Blog
Notes on software, hardware, and tinkering.
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Rory Really Rocks
That's about all I wanted to say. Rory Blyth is an totally funny. I've enjoyed his blog for about a while now and his excellent development info for Windows Mobile devices, but his podcast is totally freaking hilarious! Check it out…
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Online phonebooks
I would really like an online phone book that didn't suck. It is sometimes impossible to find local companies online. Why is that? I would really like to be able to use the local phone book company's website, since the books themselves…
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JavaScript-based XML parser
I've been doing a lot JavaScript lately for my new job. We're creating a dashboard for our web-site that is totally cool! One of several things that I have licensed to my new employer is my JavaScript-based XML parser. We're using this…
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Media players?
My wife, Carol, asked me recently what media player I use and what I suggested for her to start using. That got me thinking about what I use myself and I was curious what others did, as well. I think I might be a bit different from most…
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Found this list of good interview questions..
http://forums.asp.net/thread/1213945.aspx
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Time breakdown of modern web development
My little brother sent me this.. it's funny until you realize how true it is.. He found it here: http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2251d2492f21900c225207881f219-pi
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Returning dynamic Xml from C# web services
A co-worker and I spent a while trying to figure out how to return custom XML content from a C# web service. We were trying to figure out how to get our content assigned into a struct (that was being returned) without it encoding our…
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From casual looker to new employee
Well.. what can I say. I started as a casual job looker - just to see what was out there. Within the flood of dozens of job openings I received from Monster, most of which would have been a fairly good match, I found three in particular…
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Monster response
Honestly, I’m shocked at how many responses I’ve had from monster.com! Wow!! I had to make my resume no longer searchable. For real! I have had over 30 companies and recruiters contact me talking about jobs. It was difficult for the…
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Looking for a new job..
I'm now officially on the market for a new job. I'm only casually looking to see what is out there. If you know of any good senior-level positions in the Salt Lake valley or a Windows CE engineer position please let me know. Windows CE…
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Windows CE file scanner
I created a utility a while back for getting specific file details that LDHM doesn't already get. Someone asked for it on the LANDesk forums, so I took my lunch hour today and made it available on my web-site. When run on a Windows…
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CSBatch, a C#-based Windows Batch file preprocessor
It seems that I use batch files for everything these days. Whether I'm copying executables and dll's to a test server or creating efficient builds, batch files are a main stable that won’t go away anytime soon. Yes, even after spending…
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CVS commands
I usually just use TortoiseCVS when working by hand and csbatch files for automation. I generally don't use the command-line anymore. But, when I'm configuring a new module, setting up new files that I need to get often I always seem to…
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Dealing with the System.Windows.Forms.NumericUpDown
I ran into quite an annoying little .Net framework bug today. At least, I'm assuming it's a bug since I didn't notice any documentation explaining. When I set the Minimum and Maximum values, you'd think that you wouldn't be able to…
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FolderExists()
I haven't found a good method to check if a folder exists in non-managed C++, so I thought I'd post what I came up with. This also works with Windows CE, too. Bear in mind, however, that this could also return false if there was a…
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Show Tasks in Windows CE
I created a new utility for Windows CE users and/or developers. It is a simple application that lists running processes and allows you to terminate them. It has been very useful in my development and support of CE.net-based thin…
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Blog websites: Only show me unread posts
It would be very cool to have a blogger website that provides user accounts (for free of course, or maybe not) that allow you to read through their posts and mark each one as read when finished. This is very similar if not identical to…
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DevReadiness.org
I found this great resource for Windows Presentation Foundation (Avalon) development. I don't know how I missed this over the last couple of months.. "Welcome to DevReadiness.org - the community site dedicated to helping you, the…
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BeOS still ranked in seventh place?
I thought it was pretty interesting that BeOS was ranked seventh place in operating systems Overall Usability and Quality ranking by Scot Finnie. Considering that it is over six years old, that's saying quite a lot!…
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C# desktop programming assessment
I took the free Microsoft® Windows®-based Client Development with Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 and Microsoft Visual C#® assessment exam online today during lunch. There were a couple of areas that I wasn't familar with so I…
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Excellent sidebar content for web developers!
A friend showed me a great resource for web developers using the Opera web browser. There are several panels that provide instant links to technical references, such as CSS 2.1 attribute specification. As soon as I saw them working in…
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File permissions for normal users vs. locked-down users
This table details the permissions and ability to write files in the specified folders per user.
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Using shared C# source files between multiple Visual Studio.Net 2003 projects
I have tried hacking this many times and no one seems to think it was possible. But, alas.. someone was paying attention to the details. The following article describes how to include an existing "common" .cs file in your Visual…
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Disable built-in support for zip files in Windows
I am tired of waiting for Windows Explorer to load and cache every zip file in the folder I am trying to display. So, John sent this to me:…
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Atlas tasks project walk-through
The previous releases of Atlass weren't even worth looking at, let alone installing it. The latest release, however, look fantastic! I was especially impressed by how easy it is to extend your current datagrid and lists to use AJAX.…