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TechEd 2006
Well, since I'm currently sitting at my desk, and not at TechEd like all the other cool kids, I...
Author: PeteLe Date: 06/12/2006
CSS Class Selectors and ID Selectors
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Author: PeteLe Date: 06/07/2006
The Bellagio Fountains of Diet Coke
As I was doing some of my morning infosnacking, I came across this post on slashdot. A few guys seem...
Author: PeteLe Date: 06/05/2006
Hosted vs Home Grown
I'm struggling with an interesting connumdrum right now. I take a lot of pictures. And I mean a lot...
Author: PeteLe Date: 05/31/2006
DOCType? Why do I need that?
I got a comment on my last post (CSS Positioning: Margin, Border, and Padding) that was rather blut,...
Author: PeteLe Date: 05/18/2006
Free ASP.NET Hosting
A few weeks ago, one of the forum posts I was looking at asked about free ASP.NET hosting. I knew...
Author: PeteLe Date: 05/18/2006
CSS Positioning: Margin, Border, and Padding
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Author: PeteLe Date: 05/15/2006
Hiring & Ship Stuff
I've got a good entry coming tomorrow, where I'm going to talk about the DHTML control and some...
Author: PeteLe Date: 05/10/2006
CSS Reboot!
Darn, I found out about this a little too late for this go round, but I'm going to do it for next...
Author: PeteLe Date: 05/01/2006
RSS Feed Icons!
As I was surfing around last night before heading out for Dine Out For Life, I came across this...
Author: PeteLe Date: 04/28/2006
Now Open: Web Development Tools Team Blog
Our team just launched a team blog. It's open to anyone to post and in the coming weeks, you'll see...
Author: PeteLe Date: 04/21/2006
Web Development Tools Team Pictures
Earlier this week we shot some photos of the team to put on our new team blog (I'll post about that...
Author: PeteLe Date: 04/21/2006
Express Editions Now Completely Free!
Every once in a while I hear things that I want to blog about as soon as I hear about them, but...
Author: PeteLe Date: 04/19/2006
MashUp: Hu's At Bill's House, Spell Checker, Hiring, Bug Bounties, Provider Toolkits, Retail=True
It's been an interesting day here in Redmond. I've been spending the day trying to get Virtual...
Author: PeteLe Date: 04/18/2006
Circular Reference: OS X inside VirtualPC on a MacBook using Boot Camp?
Not to start a holy war on why you'd want to / not do this, but ... I wonder if you can get a...
Author: PeteLe Date: 04/10/2006
File Checksum
I brought a neat idea to my lead earlier this week, and lo and behold, he started working on it! He...
Author: PeteLe Date: 04/06/2006
Let the Sapphire Work Begin!
I think the only let down I had at Mix06 this year, was the fact that we weren't doing any demos of...
Author: PeteLe Date: 04/03/2006
Mix06: Photos
I've posted my Mix06 photos online at https://www.bigbackpack.ca/nGallery/albums/Mix06.aspx I also...
Author: PeteLe Date: 03/23/2006
Mix06: Creating Mashups with Yahoo!
I remember the days when Yahoo was just a little search engine, when it was still beta and long...
Author: PeteLe Date: 03/22/2006
More Free Money With Express
As a follow on to one of my last posts, I found this kind of cool thing. If you're using Express do...
Author: PeteLe Date: 03/22/2006
Mix06: Atlas is ALIVE!
There is one other super AWESOME thing that has come out of Mix. Atlas March CTP now has a GO LIVE...
Author: PeteLe Date: 03/20/2006
Want $10,000?
I understand why, but I really wish that most contests did not include the line "Employees of...
Author: PeteLe Date: 03/14/2006
Bug Bounty: Disappearing Templates
I've come across another bug that I've decided to put up for a bug bounty. This is a fairly hot...
Author: PeteLe Date: 03/13/2006
We're still hiring!
I posted my original job posting a few weeks ago now, and have had some great responses, but, we've...
Author: PeteLe Date: 03/09/2006
Don't forget to check your web application on other browsers!
One of my pet peeves about web designers and web application developers is the ones who don't check...
Author: PeteLe Date: 03/06/2006
IE7 Beta2 And The VS2005 Style Builder
I've had several people ask over the last few weeks about the style builder popping up and then...
Author: PeteLe Date: 03/03/2006
There's A Hard Way & An Easy Way: Getting/Reading HTTP Responses
Yesterday, after somone asked on the forums how to do a web request in an application, I posted some...
Author: PeteLe Date: 03/03/2006
Getting/Reading HTTP Responses
There has been a semi-frequent request on forums and such for people who want to do an HTTP request...
Author: PeteLe Date: 03/02/2006
Cascading Style Sheets
One of the areas that I own on Visual Web Developer is CSS display in the designer surface. I've had...
Author: PeteLe Date: 03/02/2006
Advertising in the DVR And New Media World
On my way home from work last night, I was listening to NPR when I heard a story about KFC's new...
Author: PeteLe Date: 03/01/2006
Some Great ASP.NET References
Like Scott Guthrie (our GM) I spend a bit of time every day reading blogs, and surfing forums. I...
Author: PeteLe Date: 02/24/2006
Web Development Tools Team is Hiring!
At the end of every product cycle, there are lots of cool changes that happen, this one is certainly...
Author: PeteLe Date: 02/14/2006
Mix, Bug Bounties, Vacation and More!
Well, I'm back from Vacation and feeling absolutely FAN-FREAKIN-TASTIC! I did absolutely nothing...
Author: PeteLe Date: 02/13/2006
ASP.NET Team & ASPInsiders OPML Files
Yesterday, someone on one of the mailing lists that I'm on asked if there was an OPML file for the...
Author: PeteLe Date: 02/03/2006
Free Stuff Bounty Over - But Is It?
Last week I posted a bounty on a bug, and I'm happy to report that I've got repro steps! But I don't...
Author: PeteLe Date: 01/30/2006
Help me find a bug - Get free stuff!
I've posted about it before, but there's a bug in VS2005 that is driving me nuts. Sometimes, when...
Author: PeteLe Date: 01/23/2006
too short, too long, just right
One of the cool things I like about working at Microsoft is the diversity. There are so many smart,...
Author: PeteLe Date: 01/23/2006
We're Hiring!
Our team just finished a post-ship re-org, and we've got at least two open head count for testers on...
Author: PeteLe Date: 01/20/2006