Rob Garrett - Blogs

November 2004 - Posts

• Hush PC

  I really want one of these for my Windows Media Center.... http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=874 The HushPC is completely fan-less and uses passive cooling techniques to cut down on noise pollution in the room (more than I can say for the Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 30, 2004 7:59 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Virtual PC 7.0.1 for MAC available on MSDN Subscriber Downloads

  I received a blog posting today about Virtual PC 7.0.1 for Macintosh being available on MSDN subscriber downloads. So, those Mac users will finally be able to do something useful with their hardware Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 30, 2004 7:41 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Intelsat-7 Satellite Lost

  Intelsat, Ltd. said that its Intelsat Americas-7 satellite experienced a sudden and unexpected electrical distribution anomaly that caused the permanent loss of the spacecraft on 28 November 2004 at approximately 2:30 am EST. http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=3728 Read More... Posted Monday, November 29, 2004 11:57 AM by Rob Garrett | 2 Comments

• Windows Media Center Edition 2005 is Cool!

  Anyone out there thinking about setting up a DVR or some sort of digital recording system for their home entertainment, I would strongly suggest taking a look at Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 . For less than $300 I managed to turn my 2.8GHz Pentium Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 24, 2004 1:22 PM by Rob Garrett | 16 Comments

• Confused by Microsoft Code Names?

  Here's a list I found of Windows code names: http://www.phm.lu/Documentation/Windows/Codenames.asp Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Read More... Posted Monday, November 22, 2004 11:19 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Microsoft Announces Community Technology Preview of Avalon

  Last Friday Microsoft announced the Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Avalon - an alpha version of the Windows presentation subsystem. Avalon features XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language), which is Microsoft's answer for building presentation Read More... Posted Monday, November 22, 2004 11:10 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Microsoft goes after Netware

  “Microsoft is targeting Novell Netware customers with a bundle of reasons to dump the software and switch to Microsoft Windows Server products.” http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/16/microsoft_netware_basher/ This ought to be interesting, Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 16, 2004 1:46 PM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Dilbert - Bugs paid for

  I'm saving for a new Audi..... Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 16, 2004 12:23 PM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Dilbert - Missing Requirements

  I've seen this before Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 16, 2004 12:20 PM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Original Resume

  Okay, this the best resume that I've seen on the Internet in some time..... http://213.186.36.10/~al/alstudio/cv/en.htm Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Read More... Posted Friday, November 12, 2004 8:32 PM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Interview tips for developers

  The other day I was present in an interview for a lead software developer position that my company was offering. I was asked to sit in to ask the potential candidate technical questions. Unfortunately the interview did not go at all well for the candidate. Read More... Posted Friday, November 12, 2004 7:47 PM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Krystalware.com

  Chris Hynes has some great material for ASP.NET file uploading on http://Krystalware.com . Chris wrote a dedicated ASP.NET file upload control that avoids caching data in memory an enables direct client to server posting of file data. Chris also has a Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 10, 2004 11:05 AM by Rob Garrett | 2 Comments

• www.koders.com

  My colleague, Chris Hynes ( http://krystalware.com ), sent me a link to http://www.koders.com/ today. Koders is a search engine dedicated to finding source code for developers. I haven't investigated the site in depth and only glanced at the site, but Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 09, 2004 5:09 PM by Rob Garrett | 1 Comments

• Microsoft / Comcast Cable Deal

  US pay TV firm Comcast will next week deploy set-top boxes featuring Microsoft software, in a crucial test for Microsoft's cable TV ambitions. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3994993.stm Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 09, 2004 5:04 PM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Halo 2 Released

  Xbox video game Halo 2 has been released in the US on 9 November, with a UK release two days. Why is the game among the most anticipated of all time? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3994949.stm Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 09, 2004 4:44 PM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Microsoft pays Novell half a billion

  The case between Microsoft and Novell came to a conclusion today when Microsoft agreed to settle with half a billion dollars payout. Novell was suing Microsoft over loss of business relating to Novell's gateway product called NDS. NDS was introduced several Read More... Posted Monday, November 08, 2004 9:19 PM by Rob Garrett | 1 Comments

• Microsoft to Patent the Internet?

  http://www.shaftek.org/blog/archives/000169.html Has Microsoft been trying to retroactively claim IP (intellectual property) rights over many of the Internet's basic protocols? Larry J. Blunk, senior engineer for networking research and development at Read More... Posted Monday, November 08, 2004 1:36 PM by Rob Garrett | 1 Comments

• Yesterday's Dilbert

  Who says software engineers have to wear a suit and tie when meeting a customer.... Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Read More... Posted Monday, November 08, 2004 9:04 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Burn CDs from .NET

  The XP Burn Component allows your .NET applications to burn files to CDR/W discs on a Window XP or Windows 2003 Server system. This component does not work for systems which have a different OS installed; though it will detect that case and give a reasonable Read More... Posted Monday, November 08, 2004 8:21 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Incremental Backups with NAnt

  Update 8/4/2005: I have received various comments concerning the original text of this post, mostly people asking me for the full source. It has been a while since I played with this project, and I have long since moved on. However, since I'm getting Read More... Posted Sunday, November 07, 2004 12:56 AM by Rob Garrett | 5 Comments

• Alternative to Yahoo Maps and Map-Quest

  I'm not sure if I posted this already somewhere, so I'll post again in case. This on-line street map and journey planner is great, it uses Java, so all map interaction is on the client browser - very smooth and pleasing to the eye. http://www.us.map24.com/ Read More... Posted Saturday, November 06, 2004 12:37 PM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Slides and code for the NANT presentation

  The slides and code for the WinProTeam NANT presentation by Jonathan Cogley can be found at http://www.thycotic.com/presentations.html Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Read More... Posted Friday, November 05, 2004 10:41 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• NANT and WinProTeam

  Today I attended my first WinProTeam users group in Rockville. My colleague Chris Hynes, who has been a participate of the groups monthly meeting group for some time, had invited me to go along because he thought the topics would interest me. Usually, Read More... Posted Thursday, November 04, 2004 11:37 PM by Rob Garrett | 1 Comments

• Ratings Powertoy for WMP9/10

  So, you've spent a lot of effort adding ratings to the media files in your media library in Windows Media Player. You later decide to move all your content to another workstation/server and realize that all the ratings are lost in the transition. WMP Read More... Posted Thursday, November 04, 2004 10:40 AM by Rob Garrett | 4 Comments

• Free IMAP Library for .NET

  Thanks to my colleague Eli Allen for finding this one.... http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/IMAPLibrary.asp Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 02, 2004 11:44 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Old Laptop? Use it as another monitor!

  This is just brilliant... Now old laptops can become useful as extra virtual screens. http://www.hanselman.com/blog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=fbf0b95f-3fb4-4d46-ac71-8b3158895dad I am wondering about security though, what's to stop your boss in the office snooping Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 02, 2004 11:28 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• View State Improvements in ASP.NET 2.0

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/10/View State/default.aspx What is the View State? The view state is a hidden form variable containing data encoded in base-64 to represent the state of server side controls on an ASP.NET page. What's wrong Read More... Posted Monday, November 01, 2004 7:56 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments