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Bloget alpha 9 is available for download. It also marks the end of the alpha releases. There’s an old saying in the software biz that goes something like, “Sometimes you have to just shoot the...

It’s all over the net but just in case you missed it, here’s the link to second beta of Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2. Equally interesting is Scott Gu’s article on what’s new and what...

I was getting tired of the old look. Here’s a new look that’s a nod to the Web 2.0 designs of late but without the “beta” emblems and rounded corners. I already get points for...

<rant> It drives me crazy that Windows XP treats compressed files as folders. I get that this is “a feature”, but I’m developing a nervous twitch from accidently clicking on zip files in the tree...

Montastic The free website monitoring service that doesn’t suck Yep, it’s free. Yep it doesn’t suck. Simple as can be. Signup with your email only and enter the Web sites you want to monitor. It...

This is a complete waste of time which is of course why like it and am blogging about it. The Hero Machine is an online drawing tool from Marvel comics that let’s you quickly and...

Lately, I’ve been spending time with some of the Web services offered by Amazon (yeah, the same people who sell all those books). They have some interesting services like S3, which I use to host...

A fellow developer at work posted this on our “tips” blog. Good stuff… Just in case you’ve never tried, it - the next time you’re looking at a call stack while stopped at a break...

Most of the projects I develop for myself (a.k.a. Blue Onion Software) are small. Usually less than 20,000 lines. I’ve thought about using some type of version control but it just seems like more trouble...

GOA WinForms is an implementation of the standard System.Windows.Form .NET library for both Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight. It allows .NET developers to write standard WinForms applications that will run on these two RIA platforms....