Thursday, June 17, 2004

Not much blogging lately (or for the next while)

I'm switching companies in a couple weeks (from HealthCare to Semiconductors -- how's that for a jump.) So, I won't be blogging to much since I have to get a ton of stuff done before I go.

.NET Remoting, Enterprise Services and the Future - Indigo

From dasBlonde: Some useful links for .NET Remoting, Enterprise Services and the Future - Indigo. It might as well have had my name on the to: list.

Wednesday, June 09, 2004

Richard Wurdack on Profiling, Virtual PC's and Blue Screens

Richard Wurdack posts a couple of articles (Part 1 and Part 2) on Profiling, Virtual PC's and Blue Screens which will almost definitely save me time in the future. It wouldn't've even occurred to me that you cannot use a profiler from a VPC. Maybe I've been spoiled. Originally found on Rob Caron's blog here.

Tuesday, June 08, 2004

Checking For A Valid Strong Name Signature

Shawn Farkas post an article that just reeks of something I'm going to need: Checking For A Valid Strong Name Signature.

Monday, June 07, 2004

Free home edition of XMLSpy

WooHoo, more free stuff: Free home edition of XMLSpy. Courtesy of Roy Osherove's ISerializable here.

devMetrics 1.0: Free C# Software Metrics

From the Powertoys WebLog devMetrics 1.0: Free C# Software Metrics. I've always been intrigued by software metrics from a geek standpoint, although I've never actually found a use for them. Who knows, maybe in time...

Asynchronous Commands in ADO.NET Whidbey

Some information from Wallace B. McClure about Asynchronous Commands in ADO.NET with an example.

Thursday, June 03, 2004

Little known Win32 APIs: DisableThreadLibraryCalls()

I am a glutton for cool API calls. Courtesy of Larry Osterman: Little known Win32 APIs: DisableThreadLibraryCalls()

[Listening to: Kiss - Cold Gin]

Writing managed code for semi-trusted environments

A useful article (albeit an old-ish one) on Writing managed code for semi-trusted environments by Ivan Medvedev. By way of an MSDN article by Keith Brown here (by way of Ken Brubaker's blog here).

[Listening to: Ramones - Journey to the Center of your Mind]

Updated Writing Secure Code 2nd Ed Errata

An Updated Errata to one of my all time favourite books: Writing Secure Code 2nd Ed by Michael Howard. Poached from one of my all time favourite blogs by Michael Howard.

[Listening to: Bif Naked - I'm afraid of Britney Spears]

Wednesday, June 02, 2004

Running Processes as a Different User

Another gem from Shawn Farkas: Running Processes as a Different User. Definitely a keeper.

[Listening to: Beastie Boys - Back in Black]