Wes' Puzzling Blog
... trying to solve the puzzles of .NET
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Moving to Community Server
I have decided that I want to move my blog to my own site and I'm going to be running Community Server as the backend. Currently I'm working on skinning the site. I have finished skinning the blog but I'm working on the forum and other parts right now. I wish everything within Community Server had a similar structure as the blog skinning, i.e. a layout template. I really hate duplicating stuff I want Master Pages! That is why I decided to use Paul Wilson's version of Master Pages. The only thing is doing that causes me to change every .aspx page in Community Server to use the Master Page Template. I guess that is better than changing them all everytime I want a structural change in my site.
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Enable Remote Desktop Remotely!
I don't know how many times I've installed Windows, unhooked the monitor and keyboard, then tried to Remote Desktop in...and nothing, because I hadn't turned on Remote Desktop. I did it again today and quickly found a great answer: a single registry value! Check it out:
Windows Server Hacks: Remotely Enable Remote Desktop -
ObjectDock
Who else out there likes a dock better than the standard windows taskbar? I have been using StarDock's ObjectDock for a few weeks now and I think I'm sold. I have hidden my taskbar and I only run a single visible dock at the bottom center of my screen.
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Looking for a new place to live? Check out Google Maps/Craigslist combo.
Wayne posted about a google maps/craigslist combination web application that he found out about from Greg which is totally awesome.
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TopDesk - Awesome task switcher
After playing around with TopDesk for a little while I'm about ready to pay my $9.95 to buy it. I just want to use it a couple days to make sure it works properly on my machine configuration. If you don't like the standard Alt-Tab task switcher you should definitely give this a trail run.
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Open with Notepad - Context Menu option for all files
If you are like me then a lot of times you want to use notepad to quickly open and look at files. Some files you can choose the Open With > Notepad but not all file and particularly not for files with no extension. My solution is to add a context menu option "Open with Notepad" to all file types including files with no extension.
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nContract
My thesis is now officially uploaded to Virginia Tech's ETD Digital Library.
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Passed my thesis defense
Well I made it! As I posted last week I had my thesis defense last Monday and I passed Yeaaaaaaaa! I just submitted my final thesis draft to my advisor and assuming he approves it I will be done with my thesis. At which point I will post it to my blog for all those who are interested. I will also eventually post summaries of it. So for those of you who are interested in nContract just hang in there a little longer the content will be coming soon.
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nContract - My MS Thesis Defense
Well next monday (3/21/05) is the big day. I will be defending my MS thesis titled "nContract - Creating Configurable Run-Time Contract Verification for .NET Components".
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Answers.com
I just happened to run across answers.com today and I must say I'm impressed. I also installed their 1-click Answers program which allows you to ALT-Click any word in any program on your screen for information about that word. It also suggests word spellings which comes in handy for bad spellers like me. If you haven't already tried this out I recommend taking a look.