Ok, so if you haven’t already heard… http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio, or http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-au/vstudio/aa700831.aspx Announcing the release of Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, .NET FX 3.5 Beta 2, and Silverlight 1.0 RC! Deep link for the Professional Beta 2 Edition Yes folks, this is almost hot off the press. No, I haven’t […]
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Hi.. I pulled this quote out of a recent post to the ausdotnet mailing list from Rocky H. "You can not drop a file from a Medium Integrity process (Explorer) onto a High integrity process (elevated Notepad). This is actually the problem a lot of developers face with […]
I recently had an email chat with Dr Greg Low (Microsoft Regional Director & Readify) during the week about the best naming conventions (best practices) for SQL Server (especially in the post-hungarian notiation, SQL 2K5 schema days). In fact, this is a topic being discussed (again) on the SQL Downunder […]
For those of you who have been following every new technology but somehow have missed out on LINQ, grab the last CTP – LINQ CTP (May 06). It works fine with the Beta 1 Orcas (despite the disclaimers) and it will also work with VS2005. This stuff is pure gold. I’ve […]
At the recent architect forum in Sydney I was able to sit in on a round table discussion regarding rapid estimation exercises. I’m in no way new to the process of estimating implementation time or generating effort forecasts – I’ve done so professionally for the past eight or nine years, an […]
G’day. Today’s topic is around the Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) process methodology and how it relates to the process of gathering requirements and effort forecasting. Yes, this is going to be one of those heavy blog entries. The proper and right way to get to forecasting effort and […]
Today.. Polite SQL Server manners.. 1. Use a consistent naming convention Pretty obvious rule, this one.. Best to try and stick to a common SQL syntax too… 2. Indexes: use them Why, oh why does it take so long to query 100,000 rows? 3. Keep the […]
According to this article: http://blogs.msdn.com/ausdev/archive/2007/05/03/windows-vista-beta-2-rc1-and-rc2-set-to-expire.aspx Those still running Beta and Release Candidate copies of Windows Vista are soon to be set to deal with their OS expiring. This as a consequence means that people will either have to upgrade to the RTM version (which isn’t a bad idea) […]
Hiya, all. Some new content for you. Phil Beadle (of DNN and Readify fame) yesterday introduced me to a video clip demonstrating how this thing is used and I must say, I’m a big fan. Note: I’m not a huge fan of WYSIWYG or drag and drop, but this […]
Hi.. Well, it’s been about six months since I bought my first ever x64 (64 bit) personal computer. At the time I figured I should "get with the times" and weenmyself of my long time interdependence on 32-bit processors. Now, here’s the thing, there is a very poor level […]
Tomorrow is Anzac Day, so stay tuned for more posts from Thursday onwards. Windows Vista Ultimate Edition: DreamScene Ultimate Extra This review relates to the release preview edition, may not be applicable to the final edition. It’s a pretty neat idea, playing video files as desktop wallpaper, […]
Just when all your civil liberties are busy being stripped away comes free WinForms evaluation controls from Telerik and, if you act fast, complete this survey to perhaps win a free developer license. http://www.telerik.com/ – you need to register to download the evals Take this survey: http://surveys.telerik.com/Surveys/TakeSurvey.aspx?surveyid=1048 […]
As you may recall from part 1, this series of posts is about how to retrieve the target of a Windows shortcut (.lnk). Now, I left off part 1 in C++ land, as I’d compiled a Win32 Dynamic Link Library which called the Windows Shell in order to extract […]
It’s time for a more technical article. Recently I went on a trip overseas and while away I took a lot of photos. Being such a smart guy, I came up with what I thought was a smart way to pick out the best photos. I created subdirectories, and created shortcuts […]
Introducing the Motion Computing LS800 Tablet PC. This little wonder is one of a number of new hardware oddities floating around at the moment in the "Ultra Mobile PC" (UMPC) category. Now, there are far cheaper products in the market place, but this one has all-quality parts, and […]