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I’m kicking off a series on managing your money. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while and timely given the current economic client. First things first. Am I even qualified to attempt something...

Windows task switchers have always seemed more about the task switcher rather than switching tasks. For instance, the standard Alt-Tab feature in Windows XP and Vista provides thumbnail images of the applications. Personally, I can...

Believe it not I actually do other things beside play with computers (not much more but at least it’s something). After 12 years of living in our house we did a kitchen remodel. We updated...

UrlScan 3.1: Wade Hilmo – Latest release has better protection for SQL Injection Attacks. [MOO.com We love to print](http://www.moo.com/products/) – From business cards to sticker books these guys print it all. I particular like their...

A friend of mine turned me on to the cool and casual programmer podcast Deep Fried Bytes recently. I like the format and their guests seem to enjoy the it as well. In episode 15,...

The last two days were as interesting as the first two. Seemed like the week got busier towards the end which is why I’m playing catch up now. One of the benefits of attending a...

I’m behind this week because of all the PDC activity. TUTORIAL #4: Showing Non-Silverlight Content To Users Without The Plugin - Create a custom HTML to display for your users that have not yet installed...

OK, one more time, with feeling. As we say in the software industry, “No good deed goes unpunished.” The feature I added in 1.6.7 that changed the dialog close behavior of the X button caused...

Desk Drive 1.6.7 introduced a bug that makes logging off/shutdown take longer than it normally does. I didn’t notice it on my system because I almost never shut my laptop down. Honestly, I didn’t notice...

As I mentioned in the earlier post, PDC days generally go from 7 in the morning to 10 or 11 pm at night. I crashed into my bed last night shortly before 11 pm. Sleep...