I’ve worked on a few .NET WinForms applications that utilized a “plugin” model. You’ve probably seen similar apps out there, where a main application searches a directory for DLLs, and then tries to load them into the AppDomain, using some code like below:

This kind of architecture is pretty standard, and is…

I just released a new version of xPollinate, 1.0.0.3. This is just a maintenance release to make the plugin work with Windows LiveWriter version 14.0.8089.726. I am currently working on supporting categories for the next release, so stay tuned.

[rating:2] I’m implementing the AKS for a customer, and I’m having a hard time understanding how this product actually made it to a public release. It feels like a product that is half finished, that was used as a springboard to creating a commercial product, while leaving the original free version to the wayside. If…

The implementation of the BDC entity picker dialog (opened with the Browse button) can cause some firewall and security software to think a worm or sql injection attack is happening and block the traffic. The manner in which properties and entity IDs are encoded into long query string values makes the urls appear to be…

I keep a land line for various reasons, and have really hated all the charges and fees from Qwest just to maintain this. To start with, if you want long distance service, you have to pay up to $10 a month in just taxes and fees to have it, even if you never use it….