Installing Windows 8 on an ASUS EP121 & Initial Thoughts on Metro
So I have been installing new builds of Windows since NT 3.1 Beta 1 so I can’t help myself! After downloading Windows 8 Developer Preview I of course had to […]
Visual Studio 2010 Updates Now in Windows Update!
On a mailing list I’m on Ed Blankenship pointed out that VS updates are now coming through Windows Update. Finally! Hopefully Microsoft will keep pushing these updates for all products […]
More on TFS 2010 Build Numbers Inside Your Projects
The other day I wrote about how to incorporate build numbers into your .CSPROJ and .VCXPROJ files. In doing some more testing I found in some edge cases where the […]
TFS 2010 Build Numbers & File Versions from Inside Your C# and C++ Projects
A while ago, I showed using MSBuild 4.0 to create build version files with the TFS build number so that build number could be included in your binaries. While you […]
Windows 7 Hang with FireWire 800 Drive Fix
Recently I bought a smoking fast external SSD enclosures from Other World Computing. My plan was to use the FireWire 800 connection to the drive so I can get the […]
Who’s Got Their Hands on My .NET Objects?
Everything in .NET revolves around memory. As in who in the heck is holding on to all my objects so memory usage just keeps going up and up and up. […]
DRONE Profiler: The New Old Profiler
Deep down inside every developer really wants to create developer tools. Let’s be honest, how many of you are really excited to the tips of your toes about that Line […]
Does That PDB File Match the Binary?
While you should always have your PDB files in symbol servers, there are times when you’re doing private (aka local) builds and moving those builds around hither and yon in […]
Finally on Twitter
Hey, I heard about this really interesting social media thing called Twitter. It lets you type quick posts in 140 characters to let people know what’s going on. It looks […]