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Debugging XBAP applications on Vista using Visual Studio 2005

23January2007GeekTieGuy4 CommentsSoftware development, Vista, WPF

I ran into an interesting little quirk with Visual Studio 2005 on Vista yesterday. I was trying to start an XBAP debugging session from VS (using the F5 key), and none of my breakpoints got triggered. Upon exiting the IE instance that hosts PresentationHost.exe, VS considered the session as still “running”. I had set my

Ran into Dwight Silverman at Bloghaus

11January2007GeekTieGuyPersonal

On my last night at Bloghaus, I ended up sitting next to Dwight Silverman from the Houston Chronicle. He’s had some nice things to say about the HP TouchSmart PC. When I mentioned my “plug” (that I worked on the SmartCenter software), he said “Congratulations. Well done.” Thanks Dwight! I appreciate it. And, by the

Pictures from CES and Bloghaus

9January2007GeekTieGuy2 CommentsPersonal

Check out the pictures I uploaded via the connection in the bloghaus today. These are almost all the pictures I’ve taken over the course of the four days I’ve been in Las Vegas so far. http://beta.zooomr.com/photos/geektieguy

Watching the Jobs keynote at Bloghaus

9January2007GeekTieGuyPersonal

Thanks to the incredible bandwith that bloghaus has provided, Kristopher Tate from zooomr hooked us up with the Macworld keynote. He even got it up on the giant flatscreen TV. The iPhone looks really exciting. I can’t wait for it to come out to play with it. It sounds a little pricey, but considering it’s