If you haven’t used Fiddler, you should check it out. It shows you the HTTP traffic that is flowing over the wire. This can be a huge help when diagnosing issues. One small challenge is using Fiddler to view traffic that stays on the local machine. By default, fiddler cannot see data sent to http://localhost/... Continue Reading →

One of the “Desert Island” picks from a recent “This Week on Channel9” episode mentioned a pretty cool utility that lets you share a keyboard and mouse between two computers without using a KVM switch. It’s a software based solution that you run on the primary and any other computers that you’re sharing. You can... Continue Reading →

This past weekend was my son's cub scout pinewood derby race. I was point person on the committee that organized the event. My main task happened to be running the score board which was written in Excel. I found it quite interesting to be in a position where I was very dependent on the computer... Continue Reading →