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A VS.NET Macro to Generate Machine Keys. by findleyd

I needed to create a new machine key for an asp.net site. I found a couple of command line utils out on the web that would create a new key but I thought it would be easier to just have it avail in VS.NET. So, I threw together this little macro that will...
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Parallels adds "Express Windows Installation" by findleyd

I just ran across this over on parallels site: http://parallelsvirtualization.blogspot.com/2006/11/installing-windows-on-mac-is-now.html This sounds like a great feature for their virtualization product. Parallels for OSX is a top notch virtualization...
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Suggestions for distributing CTPs as VirtualPC images by findleyd

I finally got around to trying the Sept. CTP of Orcas. I loaded up the VPC images on VPC7 Beta (which seems to perform much better than VPC2004). If this is going to be the way that MS is going to release CTPs in the future here are a few suggestions...
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Convert Thunderbird Email to Windows Mail by findleyd

I've been converting my thunderbird email boxes to Windows Mail on Vista. To do this you need to use a tool that convert the mbox format to .eml format. I found this free one that seems to work pretty well: http://www.broobles.com/imapsize/th2outlook...
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New version of LearnVisualStudio.NET launched by findleyd

It took us a while but the new version of LearnVisualStudio.NET is live. We've packed a lot into this redesign and we hope that you enjoy the improvements. I'll start with those items that you might not find all that interesting, but are a HUGE improvement...

Remote workers and Agile/SCRUM/XP by findleyd

Andrew raises the question: What is the impact of the remote worker on Agile approaches? A couple of months ago I started working with Bob on LearnVisualstudio.NET . We are just about ready to launch a major redesign of the site. The development process...
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Rails Live CD by findleyd

Just found this on digg.com : http://www.brianketelsen.com/articles/2006/06/20/progress-isnt-just-for-breakfast-anymore It's a Live CD with all the stuff you need to try out Ruby On Rails! This looks like it could be a pretty slick way to try out Rails...

A great article on functional programming... by findleyd

http://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/fp.html This article was a great overview of many of the aspects of functional programming. With what Micosoft is doing to the CLR and C# and VB it would seem that functional programming is making advances into the main...

Team Explorer available for FREE !?! by findleyd

A friend of mine (Preston Ridley) just alerted me to this blog that says Team Explorer is available for free download now. This is for use with codeplex . This is great news! Thank you MS! The pondering has already started on how this effects CALs for...
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My portable thumb drive toolbox as of May 2006 by findleyd

Here's a list of my current usb thumb drive build out of portable apps and tools: Locknote - for all my little secrets (passwords and such) Portable Firefox Extensions: =========== Tabsidebar Gmail notifier Copy plain text Google toolbar Tiny url creator...
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