August .Net Lunch Notes
Posted by Eric in C#, Fun on 08. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
Here are some notes I took from today’s .Net Lunch: Theme: VS2010 Add-Ins and Extensions. We started by talking about Add-Ins, Extensions, the difference between the two, the Extension Manager, the and Visual Studio Gallery, We then demonstrated a few of our favorite extensions. I started by talking about the Productivity Power Tools. Lance and [...]
Start seeing the Silverlight (a book review)
Posted by Eric in C# on 02. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
If you’re starting to code in Silverlight, a great book like this one will get you on your way.
MadFox July 2010 Recap: It’s Like Jazz
Posted by Eric in C#, FoxPro, Other on 21. Jul, 2010 | 0 Comments
July’s MadFox meeting was like good jazz: we played around with a main theme throughout the night while continually improvising side solos on whatever caught our fancy at the time. We slowly built up to the main theme by reintroducing a theme from a previous meeting, Freshbooks. We discussed some of the features of Freshbooks [...]
Working Around Microsoft’s ReportViewer #Error Bug
Posted by Eric in Other on 13. Jul, 2010 | 3 Comments
How I worked around a Microsoft reporting bug.
MadFox Recap, June 2010
Posted by Eric in FoxPro on 18. Jun, 2010 | 0 Comments
MadFox June 2010 Recap, in which we talk FoxMock and mock FoxTalk (not really)!
Mistakes Were Made
Posted by Eric in Web on 26. May, 2010 | 3 Comments
Once again, the shortcut proves to be the much longer route.
My So-Called Laptop
Posted by Eric in Hardware, Other on 12. May, 2010 | 0 Comments
Engagdet today has a post called “My So-Called Laptop” in which their writers talk about their very first laptops. This made me think two things: 1. Most of their writers are very young, using Pentium class or higher bought within the last 10 years, and 2. I loved my first so-called laptop. I truly say [...]
What should our schools be teaching?
Posted by Eric in Community Relations, Other, Web on 07. Apr, 2010 | 0 Comments
Should schools allow unfettered access to the Internet?
The Grapes of Madison
Posted by Eric in Other on 25. Mar, 2010 | 1 Comment
From tough times comes the best art.
The Conundrum of the Clever Domain Name
Posted by Eric in Web on 14. Mar, 2010 | 5 Comments
Is my secondary domain just a little to clever to get the first chair?