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jim blizzard's blog
Blogging software...
I went looking around for blogging software written in a .NET language and saw DasBlog 1.0. It's...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/09/2003
MCSD for .NET... was it hard?
A couple of people asked me if it was difficult. Well, yes and no. First, the 'No': I've been...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/07/2003
2 new ASP.NET articles just published on MSDN....
ASP.NET provides three forms of caching in Web Applications. Examine best practices and techniques...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/07/2003
Success! MCSD for .NET...
I just passed 70-300, the last exam for my MCSD for .NET. Wa Hoo!
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/07/2003
Good e-mail bumper sticker
I saw this at the bottom of one of David Weller's e-mails, in his signature “bumper sticker”: “Dream...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/07/2003
"Software acquisition is 3 percent to 5 percent of the total cost..."
CNET has an interview with Martin Taylor, Platform Strategies Manager at Microsoft.
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/06/2003
Whidbey Alpha and the Pocket PC...
Phil Scott mentioned that I just announced to everyone that I have some say in who gets to beta test...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/06/2003
MSDN event in Portland on 8/19 and Redmond on 8/21
If you live in the Portland or Seattle area, you'll want to register for the upcoming free MSDN...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/05/2003
Writing faster applications in VB.NET
Recently posted on MSDN: “In this recent chat, members of the Visual Basic team discuss performance...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/05/2003
Mars attacks...
One “nice” thing about not being able to sleep because I feel the need to show the world how much...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/04/2003
COM Interop - C# type consumed by VB6 program - part 3. Still searching...
Frans Bouma states that “user defined types in VB are not something related to COM, but are a VB...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/04/2003
COM Interop - C# type consumed by VB6 program - Part 2. Still searching...
If I define the type in C# as a public class instead of as a struct, I still get a compile error on...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/04/2003
How do you return a C# struct to a VB6 calling program??? (Good ol' COM Interop) :-|
I've beaten my head against the wall time and again over the weekend, and still haven't been able to...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/04/2003
Pocket PC Phone...
After months of debating with myself, I finally bought a Pocket PC Phone on Friday. It's cool. My...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/03/2003
Are your Windows systems fully patched?
While on the topic of security, please make sure your Windows systems are up to date! Especially...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/01/2003
Security and SQL injection attacks
Ted Neward's post about SQL injection attacks is very eye-opening...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 08/01/2003
Notes from the Portland .net user group meeting
Phil Weber presented at the meeting tonight. The topic: UI Design Guidelines. It was an...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/31/2003
Portland area .NET User Group meeting tonight (7/31)
If you're in the Portland, Oregon, area... come on by the .NET user group meeting tonight. See you...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/31/2003
New developer tools roadmap on MSDN
Cool! An updated roadmap. Lots more said about what's in Whidbey, but the details about Orcas are...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/29/2003
"403 Access Forbidden" when attempting to create an ASP.NET web project
A few weeks ago I had one of those days... I hosed my development environment, so that every time I...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/28/2003
Good book: "Presenting to Win"
I ran across the book, "Presenting to Win" by Weissman. It's very well written and should be read...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/26/2003
A peek at WSE 2.0... but first a refresher on WSE 1.0...
I'm knocking off one of my "todo's": looking at WSE 2.0. but before I do, I'm reviewing WSE 1.0....
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/26/2003
have you seen OneNote 2003?
finally. after 9 nights away in new orleans, i'm home. on the flight i played with OneNote 2003....
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/25/2003
microsoft .net and j2ee interop
new book by simon guest: microsoft .net and j2ee interoperability toolkit available in september....
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/24/2003
boise .net user group
if you’re in the boise, idaho, area this thursday evening (7/24), drop by the boise .net user group...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/22/2003
web services, remoting, media player, and pocket pc...
eric gunnerson discusses the intricacies of web services and remoting by way of creating a remote...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/22/2003
up from the sludge...
i took the biztalk server certification exam on monday afternoon as a lark. no studying at all....
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/22/2003
Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");
hello. i’m a .net developer evangelist with the microsoft pacific northwest district. welcome to my...
Author: jim blizzard [aka bliz] Date: 07/22/2003