What Video Game Character I am

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What Video Game Character Are You? I am a Defender-ship.I am a Defender-ship.
I am fiercely protective of my friends and loved ones, and unforgiving of any who would hurt them. Speed and foresight are my strengths, at the cost of a little clumsiness. I’m most comfortable with a few friends, but sometimes particularly enjoy spending time in larger groups. What Video Game Character Are You?

Just like riding a bike again

Yesterday on the Lake Sammamish River trial was just perfect. Perfect temps, perfect breeze, perfect descent of some bug into my mouth – my unexpected protein snack. Just as I started passing a slower rider, I felt the immediate obedience of my bike kick into acceleration. And, for the first time in 9 gray months, life was simply perfect.

Yesterday was my first ride in two years. Last year was the summer of the needy puppy. Yesterday I did 15 and today I did 25 miles. I love the “heat” out here in Seattle. I believe it broke 90 in Bellevue today, and it may even hit 100 in some parts around the sound. And I can only ride my bike in the warm temps. My torso gets really cold whenever I ride, so the hotter, the better.

I was in a motorcycle accident a couple of weeks before I moved out here (I was the passenger on the bike when we were rear-ended – ouch). I used part of the settlement to buy my custom-made bike. When you’re 5’1, nothing fits you without a lot of tweaking.

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Did you know… How to dock the Find and Replace Window?

A commonly-asked question.  By default, the general development settings profile will set the Find and Replace Window to Floating.  In Floating mode, you cannot dock the tool window.  Simply right-click on the tool window titlebar and select “dockable”.  Now you can drag and drop the tool window to a docking target.

More on the Visual Studio 2005 Tool Window Docking Model at
http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford/archive/2004/05/14/132065.aspx

Happy Visual Studio’ing!

Am I the only one around here who loved Star Wars III?

Everyone I’ve talked to and every blog I’ve read (that I can find) has been either negative or mostly-negative.  Is it because I’m a girl?

I have no problem with episode one.  Jar Jar whatever was supposed to be annoying, get over it people.

I have no problem with episode two.  It was worth it just to watch Yoda’s fight scene.

And I loved episode three.  The last hour was incredible.  I wanted to rent Star Wars that night just for the closure.

When I was a little kid, I was devastated when no one could tell me why Darth Vader went to the dark side.  I was 5 when ep 6 came out in theaters.  I thought people were just teasing me, until I learned the horrible truth (to a little kid) – we would never know.  Perhaps I went into these movies just grateful for the backstory, and I came out of ep 3 relieved (at the same time shocked-and-awed by those two scenes) just having all the loose-ends tied.

I know Dark Tower fans will agree with me on that one.

Oh well, even if I’m the only one around here who loved Star Wars, it’s okay.  Silent Bob’s got my back – MAJOR SPOILER ALERT if you haven’t seen the movie yet – http://www.viewaskew.com/news/sith/

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Did you know… how to access a tool window’s toolbars from the keyboard

A few tool windows include access to their toolbars in their tab order (so you can press Tab and reach it), like the Properties Window, but most do not.  Most of our tool windows use the MSOCommandBars for the toolbars which don’t allow you to tab to them. 

To reach these toolbars, press Left Shift+Alt.  (The order in which you press and hold the keys matters).

Happy Visual Studio’ing!

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Did you know… How to use the Code Definition Window

For Visual Studio 2005, we have a new tool window called the Code Definition Window.  The Code Definition Window allows you to view the definition of a method without leaving your place in the editor.   To view the definition, just place the cursor on the symbol, and the tool window will update with the definition.  The Code Definition Window works for VC and C# projects. 

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Did you know… How to use Visual Studio to open a file via the command line

Make sure the VS install location is a part of your path.  For example, “program files\microsoft visual Studio 8\common7\IDE” should be in your path environment variable.  Then, it’s just

Devenv.exe foo.txt

Note this will open the file using the file window layouts, which is one of the four types of window layouts we save (file, design, full screen, and debugging).

Also note that this will open the file in a new instance of the shell.  If you want VS to open the file in an existing instance, download the VSEdit Powertoy.

Happy Visual Studio’ing!