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Scott Hanselman

Scott Hanselman is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft. He was also involved in the MVP and Regional Director programs and is an avid speaker on the topic of computing.


Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen | 04 Dec 2008 01:11

Dell Mini 9 - Practical Developer's ReviewSubscribe to this feed

Scott Hanselman writes "....Say what you like about Netbooks, or Tiny Notebooks, but I love my Dell Mini 9. It's tiny. That's the whole point. It weighs like 2 lbs, almost nothing. It is definitely purse-sized (or murse-sized) with a high WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor). It's..."
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Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen | 02 Dec 2008 09:39

Best Code Syntax Highlighter for Snippets in your BlogSubscribe to this feed

Scott Hanselman writes "....I get a few emails a day of folks asking what Syntax Highlighter I use in my blog for my code samples. Specifically, the newer code samples, as some of the old ones sucked as I was experimenting, trying to find the best one to settle on. The tool I..."
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Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen | 02 Dec 2008 09:05

Christmas Cards Made Easy - Shutterfly, Excel, and a Word Mail MergeSubscribe to this feed

Scott Hanselman writes "....The Wife was stressing out because the sheer number of people we were sending Christmahanakwanzika cards to this year. She usually handwrites out the envelopes, but there's just too many now. I suggested cutting back, or using email, and was..."
Read more »  Christmas Cards Made Easy - Shutterfly, Excel, and a Word Mail Merge


Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen | 02 Dec 2008 08:38

Upgrading an old Compaq Ipaq from Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger to 8.10 Intrepid IbexSubscribe to this feed

Scott Hanselman writes "....I've got an old Compaq Ipaq that I gave my then 10 year old niece to play with. I put Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger" on it. Fast forward to today, and she wants it refreshed. It hasn't been on the Internet for 3 years so it doesn't have any..."
Read more »  Upgrading an old Compaq Ipaq from Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger to 8.10 Intrepid Ibex


Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen | 27 Nov 2008 07:30

The Weekly Source Code 37 - Geolocation/Geotargeting (Reverse IP Address Lookup) in ASP.NET MVC made easySubscribe to this feed

Scott Hanselman writes "....First, let me remind you that in my new ongoing quest to read source code to be a better developer, Dear Reader, I present to you thirty-seventh in a infinite number of posts of "The Weekly Source Code." I'm working on a side-project with..."
Read more »  The Weekly Source Code 37 - Geolocation/Geotargeting (Reverse IP Address Lookup) in ASP.NET MVC made easy


Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen | 25 Nov 2008 23:53

Hanselminutes Podcast 138 - Paint.NET with Rick BrewsterSubscribe to this feed

Scott Hanselman writes "....My one-hundred-and-thirty-eighth podcast is up. Well, actually a few weeks ago, but I totally forgot to update my website with the details. You'd think somewhere around 100 shows I'd had automated this somehow. Hm. If I only I know a programmer..."
Read more »  Hanselminutes Podcast 138 - Paint.NET with Rick Brewster


Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen | 25 Nov 2008 23:47

Hanselminutes Podcast 137 - Microsoft PDC and Windows 7 Reaction Show with Richard CampbellSubscribe to this feed

Scott Hanselman writes "....My one-hundred-and-thirty-seventh podcast is up. Well, actually a few weeks ago, but I totally forgot to update my website with the details. You'd think somewhere around 100 shows I'd had automated this somehow. Hm. If I only I know a programmer..."
Read more »  Hanselminutes Podcast 137 - Microsoft PDC and Windows 7 Reaction Show with Richard Campbell


Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen | 25 Nov 2008 23:45

Hanselminutes Podcast 136 - MSR@PDC - Microsoft Research at the Professional Developers ConferenceSubscribe to this feed

Scott Hanselman writes "....My one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth podcast is up. Well, actually a few weeks ago, but I totally forgot to update my website with the details. You'd think somewhere around 100 shows I'd had automated this somehow. Hm. If I only I know a programmer and..."
Read more »  Hanselminutes Podcast 136 - MSR@PDC - Microsoft Research at the Professional Developers Conference


Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen | 25 Nov 2008 23:43

Hanselminutes Podcast 135 - StackOverflow Behind The Music - Unedited Outtakes ShowSubscribe to this feed

Scott Hanselman writes "....My one-hundred-and-thirty-fifth podcast is up. Well, actually a few weeks ago, but I totally forgot to update my website with the details. You'd think somewhere around 100 shows I'd had automated this somehow. Hm. If I only I know a programmer and..."
Read more »  Hanselminutes Podcast 135 - StackOverflow Behind The Music - Unedited Outtakes Show


Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen | 24 Nov 2008 20:10

Web Platform Installer now supports XP - And the Master Plan continuesSubscribe to this feed

Scott Hanselman writes "....Remind me to tell you some time why the IIS team is so evil clever. It' cool to see the first steps of a master plan to make things awesome start to come to fruition.  I've said over and over that IIS7 is rocking sweet and once you start..."
Read more »  Web Platform Installer now supports XP - And the Master Plan continues


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Scott Hanselman (shanselman) @pilotbob @stevenharman The comment was more that I'm using tired colloquializms and that years into it, I'm no longer charming ;) 31 minutes ago from TweetDeck


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Scott Hanselman (shanselman) A guy on my blog said I say "WAF" too much: "It's kind of like the old uncle or grandparent who tells the same lame story time after time." 35 minutes ago from TweetDeck


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Scott Hanselman (shanselman) Best programmer comic ever http://xkcd.com/327/ about 3 hours ago from twhirl


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Scott Hanselman (shanselman) @codinghorror Touche about 4 hours ago from twhirl


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Scott Hanselman (shanselman) @codinghorror That CHFK hack was clearly social engineering and a process problem. Someone could log into your register.com account also. about 4 hours ago from twhirl


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Scott Hanselman (shanselman) @jeriley That Baby Webcam code should be here http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/archive/2006/10/31/912407.aspx about 4 hours ago from twhirl


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Scott Hanselman (shanselman) The company that bought my old company was hacked via DNS it seems: http://snurl.com/73dwi about 4 hours ago from twhirl


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Scott Hanselman (shanselman) Doing some XSS testing against a site using Virtual Earth, and searching for "alert('you suck')" it found a city in Greenland named "Alert". about 5 hours ago from twhirl


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Scott Hanselman (shanselman) Overheard: "...and he was like, wow, you're, like, really SMART! And I was all, like, um, YA?!" about 5 hours ago from twhirl


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Scott Hanselman (shanselman) @RDiva Apparently there are soldiers rioting in the streets of Harare right now... about 6 hours ago from twhirl


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Scott Hanselman (shanselman) @thirstycrow Ultimately because when I put them all side by side, most netbooks (other than HDD/SDD) are virtually identical + I trust Dell. about 6 hours ago from twhirl


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Scott Hanselman (shanselman) @mikesax heh, not koolaid, just it's sucked so long. Let me rephrase. Looks like Outlook SP2 is going to suck WAY less. about 6 hours ago from twhirl


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Scott Hanselman (shanselman) @RickStrahl @kevindente Word on the street is that there's significant goodness in the data engine. about 6 hours ago from twhirl


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Scott Hanselman (shanselman) Things may be coming to a head in Zimbabwe... about 6 hours ago from twhirl


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Scott Hanselman (shanselman) Word is that Outlook 2007 SP2 is going to ROCK. http://tinyurl.com/6fv6xd about 7 hours ago from twhirl


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Scott Hanselman (shanselman) @codinghorror Is there an SSD that you don't hate? about 7 hours ago from twhirl


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Scott Hanselman (shanselman) @jrgarcia LOVE the Mini 9. I should do a post. about 7 hours ago from twhirl


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Scott Hanselman (shanselman) Awesome SSD upgrades for Dell Mini 9 - http://tinyurl.com/5ke6ec about 7 hours ago from twhirl


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Scott Hanselman (shanselman) Raw video of the presentations at the PDC Underground Club - Mine's at the bottom http://snurl.com/72zm6 - can't really hear the crowd. about 8 hours ago from twhirl


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Scott Hanselman (shanselman) @lenniedv I'll be in Cape Town on the 17th for a group in the afternoon. about 9 hours ago from twhirl