Humble Abode

Windows Powershell

Check out
A Return to Command-Line Control with Windows Powershell  http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/32230/0/page/1

But I still prefer using Perl ;)

Jim Allchin's Open Letter to Developers

Check out

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/letter/default.aspx

where Jim Allichin (Microsoft Co-President of the Platforms and Services Division) shared about the new technologies in Vista, and the new opportunities that are created.

Also, highlighted in the letter is http://www.seewindowsvista.com/

Good read!

Microsoft Office 2007 System Beta 2 Technical Refresh

"The Beta TR for Office 2007 is said to be the last publicly released test build of Office 2007 before it RTM’s." (Src: Ms Tech Today)

If you are a Office Beta 2 testers, you could probably download the Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (TR) from the Microsoft Office Preview site

Find out more about the exciting features in Office 2007 at http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/overview.mspx

Netsh

Recently, was talking to a friend from Atlanta who shared with me this posting. 

Check out
   http://devcow.com/blogs/adnrg/archive/2006/08/21/Netsh__a_hidden_commandline_gem.aspx

And
   http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/netsh.mspx?mfr=true

for NetSh (A useful network troubleshooting tool!)

"Netsh is a command-line scripting utility that allows you to, either locally or remotely, display or modify the network configuration of a computer that is currently running. Netsh also provides a scripting feature that allows you to run a group of commands in batch mode against a specified computer. Netsh can also save a configuration script in a text file for archival purposes or to help you configure other servers." 

All these years, I have only made use of ipconfig.
Not sure whether anyone have used NetSh?

Exchange Trivials - Bedlam DL3 ;)

Check out

   http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2004/04/08/109626.aspx

 on why Bedlam DL3 is special to MS folks.

Pretty interesting...

C# 3.0 & LINQ - Extensions Methods

"Extension methods are one of the many great new features of C# 3.0. They basically allow you to declare static methods that appear to be instance methods of a type, even if you have no access to the type (sealed classes, etc). The key point is that you don’t need to recompile or even have source access to the type you are working with. "

Check out http://blogs.msdn.com/erickt/archive/2006/09/12/751406.aspx