A View from Elsewhere : December 2004

December 2004 - Posts

Old Car, New Mold

Posted Saturday, December 18, 2004 11:28 AM by johnmont

I have a 10-year-old Miata. After about eight years, the gasket around the driver's side door began to leak when it rained. Annoying, but not fatal. Recently I've noticed a slightly musty smell when I get into the car in the morning. So what to do? Rather Read More...

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Note to Self: Don't Joke About Rick Getting Me Coffee

Posted Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:38 AM by johnmont

I came in this morning to find that Rick Samona had dumped about 400 packets of office coffee in my office. Thanks, Rick. Now you can clean them up. Read More...

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Having a Cup<T>

Posted Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:20 AM by johnmont

Jason Zander, the PUM of the common language runtime team, gave me a mug a couple of weeks ago. On one side, it says ".NET Generics." On the other it says "Cup<T>." Personally, I think this is hysterical. Even though I drink coffee. Read More...

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Writing Secure Code

Posted Wednesday, December 15, 2004 4:57 PM by johnmont

One of the things that my team is responsible for is helping developers understand the importance of writing secure code and how to do it. Rick Samona has joined my team and is working with security experts like Jeff Cooperstein and Michael Howard to Read More...

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Thinking about Windows Forms and Avalon While on Vacation

Posted Wednesday, December 15, 2004 4:46 PM by johnmont

Yes, I'm a geek. Read More...

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Driven to Distraction

Posted Wednesday, December 15, 2004 11:43 AM by johnmont

Complaining about Florida drivers. Read More...

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Evaluating the i-mate SP3i Mobile Phone

Posted Tuesday, December 14, 2004 4:49 PM by johnmont

A smarter smartphone. Read More...

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Tools You Can't Live Without

Posted Wednesday, December 01, 2004 10:01 PM by johnmont

As I watch an old episode of "In a Fix" (one of those reality TV home improvement shows on TLC) and wish I were James Lundy or Andrew Dan Jumbo (actually on "While You Were Out"), I decided to help those among us who need to get their basic tools in line. Read More...

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Heading On Vacation

Posted Wednesday, December 01, 2004 9:38 PM by johnmont

I'm off to Florida to ride roller coasters and generally ignore work for 10 days. See you later! Read More...

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Windows Forms and Avalon Interop

Posted Wednesday, December 01, 2004 9:36 PM by johnmont

Internally, the Avalon and Windows Forms teams have been kicking butt on getting interop working. Here's a sample of the mail that's going around (less the embedded images): We've been working hard with the Winforms team to design the next round of features Read More...