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Monthly Archives: December 2007
Can’t Select Multiple Files in Windows Vista
Today I was trying to copy files in Windows Explorer and ran into a rather nasty little bug. Explorer wouldn’t let me select multiple files. I couldn’t Shift+Click to select a range or Ctrl+Click to select individual files. Keyboard shortcuts … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Windows Vista
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SciFi Classics
One of my friends presented me with a completely unexpected Christmas gift: a 12-DVD set called SciFi Classics. If you believe the hype on the box, this is “An instant library of some of the greatest science fiction features.” We’re … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
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Source control and formatting standards
Things get so much more complicated when your development team grows larger than one person. Not only coordinating the efforts of two or more people, but also agreeing on data structures and naming conventions, designing interfaces so that you insulate … Continue reading
Posted in Programming
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Boom!
This morning I was sitting in my office, listening to music and banging away on the keyboard like a good little programmer, when I heard a very loud BANG. The first time I heard that–a couple of weeks ago–I was … Continue reading
Posted in Oops
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Can I really ignore that warning?
When you build 64-bit .NET applications with Visual Studio, the Assembly Linker issues warning messages of the form: Assembly mscorlib.dll targets a different processor. It will issue that warning for each of the .NET runtime assemblies that your project references. … Continue reading
Posted in Idiocy, Programming
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Some useful utilities
I’ve run across a few utilities lately that I thought others might also find useful. ISO Recorder is a very handy way to create CDs or DVDs from ISO files. No frills: just a Windows shell extension that works. Right-click … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Programming
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Vista Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications
The Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista include a component called Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications, or SUA. This subsystem is also available in Windows Server 2003 R2, and will be available in Windows Server 2008 (Longhorn). SUA by itself … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Programming
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