Microsoft Expression 3.3 - (Free)

Microsoft Expression

"Creature House Expression™ 3 is an innovative vector-based illustration and graphics tool that provides exciting creative capabilities for designers working in print, web, video, and interactive mediums.

Microsoft acquired the Creature House technology and development team in 2003. As a service to the many loyal users of Expression, a free download version is available to existing users of the product for either Microsoft Windows or Mac OS. Follow the Download link to complete the registration survey and download the software. "

I like free... Now I wish I had the talent to draw.. :)

(via Daily Grind - Tim Sneath)

Who was your "First" President?

Who was your "First" President?

The first president that you identified with? The first one you first voted for? The one the first touched you? The first one that made you proud to be an American?


Yesterday, my "First" President passed away...

As I left home-cut flowers at the Reagan Presidential Library yesterday afternoon I thought about how one man, one I've never met or even seen in person, could effect me so emotionally.

I realized he was my "first" president. I entered true adulthood with him as president. Was part of his building up of our nation's strength while in the Army. I felt the nation's awakening as it emerged from under the cloud that was Vietnam and the Carter years. It was like we finally woke up from a bad dream...

"President Reagan, you made me proud to be an American.

Thank you

God bless you and Mrs. Reagan"

Formatting DATETIME Representations

Formatting DATETIME Representations

Nice. A Date/Time formatting UDF...

Looks pretty dran usefull.

Winforms Data Binding Lessons Learned

Winforms Data Binding Lessons Learned

Nice article/lesson on Data Binding in .Net...

OT: Flash Game-Copper

One of those silly things that can kill an 1/2 hour without trying... (um not that I played during work hours... really)

:|
(via Euan Garden)

OT: Paper Arcade

WotR - Paper, love and glue - mmmm

Cool... Paper Arcade game repo's from the 80's.

Will have to print this and populate my desk... :)

Announcing a New Font - Innate

Announcing a New Font - Innate

Cool "handwriting" font tool for the Tablet PC and a resulting downloadable font... Here's an example of the font in use. (I wish my handwriting writing was so clear :)

SQL Server Development Center on MSDN

SQL Server Development Center

Lots of SQL Server related info...

The 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities

The 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities

"There are a lot of great freeware programs out there. Many are as good or even better than their commercial alternatives.

This is my personal selection of the best of the best. I've used every single product in this list and find each to be a gem. Of course other folks may differ but, hey, this is MY selection ;>)

All these utilities have been featured in past issues of Support Alert newsletter. More freebies are featured in every new issue.

In this latest update there are actually 54 utilities but this report will still be called now and forever "the best-ever 46 freeware utilities." Go figure:>)

Note: "Free" in this context means free for non-commercial or home use. Some products are also free for commercial use but I suggest you check out the licensing details of individual products before making that assumption. "

Free is my fav... I use and have blogged about some of these, others are new to me.

(via LockerGnome)

OT: Microsoft granted patent for double-click

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"Microsoft has been granted a patent on the double-click by the US Patents and Trademark Office. The patent, number 6,727,830, was granted on April 27. An abstract of the application says: "A method and system are provided for extending the functionality of application buttons on a limited resource computing device. Alternative application functions are launched based on the length of time an application button is pressed. A default function for an application is launched if the button is pressed for a short, i.e., normal, period of time"

Isn't this getting a little out of hand?

Update: MS's patent was actually pretty focused on handhelds, and different types of clicks, pushes, holds, etc... So your mouse is safe :)

Crystal Reports .NET SDK, Additional Conceptual Documentation and Tutorials - from Only4Gurus.com

Crystal Reports .NET SDK, Additional Conceptual Documentation and Tutorials - from Only4Gurus.com

"This file contains additional conceptual information and tutorials for using Crystal Reports in Visual Studio .NET (including a developer reference). This documentation applies to Crystal Reports 9 & 10 and Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET 2002 & 2003. Sample applications built using these tutorials are available for download.
Submit Date: 6/1/2004
Experience Level(s): Intermediate - Expert
File Type: Zip File
File Size: 4924 Kb "

Also available Crystal Reports .NET SDK, Sample Applications from Tutorials.

"This file contains C# and VB .NET Windows and web sample applications. These samples were built using the tutorials provided in the Crystal Reports .NET SDK, Additional Documentation and Tutorials". These sample applications applies to: Crystal Reports 9 & 10 and Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET 2002 & 2003.
Submit Date: 6/1/2004
Experience Level(s): Intermediate - Expert
File Type: Zip File
File Size: 1272 Kb "

Nice. The SDK doc's are in both HTML and as a CHM.

The samples seem a little limited, but still free is pretty good...