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Quake II .NET
I happily got Quake II .NET running on a laptop the other day. It was fun to watch it run under the Microsoft® .NET Framework! I have no time for computer games, anymore, but several years ago I played a lot of Quake II with some great co-workers. Now, Vertigo Software has made a managed C++ port available for free. See the Quake II .NET>FAQ for details, including where to get the original Quake II source code and demo from id Software. I didn't discover Quake II .NET myself but found out about it in this post on Clemens Vasters: Enterprise Development & Alien Abductions Weblog.
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New Visual Studio Developments
Chris Sells posted A Look into the Future of Visual Studio and "Free" (as in Beer) Access to VSIP! about the new Microsoft® Visual Studio Industry Partners Program (VSIP), including an affiliate level with free registration and access to the VSIP SDK (Do read the fine print in the VSIP SDK Agreement before downloading). Alliance and Premier levels are also available (not free) with even closer contractual relationships with Microsoft®.
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[Tools] Managed Add-Ins Home Page
Jamie Cansdale's Managed Add-Ins now has a Home Page: http://www.managedaddins.net.
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Take That!
I just added a "TakeThat" link to Spidersmack.cgi. Thanks go to Allen Holub for the reference to this Detritus.com effort to oppose spam. While you visit Allen's site, take a good look around because he shares a lot of useful information. If you do not already know about Allen, check out this About Allen Holub page. You can add the same link to your own site if you want to return some "favors."
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[Tools] New Installers for Reflector AddIn
Jamie Cansdale recently distributed by email an updated information link for his Reflector Add-In project. The page includes links to new installers for his Managed Add-Ins and the Reflector Add-In. The Reflector Add-In is really cool because it enables you to have Lutz Roeder's .NET Reflector available from within your Visual Studio.NET environment. If you like this utility Add-In, Jamie would appreciate your vote in the VS.NET Add-Ins Competition at the Code Project.
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[Story] "Toposphoid and the Abstract N-Dimensional Meta-rubber-sheet Philosophy"
I just posted a rather odd non-.NET story, "Toposphoid and the Abstract N-Dimensional Meta-rubber-sheet Philosophy."
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Toposphoid and the Abstract N-Dimensional Meta-rubber-sheet Philosophy
-- Update: I used "Toposphoid" as my character name in the Entropia Universe but haven't been in that virtual reality for some time, now. The old email address is gone.
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Visual Studio Commands and the Command Window
In the time when dinosaurs ruled the earth, I grew up with command line interfaces, which offered vast improvements over punched cards. As a result, I find it immensely helpful to know about Visual Studio Commands and I frequently use the Command Window, both in Command Mode and Immediate Mode. Learning how to use these Visual Studio tools can really increase an engineer's efficiency in .NET development. Oh, and don't forget to memorize some of the Pre-defined Visual Studio Command Aliases (even though you can get a list of them any time by entering "alias" in the Command Window). Of course, you can really hum if you create your own Custom Aliases for complex operations you execute frequently. It is worth taking some time to get to know these tools. Strongly recommended!
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Visual Studio -- Shortcut Key Guide
The Shortcut Key Guide from Mastering Visual Studio .NET looks to be very handy. I don't know how long this link will stay active on the Safari Bookshelf site, so you might want to either buy the book or "SaveAs" a local copy.