Author Archives: JohnHowell

Then you’ll definitely want to check out this episode of The .NET Show: IIS 7.0You’ll get some of the low down on just a few of the new features coming in IIS 7.0. It’s a little long (almost 90 min) … Continue reading →

Interviewing is always a tedious process. There are several reasons for this: people want jobs, recruiters want to fill those jobs, etc. In preparing to move to Redmond, I’m interviewing potential replacements for the project that I am leaving. I’ve … Continue reading →

Periodically, my VS05 IDE will max out the CPU and just seem to hang. Terminating the IDE and restarting doesn’t seem to fix it. What I have found is that there would appear to be something being stored in the … Continue reading →

This is a post that just could not wait. LC posts on his blog how to determine what key was used to encrypt a piece of data in SQL 2005. Anyone doing encryption in SQL ’05 has GOT to keep … Continue reading →

OK, everybody is giving Microsoft a hard time about trying to help keep your system up to date by gathering system information, but yet no one is saying anything about Apple doing the same thing!!!! Come on, folks!

Has anyone else run into this: put a input box in an update panel and then post it every second (simulating a save). Then mouse over to bring up the tooltip. The tooltip flashes with every cycle, even if no … Continue reading →

I have been doing consulting for many years and had felt that I would always be a consultant because of how much I enjoyed it. However, an unbelievable opportunity has presented itself. Microsoft has approached me to work for them … Continue reading →

OK, I know multiple posts within a few minutes are a bit chaotic but I just had to share this one. I had a hectic few days and missed this one posted Thursday, June 28th. The WPF team has released … Continue reading →

There is an incredable array of new and amazing technologies coming down in the .Net 3.0 Framework. Many of us have been drooling endlessly waiting for them to settle. For those of you out there who want to know more … Continue reading →

Pardon, the non-technical post, but I have something important to say. As developers we sometimes get completely absorbed into our software projects and we pour 110% of ourselves into doing the best job possible. In doing so, we often forget … Continue reading →