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25. oktober 2007 9:58

Creating movies on Vista

So I have a movie taped on my digital camera and I want to make a relatively simple DVD out of it. Luckily for me I have Vista Ultimate with two applications I need: Windows Movie Maker and Windows DVD Maker. One is for producing movie (you know, cutting,
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23. oktober 2007 9:19

Sometimes boot and load times really matter

It is annoying when your computer takes time to boot or to load some application. Mostly it is just an annoyance. But sometimes it might be more than that: "My finger slipped on the steering wheel and I accidentally pressed the button used for the starting
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17. oktober 2007 14:15

Ribbon mania

I often wonder why is everybody jumping on the (Office like) ribbon wagon. Ribbon UI is clumsy if it isn't done properly and furthermore, if you ask me, it just isn't suited for all applications. So I came across this example of application: The
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16. oktober 2007 11:30

What's cooking in Developer Express house

Developer Express improved public insight into DXperience next versions - they created a forum where their employees post news about forthcoming versions. So, if you curious what's next by Developer Express or you want to ask something (current license
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16. oktober 2007 11:30

Peculiar problem involving Windows 2003, VMWare Server, SQL Server 2005 and networking

Over the weekend I've built my new server - yes, the content you are reading right now is served from it. Perhaps more about this new server in another post. Back to the point. Host OS on the server is Windows 2003 R2 x32 and there is also a SQL Server
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6. oktober 2007 14:46

LINQ to SQL showstoppers

I have to say that I like LINQ to SQL, heck, I even do presentations about it . So, it is a cute ORM. What is that good about it features LINQ. However, there are some serious showstoppers in there. One are more serious than the others. I won't deal with
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6. oktober 2007 13:16

The unknowns of .net 3.5 framework library source code licensing

Frans has an interesting post (and an update here ) regarding .net 3.5 framework library source code licensing and he is raising an interesting question: "Should we look at this source code or not". AFAIK he is the only blog poster so far that is concerned
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3. oktober 2007 20:22

Microsoft is going to release the source code for the .NET Framework 3.5 libraries

This is simply amazing. Entire NET Framework Libraries source code including comments. Priceless. Forget Reflector , now we'll be able to step in the source while debugging and see how it works. Fantastic and bold move from Microsoft , even hard to believe
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3. oktober 2007 13:24

Playing video or audio in Vista is a booby trap

Since I switched to gigabit network some months ago I often saw a lousy network performance against other computers in my local network. It wasn't enough annoying to actually investigate. However, one day I said: enough is enough. Time for an investigation
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3. oktober 2007 13:06

Post CodeCamp impressions

On saturday I held a speech and co-host a "round table" at CodeCamp in Zagreb in front of a crowd of ~60. My presentation was well received and understood (at least I was told so) even though my Croatian is not perfect - English and hand gestures helped.
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