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    Windows Debugging

    I have been lucky enough to be in a Windows debugging class for the last 4 days. The company I work for had an instructor from Microsoft come in to give us two classes. Windows DNA Debugging and .NET Debugging. If you are a Windows developer and you ever have the opportunity to take these classes, do it!

    Years ago, I was having troubles with IIS crashing. I remember talking to Microsoft support and they sent me a utility to capture a crash dump when IIS crashed. I sent it off to them and they figured out it was a problem with some Sybase DLLs. At the time, I had no clue how to read the crash dumps. Now that I have taken these classes, I can at least partially understand what is going on. Analyzing crash dumps seems to be something you need to do a LOT before you would become really good at it. There's a lot of assembly code and HEX values involved and it is a little overwhelming at first.

    If you can't take the classes, Microsoft has some info here about installing and using the debugging tools. One really cool thing I didn't know about is that Microsoft has a server that the debugger can download debug symbols from when it needs them. It handles getting the right version of each symbol file for you.

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    Categories: Development
    Posted by markyologist on Monday, October 18, 2004 10:26 PM
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    iPod

    I turned 0x23 yesterday and my wife gave me an iPod for my birthday. It took me a while to figure out which MP3 player I wanted, until I played with a few at Best Buy. The iPod really does have a great user interface! So, I've started using iTunes for Windows and I have to say, it is a really nice player/manager for MP3s.

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    Categories: Gadgets
    Posted by markyologist on Saturday, October 16, 2004 1:11 PM
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    Alternative Name for Podcasting?

    In Adam Curry's "Daily SourceCode" on Oct. 13th, there's some talk about the name "Podcasting". Chris Pirillo talks about it too. Some people don't like the name because it seems to tie it to the Apple iPod and leave out other MP3 players. What about calling it "Blogcasting"? It seems to have been born out of blogging, so it kinda makes sense. What do you think?

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    Categories: General
    Posted by markyologist on Saturday, October 16, 2004 12:23 PM
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