XP SP2, and Smallest Executables

Microsoft tech writers explain in this downloadable document (539 kb) some of the biggest changes on tap Windows XP Service Pack 2 — the first beta of which is due for unveiling any day now. [via Neowin] A few days back, I was wondering how small can a binary executable…

Mono Live!

mo8il?seems to be one of the first real & live?ASP.NET application powered by Mono. [Via Miguel]…

Mystic Microsoft

Spiritual Transformation in the Halls of High Technology – Kraig Brockschmidt, former employee of Microsoft wrote this draft copy for his (new) book. Not sure if its been published yet or not but its very interesting. Its not about MS’s products or about?arguments?over Linux/OpenSource etc.…

Craftsmanship

Joel Spolsky has a very interesting new article on (Software) Craftsmanship?where he?rightly?points-out — “Writing code is not production, it’s not always craftsmanship (though it can be), it’s design.” Also, Amit Kalani has written some preparation books for the MCAD and MCSD…

Web Server Usage Survey and Comparator

Port80 Surveys the Top 1000 Corporations’ Web Servers versus Netcraft Web Server Survey. So who’s winning? Vasanth Dharmaraj presents Comparator – a slick tool (written in .NET, source code available) to preview a web site in IE and Mozilla at the same time.…

.NET Tools and BizTalk

A friend from work sent me this list of Companion Tools for .NET development. For anyone into BizTalk (2002 or 2004b), you must checkout the BizTalk User Group. Its a growing community with lots of technical articles, whitepapers, tools?and jobs. I had some training on BizTalk about 1.5…