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Get Gatineau Beta

The wraps are off, and Gatineau is here: Our new web analytics service, code-named Gatineau, is open...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/31/2007

You don't tug on Superman's Cape...

you don't spit into the wind, and you surely don't take the helmet off of the Master Chief: The face...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/31/2007

building basic applications with Silverlight 1.1

My colleague from Atlanta, Doug Turnure, posts a link to an article on Silverlight 1.1 from one of...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/31/2007

Web Wednesday: Intro to Silverlight

Web Wednesday returns next week. I'll be talking about Silverlight, Silverlight, and more...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/31/2007

Chris Bowen Offers IronPython and Silverlight Resources

Chris Bowen, my New England teammate and counterpart, has posted a great list of resources for...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/31/2007

Labcasts on WCF, WF and CardSpace

Cool idea, presented by my colleague Glen Gordon: For the past few weeks (including this week) I've...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/30/2007

Thanks, Frank!

Frank caught my co-starring role in our MSDN Event in Alexandria this week. The main presenter and...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/30/2007

Southern Gamers, head to Atlanta!

Doug highlights a conference for game developers...cool! SIEGE - Southern Interactive Entertainment...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/30/2007

"A la Vista" : Windows Live ID Web Authentication and the ASP.NET Development Server

Catherine Heller has posted a very detailed how-to on implementing the new web-auth for Windows Live...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/30/2007

What HD Was Made For

A little taste to whet your appetite. September 25th is right around the corner...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/29/2007

What’s Wrong With This Code (#17)

Scott Allen has a quiz for you: We interrupt this LINQ series with an emergency! Well, there is no...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/29/2007

A Chapter of Andy Leonard

Cool! Local SQL and Visual Studio Team System guru Andy Leonard has a chapter from his upcoming book...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/29/2007

Chad Hower...Alpha Geek

OK, I just saw this while checking out Chad's Sliverlight/Flash writeup: The rocket launcher has no...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/28/2007

Chad Hower: Silverlight, Flash, VC-1, and H.264

Good discussion and comparison of the HD video spec supported by Silverlight (VC-1) and the recent...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/28/2007

WGA Validation Issue Fix

FYI, in case anyone's run into this: We've been receiving reports on our forum and through customer...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/27/2007

Tracking World Domination with Worldmaps

My colleague Brian Hitney has added a cool new stat to WorldMaps: I added a fairly small but cool...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/27/2007

SharePoint 2007 Workflows - Sahil Malik

Local speaker and blogger Sahil Malik has just posted the 4th part in a series on Sharepoint 2007...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/27/2007

ars technica on Windows Live ID

Some interesting info on the what, how and why of the Windows Live ID SDK: Microsoft recently opened...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/26/2007

XNA Gamefest 2007 Coverage

Here's some takeaways and slides from GameFest: What is covered in this article:Opening Key Note and...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/26/2007

WEBCAST: Introduction to LINQ + LINQ to SQL

Marc from the Public Sector Developer team is doing a webcast on Linq next Wednesday: August 29th...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/25/2007

BioShock: Like Myst, only Better...and Faster

OK, so I guess I could probably do without the "ethical conundrums," when I'm trying to have fun,...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/25/2007

Wiimotely Controlled Wee Little Rockets

Chad's just having way too much fun: Give men toys and they will be boys. But give them C# plus...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/24/2007

Convert SWF to XAML...including Animation

More good news on the conversion front: I'm very happy to announce that there's a new SWF to XAML...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/24/2007

Cool Expression Tutorials

In preparing for the first of our MSDN Roadshow events tomorrow in Baltimore, I've run across a...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/23/2007

Codeplex TOP 25

Straight from Mongolia, a list of the top 25 Microsoft open source projects: It is nice to see the...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/23/2007

DevFish.Net :: Tafiti - wow, just wow!

Joe's found something cool: As dougt would say, "wow, just wow". Tafiti - silverlight plus search....

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/22/2007

Understanding agclr.dll

My colleague Dr. Z observes: Where a Silverlight 1.1 Alpha Refresh project is created with Orcas...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/22/2007

Gamers and HD

1up.com reports on lack of HD awareness among PS3 and XBOX 360 gamers: If so few are even aware of...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/22/2007

Condense Your Day With the Life-Hacking FAQK

Nice that someone has a sense of humor and perspective about "life hacking": What will life hacking...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/22/2007

Free WPF DataGrid Control

Marc from the Public Sector Developer Blog sez: REMINDER: Exceed offers a FREE DataGrid for WPF Yes,...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/21/2007

Windows Live Platform tidbits

Here's some great Windows Live info from Catherine Heller, including a nice shout-out to my brother...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/21/2007

Wiimote + Excel = COOL!

OK, so I realize most people don't equate Excel to cool, other than perhaps some twisted CPAs...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/21/2007

Mark your calendars to be AWESOME

March 10th, 2008 is the first International Day of Awesomeness: No one's perfect, but everyone can...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/20/2007

The New, Improved, and Simplified MadCodeCamp.com

Recently, I took a hard look at some of the stuff I've been trying to do in the community, and I...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/20/2007

.NET U comes to Roanoke, VA

From community guru Robin Edwards, of RVNUG: Get Ready For Roanoke Valley .NET User Group Training...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/19/2007

barcamp DC

So I'm catching up on my blogging a bit, and wanted to mention last weekend's barccamp DC, which was...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/19/2007

200 Billion...and it all started with ABBA

Can it really have been 25 years? I think if I remember correctly, the first CD I ever bought was...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/18/2007

Surface = One-armed Bandit?

OK, so maybe that's an exaggeration...but this post from Frank La Vigne sounds interesting:...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/17/2007

Windows Live ID - Platform Neutral

I know there are probably some folks who roll their eyes when Microsoft uses the term...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/17/2007

Mid-Atlantic MSDN Roadshow - Silverlight

Next week, we're kicking off a new event series here in Mid-Atlantic called the MSDN Roadshow. Those...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/16/2007

Illustrated HTTP errors

Here's an unusual way to let your users know something's gone wrong: Inspired by Goopymart's "Teh...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/16/2007

Researchers Develop Bendable Battery

This sounds really cool: WASHINGTON (AP) - It's a battery that looks like a piece of paper and can...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/15/2007

List of AJAX Automated Testing and Debugging Tools

Since I've been posting a lot of fun and/or gadget stuff lately, I thought I'd offer up some...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/15/2007

Workers suffering from 'email stress'

Does this ring a bell? Targets, deadlines and getting to work on time have long been the main...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/15/2007

New Headshot - Roy L. Flush

So I was recently in Miami for a team meeting, and one of the things they had scheduled was...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/14/2007

Upcoming MSDN Events

Here's a list of events coming up on the east coast...there are several in or around the...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/14/2007

Technorati Claim

Laying claim to my blog...sign up at Technorati.com to find out how to claim yours. Technorati...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/14/2007

geekSpeak tomorrow

For those of you who attended one of my FAQ Friday webcasts last year, this should be a pretty...

Author: DEvHammer Date: 08/14/2007

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