Dan Crevier's Blog
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Thoughts on Apple on Intel rumors
Rumors are flying that Apple will announce a switch to Intel processors on Monday. This wouldn't...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 06/04/2005
Avalon and Indigo Beta1 RC is now available
Avalon and Indigo Beta 1 RC is now available here. Both teams have been solidifying the programming...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 05/23/2005
Analyze your netflix rental statistics
There is a Netflix rental analysis tool available here. It has instructions on how to get your...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 05/22/2005
Patents
Wow, I got slashdotted on my patent post. I'm not entirely happy with how I handled comments in that...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 05/18/2005
MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search has been released
Why does Microsoft always choose big long names for everything? Anyway, the MSN Search Toolbar, blah...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 05/17/2005
The difference in wildcard expansion between Windows and unix/Macintosh
This one took a little getting used to when switching from the Macintosh to Windows. On unix...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 05/15/2005
Ouch, my Tivo died
The hard drive on my Tivo was making some bad sounds. Finally I saw this: Ouch! I have one of the...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 05/15/2005
Visual Studio expansions
Mitch Denny describes Visual Studio expansions. This is a really nice feature in VS 2005 that lets...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 04/16/2005
Another ex-MacBU Development Manager is blogging
Kenny Wolf is now blogging here. Kenny was the Development Manager in Redmond while I was...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 04/12/2005
How Google maps works
Joel Webber analyzed how Google maps works and posted about it here. They did an awesome job doing...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 02/09/2005
Process Explorer 9.0 is out
I wrote about the previous release here. Here's what's new in 9.0: System information dialog has...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 02/08/2005
Amazon Prime
I went to Amazon today and they have a new "Amazon Prime" service where you pay $79/year and get...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 02/02/2005
Extending MSN desktop search
MSN desktop search leverages existing Windows content indexing technologies. In particular,...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 01/06/2005
Microsoft Antispyware beta is out!
You can download it here. Wow! The product was just acquired from GIANT 3 weeks ago. In that time...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 01/06/2005
My favorite x-box games of 2004
Note: These are my favorites that I actually played. It's not meant to be any sort of comprehensive...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 01/03/2005
64-bit support in Tiger
Apple recently posted an article on 64-bit support in Tiger. It looks like only a few libraries are...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 12/23/2004
Microsoft acquires anti-spyware company Giant
Press release here. A beta is supposed to be released within a month. This is great news, spyware is...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 12/16/2004
Error handling in Microsoft SQL stored procedures is gross!
I'm doing some SQL stored procedure programming for the first time. The error handling is really,...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 12/14/2004
Generating an RSS feed with XmlSerializer, ASP.NET and C#
I wanted to play around with creating a simple RSS feed from an ASP.NET page. I looked around for...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 12/13/2004
New MSN Toolbar including Desktop search now available!
Read more and watch the video at channel9 or just download it from https://beta.toolbar.msn.com/....
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 12/13/2004
The best UI for reading blogs
Dare Obasajo recently posted about the drawbacks of Outlook style UI for reading blogs. He says it's...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 12/10/2004
My first patent!
Speaking of auto complete, I got my first patent! It's some email address autocomplete stuff from my...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 12/10/2004
Google Suggest is cool!
Google labs released Google Suggest today. It basically does auto complete as you type in your...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 12/10/2004
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II gets a good review
IGN gives KOTOR II a good review. I really enjoyed the first one. I was almost hoping the sequel...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 12/06/2004
New C# features - my criteria for evaluation
I've been gaining experience with some of the new C# 2.0 features and am planning to post on a few...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 12/05/2004
My MSN Space
I created an MSN space at https://spaces.msn.com/members/dancrevier/.
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 12/05/2004
New version of Process Explorer is available
A new version of Process Explorer (8.60) is now available. Here's what's new (taken from the linked...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 12/05/2004
Winter Fun Pack 2004 for Windows XP
A free Winter Fun Pack is now available for Windows XP through the Windows Genuine Advantage...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 12/04/2004
Windows Internet Explorer Security Update available (unless you are running XP SP2)
If you aren't running XP SP 2, there's an IE security update available. Presumably, the easiest way...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 12/01/2004
New stuff from MSN
MSN spaces is now live. I guess it's been in beta in Japan for a while, but now it's available more...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 12/01/2004
I'm giving up Tivo (kinda)
I've been a happy Tivo user since 1999 when my wife and I got one of the original models. We later...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 11/30/2004
Web Messenger is very cool!
MSN Web Messenger is now online at https://webmessenger.msn.com (okay, it's been online for a while,...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 11/30/2004
Automating iTunes .NET is now easier!
Back in May, I posted about Automating/scripting iTunes on Windows. I noted how it would be easier...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 11/30/2004
Tech Preview of Avalon on XP now available
See https://msdn.microsoft.com/Longhorn/understanding/pillars/avalon/avnov04ctp/default.aspx.
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 11/20/2004
Refactoring and performance
I'm currently reading Test Driven Development in Microsoft .NET. There's a lot of stuff in the book...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 10/23/2004
Get a taste of Visual C# Express
Dan Fernandez points to a tutorial on Visual C# Express that lets you walk through creating a simple...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 10/23/2004
Potential Malware for the Mac
Macintouch is covering a report of malware. Sounds like it might not be real, but you should make...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 10/23/2004
Interview with Mac RSS aggregator authors on drunkenblog
Drunkenblog has an interview with Mac RSS aggregator authors. It's interesting to see their...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 10/19/2004
WMPlugins.com
WMPlugins.com is a great resource for customizing Windows Media Player.
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 10/17/2004
Unit testing .NET code
Unit testing is a very effective way to test code and find errors as early as possible. It also...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 10/14/2004
Mac Office 2004 Service Pack 1 released
Office 2004 includes an auto update mechanism, so you should be alerted of the update in the next...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 10/12/2004
Notepad2 is great!
There were a series of blog posts about notepad2 a few months back. I downloaded it at the time, but...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 10/09/2004
Great post from Omar on Virtual PC 7
Omar just posted a great overview of the work done on Virtual PC 7 for the Mac. It's a great...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 10/09/2004
Get pi/2% off at Amazon if you use a9.com
If you register yourself with Amazon's https://a9.com search engine, you'll start getting π/2%...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 09/17/2004
iTunes, WMP, iPod, iTMS and choice
There's been lots of discussion following the release of Windows Media Player 10 regarding choice....
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 09/12/2004
Unit testing in Visual Studio Team System
I've been playing with the unit testing in Visual Studio Team System (documented here), and it's...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 09/11/2004
Fiddler - an awesome tool for viewing/debugging HTTP traffic
Fiddler is a great little tool for viewing HTTP traffic on your machine. It sets up a debugging...
Author: Dan Crevier Date: 09/08/2004