Schrödinger’s box: Implementing delayed class type selection via Interfaces in .NET

April 14 1 Comment Category: ramblings

Some geek speak here. This are really the notes for a more complete article, but it might help some folks out so I want to put it up before I forget what I learned when I go to sleep!
The Problem
In a Asp.Net development project I need to be able to call the methods and properties [...]

It has begun.

March 16 1 Comment Category: ramblings

The Elusive Codex CMS officially began development this moment.

A little love wouldn’t hurt!

March 03 1 Comment Category: ramblings

I want to go out to a conference in Vegas. Your small donations would really help. Check out the info!

Vista – veered off on approach…

March 01 0 Comments Category: ramblings

So there it is, I have a functional drive installed in this system with Windows Vista on it. I am not, unfortunately, using it at this moment as several somewhat enigmatic errors forced me to ‘run home’ to Windows XP. My initial thoughts on Vista?
I love that Operating System!
Having used it full time for [...]

Microsoft releases the patch early – GO DO IT!

January 06 1 Comment Category: ramblings

Microsoft has compelted it’s testing of the fix for the WMF problem, and as such you can go grab the official fix from windows update. Basically the steps are easy…

Remove unoffcial patch (add/remove programs in control panel)
Re-register the DLL you unregistered ( regsvr32 %windir%\\system32\\shimgvw.dll )
Do a Windows Update and take the fix

Related links:

Microsoft Security Bulletin [...]

WMF Vulnerability in Windows – PATCH IT!

January 04 0 Comments Category: ramblings

There is a lot of information out on the web about a recently discovered Windows security problem that could allow a malicious website or file to run arbitrary code on your machine. This is bad.
The problem for Microsoft is simple – while a patch for the vulnerability has been created it must undergo extensive testing [...]

Video Game Development: Learn to Write C# the Fun Way

December 14 0 Comments Category: ramblings

If you have always wanted to develop cutting-edge video games but are just getting started, tune in to our 11 free webcasts. Learn the concepts of 3-D video game production as instructors from DigiPen Institute of Technology demonstrate the key stages of developing a game engine using Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition, a new [...]

Jensen Harris: An Office User Interface Blog : For Trembling Hands (Office 12 Coolness, Part 2)

December 14 0 Comments Category: ramblings

Last week I started a new series of some of my favorite new features in Office 12. If you’re curious what criteria I’m using to select them, read Part 1.
Jensen Harris: An Office User Interface Blog : For Trembling Hands (Office 12 Coolness, Part 2).

Just like being there: Papers from the Fall Processor Forum 2005: Application-customized CPU design

December 12 0 Comments Category: ramblings

This Fall Processor Forum paper explores the customized IBM PowerPC® processor designed for the Microsoft® XBox 360®, designed and optimized for high-volume production, low cost, and quality — with an array of testing and debug features to reduce system time-to-market. It boasts three 3.2GHz high-frequency PowerPC processor cores, and it’s like no chip you’ve ever [...]

Windows update error fix? Maybe!

December 12 4 Comments Category: ramblings

Windows update chicken dance as posted by Brad (specifically for error 0×80244019 but may work for others):

This fixed the problem:
Cleared the cookiesCleared the Temporary Internet Files as well as offline contentRestored the defaults in the Security tab of Tools/Internet Options, for each zone.Restored the defaults in the Advanced tab of Tool/Internet Options.Under the Advanced Tab, uncheck [...]

Storage, trick file systems and more!

December 02 0 Comments Category: ramblings

I was looking into backup strategies overnight. Man, Windows 2003 Server can do some really, really trippy stuff with storage that just kicks ass!

Windows Server 2003 Distributed File System (DFS) and File Replication Services (FRS)
Volume Shadow Copy Service Technical Reference Data Recovery
DFS Technical Reference Remote File Systems

More .NET tools and information for my later reference…

December 02 1 Comment Category: ramblings

VS 2005 Web Project System: What is it and why did we do it?
FxCop Team Page - FxCop is a code analysis tool that checks .NET managed code assemblies for conformance to the Microsoft .NET Framework Design Guidelines
NUnit - “NUnit is a unit-testing framework for all .Net languages. Initially ported from JUnit, the current production release, version [...]

David Ebbo’s ASP.NET blog : Overriding ASP.NET combine behavior using a VirtualPathProvider

December 02 1 Comment Category: ramblings

David Ebbo’s ASP.NET blog : Overriding ASP.NET combine behavior using a VirtualPathProvider

“This article originated from a customer question on the ASP.NET site.  What they are trying to achieve is running multiple sites under a single actual ASP.NET application.  This can be useful to avoid the overhead of having a different appdomain per site.  So the [...]

The Visual Studio Song and other technical goodness…

November 29 1 Comment Category: ramblings

Some way cool tech stuff…

Run the ASP.NET 2.0 Development Server From Any Folder – “As I blogged about yesterday, I came up with a way to start up the web server that comes with Visual Studio 2005 by right-clicking on the folder you want to serve. Chris Frazier left some great feedback, along with Daniel [...]

Coding4Fun: Extending the Personal Web Site Starter Kit

November 26 2 Comments Category: ramblings

Some avenues for future exploration:

What’s New in Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office - an awesome look at the tools that allow you to extend Microsoft Office via .NET
Creating Smart Documents with Visual Studio 2005 - a great tutorial on how easy is to really add functionality to office
Coding4Fun: Extending the Personal Web Site Starter Kit
XML Developer [...]