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Free and Cheap Replacements for Notepad

Instead of using Notepad all the time for viewing random text files, why not check out one of the many replacements mentioned on Rick Strahl’s post on Notepad replacements. FWIW […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- July 18, 2006
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Google Calendar Monitor Released!

Overview The DevelopmentNow Google Calendar Monitor is a simple desktop application that synchronizes with your Google Calendar and pops up hard-to-miss, snoozable reminders for your events. You can also add […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- June 29, 2006
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WinZip can do automatic compression and backup jobs?!

Ok, so this is funny. A few days ago I blogged about trying in vain to find software that would automatically back up my important files, ignore the ones that […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- June 27, 2006
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Update: SQL Backups from the Command Line

Since I’ve started using an offsite backup service, I’ve been feeling better about my disaster recovery ability. However, I wanted to ensure that my files stayed small so that a) […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- June 27, 2006
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log4net Dashboard and log4net Viewer

Just ran across a tool to more easily read log4net files. There’s a free single-user version apparently. log4net Dashboard / Viewer

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- June 26, 2006
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Skype and IIS Port 80

In order to work on the largest user base possible (who often are behind routers and firewalls), Skype will listen on port 80 and prevent IIS (and other services) from using […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- June 26, 2006
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Easy Remote Backups – Myth, Legend, or Tall Tale?

So I spent several hours last week doing some research on remote backups. Even though I have a file server here for local backups, something could always happen — fire, […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- June 19, 2006