Today the next version of yaTimer went into the final testing phase, a few more days of intensive testing and the new version will be released. Version 2.2.1 is a minor service release, it contains a few bug fixes and only one new feature.

I turned trackbacks off on this blog today. I love the concept of trackbacks, every time someone reference a blog post the software automatically creates a link back in the post’s comments. It makes it easier to follow conversations and it’s a nice way to find more blogs on topic that interest you – it’s really a wonderful idea. So what’s the problem then? The system is based on trust, the blogging software will blindly add a trackback comment to whoever requests one – even if it’s a spammer. The moment spammers figured it out it was all over, lately the amount of trackback...

This is the fourth (and last) part in a series about how to get the latest look and feel for your WPF application, the previous parts are: Why am I Getting Old Style File Dialogs and Message Boxes with WPF Will Setting a Manifest Solve My WPF Message Box Style Problems? The Application Manifest Needed for XP and Vista Style File Dialogs and Message Boxes with WPF In part 3 of this series we’ve set a manifest file and almost solved our problem – we finally got rid of...

My second product StartMenuSearch for Windows XP was finally released yesterday – two weeks too late. Never underestimate how much work it takes to turn a working program into an actual product, also never underestimate how much unexpected work you’ll have to do on other unrelated projects the moment you publish a deadline for a product :-)