Fantastic week here in San Mateo. Weather is nice and there are a lot of Japanese restaurants so I had Sushi 4 times in 3 days. I also had Korean yesterday. Also, unlike the East Coast, where all we have is Colored Sugar Water (Dunkin Donuts), there are plenty of Starbucks but also my fave Pete's!! Great...
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Fantastic week here in San Mateo. Weather is nice and there are a lot of Japanese restaurants so I had Sushi 4 times in 3 days. I also had Korean yesterday. Also, unlike the East Coast, where all we have is Colored Sugar Water (Dunkin Donuts), there are plenty of Starbucks but also my fave Pete's...
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I am no longer so worried about the Alienware and Vista. I called Alienware and they sat on the phone until we fixed the wireless driver and everything else I was concerned about. They gave me a number for Microsoft Vista Ultimate support and they were thoroughly helpful and professional. Within minutes...
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I am no longer so worried about the Alienware and Vista. I called Alienware and they sat on the phone until we fixed the wireless driver and everything else I was concerned about. They gave me a number for Microsoft Vista Ultimate support and they were thoroughly helpful and professional. Within minutes...
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I am really starting to worry that either I got a lemon Alienware or as someone noted its a fickle machine with drivers and such. Many of the problems I listed here may be indeed be the Alienware as I had a pretty decent Vista experience before besides the broken file copy over the network. The proof...
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I am really starting to worry that either I got a lemon Alienware or as someone noted its a fickle machine with drivers and such. Many of the problems I listed here may be indeed be the Alienware as I had a pretty decent Vista experience before besides the broken file copy over the network. The proof...
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I am writing this poolside where the weather is in the 80's. After both running 3 miles around the lake this morning and an hour strength training in the Gym, we went by Verizon where I bought a Verizon Broadband card and this *does* work in Vista. I was getting poor signals from the Apple Air Wireless...
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I am writing this poolside where the weather is in the 80's. After both running 3 miles around the lake this morning and an hour strength training in the Gym, we went by Verizon where I bought a Verizon Broadband card and this *does* work in Vista. I was getting poor signals from the Apple Air Wireless...
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This may be the only time in my life where I actually willingly downgraded an OS. I detailed all sorts of frustrations with Vista in this post . That's just that start: Orcas does not compile programs in Vista (Ok, its beta, but Vista should be a prime platform) I cannot burn any DVDs either using Vista...
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This may be the only time in my life where I actually willingly downgraded an OS. I detailed all sorts of frustrations with Vista in this post . That's just that start: Orcas does not compile programs in Vista (Ok, its beta, but Vista should be a prime platform) I cannot burn any DVDs either using...
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I complained in the past that my Dual-Core iMac was very slow at 512MB. Leaving aside the question of whether Apple should even sell this system without 1GB in it, I went and bought 2GB and put it in. Wow, it's like a whole new machine! OS/X and Aqua operate the way I would have expected. I guess...
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I complained in the past that my Dual-Core iMac was very slow at 512MB. Leaving aside the question of whether Apple should even sell this system without 1GB in it, I went and bought 2GB and put it in. Wow, it's like a whole new machine! OS/X and Aqua operate the way I would have expected. I guess the...
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This is it, the big 150! The first New and Notable was on May 19, 2003 , (my first post was March 29, 2002 ) and I paid homage to the master, "I have always admired Mike's ability to look at the world out there and put it all into one great post, The Daily Grind . While I can't pretend to have Mike...
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This is it, the big 150! The first New and Notable was on May 19, 2003 , (my first post was March 29, 2002 ) and I paid homage to the master, "I have always admired Mike's ability to look at the world out there and put it all into one great post, The Daily Grind . While I can't pretend to...
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Yup, I'm still stuck in Seattle and I still feel like crap. Tomas just went off to the airport and I feel like the last MVP left in Seattle. Just want to get out of here and home but can't do that until tomorrow night. Lots of stuff stored up Entity Framework/ADO.NET 3/ORM/ASP.NET/MonoRail I consider...
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Yup, I'm still stuck in Seattle and I still feel like crap. Tomas just went off to the airport and I feel like the last MVP left in Seattle. Just want to get out of here and home but can't do that until tomorrow night. Lots of stuff stored up Entity Framework/ADO.NET 3/ORM/ASP.NET/MonoRail I...
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Still real tired from my Oklahoma trip , partying with Raymond sure is exhausting-). Agile/Development Tools On my short list for some time now, is to switch from NUnit to the definitely superior MbUnit. My friend Andrew has done some great work with this tool and he has a new release out with the beta...
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Still real tired from my Oklahoma trip , partying with Raymond sure is exhausting-). Agile/Development Tools On my short list for some time now, is to switch from NUnit to the definitely superior MbUnit. My friend Andrew has done some great work with this tool and he has a new release out with the beta...
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I haven't felt like blogging much lately. Some of that is due to how much is going on at work (much more on that when I feel like it) but I have also haven't really felt jazzed about blogging lately. I want to, and am starting to devote more time to get myself into the gym and my family, both...
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I haven't felt like blogging much lately. Some of that is due to how much is going on at work (much more on that when I feel like it) but I have also haven't really felt jazzed about blogging lately. I want to, and am starting to devote more time to get myself into the gym and my family, both of which...
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Winter has finally set in with single digit temps and minus degrees wind chills but still no snow. WPF/Avalon Adam's WPF book is out and flying off the shelves apparently ! I have been looking forward to this one as his COM Interop book is the bible there. Feb CTP of WPF/E! New Docs, SDK and QuickStarts...
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Winter has finally set in with single digit temps and minus degrees wind chills but still no snow. WPF/Avalon Adam's WPF book is out and flying off the shelves apparently ! I have been looking forward to this one as his COM Interop book is the bible there. Feb CTP of WPF/E! New Docs, SDK and QuickStarts...
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Way back on Sep. 7th of last year, I published an entry on writing your first WPF program on Vista . Now, that Vista is really out, and there is a ton of excitement about WPF on blogs lately, I have been ramping up again on WPF. I spent about 4 hours this morning from 1-4 AM (yes that's when there's...
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I have already said my piece on the Vista launch but also Office 2007 launches today which really rocks. The much better Outlook 2007 is worth the price of admission alone IMHO. Vista and Office Launches Vista Launch Page Bill Gates Keynote European Launch Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor Office 2007 Launch...
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I have already said my piece on the Vista launch but also Office 2007 launches today which really rocks. The much better Outlook 2007 is worth the price of admission alone IMHO. Vista and Office Launches Vista Launch Page Bill Gates Keynote European Launch Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor Office 2007 Launch...
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So today's the day. After 5+ years, Windows Vista launches and it seems that there barely is a whimper. In really looking the last two days, there seems to be no real online and blogger buzz, and no real excitement. Where was that vaunted Billion dollar ad campaign? Why were there no TV ads? Anything...
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So today's the day. After 5+ years, Windows Vista launches and it seems that there barely is a whimper. In really looking the last two days, there seems to be no real online and blogger buzz, and no real excitement. Where was that vaunted Billion dollar ad campaign? Why were there no TV ads? Anything...
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Workflow/BPM/WCF/SOA David Chappell presents arguments both pro and con as to whether Microsoft qualifies as a BPM vendor. Personally, I think the answer is yes, especially when WF is intergrated into BizTalk 200x and other products. Nicholas Allan continues the excellent Indigo WCF posts with Controlling...
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Workflow/BPM/WCF/SOA David Chappell presents arguments both pro and con as to whether Microsoft qualifies as a BPM vendor. Personally, I think the answer is yes, especially when WF is intergrated into BizTalk 200x and other products. Nicholas Allan continues the excellent Indigo WCF posts with Controlling...
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I have lots of stuff collected up today. Software Architecture/SOA Arnon Rotem-Gal-Oz has made available his wonderful SOA deck which makes a nice complement to mine (BTW, while there, please take a look at the start of my new home site and tell me what you think here!!) Nick Mallik makes the point of...
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I have lots of stuff collected up today. Software Architecture/SOA Arnon Rotem-Gal-Oz has made available his wonderful SOA deck which makes a nice complement to mine (BTW, while there, please take a look at the start of my new home site and tell me what you think here!!) Nick Mallik makes the point of...
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I just upgraded my main machine from RC2 to RTM. The upgrade took over 3 hours in compute setup time! So far, I'm seriously underwhelmed but that could because I have used RC2 every day for weeks and maybe I'm missing something but: NVidia GeForce FX Go5200 driver not installed by default, installs stupid...
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I just upgraded my main machine from RC2 to RTM. The upgrade took over 3 hours in compute setup time! So far, I'm seriously underwhelmed but that could because I have used RC2 every day for weeks and maybe I'm missing something but: NVidia GeForce FX Go5200 driver not installed by default, installs...
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Ok after all this confus ion (a bunch of questions still remain), I was able to install the whole bunch on Vista 5600 and I got my first Avalon program working there from VS2005. .NET 3 Runtime Components (already installed in box) Microsoft Windows SDK Sept CTP Orcas Tools for .NET Framework 3 Windows...
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Ok after all this confus ion (a bunch of questions still remain), I was able to install the whole bunch on Vista 5600 and I got my first Avalon program working there from VS2005. .NET 3 Runtime Components (already installed in box) Microsoft Windows SDK Sept CTP Orcas Tools for .NET Framework 3 Windows...
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As I said in my Vista post, "As you know from all my posts about our project we are not exactly using old technology but everything bleeding that pushes the edge (.NET 3, WCF, etc)." That and having over 20 years of alpha and beta program experience at Microsoft (Building 20 is my 2nd home...
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As I said in my Vista post, "As you know from all my posts about our project we are not exactly using old technology but everything bleeding that pushes the edge (.NET 3, WCF, etc)." That and having over 20 years of alpha and beta program experience at Microsoft (Building 20 is my 2nd home...
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I don't know what to title this post. My friend Scott Hanselman is having all sorts of legitimate problems with Vista RC1 and finds the experience painful, which have led at least some to not install. He lists a bunch of things that either don't install or are not working correctly. As we all know, Scott...
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I don't know what to title this post. My friend Scott Hanselman is having all sorts of legitimate problems with Vista RC1 and finds the experience painful, which have led at least some to not install. He lists a bunch of things that either don't install or are not working correctly. As we all...
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My friend Shawn says , " Yes, I said upgrading XP! The good news is that is build is very very good. Not perfect, but very good! I am able to use it as my main box " about Pre-RC Build 5536. I agree 1000%. Since my install a few days ago, I have been blown away at both the performance (yes...
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My friend Shawn says , " Yes, I said upgrading XP! The good news is that is build is very very good. Not perfect, but very good! I am able to use it as my main box " about Pre-RC Build 5536. I agree 1000%. Since my install a few days ago, I have been blown away at both the performance (yes...
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I might as well combine my last 2 posts. Today's New and Notable is focused on the major beta releases today. Vista and Longhorn Beta 2 are finally available on Connect and MSDN, and NVIDIA and ATI both have released new drivers to coincide with the release of Windows Vista Beta 2. Fetch! Wow! WinFX...
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I might as well combine my last 2 posts. Today's New and Notable is focused on the major beta releases today. Vista and Longhorn Beta 2 are finally available on Connect and MSDN, and NVIDIA and ATI both have released new drivers to coincide with the release of Windows Vista Beta 2. Fetch! Wow! WinFX...
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Windows Vista 5365 is out for testers and Brandon LeBlanc has an excellent review of it. Since this an Interim build for testers I am not sure if I am allowed to talk about it (don't know what Brandon arranged) so I will just note that I installed it as an upgrade over Windows Media Center 2005 easily...
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The last N&N was Feb 20, a month and 1/2 ago. I'm too busy being productive adding business value to our product to blog much considering I am still close to a intra-state move and dealing with the sale of one house and purchase of another. Meanwhile, the weekly plane flight commutes are just no...
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The last N&N was Feb 20, a month and 1/2 ago. I'm too busy being productive adding business value to our product to blog much considering I am still close to a intra-state move and dealing with the sale of one house and purchase of another. Meanwhile, the weekly plane flight commutes are just...
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Andrew has posted a pointer to a succinct answer from a Microsoft employee on the very important impact of a recent timeline announcement on Vista and WinFX. Those of us who have dependencies in our products and our beta and ship cycles on WinFX have the right to ask tough questions as this could have...
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Andrew has posted a pointer to a succinct answer from a Microsoft employee on the very important impact of a recent timeline announcement on Vista and WinFX. Those of us who have dependencies in our products and our beta and ship cycles on WinFX have the right to ask tough questions as this could have...
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Here is a very useful Tips and Tricks Guide for Vista 5308. I know I shouldn't recomend or endorse the first item which is how to display the Administrator account on the login screen but I have not been able to get to it, even responsibily! Microsoft, to its credit, has done an outstanding job with...
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Here is a very useful Tips and Tricks Guide for Vista 5308. I know I shouldn't recomend or endorse the first item which is how to display the Administrator account on the login screen but I have not been able to get to it, even responsibily! Microsoft, to its credit, has done an outstanding job with...
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NVIDIA has made available the following drivers for Windows Vista February Customer Technology Preview (CTP) build 5308.FebCTP_Final.060217-2200. Note: I have not tried these yet and won't until at least Monday. Update : I installed the FX Go5200 driver from this pack and it works fine but I could swear...
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NVIDIA has made available the following drivers for Windows Vista February Customer Technology Preview (CTP) build 5308.FebCTP_Final.060217-2200. Note: I have not tried these yet and won't until at least Monday. Update : I installed the FX Go5200 driver from this pack and it works fine but I could...
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Ok, so I installed the Feb CTP (5308) of Windows Vista and it freaking rocks!!! Install is even better and it now comes up with a Welcome Center that looks to install missing hardware drivers from Windows Update. Y'all know about my fustrations with the last last Vista build 5270 and my NVIDIA GeForce...
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Ok, so I installed the Feb CTP (5308) of Windows Vista and it freaking rocks!!! Install is even better and it now comes up with a Welcome Center that looks to install missing hardware drivers from Windows Update. Y'all know about my fustrations with the last last Vista build 5270 and my NVIDIA GeForce...
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My apologies to my readers and my CodeBetter colleagues on one more link posting without original material. I still promise to have my CAB and Spikes post up real soon-) My Microsoft buddy Joe Stagner takes Stallman down a peg or two-) Chris Frazier links to a Microsoft hot-fix for WinForms designer...
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My apologies to my readers and my CodeBetter colleagues on one more link posting without original material. I still promise to have my CAB and Spikes post up real soon-) My Microsoft buddy Joe Stagner takes Stallman down a peg or two-) Chris Frazier links to a Microsoft hot-fix for WinForms designer...
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I have finally reached number 90 as this series has been going for years although its the first one here. Today is a big day for me/us - its Heather's Birthday! My daughter turns 3 today! I'm already thinking of the teenage years I am going to have to keep her locked up away from the boys Robert...
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I have finally reached number 90 as this series has been going for years although its the first one here. Today is a big day for me/us - its Heather's Birthday! My daughter turns 3 today! I'm already thinking of the teenage years I am going to have to keep her locked up away from the boys Robert Hurlbut...
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