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Project Valour-IT
Guys (and Gals) What I think is one of the BEST charities out there is a group called “Project Valour-IT”. They supply voice activated laptops to wounded service members (any service) – They are related to Soldiers Angels. Please give – and in the spirt of froendly competition, you can give with credit going to […]
Continue reading Project Valour-ITAPRS-SCS
Last week, the developer of APRS-SCS, John – KB2SCS announced that he was dropping all support for APRS-SCS, as it is written in VB6, which is no longer supported by “the boys from Redmond”, aka Microsoft. At that time, John put the source code up on his Web Site. I started to talk with John […]
Continue reading APRS-SCSSorry Bloggings been light
Sorry blogging has been light. My Dad passed away just over a week ago, and was in bad shape before that. Obviously Dad took precidence over the blog, and just about anything else. RIP Dad – Bah, another old WWII vet gone
Continue reading Sorry Bloggings been lightMemorial Day
This Monday is Memorial Day. It is the day we are supposed to honor those who gave all in the service of our country. Fly your flag (half mast till noon, then full staff) Thank a Vet Remember those who gave their all. Taps is played at 2 times during the day in the military. […]
Continue reading Memorial DayNot The Post but… Visual Studio on a Mac?
I still have not gotten my deep thought post written, the brain just has not been into it (hey, the leg has been bothering me, so..) Anyway, I’ve been thinking about getting a new Laptop (the current ‘personal’ laptop is a PIII based unit…) I’ve heard some good things about Macbook pros laptops runing Vista […]
Continue reading Not The Post but… Visual Studio on a Mac?Bloggings Been Light
Hi Gang (I know I’ve got at least 3-4 readers out there, hey, that puts me well above average) Blogging has been light, because I’ve been seriously thinking about a post. Last week, a bunch of different blogs posted about working alone and Agile/XP/TDD. I found it interesting, because this is for all intents the […]
Continue reading Bloggings Been LightAAArrrggghhh Legacy Code
Recently, I’ve been working on what is probably the “Ultimate” legacy/Brownfield application. It’s a VERY important application for our business, or WAS, but the users are starting to find other ways to do their job. The problem is that the application in question is VERY hard to maintain, and management does not want to risk […]
Continue reading AAArrrggghhh Legacy CodeA central place for Visual Studio hot fixes
can be found here: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Project/ProjectDirectory.aspx?TagName=Hotfix Hat Tip:Neno Loje
Continue reading A central place for Visual Studio hot fixesBummed
About 15 years ago, Mary and I went on vacation to New Mexico, and stayed at a place called Starhill Inn. It was the BEST vacation we ever went on. We always said that when the kids got old enough, we would go back. Last week, we decided “This summer is the time” I just […]
Continue reading BummedVista SP1 out..
I see that Vista SP1 is offically out. I guess all those folks who said “I’ll wait until SP1 to try it” can now go out and well, Try it. Want MY Honest opinion of Vista? By now, you’ve probably seen my posts. I LIKE Vista, BUT you have to do things “The Vista Way”. […]
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