Stephen Toub
.NET, MSDN Magazine, and other Adventures in Life
My Least Favorite Day of the Year
I’m an honest person. I value truth, sincerity, and candor. I appreciate people who are honest with...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 04/01/2006
Sudoku article on MSDN
My Sudoku article on MSDN is live at Microsoft Sudoku: Optimizing UMPC Applications for Touch and...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 03/31/2006
Sudoku code now available!
I'm happy to announce that the code for Microsoft Sudoku for the Tablet PC and Ultra-Mobile PC is...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 03/30/2006
Sudoku... want the code?
In my last post I talked about the implementation of Sudoku we created for the Tablet PC and the...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 03/09/2006
Sudoku for the Tablet PC
In July of 2005, I was visiting my brother and my college roommate John in London. While there, John...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 03/09/2006
April 2006 MSDN Magazine now online
The April 2006 issue of MSDN Magazine is now available online at...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 03/08/2006
TechNet Magazine March•April 2006 now online
The March•April 2006 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online at...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 02/28/2006
MSDN Magazine RSS feeds
I've had several people recently ask me if it would be possible for MSDN Magazine to expose RSS...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 02/13/2006
March 2006 MSDN Magazine now online
The March 2006 issue of MSDN Magazine is now available online at...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 02/10/2006
Visual Studio 2005 Guided Tour
2005 was a truly exciting year for us here at MSDN Magazine. We launched a new magazine. We covered...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 01/20/2006
Web Development Job!
Looking for a challenge? Want to own the responsibility for communicating with over 500,000...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 01/19/2006
February 2006 MSDN Magazine now online
The February 2006 issue of MSDN Magazine is now available online at...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 01/09/2006
Write Articles for MSDN Magazine
MSDN Magazine is always on the look out for talented developers and writers looking to get their...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 01/09/2006
MSJ Scam
First, a bit of history on MSJ, as taken from the MSJ archive at https://www.microsoft.com/msj/:...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 01/06/2006
TechNet Magazine January•February 2006 now online
The January•February 2006 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online at...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 01/03/2006
January 2006 MSDN Magazine now online
The January 2006 issue of MSDN Magazine is now available online at...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 12/13/2005
TechNet Magazine November-December 2005
I forgot to post this when it came out, but the November-December 2005 issue of TechNet Magazine is...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 11/20/2005
December 2005 MSDN Magazine now online
The December 2005 issue of MSDN Magazine is now available online at...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 11/08/2005
DevConnections
Heading to Las Vegas today for DevConnections. If you're attending the conference and are interested...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 11/06/2005
Position Changer Add-In updated for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2
Today, the Media Center team released Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (you...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 10/14/2005
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2
Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 was released today! Get it while it's hot....
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 10/14/2005
November 2005 MSDN Magazine now online
Interested in security? Of course you are! The November 2005 special security issue of MSDN Magazine...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 10/11/2005
Donate To American Red Cross Hurricane Relief To Enter Raffle...
Charlie Owen from the Media Center team is raffling off a bunch of prizes (Visual Studio 2005,...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 09/23/2005
Safely hosting untrusted add-ins with the .NET Framework 2.0
Shawn Farkas wrote a great article for the November 2005 security issue of MSDN Magazine in which he...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 09/22/2005
Using MediaState.dll with GAC'd Add-Ins
Update (10/14/2005): MediaState.dll in the new SDK released today is signed. You can download it at...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 09/20/2005
Want to write for MSDN Magazine?
Interested in writing an article for MSDN Magazine? We're always looking for new and interesting...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 09/19/2005
October 2005 MSDN Magazine now online
The October 2005 issue of MSDN Magazine is now available online at...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 09/13/2005
Reliability in the .NET Framework
Last week, we put the finishing touches on the October 2005 issue of MSDN Magazine, now at the...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 08/16/2005
September 2005 MSDN Magazine now online
The September 2005 issue of MSDN Magazine is now available online at...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 08/09/2005
Urinetown
For anyone living or vacationing near Lake Michigan this summer and looking to see a great show,...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 07/17/2005
Having trouble viewing MSDN Magazine CHM files?
A few readers have commented to me that they've been having trouble recently viewing the CHM files...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 07/13/2005
August 2005 issue of MSDN Magazine now online
The August 2005 issue of MSDN Magazine is now available online at...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 07/12/2005
July 2005 MSDN Magazine now online
The July 2005 issue of MSDN Magazine is now available online at...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 06/14/2005
Edit DVR-MS Metadata
I was asked earlier this week if I knew of any tools that would let one easily edit the metadata...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 05/12/2005
June 2005 MSDN Magazine now online
The June 2005 issue of MSDN Magazine is now available online at...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 05/10/2005
MSDN Magazine 2004 CD
Forgot to mention this earlier, but for those of you who like to take the magazine with you wherever...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 05/05/2005
TechNet Magazine Spring 2005 Now Online!
The Spring 2005 issue of TechNet Magazine is now online. Check it out! The previous issue is still...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 05/03/2005
Time Travel with Media Center
One of the features I've wanted for a while now in Media Center is the ability to easily jump around...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 04/19/2005
May 2005 MSDN Magazine now online!
The May 2005 issue of MSDN Magazine is now available online at...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 04/12/2005
Want to work for Microsoft in NYC?
My team, which creates MSDN Magazine and TechNet Magazine, is looking for a Developmental Editor and...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 04/09/2005
April 2005 MSDN Magazine now online!
The April 2005 issue of MSDN Magazine (the 20th anniversary edition) is now available online at...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 03/15/2005
Fun with DVR-MS Follow-up
I've received some very nice feedback on my DVR-MS article... I'm glad people are finding it so...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 03/04/2005
Fun with DVR-MS
My latest article for MSDN Online is now available at Fun with DVR-MS! A bit on the long side, but...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 03/02/2005
When (a+b)+c != a+(b+c)...
In a discussion of C# this weekend, someone said (a+(b+c)) is the same as ((a+b)+c) when a,b,c are...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 02/28/2005
John Keefe
I try to keep this blog about Microsoft, MSDN Magazine, and .NET (when I remember to post to it at...
Author: Stephen Toub - MSFT Date: 02/23/2005