John Papa [MVP C#]

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• Feeling Blue

  Today I decided to try out a new theme for my site at johnpapa.net . Rich Mercer has a handful of nice themes posted in his site including this one, which is a variation of the Point Space Blue theme. I'm going to try it out and see where it takes... Posted May 07 2008, 11:07 PM by John Papa with | with no comments Filed under: Random Stuff

• Getting off My Duff with Graffiti at JohnPapa.net

  As I mentioned previously, I am in the process of redesigning my personal site with all of my articles, presentations, downloads, upcoming events, and other paraphernalia. The move is going well, but due to the holidays I am taking it slow so it will... Posted Dec 22 2007, 08:42 PM by John Papa with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Random Stuff

• Entity Framework at the Space Coast

  I am setting up my schedule for the first quarter of 2008, and the first .NET user group I will be heading to as an INETA speaker in 2008 is the Space Coast .NET User Group in Melbourne, Florida . I will be presenting an approximately 2 hour long session... Posted Dec 22 2007, 08:27 PM by John Papa with | with no comments Filed under: Random Stuff

• Moving to Graffiti

  Today I started the migration of my web site at www.johnpapa.net and blog to Telligent's new tool, Graffiti . You can check out the latest news on Graffiti at www.graffiticms.com . It is currently in beta, but has some very interesting features. I... Posted Dec 21 2007, 03:37 PM by John Papa with | with no comments Filed under: Random Stuff

• They'll Let Anyone in this Club!

  Congratulations to 2 of the newest Microsoft MVP's: Brian Peek and Jonas Stawski were both just awarded with the C# MVP award. Congratulations guys! Posted Jul 01 2007, 08:32 PM by John Papa with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Random Stuff

• Last Wish of a Child

  Make a difference Posted May 14 2007, 11:28 PM by John Papa with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Random Stuff

• Problems Sending Mail on Dedicated Server with GoDaddy

  I set up a new dedicated server at GoDaddy.com this weekend. One of the issues I struggled with was when I set up MailEnable to run on the server I could not send mail. I could receive it just fine, but it would not go out anywhere. A friend of mine helped... Posted Apr 02 2007, 02:36 PM by John Papa with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: Random Stuff

• Wash Your USB Flash Memory Stick

  Let me start by saying that I have been working some crazy hours lately and I am battling a fierce springtime cold. OK, so there is my lame excuse …. I left my 2GB USB flash stick in my shirt pocket and threw it in the wash today. My wife just... Posted Mar 22 2007, 07:01 PM by John Papa with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Random Stuff

• How Hollywood Portrays Us

  Here is a very funny post that my friend Dustin showed me today about how Hollywood and the movies portray “coders” at this link http://www.drivl.com/pages/code . Many of these hit home with me as I was reminded of watching movies like Hackers... Posted Dec 08 2006, 10:04 AM by John Papa with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Random Stuff

• Blogging from Email - Trying Out blogmailr

  Writing a blog is not really that difficult (OK, I’ve been really lazy the past few months on this). But I do find that I am often in my email client whether that is on my desktop, laptop or on my SmartPhone. So when I heard that blogmailr existed... Posted Dec 06 2006, 10:52 PM by John Papa with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: Reviews, Random Stuff

• The Impact of Bill Gates on Developers

  How has Bill Gates impacted your life? Posted Jun 15 2006, 08:57 PM by John Papa with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Random Stuff

• Motorola Q Smartphone

  I did it ... I admit it. I was one of the many silly people that got hyped up on the just released Motorola Q Smartphone. (It runs the Windows Mobile 5 OS … the Smartphone edition). My contract was up and I was itching for a new phone/pda. I was debating... Posted Jun 04 2006, 08:21 PM by John Papa with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Random Stuff, Reviews

• Win an iPod Nano: Sign Up at Email2Face.com

  My company created the www.email2face.com web site (which other web sites are now emaulating). ASPSOFT has launched a promotion where if you register at www.email2face.com you will be eligible to win an iPod Nano. Details of the promotion are at http... Posted Jun 01 2006, 09:14 AM by John Papa with | with no comments Filed under: Random Stuff

• My Niece is in a Commercial

  MSNBC is sponsoring a contest called Film Your Issue ... you can vote for your favorite at the MSNBC voting page . The contestants make a commercial that tries to drve home an issue that is important to them. So why am I telling you about this? Because... Posted May 26 2006, 02:39 PM by John Papa with | with no comments Filed under: Random Stuff

• Useful Windows Key Shortcuts

  Here is a short list of some of the more valauble (IMO) WinKey combinations. OK, there are more shortcut keys than the following, but these are some of the ones I use the most that involve the mysterious "Windows Key". WinKey + D is nice when my desktop... Posted May 23 2006, 06:04 PM by John Papa with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: Random Stuff