August 2006 - Posts

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:17 PM

Tools to check out, or use, or...

So I've continued with my normal software misadventures and found a few tools that look like they'll be keepers.  The main one is Windows Live Writer.  Currently it is in beta but it is looking to be a solid application that is definately useful.  Currently
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:08 PM

Team Foundation Server Workgroup Take Two

So Shannon finally got the server up and I've been working to get things setup on the server for development to occur.  Right now I get an unintended message that the template application has failed and the creation of the team server project then
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Monday, August 21, 2006 1:22 PM

Team Foundation Server Workgroup take One

writely documentSo my buddy Shannon Atkinson and I sat down over at his place and decided to take a solid whack at getting Team Foundation Server Workgroup setup and try to get a project started in it.  We have all sorts of kickin ideas so it's
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Monday, August 21, 2006 12:02 AM

Windows Live writer (beta)

So I decided to check out someof the Windows Live Beta software. Windows Live Toolbar and Windows Live Writer along with some of the respective desktop search and toolbar features. The Windows Live software seems to be pretty solid already even though
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Sunday, August 20, 2006 11:36 PM

Speed

So I went playing around on this site call Speed Test.  Nothing really new but go check it out, the graphic representation during the speed test is really cool.This is what I found out! 
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Sunday, August 20, 2006 2:54 PM

Team Foundation Server Workgroup?

So the first thing that comes up on google is a blog entry over on notgartner about not installing work group since it is limited to only 5 users. I dig around a little more on this blog and find the release of Atlas naming game too.  So notch
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Sunday, August 20, 2006 12:55 AM

Warcraft III and World of Warcraft

So today Joleen and I decided we where going to break down and get ahold of some games.  A few of her friends play World of Warcraft and I figured since I haven't played an RTS game in about 2 years I'd get the Warcraft III Warchest Pack.So now without
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Thursday, August 17, 2006 10:28 PM

The CAB & SCSF Installation Process

writely documentOk, so with working with the Smart Client Software Factory and the Composite UI Application Block at work I finally decided that to really get to understand and know this factory and the application block I need to install the software. 
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Thursday, August 17, 2006 5:25 PM

Microsoft Expression Web Designer CTP1

So the beta release for Microsoft's Expression Web Designer CTP1 was just issued (ok it was yesterday).  This is some seriously cool looking software that I will check out and probably be making a post or three about in the coming days.Even though
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Thursday, August 17, 2006 1:43 PM

What does TxF enable Developers to do?

So I read "what the heck does TxF do and why should developers care?" and had to add my quick 2 cents.Transactional file systems can be an extreme life saver for file management systems.  Being what I have done with them in the past, and having
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Tuesday, August 15, 2006 1:49 PM

Enterprise Application Block non-documented "Feature"

...and when I say "Feature" I mean one of the best undocumented types!   So while working with the Logging Application Block I ran into one major issue. The error message I received is: Invalid TraceListenerData type in configuration 'listenerDataType="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.Database.Configuration.FormattedDatabaseTraceListenerData,
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Sunday, August 13, 2006 11:40 AM

The Evolution of Desktops

Off my normal topics in many ways, but this post, "The Evolution of Desktops" has some pretty awesome pics of various desktops over the years all the way up to the coming Vista, OS-X, and others.Very very kewl!  
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Friday, August 11, 2006 11:42 AM

Hands on Labs for the Service Factory

As noted per Tom Hollander, Don Smith has made available at the gotdotnet patterns & practices site the new hands on labs for the Service Factory.  I'll be providing some run through information from my own work in the next few months. 
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Friday, August 11, 2006 11:30 AM

Microsoft Enterprise Logging Application Block: Setting up a sample project, Part 1

Original Writely Document The Enterprise Library Logging Application Block provides functionality for several common logging needs.  Items can be logged to the event log, e-mail, database, message queue, text file, WMI event, and of course
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Thursday, August 10, 2006 4:01 PM

ConfigurationManager doesn't show up in .NET 2.0

I finally stumbled on this little tidbit here about an absolutely insane problem.  I'm still amazed Microsoft made such an obvious goof.  They fix all the directions in the documentation but left out actually making the very real and very needed
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Thursday, August 10, 2006 3:21 PM

Icon Factory (Two Words?)

Ever want some icons to use for your own use?  Do you need to pretty up that application just because it's driving you nuts with that default icon?  Well check out Iconfactory!Anyway... enough of my self made advertising.  Go check out
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Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:23 PM

Smart Client Software Foundation

Writely Document To install the Smart Client Software Foundation complete the following steps: Install the Composite User Interface (UI) Application Block assemblies. Install the Enterprise Library assemblies. Install the Guidance Automation Extensions.
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Tuesday, August 08, 2006 3:09 PM

Hands on Labs for Smart Client Software Factory

Some first draft labs & guidance package with add service agent recipe has been released and is available over at gotdotnet.  Check em' out.  My review of these items will be pending my shuffling through the contents.  Stay tuned.
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Friday, August 04, 2006 1:31 PM

Microsoft says so!

So recently Microsoft released the CTP for their SandCastle Documentation Generator.  Per the SandCastle Blog this tool is used by Microsoft for their API Documentation, some words about better architectural overview and other tidbits
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Friday, August 04, 2006 10:52 AM

An Application and Tools Review

Want to download this entry as a document, check out my writely link. A quick overview of the tools that I will be using in my new role.  The tools that will be used include; Visual Studio .NET 2005 Team Edition Suite Microsoft's Patterns &
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Thursday, August 03, 2006 8:08 PM

The writely word processor rocks!

So I received an e-mail this afternoon that stated the "writely" AJAX based Word Processor Application was finally ready for me to use.  I signed up for this some time ago so it was good news to finally see this thing!I immediately went to their
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Thursday, August 03, 2006 3:40 PM

Final Day of Initial Meetings

So the final day of meetings has finally ended.  So far the amount of information about the architecture, process, planning, and business rules I've come away with is substantial yet very helpful in the tasks that lie ahead. So first off I have
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Wednesday, August 02, 2006 9:08 PM

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Tuesday, August 01, 2006 8:05 PM

Day Three, Week Two the Introductory Meetings Continue!

Tuesday the 1st of August 2006, day three of my Centerstance job at Labor Ready in Tacoma, Washington is almost complete.  Centerstance has been providing a class to bring all the new developers and many of the Labor Ready team up to speed
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Tuesday, August 01, 2006 7:13 PM

Day Three, Week Two at Labor Ready

Monday, July 31st and Week two officially begins for yours truly.  I'm aboard Amtrak Cascades #508 north bound toward Tacoma.  The train has departed on time which is always a good start for the week.  Exiting the station we have
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