Donkblog
Adventures into the world of amateurgramming. I'll leave the programming to the professionals.
Broken theme in Windows Live Writer? You can fix it!
One of the nice things about Windows Live Writer is that lets you edit your blog in the same style...
Date: 08/16/2009
It is helpful to know what success is before you can accomplish it.
Last weekend I took a safety class to get my motorcycle license. At the end of the class you...
Date: 05/29/2009
Windows Live Writer Tip #11 – Insert Image from Web on Windows 7
During the very late stages of development for the last version of Windows Live Writer we found a...
Date: 05/20/2009
Windows Live Writer Tips #10 – Keyboard Shortcuts
Sometimes, you can be just in the groove when typing your blog entry, and the last thing you want to...
Date: 05/20/2009
How to enable verbose logging in Windows Live Writer
Users can enable verbose logging in Windows Live Writer which will cause the application to log some...
Date: 05/19/2009
Windows Live Writer Tip #9 – Quickly Inserting Videos
So you’ve found a great video on YouTube (or SoapBox) and you want to share that video with your...
Date: 05/04/2009
Windows Live Writer Tips #8 – Add Features to Live Writer Using Plug-ins
Like a lot of programs, there are always some things that Live Writer doesn’t do that you’d like it...
Date: 05/01/2009
Windows Live Writer Tips #7 – Blog This
Sometimes you can be on a webpage and think, this is great, I’d like to blog about this. Well, if...
Date: 04/27/2009
The most successful shared components used internally at Microsoft.
Recently, I reflected on all the cross team components we depend on for Windows Live Writer. ...
Date: 04/22/2009
Windows Live Writer Tip #6 – Inserting Quotes
Today starts a mini series within the Windows Live Writer Tip series where the tips are written by...
Date: 04/22/2009
Windows Live Writer Tip #5 – Linking to old posts.
Its pretty common that bloggers want to link back to an old post. Instead of going to the browser...
Date: 04/20/2009
Windows Live Writer Tip #4 – © and ® Characters
From inside of Windows Live Writer you can easily add a copyright or registered symbol using...
Date: 04/19/2009
Why doesn’t Windows Live Writer have ‘find and replace’?
One of the most requested features of Windows Live Writer is ‘find and replace’. This is the...
Date: 04/16/2009
Windows Live Writer Tip #3 – Turn on real time word count
Many users have found the word count feature until the “Tools” menu. It is possible to turn on...
Date: 04/09/2009
Windows Live Writer Tip #2 – Force Category Refresh
It is possible the categories on your blog can get out of sync with your blog. This will most...
Date: 04/08/2009
Preview for content that doesn’t exist should be outlawed.
Michigan State, my alma mater, beat University of Connecticut to advance to the NCAA championship...
Date: 04/04/2009
Windows Live Writer Tip #1 – Auto-save
Windows Live Writer has an automatic save feature. This is different then “Auto-Recover” which...
Date: 04/02/2009
Courier New hates me! - Font 'Courier New' does not support style 'Regular'
In the past month there have been 3 reports from users that Windows Live Writer will not start...
Date: 03/31/2009
Seating Charts are Important
In grade school, classroom seating charts always felt so restrictive. It always bothered me...
Date: 01/30/2009
Anatomy of a Tech Pundit’s Blog Post
I like to find out what people are saying about Windows Live Writer, I guess it is a guilty pleasure...
Date: 12/31/2008
It might cost you to be popular.
Earlier today I grabbed some of the Apple Usage App Store data from Charles Teague. I wanted to see...
Date: 12/19/2008
Blog This in Windows Live Writer :: Firefox Add-ons
We have released an updated extension for Firefox that lets you launch Windows Live Writer from the...
Date: 12/12/2008
Windows Live Writer and YouTube a match made in… well not Heaven
With our last beta release of Windows Live Writer we included a new feature to upload videos...
Date: 11/18/2008
Only Microsoft can make something so simple this complex.
By the end of reading this post you will either think: Wow, Microsoft really wants a great...
Date: 09/18/2008
That’s the Reason Not the Solution
I have seen this come up a lot in in my lifetime, long before I got into computers and software...
Date: 08/25/2008
Zemanta – Well That's a Fun Little Tool
Image via Wikipedia Zemanta recently released a new plugin for Windows Live Writer. It opens...
Date: 08/20/2008
Windows Live Writer – Technical Preview Available
https://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/default.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0 We just shipped our...
Date: 06/02/2008
Windows 7 – First Demo Video
Date: 05/28/2008
Plain text just doesn’t cut it sometimes – Windows Live Writer
In the past month I have seen a few blogs discuss that Windows Live Writer sends credentials to the...
Date: 05/22/2008
A little early, but who is keeping score? Timers!
I ran into a problem the other day at work where I had put in an assert to verify that a timer I was...
Date: 04/28/2008
Winform Boy in a WPF World - Window Handle
I was fiddling with some WPF stuff the other day and I needed the handle to the form. Windows...
Date: 04/11/2008
Test Post With Picture
Just trying a test post with a picture, most people can ignore. Though,...
Date: 03/28/2008
Data Portability – I Guess It Wasn’t All Paperwork After All
Windows Live has teamed with Facebook, Bebo, Tagged, LinkedIn, and Hi5 to share contact information...
Date: 03/25/2008
.NET Is NOT Magic But It Is Darn Close - Integer Overflows
Integer overflows happen when an operation is performed on an numeric type that causes it to go over...
Date: 03/24/2008
GetType() or 'is' keyword?
Sometimes you might run into a case where you want to know the type of an object you are dealing...
Date: 03/17/2008
Not All Code Render Blocks Are Created Equal - Part 1
There are 2 types main types of render blocks. On one hand there are <%= %> style render...
Date: 03/14/2008
Wow, That's Pretty and Easy - AutoUpgradeEnabled for Open File Dialog
When you use the OpenFileDialog to allow your users to select files there are actually different...
Date: 03/13/2008
Assembly Version - Odds and Ends
What's the Assembly Version Good For? Using assembly version is a wonderful way for someone...
Date: 03/11/2008
PathInfo - Url Rewriting for the Simple
Request.PathInfo gives you what is past the file name but before '?' which starts the query...
Date: 03/10/2008
Lazy Loading for the Lazy Coder
Lazy loading in properties is very common. It is a relativity simple concept of only loading...
Date: 03/07/2008
Url Encoding, It's Not Just For Breakfast Anymore
I overheard two of my coworkers the other day talking about it and I actually ran into it myself the...
Date: 03/06/2008
Singularity Is Now Shared Source!
Singularity the C# operating system with many new and cool ideas. And it has finally gone...
Date: 03/05/2008
The Dangers Of Exception Based Logic Part 2 - Filesystem Interaction
I have often time seen filesystem interaction code that heavily depends on exception handling. ...
Date: 03/04/2008
The Dangers Of Exception Based Logic Part 1 - Parsing Integers
Exception based logic is one of those things that actually makes me cringe when I see it. ...
Date: 03/03/2008
'Alt Tab' for Visual Studio
Alt+tab is a common operation for Windows users. Once a user masters the skill they can...
Date: 02/29/2008
Get Your Windows Live Hotmail In Outlook
If you have a Windows Live Hotmail Account you can actually check your email in Outlook with the...
Date: 02/28/2008
Checking Return Values Without Saving Them
Often times I will be debugging some code and I want to see a return value of a function; but the...
Date: 02/27/2008
It Is Nice To Be At The Top Of The Food Chain
The Back Story A very long time ago, maybe it was even as much as 2 years ago now, I wanted to...
Date: 02/26/2008