jaybaz [MS] WebLog
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Parting words for dear friends
I have a few thoughts that I'd like to express about Microsoft's software development before I go....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/09/2007
Lastday
Today is my last day at Microsoft. This morning I bike to work & shower. There's a lunch out...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/09/2007
How to make a bootable USB flash drive
This can be useful with Windows Home Server in a number of ways. - If you are building your own WHS...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/24/2007
My Windows Home Server
I built my own Windows Home Server box. You can buy some decent pre-built units, but I wanted to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/17/2007
Windows Home Server on a virtual machine
Here at Microsoft, when we talk about Windows Home Server, one of the things that comes up pretty...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/17/2007
Screenshot of Select-GraphicalFilteredObject.ps1 in action
A picture would be helpful in understanding what this script does. dir $pshome |...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/12/2007
Powshell GUI for selecting objects in a pipeline ("Select-GraphiphicalFilteredObject.ps1")
This is an enhanced version of a script from Lee Holmes' book Windows PowerShell Cookbook...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/12/2007
Domain-Specific Languages
I'm quite attracted by the idea of domain-specific languages, but so far I haven't found a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/19/2007
PowerShell polyglot
Here's an example of a CMD script that is implemented in PowerShell. @@:: This prolog allows a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/26/2007
Is Virtual Memory dead?
To figure out whether virtual memory makes sense, you have to look at the following factors: RAM...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/19/2007
A formula for a home platform
In Picking a home PC platform I described my requirements for my ideal home PC platform. I've put...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/28/2007
Picking a home PC platform
In my home, I a bunch of computers. ENVY - used by everyone, has the best CPU, RAM, video card,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/12/2007
properties vs. fields... again
Eric Gunnerson just posted Properties vs public fields redux... It's no secret that I agree with...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/08/2007
Controlling Virtual Server through Microsoft PowerShell
In his post by the same name, Ben describe a series of steps required in order to manipulate Virtual...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/22/2007
export environment variables from CMD to PowerShell
If you want to use PowerShell, but already have a CMD script that you want to keep, and that CMD...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/17/2007
random debugger tip: catching COM exceptions
I was cleaning out some old mail and came across this tip. You can tell it was a long time ago,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/17/2007
Microsoft PowerShell is awesome
At work I've been playing with Windows PowerShell. I could try to describe it, but Wikipedia has...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/12/2007
The next Accidental Difficulty in software
First, go read this article by Joel: Book Review: Beyond Java. He mentions this list, of great...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/13/2006
Finding the correct source
From a previous comment: > A copy of the source tree that exactly matches that test VS. Why IDE...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/21/2006
new job
Quiet here, huh? Been busy, including a 12 week parental leave. Now that I've been back at work a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/11/2006
Transition time
We're at the point in the process for VS2005 where there is basically no work left for devs to do....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/20/2005
Farewell, C# IDE
After a few years working on the C# IDE, I have moved to a new job. I am now the development lead...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/04/2005
Are we ready to ship VS?
There was an interesting Ladybug issue suggesting that we release a Beta 3 & slip VS 2005. This...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/17/2005
C# chats coming up
11 August: C# language. 25 August: C# IDE. (This is what my team does) See the C# chat page for more...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/05/2005
The new Shiproom
For Whdibey Beta 2, I took on a new responsibility, called the "shiproom" role. There's a couple...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/05/2005
Instant Messaging silliness
Kevin was working from his home on Mercer island this afternoon. We were using Microsoft Office...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/02/2005
A simple Set collection
In a Microsoft internal discussion, someone asked for Set functionality in a collection. I threw...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/26/2005
Weekly P1 ZBB
We've started a new-to-us practice around here: The weekly P1 ZBB. Each bug in our bug database gets...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/13/2005
Performance of the C# editor
Beta 2 & go-live I hope you have had a chance to download Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 ("Whidbey"). We...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/27/2005
slack
There was some discussion here about the book Slack. For months I have haven't had any time to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/19/2005
Google Desktop Search size
I flattened my desktop machine last week, reinstalling all the software again. Google Desktop Search...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/11/2005
Pocket PC Phone
I got a hand-me-down Pocket PC Phone from Kartik. (Thanks Kartik!). It's the HTC Wallaby (aka O2...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/06/2005
What Snew?
In What I'm doing these days I mentioned all the stuff I was doing beyond being a dev lead. I was...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/06/2005
Ferments are personal
Updated "What I'm Reading" in the sidebar. I'm playing with various fermented foods, but I'm keeping...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/06/2005
Cutting "crashdump" support from the Visual Studio Debugger
Scott writes about the proposal to cut crashdump support. Let him know what you think. Personally, I...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/31/2005
What I'm doing these days
Gee, this blog has been pretty quiet. Why? Could I have lost interest in the connection with all the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/28/2005
Thoughts on bit fields.
In C there is a long tradition of using bit fields to store a collection of boolean values: enum {...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/11/2005
Performance of 'for' vs. 'foreach'
I saw someone ask if 'for' or 'foreach' is faster. I was surprised. My code is often slow when I...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/23/2004
New job opening in C#
We just got a new position opened in the C# team. It has been open all week, but we finally got all...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/17/2004
Moderation enabled
Spammers have been hitting heavily in the last few days. I've enabled "moderation" which means your...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/15/2004
What if Garbage Collection was like Garbage Collection?
Every Thursday morning at 6:00am, the garbage truck stops in front of your house. A scruffy man in...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/03/2004
Updated: jobs on the C# team
We continue to hire in to the C# team. Here's the list of currently open positions:...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/02/2004
C# chat tomorrow
We're hosting a chat on the C# IDE tomorrow. See Scott's post for more info. Anything that affects...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/01/2004
'switch' in C#
On Eric's blog, a discussion about 'switch' statements in C# & why they require 'break' inspired...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/15/2004
Meet jbazuzi
Based on feedback I got in email & my post "What's appropriate for this blog?", I've decided to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/10/2004
Absolutely, positively, no Edit and Continue
See Soma's announcement. VS 2005 supports Edit and Continue for C#. You asked for it, again and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/15/2004