Use your Google GMail account as a file system (GmailFS)
Wow, you really can do everything with Google. Here's a blog entry from a guy who wrote an API in Linux to turn your Google GMail account into a mountable file system.
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Setting up Team Foundation Services
Wish me luck -- I'm off to install the Client/App/Data components to VSTS TFS in *one* VHD image.
My first snag, was seeing a weird !"ValueType mismatch" error that I couldn't explain, so I did some …
Read more →I was commenting the other day that many TLAs at Microsoft are getting way too many meanings. Case in point, WSS, which can mean one of many things in this world, even with Microsoft technologies.
At …
Read more →Missing the Office Photo Editor!!?
I love everything about Office 2003, except for the fact that Photo Editor is gone and the (ahem) replacement, is far from what I need. The good news is that you can just re-install the …
Read more →NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package Beta 1 (x86)
If you want to download the latest .NET Framework 2.0 Beta 1, then click here:
Beware of other versions of the .NET Framework 2.0 Beta 1's out there. The one above is dated late July, not June.
Read more →A student of mine pointed this out today. Leave it to a C++ programmer to know all the platform tips and tricks.
PINVOKE.NET addresses the difficulty of calling Win32 or other unmanaged APIs in …
Read more →Recompiling in SQL Server 2005
Thanks to Bob Beauchemin for pointing out this great paper on Batch Compilation, Recompilation, and Plan Caching Issues in SQL Server 2005.
Read more →SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 Resource DVD
The SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 Resource DVD is your guide to SQL Server 2005. This DVD contains valuable materials and technical resources to help you understand and utilize the many new and enhanced …
Read more →Feeling lazy? Let SqlCommandBuilder map your SProc's parameters
You may know my feeling on SqlCommandBuilder, but on those days you're feeling lazy ...
Dim cmdNW As New SqlCommand
cmdNW.Connection = conNW
cmdNW.CommandType = …
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