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Exhaustion
ExhaustionI'm physically exhausted from work and continuous sleep deprivation...you know it's bad...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 04/14/2004
Eric Rudder blogs on Sun/Microsoft announcement
Eric Rudder, who's my managers, managers, managers, managers, manager, blogs about the Sun/Microsoft...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 04/13/2004
Disclaimer
DisclaimerThe information in this weblog is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 04/02/2004
Sun and Microsoft to work together
**Updated x2 **Update just for Dare I'm glad this story is coming on April 2nd :)...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 04/02/2004
Changes to C# and .NET Framework
Eric points out some of the new syntax changes we’ve made in C# 2.0 for FCLC compliance. These...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 04/01/2004
Go with the flow (layout)
Jeff Key has a handy tip on removing the /// comments for the default C# project templates in VS...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 03/30/2004
More coverage on C# 2.0 features
Juval has a great article in this month's MSDN magazine on iterators, anonymous methods and partial...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 03/29/2004
Real world mechs?
Any MechAssault fan should appreciate this 12' “robot” coming out of Japan. How much...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 03/25/2004
ASP.NET is on a Tear!!
Wow! Thomas Lewis who works on the ASP.NET evangelism team (and who recently gave me some good...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 03/24/2004
VS 2005 Community Tech Previews
As many of you know, and as I had gotten feedback from other postings, our developer division is...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 03/23/2004
Dumb Idea or Good Idea?
One of the most often used terms you hear in a meeting at Microsoft is “that's the dumbest...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 03/16/2004
The 17 year plague returns
Do you remember 1987? In the US, Whitney Houston's “I want to dance with somebody“ and U2's “With or...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 03/16/2004
Anson Horton shows off Refactoring Smart Tags
Anson (RSS) has started blogging and he includes screenshots that show off some of the new Smart...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 03/15/2004
Cool App: Onfolio
Scoble points out OnFolio. I downloaded and I think its awesome. I have a ton of favorites (300+)...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 03/15/2004
Visual Studio 2005 = "Whidbey"
I'm probably the last person to blog about this, but in case you didn't know, Whidbey will...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 03/13/2004
Catching up
So much to do, so little time... I was in Miami last weekend for the Winter Music Conference...lots...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 03/13/2004
Movieokie
Fox News (via Slashdot) has coverage on Movieokie - the idea with Movieokie is just like Karoake,...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 03/04/2004
JetBrains ReSharper
JetBrains, the creators of the IntelliJ IDEA Java development tool, have an early release version of...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 02/26/2004
MSDN TV on Visual C# "Whidbey"
Visual C# Whidbey really does rock, don't believe me? I'll show you in this MSDN TV episode. Things...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 02/20/2004
Visualizer Heaven
One of the features that I'm most looking forward to in Visual Studio “Whidbey” is...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 02/20/2004
Who has the most Google blocks?
As most of you probably know, companies like Google, Yahoo, and MSN have created their own Internet...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 02/19/2004
Good Question on WMA support for Windows Forms
J. Daniel Smith in the comments to my last post writes:“ Why doesn't the new Sound control...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 02/19/2004
Embedding sound files into a Windows app (Whidbey)
I have to confess: I've been coding again...its my one escape from the 104 flagged emails that need...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 02/19/2004
Java Applets running on the .NET Framework
Brian Keller points out the newly released J# Browser Controls 1.1b beta. If you have the source...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 02/16/2004
New C# Blogger
Shaykat Chadhuri from the C# team has started blogging. Subscribed :) Shaykat is also in charge of...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 02/13/2004
Brian Keller's back in the blogging seat
It looks like Brian's blogging again, and he has some fascinating gossip on Barbie and Ken's breakup...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 02/12/2004
C# on Slashdot x2
**Changed title for correctness :) In case you didn't see this, Slashdot has two discussions on the...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 02/10/2004
Robert Green's blogging
Robert Green from the Visual Basic team has started blogging, should be some interesting stuff on...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 02/10/2004
TreeView in Arabic
In the Q&A after my ASP.NET talks at MDC, someone asked whether the new ASP.NET 2.0 TreeView...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 02/04/2004
Convert J2EE code to C# & the .NET Framework
As Duncan points out, the Java Language Conversion Assistant, version 3.0 is now in an open beta....
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 02/04/2004
Playing with Partial Types
I've been playing around with Partial Types in Visual Studio “Whidbey“ after a developer...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 02/02/2004
Everything you ever wanted to know about JLCA
Travis Bright from the JLCA team has started a blog. Should be lots of good info on migrating Java...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 02/02/2004
Articles on Visual C# Whidbey
Below are some recently released articles on C# Whidbey, definitely check them out Three Cool New...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 02/01/2004
Language Research
Recently winnetmag posted this piece on C# and Xen (X#) and I felt like I had to respond. Just What...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 01/30/2004
Whidbey Chronicles on Whitehorse
The latest Whidbey Chronicles installment on “Whitehorse” is now available for download,...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 01/30/2004
Slashnot
Not sure if others have seen this yet, but this is pretty funny - www.slashnot.com
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 01/30/2004
Andy Retires
As some of you may already know, Andy, the original C# mascot, has been retired. For most of you,...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 01/29/2004
MSDN Resources on C#
Duncan wants to know what are some good questions to get to know the C# MVPs? Everyone points out...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 01/29/2004
Back from MDC 2004
The Middle East Developer's Conference was lots of fun, I only wish I had more time to enjoy Egypt....
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 01/29/2004
More MS Bloggers
I'm still catching up on all things blogging, but since British Airways gave me access to a computer...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 01/24/2004
MSBuild - Whidbey Chronicles
The newest MSDN TV installment, MSBuild, has recently been added. You're probably saying to...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 01/24/2004
Ask and you shall receive
[I can't post much right now as our entire team is working their tails off for events like Envision,...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 01/19/2004
Upcoming Events
This week's been super busy, and I'm probably not going to have any free or personal time. I won't...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 01/14/2004
Holiday & New Year's recap
I realized I haven't blogged for a while, and I needed to at least mention my geeky Christmas gifts....
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 01/13/2004
Blog now at blogs.msdn.com/danielfe/
Sara Williams rocks, but that's beside the point...My blog is now available at...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 01/09/2004
New Blogging Home
** Updated with correct link (thanks Aaron!)** As the Microsoft blogger diaspora continues, I'm...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 12/22/2003
Holiday Shopping Resources on the web
This is my first post to weblogs.asp.net and it looks like .text has a bunch of cool features. So...
Author: Dan Fernandez - MSFT Date: 12/22/2003