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GMail Adds More Color by Palermo4

GMail now allows users to add more visual impact to "Labels" by enabling them with different colors.  This only works in a couple browsers as noted by GMail team: Note: Colored labels, group chat and rich emoticons only work in the latest...
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Using Windows Live Writer 2008 by Palermo4

About 4 times a year I "refresh" my working computer with a fresh install of the latest OS and software tools.  With the release of Visual Studio 2008, I recently "refreshed" again (no longer using Visual Studio 2005). One of...

GMail, Thank You For Your Help by Palermo4

I logged on to GMail today (in Firefox) and observed a message indicating my experience might be slower due to Firebug being enabled. What I enjoyed about my experience is that the GMail team did not stop there. After following a "fix it" link I was brought...

Book Review: Silverlight 1.0 (Wrox) by Palermo4

Yesterday I got my copy of Silverlight 1.0 published by Wrox , authored by Devin Rader, Jason Beres, J. Ambrose Little, and Grant Hinkson. Of course, my attention was immediately drawn to the full color cover of the book. We are all accustomed to the...

Writing Technical Content by Palermo4

I just read a blog post from Jeff Putz on "Why you should (or shouldn't) write a programming book". From my own experience, I can instantly provide one reason you may *not* want to write a technical book - to make money directly. Oh you can make some...
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I Don't Feel Like I'm on a Diet by Palermo4

When I attend a technical conference, I usually do not see attendees exhibit great eating habits. Let's face it, the way computer professionals are typically displayed in the media is as nerds with junk food in one hand, soda in another. I don't mind...
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Installation Notes For Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 by Palermo4

At the bottom of Scott Guthrie's blog announcement of Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 , he recommended the following: You should download and run this batch file . This takes only a few seconds to run, and fixes an issue we found earlier this week with the...

Purpose of Blog by Palermo4

I have recently decided to redo tags on my blog . This effort required me to go back in the archives and view some of my posts of old. As I viewed one post after another, I realized I have used the blog for various reasons. Here is a list of how I have...
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M-Audio MobilePre USB on Vista by Palermo4

I ran into some issues earlier today attempting to record audio with my MobilePre USB from M-Audio. After calling sound & audio guru Simon Allardice, I got the needed advice to get things working again. First, I downloaded the latest driver from M...

Executing MSI From Command Prompt by Palermo4

I could not install an upgrade from TechSmith for Camtasia Studio until I did so from the command prompt. I have observed this behavior since I have installed Vista. Double-clicking on the .msi file in windows explorer will start the process, but end...
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