Sorting C# Enum.GetValue(…)

This one caused me a bit of frustration.  Enum.GetValue(…) returns a non-generic Array.  I tried all manner of ways to sort it (short of writing my own quicksort).  If I typed Enum.GetValue(…).OrderBy, there is no OrderBy. Continue reading

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The 32-bit version of Visual Studio Remote Debugging Monitor (MSVSMON.EXE) cannot be used to debug 64-bit processes …

I’ve gotten used to manually starting IISExpress instead of using [F5] in Visual Studio 2010 to start a debugging session. Whenever I need to do server-side debugging, I manually attach Visual Studio’s debugger to the IISExpress.exe process Continue reading

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Feeding Time at the O.K. Corral

They all ate together for the first time tonight with no hissing, no growling, no chasing a kitten away so their food can be Continue reading

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Lazy and Productive day…

If you ask the cats, it was a lazy day today.  Salem has finally accepted the two new annoyances… er, I mean kittens.  Smokey (in the middle) and Storm (on the right) are still shying away from human touch, but they’re starting to warm up to it. Continue reading

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XAML Tags and .NET Types

One concept I had to get my brain wrapped around when learning WPF was the tight relationship XAML tags and .NET types had.  I’ve done a lot of desktop development in the past (GDI/GDI32, User32, WinForms …), but I’ve done mostly ASP.NET development the past couple of years.  They are very different frameworks in a lot of areas (statefull vs. stateless, procedural vs. declarative, etc.).

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Test Post

Have you ever wondered what the first test post of a blog might look like? Well, wonder no more.  It’s staring you right in the face!  Don’t be frightened, it won’t bite and it’s been fed recently so it’s fairly docile at the moment.  No!  Don’t try to touch it.  First blog posts, while generally docile in nature, have been known to bite the hand that doesn’t feed them.

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