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My Blog Has Moved

Unfortunately, I don't have control over the guts of my blog here so I can't setup any nice redirects or anything like that, but if you're still interested in following things I'm working on and shari...

ASP.NET AJAX BUG: $addHandler Can't Attach to Element Inside an IFrame in Internet Explorer

I have an iframe on my page and an html page that's loaded in it (from the same domain) and an anchor tag is clicked in the iframe I want to execute some code on my page on the client.  In the In...

Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista (using WPF) Preview Released

http://on10.net/Blogs/larry/yahoo-messenger-with-wpf-goes-live/ Just installed it and while it's not feature complete yet and there are some performance issues, overall I really like it! It kind of ma...

.NET Web Roadmap for 3.5 (ASP.NET, Silverlight, IIS 7)

Scott Guthrie posted some fantastic info on ASP.NET Extensions 3.5 to match up with Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5. http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/11/29/net-web-product-ro...

Rich Text Editor on CodePlex

This is really great to see.  RTEs are a pain to write yourself. http://ledgards.com/blogs/josh/archive/2007/11/12/rich-text-editor-control-on-codeplex.aspx My only requests are that they add Ope...

Popfly - Building Mash-ups, Blocks, Pages in a Fun Community

I've been following Popfly for a long time.  It's come a long way (and 2 code names) to where it is today and it's good stuff!  They have a cool editor in Silverlight for connecting blo...

Building a Silverlight 1.1 DLL with Visual Studio 2005

Hotness!http://blogs.sqlxml.org/bryantlikes/archive/2007/05/02/silverlight-hello-world-in-c-from-vs-2005.aspxShare this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!...

Silverlight (WAS: WPF/E) is Official

The official name as well as site is now out for Silverlight, which used to be called WPF/E.  Lookin' good!http://on10.net/Blogs/tina/out-with-wpfe-in-with-microsoft-silverlight-this-has-just...

SQL WHERE List Matches Any or All

I saw a cool post recently from Jon Galloway called "Passing lists to SQL Server 2005 with XML Parameters".  This is a pattern I've used several times while building the new version...

Best Comment on Slashdot EVER!

I'm a Slashdot browser.  I've never commented on anything thing and never will.  Slashdot is 90% crap (mostly because of the comments left there).  That's my opinion and I&#...

Scott Guthrie on Red vs. Blue on Channel 9

Pretty funny.  :)http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/03/05/video-of-scott-guthrie-shooting-private-donut-and-some-good-asp-net-ajax-links.aspxMy boss, Adam Kinney made the WPF/E skin for ...

TechFest with Microsoft Research on Channel 9

Rory posted a great first video taking a look at a couple new apps out of MSR.There's going to be lots more good stuff coming soon from TechFest.  To follow the happenings on Channel 9 in reg...

JavaScript Intellisense in Visual Studio Orcas

This is really great to see!http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2007/03/02/jscript-intellisense-in-orcas.aspxI've been developing a lot of client controls in ASP.NET AJAX lately and this wou...

Re: ASP.NET Custom Authentication Problems

I just got a comment from an old post from over 2 years ago about some custom auth problems I had.  It's funny looking back that far to see how you were.  As with all typical develo...

How to Use Embedded JavaScript Files in ASP.NET AJAX

I'm writing up a post about creating custom client controls at the moment (well, as of a few minutes ago anyway).  It is getting pretty long and it's way past my bedtime.  So I thoug...

WPF/E December CTP on Channel 9

Awesome stuff.  Check it out!  :)http://channel9.msdn.com/playground/wpfe/...

Win Visual Studio 2005 (Team System Suite) and MSDN license

http://addressof.com/blog/archive/2006/11/09/What-would-you-do-for-a-Visual-Studio-2005-_2800_Team-System_2900_-and-MSDN-license_3F00_.aspxBe creative!Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg ...

ROW_NUMBER() OVER Not Fast Enough With Large Result Set

So I'm working on improving the performance of the next version of Channel 9.  For those of you not familiar, our team created a new platform for our department to build community sites ...

See the Zune in Action!

No words necessary...enjoy!http://on10.net/Blogs/duncan/sharing-songs-and-pictures-with-the-zune/Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!...

Web Application Project (Visual Studio 2005) on Windows Vista RC1

If you've tried installing it already, you know it doesn't work.  Rich Mercer posted the answer, which is to run the msi as an administrator.  Unfortunately, you can't just right...

Lego Mindstorm NXT at Microsoft

Lego came to Microsoft to show off their upcoming Lego Mindstorm NXT.  This is very exciting stuff, including being able to use Microsoft Robotics Studio (MSRS) to program against the NXT.  ...

BumpTop - 3D Desktop

This is seriously sick.  Organize your files and things you're looking at and working on, on a virtual desktop.  Just like your desk, but better!  Now if I could use some sort of virtua...

Live Gadget SDK

Ever wanted to create a Gadget for Live, but didn't know how to get started?  Or maybe you knew how to get started but have had questions?  Been looking for documentation?  Well the fir...

Build Map Mashups With Virtual Earth Using MapCruncher

http://research.microsoft.com/mapcruncher/ This thing is very cool.  It allows you to overlay other map data on top of Virtual Earth maps.  Check out the gallery for some cool examples....

Implementing Open Search (A9/Amazon) for IE 7

Yesterday I setup Microsoft Gadgets and Microsoft 10 to use open search so you'd be able to use the search box in IE 7 to search those sites.  It was very simple to do and I thought I'd shared. C...

Tag Integration on 10

We've recently added links out to other tagging sites on 10.  If you look at a tag page on 10, for instance Xbox, you'll see links to the xbox tag page for Technorati, Del.icio.us, Flickr, Micros...

10 on 9

I'm late on this (been busy fixing bugs and the like), but if you're interested in hearing more about 10 and the team that built it, check out the Channel 9 video. Btw, I'm the quiet guy that doesn't ...

Microsoft 10 Awakens!

My boss, Jeff and Scoble just blogged about the launch of 10!  The short answer for 10 is that it's a site for technology enthusiasts.  That may seem very general, but it is on person. ...

Time is Almost Up on10

The final teaser is up a bit early!  People who frequent Channel 9 should get a big kick out of it! http://on10.net/?t=5 We're on our final round of coding before the last weekend haul of testing...

Origami on Channel 9

Hot off the press...Scoble just posted it...good stuff! http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/03/09/introducing-origami/ It seems to be about the same size display as what comes in some cars these days...

New Live.com!

The Live team just updated Live.com and it is looking really great.  Tons of new features, go check them out!  One of them is Search Macros.  This feature allows you to take predefined ...

What's On10?

So I'm pretty much the last one on the team to blog about it, but just in case you haven't seen yet, our team has a new project and it is BIG.  Right now all you get is a teaser, but trust me...l...

BillG on Channel 9

Another great video with BillG on Channel 9 is up!  I have to admit that he's always been a hero of mine (for many reasons), but now that I know his favorite TV show is mine, well that just tips ...

Attach Database Without Logins

I was recently taking a SQL Server 2000 database and moving it over into SQL Server 2005.  I did it the old fashioned way and unfortunately the login that our application used to access the DB wa...

MIX.06 Video on Channel 9

Curious about the upcoming MIX conference?  Not sure if you should be excited or not?  Check out the video on Channel 9 about it....

Guid.TryParse in .NET 2.0?

Sadly, the answer is no.  I submitted a feature request towards the beginning of the release of the product feedback center.  A few minutes ago, I got a toaster message on messenger saying o...

Minor MicrosoftGadgets Update

Tonight I uploaded a minor release to Microsoft Gadgets.  This release features bug fixes, the XBox contest winners and AJAX enabled gadget gallery.  Details below... Gadget Gallery Added ...

Free Wi-Fi

I'm blogging from the Fort Wayne International Airport in Indiana.  I was very surprised to find that the wireless internet was free here.  I don't really fly that often, but all the airport...

The New MicrosoftGadgets.com

As Scoble pointed out, our team has gotten the new and improved version of MicrosoftGadgets.com up and running.  Adam and I spent a few really long nights cramming as much cool stuff as we and ou...

MIX.06

http://www.microsoft.com/events/mix I won't go into too much detail and let the official site explain, but basically, Microsoft is going to host a really cool conference in Vegas in March.  At it...

Channel 9: Concurrency and Coordination Runtime

If you're interested in what Microsoft is working on to help you better develop multi-threaded applications, you need to watch this phenominal video!  Extremely passionate and smart guys working ...

Channel 9 Shows

http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/ There's a new concept of "shows" on Channel 9 today.  You can think of shows as a group of "things" like videos, podcasts, threads, etc as episodes.  At t...

Upgrade Password Hashing From .NET 1.1 to .NET 2.0

If you're having troubles upgrading your ASP.NET 1.1 app to 2.0 because of hashing your passwords "not working", my long time friend, Joe, figured it out....

Taking Advantage of Xml Data Type in Sql Server 2005

There are a ton of interesting things you can do with the new Xml data type in Sql Server 2005.  The first quick thing that came to mind was to pass in an Xml document into a stored procedure to ...

ASP.NET MembershipUser ID Field

I'm currently playing around with the new membership stuff in ASP.NET 2.0.  It is simply phenominal.  I love it.  It was a little hard to figure out at first, but once you get going it'...

Beck - Hell Yes Video Featuring Sony QRIO

Boing Boing points out the new Beck video uses robots for the dances.  Very cool and good song too!  :) I believe they're doing the dance that's on this video. Go check it out! Now, when am ...

GotDotNet Birthday Party

The Gotdotnet team is throwing a Birthday Party and all Gotdotnet users are invited! The party will occur at the Microsoft Visitor Center this Friday, November 18, 2005 between 6PM and 10PM. For more ...

SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition Slowness

I'm at home this weekend slamming out some code for fun using SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005.  It's a lot of fun and it's great to finally get to use the RTM bits to build an application....

Anti-DRM Protest in NYC

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/10/29/pix_from_freeculture.html I am NOT a big protester.  In fact, I've never done it before in my life.  That said DRM at its current state today really suck...

Buy My Blog! 50% Off! Sale Ends Tomorrow!

Ok, it's not really for sale.  I'm not sure why you'd want to actually buy it anyway, but I had to post this because I thought it was really neat.  My buds Scott and Phil posted what theirs ...

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