PeteL's Blog
Product Manager, Internet Explorer, Developer Division
bug bashes
We've just started scratching the surface on Orcas on our team. We're currently in the middle of a...
Author: PeteLe Date: 01/12/2006
The Browser Icon - FavIcon.ico
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Author: PeteLe Date: 01/10/2006
Using the WebAdmin tool via IIS
This is not an officially supported scenario, but does work, and may be useful for some of you who...
Author: PeteLe Date: 12/06/2005
Web Color Swatches
One of the hardest things about making websites look good is getting colour swatches that work. So,...
Author: PeteLe Date: 12/02/2005
Simple File Handler for ASP.NET 2.0
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Author: PeteLe Date: 12/01/2005
Ottawa Launch Event Pictures
I just posted the Ottawa launch event pictures on my website. I shot film using a Holga, a first for...
Author: PeteLe Date: 11/21/2005
The Migration QA Folk Dress Up
For some reason, the two people on my team who are mostly responsible for migration both dressed up...
Author: PeteLe Date: 11/18/2005
RSS Reader Recomendations?
I'm looking for an RSS reader for the PC that will allow me to have different categories for...
Author: PeteLe Date: 11/14/2005
Answers To Common Launch Event Questions - Back In Seattle
Wow, well, I'm back in Seattle and sitting at my desk here in Redmond today, and I'm stoked. The...
Author: PeteLe Date: 11/14/2005
Ready To Rock! Launch Event In Ottawa
I just heard the Dev track here in Ottawa is so full that people are sitting on the floor! There are...
Author: PeteLe Date: 11/10/2005
Toronto - A Success; See You In Ottawa!
What a fantastic day! I'm back in my hotel after a pretty long, but very good day. Up this morning...
Author: PeteLe Date: 11/08/2005
VS Launch Tomorrow in Canada!
As I was getting ready this morning, I realized something kind of cool, and at the same time, a...
Author: PeteLe Date: 11/07/2005
T-7 Days: The First Of The Canadian Launch Events
I'm super excited to announce I'll be attending 3 of the Canadian Launch events! Toronto - November...
Author: PeteLe Date: 11/01/2005
VS Ship Party Pics
Yesterday was a pretty good day, my team signed off on VS 2005 and we had our ship party. The party...
Author: PeteLe Date: 10/22/2005
New Microsoft Technology (joke)
Well, I think today is going to be a good day! November 7th approaches very quickly, and with it,...
Author: PeteLe Date: 10/21/2005
Are You Going To A Launch Event?
With November 7th only 2 1/2 weeks away, many of the launch events are already booked, but you can...
Author: PeteLe Date: 10/20/2005
I See The Light & I'm Walking Towards It!
No, I'm not dying, and I'm not about to move groups, but as this week wraps up, a couple of really...
Author: PeteLe Date: 10/19/2005
Web Referral Tracking User Control
In my efforts to continue building my personal web sites, I wanted to see where my visitors are...
Author: PeteLe Date: 10/11/2005
Simple Theme Example (aka StyleSheetTheme)
One of the little projects that I've been working on lately is theme's and trying to start building...
Author: PeteLe Date: 10/05/2005
RSS Aggregator User Control
I think this is probably the last of the fun user controls that I created for my web sites, but this...
Author: PeteLe Date: 09/26/2005
ASP.NET 2.0 Security References
I don't like posting links to generic references all that often, though, I do admit to doing it here...
Author: PeteLe Date: 09/22/2005
Links User Control
As I mentioned in my previous post, one of the more common controls I put on my web sites is a links...
Author: PeteLe Date: 09/20/2005
My Fine Art Photography Web Site
It's alive!* https://www.BBPPhoto.com My new fine art photography web site is up and working. I've...
Author: PeteLe Date: 09/19/2005
"Contact Me" User Control
Lately I've been doing some ad-hoc on VWD, creating a few web sites, and there seem to be two pretty...
Author: PeteLe Date: 09/16/2005
Too Many Domains
Ugh, I think I just realized I have too many domains. And I'm most of them in some way at least!...
Author: PeteLe Date: 09/06/2005
Making Definition Lists Look Nice!
I've been out sick the last few days and haven't gotten to do much at work or at home, and being...
Author: PeteLe Date: 09/02/2005
What ASP.NET StyleSheet Themes Do You Want To See
One of the things I want to do before we ship is have a few style sheet themes ready for you to...
Author: PeteLe Date: 08/26/2005
"Internal RC0" Express SKU's Available!
I was reading some mail I got today, and it looks like we're in the midst of releasing the August...
Author: PeteLe Date: 08/19/2005
Web Site Syndication
One of the things thats been on my mind for a while has been to update my web site, and make it a...
Author: PeteLe Date: 08/16/2005
Great CSS References!
There was a story this morning on Slashdot talking about the test best resources for CSS and I...
Author: PeteLe Date: 08/15/2005
Creating Licensed Web Controls
I've never written a white paper before, and well, I want to at some point, so this is the start to...
Author: PeteLe Date: 08/11/2005
close your windows!
Yah, I guess they've started removing stucco. Lesson for today, close your windows when they're...
Author: PeteLe Date: 08/08/2005
TechEd Rehash
Well, TechEd Orlando has been over for almost 2 months now :( and they've just put up a whole wack...
Author: PeteLe Date: 08/08/2005
ASP.NET 2.0 Provider Toolkit Live on MSDN!
If you've read Brian's blog, you've probably already heard that we released the ASP.NET 2.0 Provider...
Author: PeteLe Date: 08/02/2005
IE 7 and its RSS Feeds
I installed IE7 on one of my play boxes last week, and I need to say, I'm impressed. There are some...
Author: PeteLe Date: 08/01/2005
Targeting IE only with CSS
I got a question from Jeff yesterday asking me about a CSS tag that he'd never seen before, and in...
Author: PeteLe Date: 07/27/2005
Web Custom Control Licensing
Do you write custom controls that have licensing requirements? If so, have you tried the Licensing...
Author: PeteLe Date: 07/26/2005
CSS Style In Web Controls
I was assigning out some MSDN bugs this afternoon when I came across an interesting one. I enjoy...
Author: PeteLe Date: 07/25/2005
nGallery Migration : completed at the end of week 2
Well, it's finally done, I've finished the nGallery migration project, and just in time too! Today...
Author: PeteLe Date: 07/22/2005
nGallery Migration : end of week 1
So I've missed a few updates on my progress on the nGallery migration I've undertaken. I've found a...
Author: PeteLe Date: 07/18/2005
nGallery Migration : Day 1
After spending a good bit of time this morning trying to figure out the whole template stuff from...
Author: PeteLe Date: 07/12/2005
Night & Low Light Colour Photography
This quarter I'm taking a night, and low light colour photography class at school and its been...
Author: PeteLe Date: 07/12/2005
HTML codes
Ever find your self trying to code the correct © or £ or even € symbols? A friend of mine posted...
Author: PeteLe Date: 07/11/2005
nGallery migration : Day 0
I started the work to migrate nGallery to ASP.NET 2.0 today, and hit several small road blocks....
Author: PeteLe Date: 07/11/2005
Tracking Mysterious Bugs
The new MSDN feedback system has been a great thing for connecting our team with our user and...
Author: PeteLe Date: 06/30/2005