"MSBee" is a free MS Build task that allows you to target earlier versions of the .NET Framework from within Visual Studio 2005. Out of the box, VS2005 will only allow you to compile for .NET 2.0.
This is a very helpful utility: just a few months ago I …
more ...MSDN has created a Wiki. This is a great idea. Just look at P/Invoke.NET to get a sense of how helpful a Wiki can be for user documentation. via \<a href="http://www.knowing.net/ct.ashx?id=3e526214-11b1-482a-911d-12f3aa8b713d&url=http%3a%2f%2ffeeds.feedburner.com%2fAContinuousLearnersWeblog%3fm …
more ...I bought a couple Zalman Ultra-Quiet CPU Coolers for my still-unfinished dual-processor system, discovered that I couldn't use them due to space issues with my MSI dual-core motherboard. So I put one on my old system. It's quieter than the stock Intel Pentium fan, but so is a coqui frog …
more ...I'm as much a fan of the idea of making some money off my Web writings as the next guy, but I hate these new ads that put ads on keywords in the middle of content. The trend seems to be "double underlines mean ads." Totally freaking intrusive and built …
more ...Okay, if you're interested in assembly language programming, read The Art of Assembly Language and use the included HLA compiler.
But, if you just need to occasionally compile some pre-existing code, MASM 8 is now available for download from Microsoft.
But seriously, read The Art of Assembly Language.
I have mixed feelings about AI for Game Developers." In the full Safari bookshelf, the AI category has Voice Application Development with VoiceXML which is a much more "enterprise-y" type of read.
On the other hand, even in "full Safari" there's only 8 books in the AI category, only 3 …
more ...The blogging client schedules posts according to local time, but timestamps them for GMT. So posts I scheduled for this morning at 8 AM are showing up timestamped last night at 10 PM. That's no good.
more ...Here's an interesting graphic associated with 
What jumps out at me is that, contrary to stereotypes, black teens have, across the board, the lowest rates of risky behavior. Of course, the study might be flawed, it's self-reported behavior, etc., but it's thought provoking.
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more ...What is with Microsoft and their naming? Now, WinFX, the not-poorly-named managed framework, has been rebranded the .NET Framework 3.0. Which is kind of strange, considering that Visual Studio and Visual Basic dropped the .NET brand and, if I'm not mistaken, WinFX is going to ship on top of …
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