Author Archives: JohnHowell

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About JohnHowell

I am a professional software developer with over 20 years of experience. I currently specialize in Microsoft technologies such as VS, TFS, C#, VB.Net, WCF, WPF, WW, etc.

Adding my space to your space

  I’ve gotten numerous requests to add my space to other people’s spaces.  If you have a valid relevent request and you get denied, please send me a message or email and I will review your request.  Sorry to be … Continue reading

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Hug a developer…

  Ok, you people know I don’t normally do this, but ANYONE who’s been doing development for any real length of time knows this video is spot on.   Happy Coding.  

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VS2008 Beta SP1 removal

  Many of us jumped on the VS2k8 beta just as soon as we could.  And the outcome is that we have another great release of VS.  The problem is that on some machines, getting that beta off can be, … Continue reading

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Axialis IconWorkshop Lite for VS08 – FREE!!!

  Anyone that has done development on Windows has had their fair share of frustrations on getting nice icons for their application and their buttons.  I’ve used Axialis IconWorkshop on and off until a couple of years ago and have missed … Continue reading

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I’m in denial!!!

  I just can’t believe it!    Lutz Roeder is handing .NET Reflector over to Red Gate Software!!!  I know that it had to be a challenge to build and support a product for free for eight years, but this is … Continue reading

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Dictionaries and Threads

    Back on March 27th, I posted the entry "Thread synchronization with Collections".  That information came from a .Net Threading class I had taken that was taught by a very prominent .Net teacher (who’s initials are JR).   The topic came … Continue reading

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VS 2005 Test logs

Visual Studio 2008 is an absolutely incredible product.  But there are a few gotchas here and there and one just knocked me in the head.  Not a big deal, but upon first glance, if you’re in a hurry, you might … Continue reading

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The end of an era

  The Gates-Microsoft era is coming to an end today.  Thirty-three years of incredible innovation and leadership.  All of us in this industry (whether we admit it or not) owe him thanks for the great livelihood that he has generated … Continue reading

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Hyper-V RTM’d Today!!!!!!

  Hyper-V went RTM today!!!!  Everybody get up and do the virtual boogie!!!  

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Windows 2008 Server and Windows Mobile 6.0

      Just a quick update.  The problem I was having sync’ing between my Windows 2008 Server and my Windows Mobile 6.0 Treo was due to a problem in the phone, not in     the Server.  After a couple of hours … Continue reading

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