Hello, I'm   Jason

I’ve released a new VSIBuilder build. This time, its not a click once install but rather an MSI file. To download it, visit the VSIBuilder page on my website at http://www.jasongaylord.com/projects/vsibuilder. The only downfall to deploying VSIBuilder…

Wow! I’m severely disappointed with click-once. I went to use it for a small app I released last week and I find it extremely disturbing that third-party dependencies aren’t included in the package as either a dependency or an installable DLL. Instead, you have to use the manifest tools to remove the DLL from the manifest and then add it again. Also, there is no way to specify file types. Finally, I’m disappointed in the amount of information sent to and from the web server during each load. I would have thought that a thinner client would be used to check versions, etc. I have since decided to use a traditional Windows installation package.

I have decided to separate out any personal blog entries that are non-technical and start a new blog on my MSN Space. You can continue to read all of my blogs on my website at http://www.jasongaylord.com or my personal blog at http://jgaylord.spaces.live.com.

Upcoming Meeting: August 23rd The next .NET Valley meeting will be held on Wednesday August 23rd at Luzerne County Community College , Nanticoke PA. A map of the campus can be found here . We will meet in building 7, room 703 . The event will begin at …

If you haven’t heard yet, Dell will be recalling 4.1 million laptop batteries, the largest number in the company’s history. You can find out if your battery is affected by visiting http://www.dellbatteryprogram.com/. For more on this story, see MSNBC’s article at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14350403/?GT1=8404.

I needed a way to programmatically create a vscontent and vstemplate file for a few large web projects. So, I created a VB 2005 app that does just that. Earlier today I decided that I’d clean it up a bit, throw in a sponsorship plug, and create a click…

Yesterday I switched advertising systems from Google AdSense to Lake Quincy Media. What a difference! The quality of advertisements is 10 times greater than what I had before. Google’s AdSense system was intelligent, but failed miserably on my site. 90% of the ads were related to blog or photo sites because blog and photo are in my menu. I now have advertisements specific to my site’s purpose. Thanks to Steve Smith and the rest of the crew at Lake Quincy Media for getting my setup.

Well, Abdul just called me from Domain Registry Services. Seriously, these people should really give up this scam already. It’s doing nothing but wasting time for other individuals. I’m on the do-not-call list for everyone of my phone numbers…

Wow! Microsoft is releasing an express version of the XNA Game Studio. For those of you not familiar with XNA, it’s the gaming studio that Microsoft Studios uses to build games for Windows and the XBox. Previously, developers would have to pay a fee …

Back in July, Sam Judson released a pretty good article on the Coding4Fun web site. Check it out at http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/webcoder/flickr/default.aspx.