Random Technology Ramblings

I have advocated running as a standard account and not as a administrator for quite some time and have over the last year switched all my families accounts (yes I am the single Pewitt family IT department more some other time) to run as standard user and I have a admin account on each box […]

I have yet to read this article but it looks great Survival of the Fittest: Natural Selection with Windows Forms

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This is great! look at who they quote in this! In an interview to CNet News.com Novell’s VP of development, Miguel de Icaza, founder of Linux GNOME project, talks about resource efficiency when comparing ASP.NET with J2EE: “We did a study at Ximian when we were trying to find customers for Mono. We found that […]

Well the guys at Channel9 have been posting some great videos of late the one linked below is a great one about Team Services. I still can’t believe that MS lets Robert Scoble run around loose with a video camera and them post all of this stuff. Many may not know but Robert Scoble has […]

Here is a good consolidation of topics that I will be using when I rebuild my laptop… That is right I am drinking the kool aid and not going to make my normal local user account part or the Administrators group I will report on my success or failure. It’s painful! It is. And on […]

Christa points out a great article on MSDN on about hiring for ISVs I think most of this applies to solution providers like the one I work for InterKnowlogy some of the items pointed out in the article really hit home like “Know the Law” we let just about anyone conduct interviews and I have […]

Microsoft is once again showing how it sucks (this is on a few beers) but they have locked up the links blow. Now I know more then most that the thinking goes that if you give away the content people will not show up for the MS love fest that is TechEd but I think […]

I just found a great web site for samples of how to do .NET Crypto work. JavaScience Consulting

OK this is a bit cheesy but the information is good, MS has setup a site with a bunch of avi files of some quick walk throughs of how to do things in VB.NET. topics include Deployment, Web Development and many more. VB at the Movies Have fun.