There’s an awesome tool called LINQPad by Joseph Albahari – completely free, download here. (“LINQPad is not an open-source product and the source code is protected by standard copyright laws....

Scott Guthrie described an awesome Linq to Sql Query Visualizer here. His context is Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2....

In ASP.NET AJAX, you create a namespace by calling Type.registerNamespace('My.Namespace.Of.Choice'); The necessary object dictionaries are built, names resolved, everything is groovy....

Much has been written on the fact that Visual Studio 2008 can build .net 2.0 applications, and that they can be installed side-by-side on the same machine....

A very specific rule for using source control is to avoid putting temporary files, user files, or compiled content into the repository....

Since converting from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007, I’ve noticed I never got the new mail arrived popup nor the task bar envelope icon....

I recently had the need to match content outside quotes, but avoid content inside quotes. For example, I have content like so:...

The difference between these two commands is obscure, and plagued me for some time. It just gelled in my head, so I thought I’d share....

Desert Code Camp 2007 really rocked. I taught a class on Object Oriented JavaScript – basically how JavaScript is different from the C# and ASP....

I’ve got more than one gray hair from this one. The symptom is simple: Cassini (the development web server) hosts streaming flash videos just fine....

I’ve loaded up a Vista VMware session with all sorts of fun gizmos, and came to a perplexing dilema: “My VM disk is too small”....

I finally sat down to load up all my RSS feeds from Google Desktop to Outlook 2007....

I sense I’m spurring a holy war discussion when I raise the issue, but some have asked why I code with curly braces on the same line rather than a new line....