Part of the fun of writing programs is hearing about the unique and interesting ways they get used. Here’s an example: I work as an automation services assistant, which is just a fancy term for IT tech, at the Rochester Public Library in...

I’ve had sporadic reports about Desk Drive crashing when removing flash drives. With a help of few users, I think I’ve fixed this little gremlin at last. May it rest in peace. The default settings exclude the A:\ drive now. This change will only...

Programming Local Variables Are Evil (or Just Irritating) | .NET Zone MEF has landed in Silverlight 4. We come in the name of extensibility. - Glenn Block The concept of Covariance and Contravariance in .Net 4.0 CuttingEdge.Conditions...

One of the best and easiest speed improvements you can make to your Internet connection is to use OpenDNS.com. I’ve blogged about this incredible (and free) service before but a recent announcement makes it even better. SmartCache, OpenDNS's...

AdSensor is a Windows 7 Sidebar gadget that tracks your AdSense earnings. This update fixes a few minor issues. The background colors can be changed using the mouse scroll-wheel. Actually, you could do it with the earlier version but it wasn’t...