Mike-Ward.Net

I’m trying something a little different with the Web site. The new design is intentionally plain and focuses on content. I’ve also continue to remove advertisements as I learn what works and where. The goal...

Testing Bloget with w.Bloggar. Touted as “The best interface between you and your blog”. It works great with Bloget

For some reason I can not get Windows Live Writer to install on my computer using the integrated Live installer. It just gives me some meaningless error message and dies. What I needed was a...

Microsoft has announced that its planned standards compatibility mode will the default. Earlier proposals required a special meta tag inserted into the Web page to force IE8 into the standards compatibility mode. Public out cry...

As much as I like Firefox and Safari for Windows there are times when only Internet Explorer will do. This is often the case in corporations where you are either restricted to using IE or...

I recently ordered some woodworking items form Hartville Tool in Ohio. Hartville is a great source for all things woodworking. I ordered on Thursday afternoon and by Friday evening I had my stuff. Incredible! On...

msdnReader is a desktop application that is similar to the highly regarded New York Times Reader. The application provides caching and offline reading of MSDN Magazine articles through a highly intuitive and slick interface. In...

Robocopy (means Robust Copy) is a tool from Microsoft. It is distributed in the Windows 2003 Server Resource kit (along with many other cool tools). Robocopy is faster and much more reliable. It can restart...

If you try to install the Visual Studio 2005 Extensions required for WPF development after installing the .Net Framework 3.0 SP1 or later, you will get an error saying that the .Net FW 3.0 is...

A user recently asked if Bloget supports multiple users and multiple blogs? The short answer is yes. Bloget uses ASP.NET’s membership services and as such works with SQL, Active Directory and other providers. Bloget also...