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J.mp Accelerator

I just created an Internet Explorer Accelerator for the j.mp service (powered by bit.ly).

A Title Case Accelerator

Grammatically correct titles are akin to proper code style: they simply are much easier to read. For this reason and others I created the following accelerator and its backing service to generate grammatically correct titles from existing content.

Better Is.Gd IE Accelerator

The is.gd Accelerator published at IEAddOns has the same flaw as the bit.ly Accelerator: it does not include the document context. I created one that does.

Better Bit.ly IE Accelerator

I just created an Internet Explorer Accelerator for the bit.ly service. For some reason the original implemented link and selection but not document context.

PrintFriendly Accelerator for Internet Explorer

I just created an Internet Explorer Accelerator for the PrintFriendly service.

ReSharper Caching (Not) Hung

I assume I cannot be the only one that experiences the appearance of a hung ReSharper startup cache process. In fact I know I am not the only one: others on my project experience similar.

Remove Paths in Visual Studio Dialogs

Ever mistype a path during Find and then have to live with it in the list forever?

ReferenceEquals and ReSharper Assertion Methods

For those of us that use System.Object.ReferenceEquals when checking for null it can be annoying that ReSharper indicates Possible 'System.NullReferenceException' even though that is precisely what we are doing! There is a solution: add an Assertion Method to ReSharper's Value Analysis Options.

Windows Vista Limited User Account Operation

Windows Vista introduces several security improvements paving the way for limited user account operation versus the de facto practice of privileged user account operation. In this post we look at what the two modes of operation mean to a developer and how to do some common tasks under LUA operation.

Timesaving Tips for Developers

In the interest of releasing early and often I list the most helpful timesavers I know. Almost every day brings a new timesaver, so subscribe to this post - it will be updated as new tricks are discovered.

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