Keith 'StarPilot' Barrows (Tech Blog)Musings on Microsoft Technologies and other technical thingsNotice of violation- January 28, 2008 My wife and I grew up with and owned dogs pretty much our whole lives.&160; We've been in our house for 20 months and have had 2 dogs that moved in with us.&160; All of a sudden they have become a nuisance to "someone" in the neighborhood.&160; We've had the cops at the house now twice.&160; Now, we live on a shy 13 acre lot with similar sized lots around us.&160; We have one lot to the north (long side of property line) which is not moved into yet, one lot to the south of us with..http://weblogs.asp.net/kbarrows/archive/2008/01/28/notice-of-violation.aspx Making the single box and multiple box disappear- January 24, 2008 I don't keep up with all the latest trends, breakthroughs and buzz in every corner of the industry.&160; Wish I could!&160;&160;&160; I've been a fan of Virtual PCs for quite awhile.&160; While they have their pain points they allow one to have a complete environment separate from the physical PC it runs on.&160; Virtual Server does the same for Servers (and you can run Virtual Server on a PC for those really complex environments from your client.)&160; Microsoft and VMware are the two leaders.http://weblogs.asp.net/kbarrows/archive/2008/01/23/making-the-single-box-and-multiple-box-... Windows Live Writer and multiple machines- January 19, 2008 I recently started using Windows Live Writer and have pretty much fallen in love with it. I also operate on a couple of computers throughout each week. I've poked around a few forums looking for a solution as WLW is not portable (yet). I was pointed to a blog entry by Dave Donaldson which gives me a partial solution. By using FolderShare I am able to keep my drafts and posts synched as well as my templates (see image). I won't go through the setup again as...http://weblogs.asp.net/kbarrows/archive/2008/01/19/windows-live-writer-and-multiple-machin... Book Review: ASP.NET Data Presentation Controls Essentials- January 18, 2008 While this is not a book for beginners in the ASP.NET world I found the book to be very informative.&160; Joydip Kanjilal has taken a section of data handling and display, dug into the internals and brings it to the pages of his first book.&160; Even though I've been in the ASP.NET world since it's inception I've never been a strong UI type developer.&160; With this book I have the essentials for using Win UI data display components. Now, for the little nits:&160; While all the bits and...http://weblogs.asp.net/kbarrows/archive/2008/01/17/book-review-asp-net-data-presentation-c... Send To and RegSvr32- January 18, 2008 My new job requires work with Classic ASP which means registering DLLs.&160; Glad I remembered this little trick: Open the Send To folder in Windows Explorer (usually C:Documents and SettingsyourNameSendTo on an XP box) Create a shortcut and point it to C:windowssystem32regsvr32.exe Give it a title like "DLL Register" Change the icon to something that makes sense to you Now, you can navigate to any registerable DLL, right click on it, Send To, Register DLL and it.http://weblogs.asp.net/kbarrows/archive/2008/01/17/send-to-and-regsvr32.aspx California lab claims step toward developing valuable stem cells- January 17, 2008 Scientists say stem cells from cloned embryos could provide a valuable tool for studying diseases, screening drugs and, perhaps someday, creating transplant material to treat conditions like diabetes and Parkinson&8217;s disease. With a Type 1 Diabetic son, and several friends who are diabetic I found this article hesitant yet promising.&160; One of our (son's) slogans at home is "I stick myself until something better comes along."&160; Don't have to like it or dislike it.&160;...http://weblogs.asp.net/kbarrows/archive/2008/01/17/california-lab-claims-step-toward-devel... |