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XNA Open House Pictures, and the XNA Acronym
As Major Nelson mentioned in his blog post, XNA had an open house on Monday night at the Xbox...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 12/13/2006
Sara Ford shows off the Scrolling LED Belt Buckle
Last week, Clint published the Coding4Fun Holiday Gift Guide 2006 and I spammed some internal...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 12/13/2006
Announcing Microsoft Robotics Studio RTM
Congratulations to the Microsoft Robotics Studio team for RTM'ing! Non-Commercial Use: Robotics...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 12/13/2006
XNA Game Studio Express RTM'd - Create Pong on your Xbox
Congratulations to the XNA team for getting XNA Game Studio Express out the door! You can Download...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 12/11/2006
Successfully Installed Windows Vista Ultimate
As a dogfooder who tried Windows the Vista Beta, man has this product come a long way. Kudos to the...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 11/16/2006
Virtual Earth 3D Launched
I've been having lots of fun navigating the Virtual Earth 3D world, kudos to them for building a...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 11/10/2006
Visual Studio Express - Happy One Year Anniversary!
Updated to include the new SkinCraft Light free control (see below) and the correct RTM Express...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 11/07/2006
DevDiv Hotfix Public Availability Program
As many customers, like Frans Bouma and many others have pointed out, its too hard to get a hotfix...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 11/02/2006
Coding4Fun v2 is now up!
It's alive! Thanks again to everyone who helped vote on the redesign, we are now officially live!...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 11/02/2006
MicroSpeak: Lightswitch Shift
Lightswitch Shift: A unit of measurement for how long your workday is, defined as at least 14 hours....
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 11/02/2006
Coding4Fun v2 Update: Final Designs
Thanks again to the 160+ of you who voted on the Coding4Fun redesign! As you know, the Glass design...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 10/19/2006
VS Express New Partner Announcements: Z-Wave Home Automation & Flight Simulator X
Last week, at Digital Life, we announced two new partnerships which expand the reach of hobbyist and...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 10/18/2006
SQL Server Express on Vista
The SQL Server Express team has published how to get SSE working on Windows Vista.
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 10/18/2006
Coding4Fun - Round 1 Voting is in!
Round 1 of voting for the Coding4Fun Redesign is over and thank you for the 120+ of you who let your...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 09/28/2006
Vote Today For Your Favorite Coding4Fun Redesign
As I mentioned in my previous post, we are redesigning Coding4Fun and we want you to help choose...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 09/20/2006
XNA Game Studio Express Download Now Available
It's alive!!! Start downloading now. You will need to download Visual C# 2005 Express Edition to...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 08/30/2006
Warcraft "Motivational" Posters
I just discovered these.... love them! Epic Loot 50 DKP Minus Talent Review PVE Servers my defensive...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 08/25/2006
Application Development Meets American Idol
The MadeInExpress entries are in and now the voting starts! While the grand prize will be decided by...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 08/18/2006
Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1 Available
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Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 08/16/2006
Create your own Xbox 360 games with XNA Game Studio Express
Big news, the XNA team today announced a new product, XNA Game Studio Express, designed to enable...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 08/14/2006
Dan's Events: July, August, September
I've been hustling and bustling, spreading the word about Visual Studio Express as usual. July 21...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 08/11/2006
Response: Visual Studio should be part of Windows
Jeroen van den Bos somewhat recently penned a blog post where he made the case for adding Visual...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 08/10/2006
The Hobbyist Renaissance at Microsoft
- Updated to include Windows Home Server which is now public* Updated list to include XNA Game...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 08/10/2006
C# Book Market bigger than Java?
[from Kent who found this on Tim O'Reilly's blog] As you can see, the gains of C#, mentioned above,...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 07/28/2006
Virtual PC 2004 is now free...what's it mean?
The Virtual PC team today announced that Virtual PC will now be free! Download Source: Digg For...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 07/12/2006
Groove is in the Heart - DIY Disco Dance Floor
File this under the coolest use of C# ever...Clint Rutkas, rock star, built a homemade LED Disco...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 06/30/2006
Follow up stories - 2004, 2005, 2006
July 2004 - The Seattle Air Conditioning Lie - Another summer, another big increase in the number of...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 06/27/2006
Microsoft Robotics Studio CTP Now Available
The world for hobbyist and enthusiast developers just got a little more interesting today with the...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 06/20/2006
Justice 2.0 - How not to steal a Sidekick
If you haven't heard about this story, you should take a minute out of your day to read Evan...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 06/08/2006
Visual Studio for Data
I know I’m way late on this one, but it’s a great one, and that’s the announcement of Visual Studio...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 06/07/2006
RSS Screensaver Mod using Windows RSS Platform
This is very cool, the RSS Team blog has a mod of the original Visual Studio RSS Screensaver...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 06/07/2006
Why am I losing data when debugging SQL Server Express?
This question comes up frequently enough (exhibit A), that I thought I should blog about it to help...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 05/26/2006
Americans no longer paying for the Spanish-American War
Did you know that we've been paying for it the last 108 years through a federal phone excise tax of...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 05/26/2006
E3 Reactions on the Web
I’ve been on vacation but been totally fascinated by the blogosphere news on E3, but it sounds like...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 05/18/2006
Learn how to create classic arcade games using Express
The year was 1972, bell bottoms were all the rage, the US was in Vietnam, The Price is Right...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 05/16/2006
What does "simplified menu options and defaults" for Express mean?
[This question came up recently on an internal DL so I thought I would elaborate] On the Visual...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 05/10/2006
Learn How to Mod Mech Commander 2: 3-Part Webcast
As I blogged about earlier, and as was mentioned on Slashdot and Digg, Mech Commander 2 is available...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 05/01/2006
MSDN Events - Coming to a city near you
At Maker Faire, I got to meet the local guys from SVC who came to help out at the booth, including...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 05/01/2006
Updated 101 VB and C# samples using Visual Studio 2005 Now Available
Link: 101 Samples There's a lot new in the .NET Framework 2.0 and one of the toughest things we had...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 04/26/2006
Visual Studio 2005 Express Announcements!
Dear Visual Studio Express community, We are incredibly excited to announce that effective April...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 04/19/2006