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AT&T Motorola MPx200 Smartphone -- For Free ??
This phone is $50 after rebate from Amazon.com and another $50 rebate if you sign a 2yr contract with AT&T.
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Xamlon: XAML for .NET 1.1
I saw this post from Jeremy Allaire, a really smart guy whom I had the pleasure of working for when I lived in Boston. Anyway, this project that Paul is working on looks very interesting. I will definitely check this out!
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NewsGator has competition
I downloaded and tried out the new IntraVnews Outlook RSS Reader. It looks pretty cool and it's free too!
It has a few things that NewsGator does not, including: Auto Cleanup and saving blogs to different folders.
(Really helps if you have multiple .PST files). Of course, it is missing things that NewsGator has as well, including:
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Computer Associates gives away free AntiVirus Suite to Microsoft users
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Microsoft "Flash-Killer" Tool ??
Interesting. But I don't remember hearing anything about that at PDC...
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Did anyone else have a lot of problems getting into PDC sessions?
I noticed that a lot of the PDC sessions that I went to were not only filled up but the hallways outsides the room with the TV were filled and overflowing. Maybe I just picked the popular sessions! I noticed it a lot with the Indigo sessions.
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Converting Whidbey MSBuild files to VS.NET 2003 project files?
Has anyone figured out a way convert MSBuild project files back to VS.NET 2003 project files?
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PDC Community Application - Away from PDC?
I started up the PDC Community Application as soon as I got home because I had used it to download all the powerpoint presentations and code samples from the sessions that I attended or wanted to attend. It worked real nice while I was at PDC. When I was viewing a session, there was a link to view the powerpoint or code samples (which are saved locally on my computer).
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All we are saying, is give SOAP a chance!
Well, I am at the "Indigo" What's Next for Connected Applications and Web Services and well I just got to hear the team sing All we are saying, is give SOAP a chance!
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PDC Community Application
I absolutely love the PDC Community Application!! (http://pdcvibe for those of you @ pdc). You can see screen shots of it at Kirk Allen Evan's Blog.
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Blogging PDC (finally!!)
Well, I had numerous computer problems but I am back online now.
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HOW TO: Slipstream the Update Rollup into Windows XP SP1
For geeks out there like me who keep an up-to-date bootable Windows XP cd with unattended setup and all hotfixes and service packs applied...
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Erik Porter's ControlArray
I had a need to set the dirty bit for a user control or form and I started looking for a common event that all controls shared like "Changed" or "Modified". Not having found such a thing, I started searching and I came across Erik Porter's ControlArray (for which he was selected Code Hero BTW). Now I had to make some modifications to his control (and port it over to C# because my VB.NET skills are non-existent) but the end result was I had a component that fit my needs with room to grow!
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Update posted for great Reflector add-in!!
I mentioned a great add-in for Lutz Roeder's Reflector in a previous post. It was written by Jason Bock and it allows you to select an assembly inside of Reflector and hit "Save Files" and it generates all the csharp files for that assembly. You can also select an individual class and do the same thing. The only thing was that coded for Reflector 3.2.5.0 and somewhere between then and now there have been a lot of API changes. Well the good news is that Jason has rewritten his add-in for version 3.4.0.0!! Thanks Jason!!
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vbAccelerator updates free .NET controls
It looks like I missed a couple of the vbAccelerator updates last month. They updated their:
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Blog posts going into never never land...
I hate it when this happens!!
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Re: Atlanta .NET User Group and DataGrid Girl
Marcie mentioned that GridView is going to be the successor to the DataGrid control in the next version of .NET. Does this mean that she will soon be known as "GridView Girl"? (I see that she has already snagged up the name GridviewGirl.com...)
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Great add-in for Reflector!
I have been using this great add-in for Lutz Roeder's Reflector. It is written by Jason Bock and it allows you to generate the source files from an assembly and save them to your hard drive! Unfortunately, it only works with version 3.2.5.0 of Reflector. (I think Reflector is now up to 3.3.1.0) Jason was kind enough to provide the source code but it looks like Reflector has gone through a lot of changes since 3.2.5.0.
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[Rant] Intel is giving away free wireless - YMMV!
Well, after reading Scoble's post about Intel giving away free wireless, I thought I would check it out. I had to run to Border's during lunch to buy a copy of Chris Sells' new book: Windows Forms Programming in C# (which looks great BTW...) and I thought I would take my pocket pc with to try it out. I get there and their system is down so I can't check on a couple of other books I wanted to find so I decided to get online!
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[OT] Court blocks Do Not Call Registry.
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Welcome to the Future "Longhorn" Development Center...
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SnippetManager + SnippetCompiler ??
I saw SnippetManager on The Daily Grind 178 and there is Code Library for .NET and of course everyone by now has seen SnippetCompiler by Jeff Key.
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*Free* Utilities I Use!
following in the footsteps of Scott Hanselman who posted his list of Power Tools that he uses, I decided to post a partial list of the ones I use. How mine probably will differ is that mine will be all *free* utilities. They are broken down into command line, .NET Utils, and windows utils. I will populate the list with more stuff as I get free time.
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*Free* Utilities I Use!
*Free* Utilites I use!
Last Updated September 29, 2003 10:57 AM -
Finally got my *free* Viewsonic V37 Pocket PC!
I finally got my Viewsonic V37 Pocket PC that was free with my MSDN subscription. They said it would take 8-12 weeks and it was 12 weeks to the day! I only wish that they would have put Pocket PC 2003 (or whatever it is called now) instead of Pocket PC 2002. But from what I hear there isn't a whole lot of differences. Maybe this weekend I will have some time to try it out!
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I was reminded of my love for free stuff by a reader...
A reader of one of my posts was selling my on SharpReader and reminded me of my true passions. Free stuff! Even better than free stuff is free stuff that is really, really cool!Speaking of which Jeff Key has made a bunch of free cool .NET utilities and one of the coolest (and most talked about lately) is the Snippet Compiler. Jeff is looking to add an editor control by Syncfusion that would add intellisense to the editor. If you haven't checked out this little app, then hop on over to his site and take a peek.If you love it as much as everyone else (including myself) seems to, why don't you donate a couple of bucks. Yes, I know that makes it technically "not free" but even if some of the readers dontate a dollar, he will be able to add more functionality into the product. I would say the same for any app that people release for free (and you really like it and use it). Give 'em a couple of buck so that they can afford to continue to make great apps. I would venture to guess that a majority of the time, developers stop building free or open source apps because it takes up a lot of time and there is not even the slightest financial incentive.Well, I am done preaching and I am on my way over to Jeff's site to donate. Later! -
Data Access Layer stuff
I have been working on a Data Access Layer for work and I came across this DAL written by Deyan Petrov on CodeProject. It does almost everything that we are trying to do here and it is pretty cool! The idea is to be able to define the following in your xml config files:
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Managed Data Provider for CSV file
** Updated with C# example -- see below **
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RSS readers in Outlook
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Is Java Finished?
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Very cool VS.NET Macro!
I have never loaded a VS.NET macro before but I saw a link for the TypeFinder Macro listed in The Daily Grind 161. Jan Tielen did a great job with this!
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Virtual PC 2004
Coming soon (late 2003) to an MSDN Subscription near you!!
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Jalopy port for .NET? -- A possible solution!
As a lot of people know, I have been trying to figure out a way to format / beautify my C# code ever since making the move from Java to .NET. I used Jalopy in my previous life and I really liked it. As Don points out it is a great resource for a company to be able to settle on coding standards and then have developers be able to run their code through a utility that cleans it up according to the company's predefined standards.
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Cool Matrix Revolutions poster
Everything that has a beginning has an end.
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Windows XP SP2 Delayed Until Late 2004
I guess we will have to wait a while longer for SP2...
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Advanced features of Google Toolbar
Someone posted a comment on my Google Toolbar 2.0 post asking "who goes with advanced features and who turns it off?"
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Google Toolbar 2.0 ** Final **
I went to install Google Toolbar 2.0 on my wife's computer and I noticed that I didn't have to go to a beta page anymore. I guess version 2.0 is final now! For those of you who used the previous version, the big thing that 2.0 adds for me is popup blocking. It also adds some other cool features listed below:
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ASP Today is back! -- I wonder if C# Today is coming back as well?
Paschal L noted that ASP Today is back up and running. I wonder if that means C# Today will be back up as well? I never got a chance to subscribe to C# Today before Wrox bit the dust, but it seemed liked they had a lot of content on their site.
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Print-to-toilet-roll
Slightly OT... Just in case you were getting low on reading material for your bathroom.
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Office 2003 RTM on August 15...
According to searchWin2000.com, the newest version of office should get RTM on August 15th.
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Free Antivirus for Pocket PC
You can download Computer Associates' eTrust Antivirus for Windows powered Pocket PC's for free!
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Google News Alerts (Beta)
You can decide if you want to receive news (via email) as it happens or once a day.
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Microsoft says .Net usage passes Java
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Alex asks: Have you used the Eclipse development tool?
Alex posts a inquiry regarding Eclipse (a Java IDE). I used Eclipse at my previous company where I did Java work, not because it was the best (although it might be) but because it was free. Although there is limited support for C# in eclipse, I do not (and probably never will) use it for any .NET development. The primary reason is that it is slow. Now, it is faster than other IDE's written in Java but that is like saying that one turtle is faster than another. They are both turtles and they will always be slow. If I want to do some quick and dirty work in Java now, I use JCreator Lite (the free version) Although the Pro version is very nice and only $69, I just don't do enough Java any more to justify it. They are NOT written in Java (i.e. not slow).
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Live Interactive Online .NET Training—Free!
DevX is putting on some online .NET training. I don't know what the first two weeks were but this week is C# and next week is ASP.NET.
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Microsoft builds mouse with "Tilt Wheel Technology"
Cool! This would be great when using my notebook computer and horizontal scrolling is a much need thing!
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Nice to see that NVelocity has been ported over!
I finally got around to downloading and trying out NVelocity. I was a big user of the Java version, Velocity, for building code generators back in Java land. Since a .NET project I am working on could use some code generation, I checked it out. It's great! I was able to use my Java Velocity templates with almost zero code changes! (of course, there is no equivalent of EJB's in .NET so I do have some work to do!)
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.NET Web Hosting
I am going to be switching from my current (non-.net) hosting company and I am looking for suggestions from satisfied customers.
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From Subversion to CVSNT...
Well, I installed CVSNT yesterday... (sorry Mark!) I was using Subversion for the last month or so but I have had too many problems with errors when I would go to check code in. I did a Google search and found many others that have had the same problems but being a non-*nix user, we don't get too much help or sympathy. The proverbial straw was that I had major problem on one of my drives and I thought "hmm. this is a perfect time to get my latest source code out of subversion" Well, it got some of the code but not all of it. Hopefully, I have better luck with CVSNT.
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Going to PDC! (now with flair!)
Had to add my bit of flair... Can't wait!
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Whidbey alpha testing begins...
I saw this posted on ieXBeta and I want in! I will have to see if any of my connections can get me hooked up into the official alpha program. Maybe I should join Tribe.net as mentioned by Scoble. I'm sure someone knows how to get into the alpha/beta program for the cool next version of Visual Studio.NET.
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VB.NET to C# converters
Russell Pooley has done some research into VB.NET to C# tools (via Matthew Reynolds). I always seem to find a lot of tools for converting from C# to VB.NET but seldom the reverse. These tools are great for me because being a former Java guy, I find C# very easy to pick up and understand, but I have never written any code in VB.NET. Now I can take code snippets I see in VB.NET and convert them (plus a little tweaking usually) and then I have it in C#! (I know, it is all .NET, but C# is where I am most comfortable!)
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.NET Refactoring (Looking for advice...)
I am looking into tools for doing .NET (specifically C#) refactoring within VS.NET. I used the Eclipse product for my previous Java development and although it supports C#, it really doesn't.
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VS.NET posters available for download
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New Cool Job: Day One
Well, ok... the first day was really Monday but I having some problems with my computer at home and didn't get this posted until
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Operator, I need an exit...
Today, the sun is shining a little brighter, the grass is a little greener, and, well you get the picture...
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Enterprise Solution Patterns using Microsoft .NET
Microsoft posted Enterprise Solution Patterns using Microsoft .NET in pdf format on their site.
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.Net develops advantages over Java
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From Java to .NET (with love)
As many of you know, I am a Java programmer by trade. I have enterprise experience using several J2EE products such as IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, Macromedia JRun, and the ever so cool, JBoss. However, a year or so ago, I tried out C#. WOW! I was impressed! Just being able to compile to an executable was a plus. I have tried JET for Java with allows you to run Java as executable but with significant overhead and big $$$. No thanks! -
Using w.bloggar with .NETWeblogs
Wow! Now I know why everyone is doing a w.bloggar
test post. I have used w.bloggar for a while but I guess with
this blog, you can't trust what the preview screen looks like!
w.bloggar is supposed to convert you line breaks to <br>'s
but don't count on it. I ended up logging in and editing my post
to insert all the break tags in the appropriate places!
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SharpDevelop 0.95 Beta released
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Microsoft .NET Framework v1.1 Final is Released !!
Get your hands on it here:
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SharpReader wows the world!
It appears that a new RSS Aggregator is on the scene and it is sweeping users off their feet! I am pretty impressed as well! I would also like to see posting capabilities but it is off to a great start! I am curious if this is going to go the way of NewsGator and start charging for the product after a following gets hooked... Nothing against NewsGator (I think it is great!) or capitalism, but I am all for free stuff! I especially like open source products that I can contribute to so as to make a better product. I aim to write as many free .net apps in the near future as I possibly can and share them with the world! (maybe its my open source java roots showing...)
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.NET hosting for free?
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Spam, Spam, and more Spam!
I am so sick of spam! I currently use MailWasherPro which is the update of the old free MailWasher. However, I have been following a lot of the spam fighters that are using Bayesian Filtering to kill their unwanted mail.
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Get a FREE ViewSonic Pocket PC with Visual Studio .NET 2003!
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Get a free C# reference card
You can get a free C# reference card from data & object factory.
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