Chris Pietschmann
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My Fitness Journey Challenges and Successes and Tony Horton as my Personal Trainer
JavaScript Fundamentals: Variables, Arrays, and Loops
Top Terraform and Azure Articles on Build5Nines in 2022 (plus year in review)
What is ChatGPT and is it important?
My Workflow for Build5Nines Weekly Newsletter Generation
Always Focus on What Matters
My Work Authoring Microsoft Cloud Workshops
Google Ranks Active Blogs Higher is Search Results
JavaScript: Remove Specific Items from Array
Build a Successful Blog for your Consulting Business
Learning Terraform on Microsoft Azure
Care for Yourself First
Find Your Self Worth Internally
Finding Myself Again
On Finding a Business Partner
Loop through JavaScript Arrays using for, forEach, and map functions
JavaScript: Convert String to Number
Encryption and Code are Greater Than Guns and Bombs
macOS: Monitor CPU Usage and Frequency Info
Basics of JavaScript Class Inheritance
The Technology is NOT Important
Call Functions in JavaScript
Top 13 Blogging Tips for a Successful Website
Chris Pietschmann Awarded 2019 Microsoft MVP Award
(Cross Post) Chris Pietschmann Awarded 2018 Microsoft MVP Award
Awarded 2017 Microsoft MVP - Azure
Software is Written FOR PEOPLE
Imposter Syndrome is Fake
Study Guide for 70-480 Programming HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3 Certification Exam
On Being an Expert
My Top 11 Business Tips
Image Editing Tools: Here's what I use
Announcing New BuildHoloLens.com Blog!
Why Companies Should Contribute to Open Source
Milwaukee Azure Bootcamp - Apr 16, 2016
Follow You Own Path, Dreams and Passion
Never Give Up
Raspberry Pi 3 released, faster CPU, integrated Wifi
Software is like Automobiles and has a lot to learn
Find Your Passion
Failure is the cost of Wisdom
TDD: Testable is most important
Be True to Yourself, First
Life Rules
Do your best and Own it
Beachbody On Demand - Netflix of Exercise
Code Tip: Simpler Performance Timer Logging in C#
Exciting Time for Makers! We're in a Maker Renaissance!
Windows Live Writer now Open Source! as Open Live Writer
JavaScript Tips: Parse QueryString to Dictionary
jQuery Basics: Is Element Hidden or Visible?
JavaScript Basics: String Contains Function
JavaScript Basics: Url / Page Navigation via document.location
JavaScript Basics: How to create a Dictionary with Key/Value pairs
Tools Don't Make You Great
Peek Inside Minecraft Windows 10 Edition Beta
Announcing new Azure blog: BuildAzure.com
Why I got the MCSD: Azure Solutions Architect Certification
How I passed the 70-532 Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions certification exam
First 10 Minutes with Raspberry Pi and Windows 10 for IoT
CSS-only Animated Loading Spinner
Hack to Force new Skype for Business UI over Lync
Games and Facebook are Cool but Boring Software Runs the World
jsQuizEngine - lightweight javascript quiz engine
Apple Watch NOT Insanely Great, Not Yet
Social Media has ruined my blog, or am I just lazy?
5 Common C# tasks in Apple Swift Programming Language
Community Engagement: Who do you follow? What do you share?
CQRS: Command Query Responsibility Segregation Design Pattern
Basic Comparison of Functions in C# and Apple Swift Programming Language
Basic Comparison of C# and Apple Swift Programming Language Syntax
Public Domain or at least Open Source Licensing Eventually
There is no product unless you first ship it!
Programming is the Reading and Writing of the Future
Overnight Success is Hardly Overnight
Failure Is Greater Success Than Success.
You are responsible for YOU
Psychology of Software and its Users
Urgency is not Panic, unless you let it be
Execution is Most Important to be Successful
Automation is Essential
An Hour Saved is an Hour Earned
Comfort is Overrated. Change is Exciting and Revealing!
Stop. Relax. Now, GO!
Work Smart, Not Hard
The Follow Or Lead Delimma of Sheep and Wolves
Do Trust and Faith belong in Software Development? Not Really!
‘SQL Query’ Micro Design Pattern
Peeking inside the Twitter Windows 8 App
What “var” really means in C#–It’s not “variant”
Windows 8 App: Simple Weight Log–My first Windows Store App
SQL Azure: Calculate Database Usage Percentage of Max Size
All Information Workers are NOT Equal or Even Approximate!
Office 365 + Microsoft Account + Password Expiration = FAIL!
Using MiniProfiler with SqlDataSource ASP.NET WebForms Control
Mocking HttpRequestBase.ServerVariables using Moq
jHash v2.0 Released: Now with Routing Support!
Design Patterns: Basics of Dependency Injection
Awarded 2012 Microsoft MVP - Bing Maps
SQLinq: Use LINQ to generate Ad-Hoc, strongly typed SQL queries
Unit Testing with SqlException in .NET: Only with help from Reflection
IronJSMVC: Script ASP.NET MVC in JavaScript using IronJS
HTML5 IE9 Bug: SELECT box is Un-Selected using Mouse if CSS modifies position on hover
CanvasMap Prototype = HTML5 Canvas + Mapping
2012 Bing Maps Feature Wish List
ASP.NET MVC Themes: 3 different theming methods
SQL Azure: REBUILD All Indexes in Database – Alternative to DBCC DBREINDEX
JavaScript: window.onbeforeunload Event - Show “Are you sure you want to leave this page?” Message
Tag Editor Field using jQuery similar to StackOverflow
Entity Framework Tips and Tricks: Use GetObjectByKey When Querying a Single Entity
Mixing some Dynamic-ness with IronJS in .NET 4
Bing Maps v7 Ajax Hacks: InfoBox Description containing Html tags
Bing Maps v7 Ajax Hacks: Pushpin Tooltips via Html Title Attribute
Bing Maps JavaScript Intellisense Helper Now Available as Nuget Package
Awarded 2011 Microsoft MVP–Windows Live Platform
Deeper in .NET 2011 in Review with Pictures
New “Earthquakes in Last 7 Days” Bing Map App
Step By Step: Bing Maps Silverlight and an Out Of Browser (OOB) Application
Geomap Project - HTML Extensions for Rendering Map Displays
MvcXaml - Images from XAML within ASP.NET MVC Application
Technology to Watch in 2011 and Beyond
Odd .NET Namespace Scoping Causes Compile-Time Exception
4 Reasons Why Virtual Router is Superior to Connectify
Bing Maps Ajax 7: Add a Simple Mini Map
Bing Maps Ajax 7: Add Custom Navigation Bar Buttons using jQuery
Bing Maps Ajax 7: Simple Pushpin Animation via Extension to Microsoft.Maps
Bing Maps Ajax 7: Adding InfoBox Support via Extension to Microsoft.Maps
jHash: Easily Manage Browser History / window.location.hash
HTML5 Day 6: New Range Input Type
HTML5 Day 5: New Date Input Type
HTML5 Day 4: Add Drop Down Menu to ASP.NET MVC HTML5 Template using CSS and jQuery
HTML5 Day 3: Detecting HTML5 Support via JavaScript
HTML5 Day 2: Upgrade ASP.NET MVC 2 Site Template to HTML5
HTML5 Day 1: New tags work in older browsers? Awesome!
2 Interesting TED Talks on The Truth About Plastic
Useful Developer Tools and Other Programs
Silverlight: Modify MEF to load plugins from DLL and XAP files
Silverlight: Embed IronRuby within XAML Part 2
Silverlight: Embed IronRuby/DLR Scripting within XAML using IValueConverter and Custom UserControl
Intro to IronRuby/DLR Scripting in C# Silverlight 4 Application
2010 Community Coding Contest winners have been announced
The Future of Location: You Haven't Seen Nothing Yet!
Today (8/31) is last day to enter 2010 Community Coding Contest for chance to win an MSDN Ultimate Subscription!
Use New Bing Maps Road Imagery In Silverlight Map Control (Unofficially and Unsupported)
Loading Microsoft CDN Hosted OpenStreetMap Imagery in Silverlight Bing Maps Control
Microsoft BizSpark: My new startup is enrolled, but was denied twice before this blog post
Bing Community Site Not SEO Optimized
Silverlight Bing Maps: Draw Circle Around a Latitude/Longitude Location
Display Google Maps Imagery using Bing Maps Silverlight Control
Resizing and Auto-Scaling Pushpin in Bing Maps Silverlight
Draggable Pushpins using Bing Maps Silverlight Control
Free Geographic / Geo-Spatial Data Sources Link List
Boycott BP, Save the Planet!
Awarded 2010 Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Platform
Silverlight with WCF RIA Services Throws 'Project File ... Not Found' Error When Compiling in Visual Studio 2010 RC
Software Basics: What are Databases and Data Access Layers, and How do they relate to Web Services?
Bing Maps JS: Calculate Area of Circle and Draw Circle on Map
Feb. 23rd 2010: Blogs been dark lately, but I've been busy, busy... Neuroscience what?
My Brother In Law Is Home After Second Tour In Iraq
Community Coding Contest 2010 - Looking for Input and Prizes
Prototype of OpenStreetMap Silverlight Control using DeepEarth and Bing Maps SDK
Display OpenStreetMap Imagery using Bing Maps Silverlight Control v1
Getting Started with Bing Maps Silverlight Control v1.0
Virtual Router Project – Turn any Windows 7 PC into a Wireless Access Point / Hot Spot
Resolve IP Address And Host Name From MAC Address using C# and Windows ARP Utility
.NET Windows Service Installer and Auto Start After Installation
MvcMaps Preview 1 – A Unified Bing/Google Maps API for ASP.NET MVC
Easily Convert Between HTML and RGB Colors using JavaScript
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Setup Contains a Weird Blue Mac-Style Button!
2009 Reading Goal Is On Track
IT’s A GIRL!
Simplovation Web.Maps.VE v3.0 Now With FREE Edition!
Microsoft Killed the Virtual Earth ASP.NET Control
jHtmlArea – Adding Custom Toolbar Buttons
C#: Using IProgressDialog to show a “native” Progress Dialog from .NET in Windows
A Simple ScriptManager for ASP.NET MVC
Windows 7 RTM is on MSDN & TechNet – Here’s the AKAMAI links!
Bing Maps Silverlight CTP: Plot/Edit Pushpin data via a ChildWindow
OpenStreetMap: Get FREE Web Mapping with Road Maps for your Applications
JavaScript: Easily 'Extend' an Object/Element
jHtmlArea 0.6.0 Update with Improved Functionality
jHtmlArea - The all NEW HTML WYSIWYG Editor for jQuery
Adding a DotNetKicks Image/Badge via jQuery
Creating Ruby-like 'Extensions' in JavaScript
What's the Minimum Hosting Cost for Windows Azure?
Managed JScript on the DLR from Microsoft is DEAD!! WHY?!??
Building JavaScript / HTML based Applications using Adobe Air for FREE
Bing Maps for Enterprise (formerly Virtual Earth) Licensing FAQ
Bing Maps Shapes (VEShape) to WKT (Well-Known-Text) and Back using JavaScript
Awarded 2009 Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Platform
Prototype of VEToolkit + ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Component Checked In
ASP.NET MVC: Implement Theme Folders using a Custom ViewEngine
Bing Maps Silverlight CTP: Using MouseClick Event To Add 'Pushpins'
Bing Maps for Enterprise Developer Resources
MIX'09: Virtual Earth Silverlight CTP Session Online for Viewing
I'm starting a Virtual Earth Developer Resource list
Bing Maps Silverlight CTP: Overlay OpenStreetMap, OpenAerialMap and Yahoo Map Imagery using Custom Tile Layers!
Bing Maps Silverlight CTP: Using Tile Layers to Overlay Custom Map Imagery
Bing Maps Silverlight CTP: Adding Media (Images, Video, etc.) to the Map
CTP: Bing Maps Silverlight CTP: Basics of Adding Polygons and Polylines using XAML and Code
CTP: Getting Started with Bing Maps Silverlight CTP Map Control SDK
Virtual Earth Silverlight Control CTP Teaser and Some Initial Thoughts
Windows 7 Beta: Change the Logon UI Background Image
Bing Maps: Modify the Opacity of an Existing Custom Tile Layer
Cheap PC 2009 - Custom Built PC under $500 that includes Windows Vista Home Premium
Live Framework: Connecting to the Local Live Operating Environment (LOE) for Offline Applications
I've jumped on the 'Anti-IE6' band wagon
.NET Framework: Communicate through NAT Router via UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
Using LINQ to SQL with SQL Server Compact Edition
C#: Flash Window in Taskbar via Win32 FlashWindowEx
VEToolkit - Virtual Earth Toolkit v6.2.012509.1053 Released!
Simple Port Scanner Written in VB.NET 2003/2008
Windows 7 Beta - Media Player 12 - Bigger Focus On Playing Media/Content
Windows 7 Beta Has Good and Bad Points - A Short Review
SQL Compact And The 'Unable to load DLL 'sqlceme35.dll'' Runtime Exception
Top Posts of 2008 Plus Overall Traffic Stats
Single Instance WPF Application in .NET 3.x
Blogging Addiction
Windows speech recognition saves the day!
Vista Sidebar Gadget for Pandora Radio
Develop Software for the Microsoft Windows Platform for FREE
Internet Explorer 6, wont you ever die?!
Busby SEO Test
Intel Core i7 920 - Initial Thoughts, Overclocking and Windows Vista
ASP.NET AJAX: Create a JavaScript Component with Events
JavaScript: Mixing OOP and Event Driven Programming
Implementing Namespaces in Ruby using Nested Modules
A Free Open Source Ribbon Control for Windows Forms!
A Couple VB.NET Language Tips for C# Developers
I Still Believe in Programming Language Independence
You Can Watch PDC'08 Sessions Online!
WPF Toolkit adds Ribbon Control to .NET 3.5 SP1
Free the Airwaves! FCC vote on 'white spaces' scheduled for Nov. 4!
Is this necessary?- Chris Pietschmann, MVP, MCSD, MCAD, MCP
VEToolkit: Virtual Earth Toolkit Open Source Project
And, the Community Coding Contest Winners Are...
JavaScript: Null Coalesce using the || Operator
Silverlight: Client-Side Database via LINQ and Isolated Storage
Place a StackOverflow badge on your website
New Touchless SDK brings Multi-Touch using a WebCam
$700B Bail-Out Bill Passes, Maybe It's Not So Bad Afterall...
Community Coding Contest Voting Has Begun! Go Cast Your Vote!
JavaScript Prototypal Inheritence Explained in Simple Terms
Less Than 36 Hours Left to Enter the Community Coding Contest!
Virtual Earth 6.2 (Bing Maps) JavaScript Intellisense Helper Released
Silverlight Isolated Storage File/Directory Location
Windows vNext (Windows 7?) Feature Ideas
Custom Themes in ASP.NET MVC Updated for Preview 5
.NET 3.5 SP1: DataContractJsonSerializer Bug
CouchDB on FLOSS Weekly Episode 36 - distributed, document-oriented, RESTful database
How To Setup Custom Theme Support In ASP.NET MVC Preview 4 using a Custom ViewEngine
How To Use ASP.NET MVC in Website rather than Web Application Project
8/11/2008 - My email is currently down
SQL 2008 RTM Released, and includes .NET 3.5 SP1
Write code, Win FREE MSDN Subscription!
Can you do 100? Pushups that is.
Why wait for Windows 7? Dell XT has Multi-Touch already
C#: Generate WebPage Thumbmail Screenshot Image
Free Vista SP1 Support through March 18, 2009
dotNetExt - .NET Extension Method Library - v0.1 Beta Released
C#: Enhance Enums using Extension Methods
Bing Maps: Polygon Search - Is Point Within Polygon?
Community Coding Contest Website Launched!
Community Coding Contest to start July 1st - Chance to Win MSDN Premium Subscription with VS'08 Team Suite, plus more
ASP.NET: Fix for WebParts + UrlRewriting/UrlMapping Issue
Plot ZipCode Boundaries on a Map: Part 2 - Import Zip Code (U.S. Census ZCTA) Data Into A Database
Plot ZipCode Boundaries on a Map: Part 1 - Making sense of U.S. Census ZCTA ARC/INFO Ungenerate (ASCII) files
Silverlight and JavaScript Interop Basics
Virtual Earth Staging Environment Launched
Web.Maps.VE 2.0 Released - ASP.NET Virtual Earth Mapping Server Control
About Me
Bing Maps ASP.NET: Web.Maps.VE v1.0 Update, v2.0 Coming Soon
Medical Technology - Robotic Assisted Surgery
Software Development Meme - How I got started programming
Amazon.com is down
Virtual Earth: Get Center Lat/Long When In Birdseye or Oblique Map Style
ASP.NET 3.5: Create AJAX Extender Controls using the ExtenderControl base class
Mount ISO Images in Vista x64
My Virtual Earth Interview on The Thirsty Developer podcast
DNR: Building Communities at Dallas TechFest
Silverlight: Load JavaScript from Embedded Resource and Execute Within Page
My First Experience with ReSharper v3.1, not so good
Virtual Earth + ASP.NET AJAX Now Fixed in Safari
Hyper-V Compatibility Check Tool for AMD Processors
.NET 3.5 SP1: A Service Pack or The Real .NET 3.5
ASP.NET: Create AJAX Server Controls using the ScriptControl base class
Mono: WinForms finally API complete and Moonlight v1.0 is released
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RC0 and Athlon 64 X2 4200+
The Milwaukee Visual Studio 2008 Launch Event is over; but the fun has only begun
Virtual Earth: Restrict Map to Specified Viewable Area
Virtualization on the Desktop: VirtualPC 2007 and Hyper-V
Virtual Earth Resources
Virtual Earth: Center Map to Shape during OnClick Event
Alpha Geeks Are Still Joe Schmoe! And the Community Leads Itself.
Deeper in .NET 2008 is less than 15 hours away!
Some ASP.NET AJAX Tips and Tricks
I am now a Virtual Earth MVP!
Add System Menu Items to WPF Window using Win32 API
.NET Community: Learn The Current State Of The Platform Before Deciding On Its Future
LinkedIn Group for the Wisconsin .NET Users Group
PasswordTextBox for Silverlight 2 Beta 2
Working with HTML DOM in Silverlight 2 Beta 1 using the Bridge Pattern
Show a MessageBox in Silverlight 2 Beta 1
MIX'08 Session Recordings Now Available Online
Opening Client-Side Files using Silverlight
Silverlight: Anatomy of an .XAP file
MIX'08 - KeyNote Notes of Ray Ozzies talk
Add System Menu Items to a Form using Windows API
Simple JavaScript Object Reflection API (.NET Style)
JavaScript ForEach Equivalent
.NET 3.5: JSON Serialization using the DataContractJsonSerializer
.NET: Why aren't Private Abstract methods allowed?
JavaScript Function Tips and Tricks
The Purina Diet {Joke}
Search Keyword Highlighter BlogEngine.NET v1.3 Extension
I just finished migrating to BlogEngine.NET...
Bing Maps: Draw a Circle Radius Around a Lat/Long Point
Virtual Earth Plus ASP.NET AJAX Breaks In Safari!
Virtual Earth v2 Being Depricated March 31st
Virtual Earth: Calculate Distance of User-Drawn Polyline
Calculate Distance Between Geocodes in C# and JavaScript
LINQ to JavaScript Interactive SDK Now Available!
LINQ to JavaScript: Update Release v1.01 With More Functionality
LINQ to JavaScript (JSLINQ) Open Source Project Launched!
Virtual Earth: Dynamically Load InfoBox Using ASP.NET AJAX
Getting Started with Virtual Earth and ASP.NET AJAX
Introduction to LINQ
2008 Microsoft Launch Event and Free Software
QBasic was my First Programming Language
JavaScript int.TryParse Equivalent
DotNetKicks is 2 years old, today! Way to go!
Web.Maps.VE - Virtual Earth Without JavaScript, plus .NET 3.5 Support just added!
Virtual Earth 6: Align Mini Map in the Top Right corner of the Map
Virtual Earth: Convert Road Map Style to Shaded Like maps.live.com does
Safari 3 for Windows: Enable JavaScript Debugging
Virtual Earth: SSL Support
My RSS Feed URL has changed.
Virtual Earth: Getting Started - Adding a basic Map to a page
WI .NET Users Group - Holiday Party 2007 InstallFest
Dec. '07: Are the latest Vista updates full of error? Or is it just me?
WI .NET Users Group Holiday Party '07 has been rescheduled to Dec. 18th
WI .NET Users Group Holiday Party '07 has been Cancelled due to Weather...
12/2007: Code that I've Blogged over the last 6 months
Google Charts API: an ASP.NET 2.0 Server Control
My Blog content is now licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License...
XNA and XBox 360: Not until you pony up some ca$h!!
.NET: How to Alias Namespaces and Data Types (C# and Visual Basic .NET)
Attend WI .NET Users Group Holiday Party and get Visual Studio 2008 Free!
Cryptographic Extensions for Microsoft AJAX Extensions Framework
WI-INETA: Augmented Reality with .NET on 11/13/2007 with Casey Chesnut
XBox Live Gamercard Vista Sidebar Gadget
Not All Software Developers Need To Be Graphic Designers
15% Off Motorola.com Promo/Coupon Code (PASS_11805)
Subsite Rewriting HttpModule for ASP.NET
SimpleBlack Theme for BlogEngine.NET v1.2
Software Development = Logical Creativity
ASP.NET 2.0: RewritePath breaks HyperLink's ImageUrl in App_Theme file when path with slash is rewritten
Virtual Earth 6 Bug: GetDirections breaks when Start and End Address are the same
Ultimate Mac vs. PC - Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates
Real Estate - The Search That Should Be.
Virtual Earth 6 Bug: ShowSwitch parameter of LoadMap method no longer works
Virtual Earth 6 Bug: Zoom buttons in wrong place with multiple maps on the same page
Official Release of Simplovation and Web.Maps.VE!
WI-INETA: Oct. '07 - Code Generation, Software Factories and Visual Studio Extensibility
Microsoft to release .NET Framework 3.5 as Shared Source!
Motorola.com Promo/Coupon Code for 15% Off
US Cellular is dicontinuing the Motorola v323i, but you can still buy it from Motorola!
Proposed DotNetKicks Redesign!
Top posts of all time as of 2007/9/27
Patterns: Fluent Interface - make your code easier to read
Links - 2007-09-26
JavaScript: Add Search Engine Keyword Highlight Support to your site with ease
ASP.NET Forums is gone and Community Server's not free
Parallel FX Library: Optimize your code for Multi-Core machines
Weekly Links - 2007-09-07
Self Employed and time for contract work
ASP.NET AJAX: Extensions to standard JavaScript base types
LunchTimeCoder.ServiceMonitor v1.1 Released
What's the best web-based RSS reader?
LunchTimeCoder: Windows Service Monitor that runs in the System Tray
Paint.NET: How can I edit Icons and Cursors?
LunchTimeCoder.AutoSlideShow v1.05 - some small enhancements
Could WiFi be used to cook food?
Creating an IDE? Use the Visual Studio 2008 shell as your base.
Creating Namespaces in JavaScript is actually rather simple...
WI .NET User Group - 7/10/2007 - Silverlight!! buzz....
7/6/2007: Yahoo is down?
LunchTimeCoder Day 2: Moleskine and not much code
LunchTimeCoder Day 1: AutoSlideShow - JavaScript Automatic SlideShow Class
Announcing the LunchTimerCoder.com Initiative
7/07: Godaddy Promo Codes
Things I learned about Software WHILE NOT in College
Add iPhone style flicking support using JavaScript
.NET 3.5: How to Convert from one TimeZone to another
Email/Website Outage - 06/22/2007
ASP.NET AJAX: Use 'custom' objects as Extender Control Properties
Learn ASP.NET Provider Model By Example via BlogEngine.NET
Site Referral Keywords: Top 10, Strange and Surprising
Thinking about switching email to GMail for My Domain?
PietschSoft.VE: Is it Dead? What about Ajax and Virtual Earth v5?
Want to eliminate DRM? Just Boycott all DRM protected content.
AjaxControlToolkit TabContainer: TabPanel.Visible='False' should not display header text
MS Virtual Earth v5.0 Released
HD-DVD: A DMCA Protected Number??
Move.com hires wife of Google VP of Marketing
Vista Experience Update: Disk Defragmenter Revisited
Can you run Mac OS X within Virtual PC 2007 on Windows?
Windows Vista Device Drivers for Belkin F5D7000 Wireless Network Card
Make your RSS feeds Auto-Discoverable
PietschSoft.VE mentioned during a Microsoft Webcast on Virtual Earth yesterday
DotNetKicks auto bookmarklet
PietschSoft.VE got mentioned on DotNetRocks! episode #221
Why not make ASP.NET Web Matrix shared source?
Spring is finally here, and the Thunderstorms have begun...
WI .NET Users Group - Having troubles finding meeting locations!
C#: Give your object a Default Indexer Property
PietschSoft.VE v2.0.1 Released
C#/VB.NET: Extension Methods
My Top 10 Tech Netcasts (podcasts)
PietschSoft.VE v2.0.0 Alpha - ASP.NET AJAX Virtual Earth Mapping Control
JavaScript/AJAX Example 1 - Load File Asynchronously and Display within TextArea
Cheap PC - Build a Vista Premium Ready system for under $500 including the OS
Virtual PC 2007 released with improved performance!
I've been slacking lately...
Ubuntu 6.10 is the easiest version of Linux thus far!
Setting Up Ubuntu with virtualization on Vista x64
Apple iPhone has been confirmed, but functionaly similar to Windows Mobile Phone
Get Office 2007 FREE until Feb. 26, 2007
My first look at VS'05 Team Edition for Software Testers
An Open Source Virtual World like Second Life
Vista Experience Update: Vista Sidebar Gadgets
Vista Experience Update: Windows Vista x64 runs 32-bit Internet Explorer by Default
Vista Experience Update: DVD Backup Programs
64-bit Vista no longer available on MSDN?
Vista Experience Update: Vista automatically defragments your hard drives for you
I have Windows Vista Ultimate x64 installed in a dual boot with WinXP Pro
I now have my key for Vista Ultimate
Windows Vista is currently available on MSDN
Wisonsin .NET Users Group website - Some enhancements may be coming...
WI-INETA: Overview of Web 2.0 with Larry Clarkin
Virtual Earth v4 is out now with 3D maps!
MS Virtual Earth: New version on the way!
Scott Guthrie interviewed on Hanselminutes
Visual Studio 2005 Add-In: Get the total number of line of code in your solution
Oct. 3rd is the Day Against DRM...
ASP.NET: Add Template Support to your User Controls
Building a 'successful' blog...
ASP.NET: Extend BoundField Control - Add MultiLine support
Polymorphic Podcast: Awesome .NET Podcast!
VirtualPathProvider: Store .ASPX and .HTM files for your application in xml file or database
Wisconsin .NET Users Group (WI-INETA) Website is lacking...
I Found a bug in the Rating control in the Atlas Control Toolkit
PietschSoft.VE3 v0.05 Released
PietschSoft.VE3 is now on CodePlex
PietschSoft.VE3 v0.03 plus Demo site!
CSS + DIV = Scrollable area for site content
Apple's iCal implemented in .NET/Mono
New Web Service that exposes MSDN content for your consuming needs!
DotNetKicks: Social bookmarking site for .NET
Vista Beta 2: Not my Primary OS anymore
IIS7: Better Url Mapping support, well not yet...
VB.NET: RegEx Syntax Highlighting RichTextBox
Windows Vista Beta 2: installed on my primary machine
C# .NET: Convert System.Drawing.Color to HTML color
ASP.NET 2.0: v0.02 of my Virtual Earth v3 Ajax Server Control
ASP.NET Atlas is full of JavaScript goodness
Scrape Geocodes from Google Maps w/ C#
ASP.NET 2.0: Virtual Earth v3 Ajax Server Control - PietschSoft.VE3 v0.01
ASP.NET 2.0: Place JavaScript inside the Page.Header
JavaScript: Loop through all elements in a form
What I've been up to lately: JavaScript, AJAX, Virtual Earth and WebParts
MSDN .NET Show on IIS 7.0 with Scott Guthrie and Bill Staples
Great description of Buffer Overruns
Learn Regular Expressions with Dave Wanta!
A couple cool WinXP TaskBar enhancement tools
I recieved my MSDN subscription today!!
WI-INETA May 9th: Object Relational Mapping Frameworks: Simplify & Improve Your Data Access Layer
I went Deeper in .NET yesterday again!
I met Scott Hanselman the night before Deeper in .NET 2006
ASP.NET 2.0: It's extremely easy to add Ajax support using 'Atlas'
WI-INETA: Scott Hanselman to present at WI .NET Users Group's Deeper in .NET 2006!
ASP.NET: Registration of Controls in Web.Config
ASP.NET: Maintain Scroll Position On Postback
ASP.NET: The secret App_Offline.htm file
ASP.NET 2.0: 'Atlas' now has a Go-Live license
ASP.NET: Use VB.NET and C# within the App_Code folder
Are you ready to go Deeper in .NET!?
The My namespace in Visual Basic 2005 is extensible!
T-SQL: Parse a delimited string
ASP.NET Development Server: Run application on Root
The New Website is now Live!
MSN Spaces Removes Chinese Bloggers Blog
My new website is coming soon!
ASP.NET: How to get a specific ConnectionString from the Web.Config by name
ASP.NET Client Callbacks inside a User Control
T-SQL: Join Tables by a Field that contains a delimited string
.NET Framework - Check if Windows booted in Normal or Safe Mode
Video Game Music on Piano!
RSS is no longer a one-way street
ASP.NET 2.0: URL Mapping with RegEx Support
VS '05 & SQL '05 Express Editions Available Now FREE!
Configure Visual Studio 2005 for 'Classic' ASP syntax highlighting and intellisense
Get Visual Studio 2005 and SQL 2005 Free!
A deep talk about ASP.NET Web Controls
FBI to get veto power over PC software?
Bink.nu to use SQL Server 2005 x64 Edition and ASP.NET 2.0 x64!
My first time having a link get to the homepage on Digg.com
PHP is easy to learn.
Use ASP.NET Web Parts and Membership stuff with SQL Server 2000
Windows Vista: Latest Screenshots Revealed
Office 12 Screenshots from PDC '05
Happy 10th birthday Windows 95!
My brother-in-law and cousin are in Iraq
URL Mapping for ASP.NET 1.1
ASP.NET 2.0: Rewriting URL Paths just got a whole lot easier
Boolean Expression in .NET: strName IN ('CHRIS','TOM','TYLER')
Is Visual Studio 2005 divine?
I have alot of .NET books...
Perfect Dark Zero to be released on XBox 360!
Is it really Microsoft's fault?
The NEW Microsoft Certified Architect Program (MCAP)
msdn2.microsoft.com - Lots of improvements for MSDN Online!
SlapDev.com abandoned for now
VB.NET: Syntax Highlighting in a RichTextBox control
WI-INETA President, Brian Tinkler, takes a trip to Redmond
Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2: Error 50266 installing .NET Framework 2.0
The new SlapDev.com is being born...
My introduction to computers and programming...
Four ways to get your hands on Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2!!
May 10th WI-INETA Meeting on Design Patterns in .NET
Giving your application a Plugin based architecture is easier than it sounds...
You can order a copy of Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 for FREE!!
Hitachi's New Perpendicular Recording Technology involves some bits that dance to the music
Going Deep into the Windows NT Kernel with Dave Probert
I passed the 70-305 exam on Friday!!
I start a new job on the 28th!!
Visual Studio 'Whidbey' 2005 ship date slips again...
WSE 2.0 Service Pack 3 Released
Visual Studio .NET 2002 SP1 Released
Latest Visual Studio 2005 Release Info
WI-INETA: Need for Speed: .NET Performance Tuning (April 12)
AutoUpdate BIOS/Firmware?
Ok my blog works for now...
Rory Blyth and Scott Hanselman homemade TechEd promotion...
Stupid Blog is broke again...
Mainstream support for Visual Basic 6.0 will end March 31
The skinny on Office 12!
Wahoo!! My blog is fixed for now...
My blog seems to be malfunctioning! Ahhh....
Microsoft Exams: FREE Retake Offer
I went Deeper in .NET, yesterday
Windows Longhorn Glass Look DHTML
WI-INETA Event: Deeper in .NET 2005!
VB.NET: Make a Form semi-transparent when moving and resizing it
IE7: Another version of Internet Explorer will be released for Windows XP!
Why can't IIS implicitly share ASP Session state with ASP.NET??
WI-INETA Meeting on Service Oriented Architecture
AnyMail 2.0 Released
WindowsXP Alt-Tab Taskswitch Powertoy...
Regular Expressions are pretty neato...
I found a bug in SQL Server 2000...
OS-tans - these are like Anime mascots for the OS's
XBox II...
How Nerdy are you? :: My Nerd Score: 55 - Lightly Nerdy
EMail (POP3, SMTP and MIME) looks complex but is in fact really simple
Merry Christmas, 2004!!
Can you have Windows 2003 Server display the Windows XP Visual Styles?
My Latest Project: POP3/SMTP EMail Client
Microsoft VBScript compilation error '800a03e9' Out of Memory :: VBS has a code line length limit of 1022
Virgin Mary In Grilled Cheese - Looks more like Marylin Monroe
What do Linux, MacOS and Windows all have in Common??
AntiMatter is a reality: not just for Trekkies!
SQL Script: Search all tables for a specific field
CHRIS CHRISTMAS RODRIGUEZ
View SQL Server Transaction Logs
Minimize Microsoft Outlook to the System Tray
Error ASP 0178 on Windows 2003 Server (IIS6) by Server.CreateObject on DCOM registered Component
Color the background of items in a Dropdown box in your HTML pages.
Is Planning and Testing really that important in Software Development???
Windows 1.0 TV Commercial with Steve Ballmer
VB.NET 2005's 'My' namespace for Mono
How do you call a Console application from ASP.NET and get the results??
I just got Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 (Whidbey)
Prevent Windows Kernel From Using The Page File (PagingExecutive Function)
True Programming Language Independent IDE
Write to the Event Log in .NET (VB.NET and C#.NET)
HVD: Holographic Versatile Disc
Why do we need to handle the RowUpdated event of our DataAdapter in order to reflect the ID in a Primary/Foriegn key relationship??
Fill DataSet with multiple Tables and update them with DataAdapter
JavaScript: How to get value from nested form in iframe?
Create your very own Supercomputer with MPICH
Homestarruner.com - pretty cool toons
Wisconsin .NET User Group meeting tonight
Windows XP Service Pack 2 Available
The .NET Show: Introduction to Visual Studio 2005 (Whidbey)
Funny Flash video about Linux on everything
Web Based Alternative to SQL Enterprise Manager
My Function Guide is finally ported over to SQL Server
Windows System Properties - Add Custom Manufacturer Properties
MSN WebMessenger
OpenOffice - Fee MS-Office alternative
WinXP SP2 limits max. number of TCP connections/second
Host ASP.NET Web Applications on an XBox
Cool Utility to get CPU/Fan Temperatures of you DELL Laptop/Notebook
Suspect in AltaVista hacking case works at Microsoft
Windows XP SP2 RTM expected in 2 weeks
Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Automation
Download.Jet Internet Explorer Vulnerability
Paint.NET - This thing is like MS-Paint on steroids
XAML is like HTML for Windows Applications!
'Bye Bye Mr. CIO Guy' Song...
Get Visual Basic .NET 2003 for FREE!!
Mono 1.0 Released!!
Holy crap I have a blog!
How to Create a Screen Saver in Visual Basic 6
Measuring the Performance of troubled code in your VB6 Application
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