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• Wishing you were at PDC? We saved the Jacksons & still get the content!

  Yes, I too wish I were in L.A. with all our geek friends.  But thanks to fellow VB MVP, Julia Lerman, she has helped point out how we can view all the content at PDC without spending the thousands of dollars and travel time. http://blogs.eweek.com... Posted Oct 29 2008, 11:21 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: .Net, Programming, Microsoft

• Tell Internet Explorer 8 Beta to show your site properly using IE7

  For those that want your website to render correctly on IE8, the recent newsletter gave a great example for enforcing IE7 compatibility via a Meta tag. (You can see the new IE logo above) Per Site Basis: Site owners and administrators can include the... Posted Jun 04 2008, 11:30 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Internet, Programming, Microsoft

• Preferred method for read only Config files

  I had come across an article where you can use the following line to read custom section settings from your config file (where SectionName is the name of your section) in .Net. NameValueCollection myData = (NameValueCollection)System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager... Posted Mar 26 2008, 09:37 PM by Randy Walker with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: .Net, Programming, Code Examples

• Free Source Code Outliner PowerToy for Visual Studio 2008

  Source Code Outliner PowerToy for Visual Studio 2008 Microsoft released a free PowerToy for VS2008. The Source Outliner PowerToy is a Visual Studio 2008 extension that provides a tree view of your source code's types and members and lets you quickly... Posted Feb 03 2008, 11:36 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: .Net, Programming, Microsoft

• Scott Guthrie announces .Net Framework Source Code availability

  Thanks to Josh Ambrose Little for pointing out that Scott Guthrie has blogged about how to debug into the .Net Framework Library in Visual Studio 2008 . I think the coolest thing is the ability to step into the Forms library (since I'm a forms guy... Posted Jan 16 2008, 10:53 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: .Net, Programming, Microsoft

• Javier Lozano & Spanish C# Compiler

  Wanted to say what an awesome idea this was by fellow geek Javier Lozano. Javier started translating a C# compiler that you can write and program in Spanish. Perhaps with some community urging he could start an open source project with a full translation... Posted Jan 15 2008, 12:58 AM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: .Net, Programming

• Winner of 6th place at Community-Credit.com

  I wanted to thank David Silverlight for doing a wonderful service to the programming community. For my involvement in the world wide programmer community, I was awarded the 6th place prize of a "Chuck" TV show T-shirt that says "My Entire... Posted Jan 02 2008, 11:39 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Internet, Programming, Accomplishments

• Get 2 FREE Vista style Icons

  I've always been a big fan of AHA-Soft.com products. I recently received an e-mail telling me that for Christmas I could choose 2 free icons for being registered on their website. This offer expires 12/31/2007. - Visit http://www.777icons.com/ - Select... Posted Dec 28 2007, 05:38 AM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Gadgets, Programming

• Second Shot Program for Microsoft Certification exams

  Microsoft has again offered their Second Shot program. They do it pretty often so keep an eye out. The details of the program are to register on their website before taking your exam. Once you take the exam, should you fail, you can take the exam again... Posted Dec 11 2007, 08:34 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Programming, Microsoft

• Software Developers Beware of Sales Tax

  Of the many things developers must be careful of, you would least expect sales tax to be one of them. One of the first things I researched when starting my company was sales tax. Each state is different. Let me repeat myself, each state is different!... Posted Dec 11 2007, 01:13 AM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Internet, Programming, Business Help

• Building a Sidebar Gadget in Windows Vista

  Microsoft has released a wonderful Virtual Lab on how to build a Sidebar Gadget in Vista. ISV Virtual Lab: Building a Simple Sidebar Gadget in Windows Vista Posted Nov 30 2007, 02:39 AM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Programming

• FREE Microsoft Visual Studio Team System Training

  Microsoft is making available the following Web Seminars available for free through the Microsoft Partner Program. ISV Innovation Presents 1/6: Introducing Application Lifecycle Management Web Seminars (Live) Available 1/21/2008 Audience: Technical This... Posted Nov 30 2007, 02:30 AM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Training, Programming, Microsoft, Business Help, Partner Program

• Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD helps fuel Java vs Microsoft battle?

  Consumers are either deciding on a format or waiting until a decisive winner is declared in the ongoing HD media battle. Most people think the battle is Sony vs Toshiba, but I beg to differ! The other half of the debate is Java versus Microsoft. Now wouldn't... Posted Sep 25 2007, 12:46 AM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Gadgets, Programming, Microsoft, Gaming

• Planning on an MSDN mini event

  It's been a while since we've had the honor of hosting an MSDN event here in NW Arkansas. Fortunately, Zain and Jeremy Sharp helped put on a small Code Camp for our area as our first event. I am currently trying to organize an MSDN mini event... Posted Sep 14 2007, 11:03 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Presentations, Training, .Net, Programming, Local Events, MSDN, Accomplishments

• New MSDN Developer Evengelist, Zain Naboulsi (better late than never)

  First off my thanks go out to Ron Cundiff. Ron (while still at the same job) formerly used to handle or regional MSDN events. I thoroughly enjoyed everytime Ron and I met with each other, and maybee one day he'll be in the area so we can hit up Osegura's... Posted Sep 14 2007, 10:51 PM by Randy Walker with | with no comments Filed under: Presentations, Training, .Net, Programming, Northwest Arkansas, Microsoft