Guy Barrette

I was hit with the dreadful "The breakpoint will not currently be hit" problem this week.  Searching the Web, looks like it is a common problem both with VS 2005 and 2008 however, it was the first time I experienced it.

ARCast.TV - Mario Cardinal on Layer Module Injection

http://www.visualstudiotalkshow.com

Microsoft has published some information about Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 today.

James Lapalme: Le Web sémantique

I grabbed an Acer Aspire One this weekend.  The Windows XP model was on sale at FutureShop for $299.




Here are some random first impressions:

• The form factor is very cool.  Not too small but very light.
• FutureShop (Canadian reseller) only sells models with bilingual (English or French) keyboards.
• The Canadian models allow you to select XP in English or French.
• The whole setup process takes less then an hour (didn't timed it).
  
• The color choice I had was between sapphire blue and sapphire blue.
  
• Sapphire blue is a fingerprint magnet.
• The power supply is very tiny.
  
• Deinstalled Office Student 2007 trial and Mcafee.
• Installed Free AVG, Spyware Doctor and Picassa (both from Google Pack).
• I had an old 5.25" external USB enclosure so I stuffed in there a DVD drive to install Office Ultimate 2007 and Visual Studio Team Suite.
• Installed SQL Server Express 2008.
• Some dialog boxes have a height of 600 pixels.
• Copied some files to the netbook using an external 2.5" USB drive.
  
• Wifi works without problems.
• External VGA can output more then 1024x600 if the netbook screen is disabled.  The driver can go up 2048x1536 however I wouldn't dare go as high.  I tested it with an output of 1280x800.  Nice!
• If you want to use it as a presentation machine, you must have a podium like setup where you see the output from an external monitor and the projector.
  
• XP boots fast.
• A fresh boot leaves me with 500MB free memory.  Shocking!
• Visual Studio takes about 8 seconds to start.

• Doing presentations that don't require a virtual machine or not CPU intense.
  
• On a plane to watch a movie or work on a document or presentation.
  
• As a photo viewer when I go see family and friends.
• Bringing a laptop with me just in case.
• Bringing a backup presentation machine.
• On vacations to dump the daily pictures.