland Weigelt's GhostDoc v1.9.2
Just a quick note for those lazy as I am. Roland Weigelt’s GhostDoc for Visual Studio 2005 and 2003 is a real time saver. In short it installs as an add-in for Visual Studio and will add XML documentation to your methods in your code.
Windows Live Domains
I recently moved my email domain for wewritesoftware.com to the new Microsoft Windows Live Domains. Microsoft will host your email for you on their servers, the ones used by Hotmail.
Losing Intellisense on Visual Studio
An interesting problem one of my fellow developers faced recently was losing Intellisense in Visual Studio 2003. The interesting problem was Intellisense only was lost on web forms and in user controls and only for form objects like buttons and labels.
XBOX 360 at Gamestop
I had a chance this weekend, while out Christmas shopping, to stop by my local Gamestop to check out the new XBOX 360. I have to say that this thing is incredible. I have an original XBOX and I think the graphics are really good comparing them to games on...
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope everyone is getting some much needed time off and some quality time with family.
Great Service Revisited
I posted recently about my experiences with my blog posting service, Typepad, and how I felt they had done exceptionally well with their service by communicating recent problems to their customers so we weren’t left in the dark. I received an email recently from Six Apart CEO Barak Berkowitz explaining...
Visual Studio 2005 Released and Miscellaneous Notes
Unless you are living under a rock you are probably aware that Microsoft released Visual Studio 2005 today in conjunction with SQL Server 2005 and Biztalk Server 2006. This is a release that has been a long time coming and many of us .NET developers have been waiting for. I...