Archive for October, 2008

Code Generation and Prog Rock I noticed a few weeks

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Code Generation and Prog Rock I noticed a few weeks ago that Markus Voelter is a fan of Marillion. This took me back to the Eighties when a girl I liked was going out with one of the band members - no chance ...

C# 4.0: dynamic ? I've not played with the VS2010

Friday, October 31st, 2008

C# 4.0: dynamic ? I've not played with the VS2010 CTP much yet, and I've only looked briefly at the documentation and blogs about the new C# 4.0 dynamic type, but a thought occurred to me: why not have the option of making ...

The Media Center Show #179 ? Mike Garcen live! Listen

Friday, October 31st, 2008

The Media Center Show #179 ? Mike Garcen live! Listen Here (mp3)This week I am talking to Mike Garcen from MissingRemote.com, we recorded the interview live and we talk about TV Tuner cards, CableCARD, Bluray and a whole range of topics. I also ...

VS 2008 crashes on startup when ‘Code Analysis Tools’ feature

Friday, October 31st, 2008

VS 2008 crashes on startup when 'Code Analysis Tools' feature is not installedNow that Visual Studio 2008 RTM is out I have started getting reports of Visual Studio crashing on startup when TestDriven.Net is installed. I was pretty dismayed as TestDriven.Net has included Orcas support since January of this ...

NCoverExplorer… v1.4.0Syndicated from Kiwidude’s Geek Spot I’ve had this "quietly

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

NCoverExplorer... v1.4.0Syndicated from Kiwidude's Geek Spot I've had this "quietly available" on the download page for a few weeks to gain feedback on any issues and with no known issues outstanding it seems appropriate to more publicly announce it. A big change in NCoverExplorer 1.4.0 is that ...

Microsoft and TestDriven.NetIt has been over a month since my

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Microsoft and TestDriven.NetIt has been over a month since my last update. I just want to put to rest any rumors of TestDriven.Net's early demise. With the help of my lawyers, I responded to Microsoft's lawyers' letter and am now attempting to come to a resolution of the issues. ...

Silverlight Tools for VS2008 SP1 Via Tim Heuer, today we

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Silverlight Tools for VS2008 SP1 Via Tim Heuer, today we released the Silverlight Tools for VS2008 Sp1 (the version released at the same time as the runtime was marked as a release candidate which I must confess I noticed at the time and ...

Microsoft vs TestDriven.NET - 31 May 2007I have just received

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Microsoft vs TestDriven.NET - 31 May 2007I have just received another courier delivered letter from Microsoft's lawyers. That makes a total of 3 letters in 4 working days! I can see how these things can get expensive very quickly. I'd like to highlight a couple of things in the ...

Windows 7 and my netbook So as I said on

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Windows 7 and my netbook So as I said on previous posts, as well as my main laptop, I have a netbook for when I am on the move.They reckon that Windows 7 has a much smaller footprint than Vista and has been ...

The Morning Brew #211 Another bumper edition today, and I

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

The Morning Brew #211 Another bumper edition today, and I completely ran out of time preparing the Brew this morning so with all that is left over from today I’m sure that tomorrow will be even larger ! Software Silverlight Tools - The Visual Studio ...