I've been gone for nearly a month... What have I done? Well, for starters, I was hit by unknown sickness (until today). But when my body isn't as productive as usual, my computers are. Today I have downloaded the March CTP of Visual Studio 2007. If Microsoft's promise for 18-months cycle...

I've enjoyed coding with C# for some time now. It's elegant code fills my heart with Christmas jolly every single day. But, then again, nothing compares to VB when you need a very quick code. C# fails to show it's ease-of-use when hit by several Interface implementations. As most of you know...

Finally, the RC1 (build 5600) is rolled out of Redmond. I've noticed a lot of improvement in both Pre-RC1 and RC1 since July CTP. Some notable things are: Installation is a breeze. My typical machine installed RC1 in exactly 30 minutes. Search Indexer stability is well improved. From “almost always”...

There's more than just a programmer in a running system. My current project (well, the latest project, since it ends yesterday) involves an ad hoc team during development and usage. Since most of the development task are mine, I didn't really feel the team until the system needs to be deployed and run...

It's been several days that I've been using three computers at once for a project leveraging the power of Windows Communication Foundation. The setup of the computers are totally different. Left: P4 3.0E, 1Gb, WinVista Build 5456. Primary development machine. Middle: P4 2.8C, 512Mb, WinVista Build 5472...

If you're having a problem running WCF services on top of Windows Vista, especially any access denied exceptions, it might be caused by UAC blocking the operation. UAC turns a user from Administrators group to a standard user, unless you use the built-in Administrator account (which is nowhere to be...

I've just reinstalled my Windows Vista to build 5456 (June CTP). This version boasts many features such as IE7 Beta 3, .NET Framework 3.0 (was WinFX), and a more polished User Interface. I have activated the installation using my build 5384 (Beta 2) cd-key, and everything works like magic! Looking forward...

Introduction to Web Services @ ST Inten - 29 June 2006 Topics covered: What is Web Services Creating a Web Service Consuming a Web Service Workshop materials will be available soon... See you there! Update 29/06/06: files are downloadable from my Public Box.net Folder. Look for the link in the right...

Hi, it's me on mid-week post updating your knowledge on what's happening on software, hardware, and the cash to buy the two... Hardware : It's been three weeks since the hype of Origami hit the Internet (and blogs). I've been reluctant on writing about it since there is not much information available...

Write a function that returns all permutations of a given string, in this case: “INDCRulez!” (10 character) How: Download the SDK to compete . Create an implementation of PermutationTestBench.IPermutationGenerator interface. Run ptb.exe assemblyname.dll classname, and take notes of your score...