Sometimes I just do not understand Microsoft. Windows Media Center is a very good DVR/front end, and pound for pound, arguably the best out there right now. It is easy to set up, simple to use, and aesthetically pleasing. And Microsoft claims that it is an important part in their "living room experience," yet they [...] Read more »

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Since Intellisense doesn’t tell you this, here is a quick reminder for what each of the values in the Margin attribute do:
Margin="left,top,right,bottom"

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It is generally a Bad Thingtm when I am presented with a dialog from a source control management system and am not sure which button to click that will not destroy all of the changes I have made. Especially when there is no option to branch/shelve these changes just in case I do something stupid.

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Msbuild is not necessarily a “real” component of TFS, but it is heavily integrated throughout its build system (as well as Visual Studio 2005), so I’ll be recording my thoughts on it as well. It seems to be better than NAnt, a similar open source product, in most regards, but I have spent the better part [...] Read more »

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As I’ve stated before, I haven’t had the opportunity to use TFS in my programming lifetime yet. One of the things that has struck me about it is shear cost of all the stuff that is needed. TFS requires a server OS, a SQL Server database, and “prefers” to run on an Active Directory domain. Even [...] Read more »

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Before I could actually use the fancier parts of Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, I had to first install it. I began by following this Cliffs’ Notes version of the process, but changed up halfway through for reasons I’ll describe below.
I didn’t have a spare machine around that was beefy enough to run TFS, but [...] Read more »

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I think I have something to write about semi-regularly here. One of the major tasks for my job will be to streamline the build process for a couple of applications that are starting to wrap up their development. I have some experience using open source technology like NAnt and CruiseControl.net, however this project uses Microsoft’s [...] Read more »

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Before I turned in my resignation I had been considering seeking new employment for a while. One of the biggest barriers that kept me from diving in sooner was that it is such a pain to find a new job. Aside from having to switch over insurance companies, retirement accounts, etc. there’s the whole searching [...] Read more »

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In the past, I have been rather unkind to open source projects. Some of my criticisms may not have been valid, but one thing that I feel still holds is my beef with the “user experience.” I use quotes because that expression sounds an awful lot like marketing-speak, which I try to avoid, but can’t [...] Read more »

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In the interest of furthering my knowledge of Ye Olde Computer Science, I’ve taken a slight interest in Functional Programming. For the neophyte, this is a different paradigm than what is generally standard programming, mostly relegated to boring university papers and phd students. However, it can have some benefit in the real world, and I’m [...] Read more »

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