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• I’ve Moved to WordPress

  I’ve moved my blog engine once again. I started with DasBlog, then went to BlogEngine.NET and now I’m finally on WordPress. Why WordPress? You’re a .NET guy … Plain and simple. What I had, didn’t work and I need my blog to work, and work quickly. Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8:44 PM from this.Reflect() | 0 Comments Filed under: Productivity, Misc

• Suspending Resharper 5

  For those of you who don't know, ReSharper is no longer a Visual Studio add-in. Previously if you needed to disable ReSharper for whatever reason you could do so in the Add-In Manager in Visual Studio. You no longer can. Disabling ReSharper is now termed Read More... Posted Friday, December 04, 2009 9:27 AM from this.Reflect(); | 0 Comments Filed under: Alt.Net, Productivity, .NET, Misc, Agile

• Hangin’ in the Lounge

  I’ve death with numerous different advertisers and such over the few years I’ve had my blog. Just recently I spoke with the guys over at the Lounge and we decided to work together. I needed a low maintenance advertising system that could help with the Read More... Posted Thursday, June 18, 2009 5:15 PM from this.Reflect(); | 0 Comments Filed under: Misc

• Dual Monitor Support for Windows 7 RC Dell D630

  I installed Windows 7 RC last night and my dual monitor support was not working. I queried a few people at my employer and Anthony Handley pointed me in the right direction. If you’re using a Dell D630 laptop and you’re running Windows 7 RC and need a Read More... Posted Thursday, May 07, 2009 9:36 AM from this.Reflect() | 0 Comments Filed under: Productivity, Misc

• A New Development Term: Blackfield Development

  I’ve been through the trenches of the consulting world, the good the bad the ugly, I’ve had the the full time jobs, and the freelance work, etc, etc etc. I’ve experienced projects from the ground up, maintenance projects and projects Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:49 AM from this.Reflect() | 0 Comments Filed under: Misc

• YouTube Tip (Cool)

  Youtube TIP: You can link (and SEEK!) to a specific point in a video using #t=2m13s at the end of a URL. The t=2m13s means t = time m = minutes s = seconds Example As shown in the video below you can specify a particular part of a video. For example, Read More... Posted Friday, March 20, 2009 2:20 PM from this.Reflect() | 0 Comments Filed under: Productivity, Misc

• MNGroups

  I’ve started a new online group: MNGroups. This group is a culmination of many different groups throughout the Minnesota area. The reason for the group is simple: Collaboration. Here in the Twin Cities we have many different groups that help solve a vast Read More... Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 8:13 AM from this.Reflect() | 0 Comments Filed under: Misc, Events

• Stereotyping Social-Network Users

  I've been using a social network of sorts for as long as I've been using the Internet. From bulletin boards to Twitter, I've been there and still use them all to this day. Their importance is worth its weight in diamonds. Through the years of using these Read More... Posted Friday, January 02, 2009 8:05 AM from this.Reflect() | 0 Comments Filed under: Misc

• Sometimes you just have to burn one

  This is really old news to some blogger's,but I'm posting it again because a lot of people I know are just starting off in the blogging space. If you have a blog you're probably wondering how many people are reading it. You can get some decent statistics Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:44 PM from this.Reflect() | 0 Comments Filed under: Productivity, Misc

• New GMail Mobile Version

  For those of you who use GMail mobile (as I do) there is a new version out. Go to http://m.google.com/mail to get it. New Features I'm not looking at the exact features, but these are the ones I noticed right away. Pros Account Switching - This is huge. Read More... Posted Thursday, November 06, 2008 7:52 AM from this.Reflect() | 0 Comments Filed under: Productivity, Misc

• How Did C# Get Its Name?

  It's an interesting name to say the least. Why the "sharp" symbol? Sometimes newcomers get it incorrect at first (usually people BRAND NEW to programming) and call it "C POUND". It Almost sounds like a hip-hop thing as the "pound" word has different context Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:23 AM from this.Reflect() | 0 Comments Filed under: .NET, Misc

• Google IG Home Page - RSS Feed Issues

  If you use Google IG like I do to read RSS feeds, note... there is one flaw with it and you may not be getting the latest content. I figured this out because it accidentally happened to me and to the guys at Foo Theory . I believe its used to happen to Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 15, 2008 10:46 AM from this.Reflect() | 0 Comments Filed under: Misc