30 Jul
2004

JetBrains ReSharper add-in

Matt Berther is in love with this Visual Studio add-in and having tried it several times during beta, I was glad when they released version 1. I learned about it from Matt’s blog. JetBrains has finally released version 1.0 of their fabulous ReSharper add-in. As before, I have run it for about a week and […]

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29 Jul
2004

My Buddy Actually Works

I asked my MS Buddy, Jason, about the lack of the unit testing tools for the official Beta 1 release of Whidbey and he followed up on it. Thanks, Jason. So here is the story:  The unit test components or Visual Studio are built by a separate team from the rest of the framework and studio.  The […]

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28 Jul
2004

Regression Testing a Web Site

It sounds like a simple problem. I have an ASP.Net web site that uses a DB to serve up content using a variety of skins.When a code update is deployed or a new feature is added, I want to regression test the site.  Simple, right? What I Want to Do Use a tool that crawls […]

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26 Jul
2004

First Real Ride

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I did 50 or so miles on the Tigger this evening, about 1/2 of it on dirt. Ran up to Horseshoe Bend and then east toward Placerville. Turned south up the backside of Bogus and screamed like a bat outta hell down the front. I ate 3 cruisers and a 600 crotch rocket for dinner. I […]

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25 Jul
2004

The New Tigger

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I took delivery of my new-to-me ’01 Triumph Tiger this week. On the maiden voyage I rode to the top of Bogus Basin with my buddy, Brian, on his new 2004 Yamaha R1. This Tiger puts a grin on my face like no other machine I have ever ridden. I love it. I can say […]

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24 Jul
2004

MS Buddy Update

My MS Buddy has turned up! I am so relieved to know that he is ok. I sent him a link to this blog so that he would know how worried we all were about him. Thank goodness he is ok. He sent me an email letting me know that he could help me in […]

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22 Jul
2004

Missing Buddy Update

 It is now time to panic. My Microsoft Buddy, Jason, has still not surfaced and is missing for a third day. Although we have still not met, I am sure that it is not in my buddy’s personality to remain out of touch for so long without at least letting me know. To help find […]

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21 Jul
2004

Rebuilding my Laptop

Everyone who is anyone seems to be posting the top 10 programs that they install on their machines. In a vain attempt to become someone, I will tell you what I just put on my fresh XP installation. MS Office ( I really have become a manager) Visual Studio 2003  / MSDN Visio for Ent. […]

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