Teamprise at SD West
Just to let folks know I’ll be popping over to attend SD West. I’ll be doing a technical session on Thursday morning and I’ll be at the Teamprise booth in the Microsoft Pavilion the rest of the time.
Continue ReadingBlogs
VSTS Community Bloggers Start Page
[](http://feeds.feedburner.com/VstsBloggers) I have just added Richard Hundhausen’s excellent blog into the list of blogs that I slurp for the VSTS Community Bloggers Google Toolbar button. While I was there I made the blog a bit more reader friendly.
Continue Reading Deadlock
I’ve been coding for around 25 years, since my parents bought me a VIC-20. I think it was probably a similar advert to this one by William Shatner that convinced them to buy it after seeing how much time my borther and I spent playing with our Atari 2600.
Continue Reading TFS Source Control for VS 2003
Via Rob, Microsoft have now released a MSSCCI Provider that works in Visual Studio 2003 and Visual Studio 6. According to the overview on the download site, “The Visual Studio Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider enables users of Visual Studio 6.0 and Visual Studio .
Continue Reading
Teamprise Preview 6
[](http://www.teamprise.com/)Preview 6 of Teamprise is now available for registered users to download (registration is free). This release is compatible with the RC version of Team Foundation Server only - Beta 3 and Beta 3 refresh users should stick with Preview 5 or upgrade TFS now to claim your free T-shirt.
Continue Reading VSTS Bloggers Google Toolbar
[](http://www.woodwardweb.com/blog/vsts_google_toolbar.jpg)Well, having tried new new beta of Google Toolbar I just had to try implementing my own toolbar button. Here is one that will give you the top previous posts from folks around the VSTS blogosphere.
Continue Reading Testing for a Valid HTTP Server in Java
I’m currently writing a diagnostics tool to perform all the same connectivity diagnostic checks that I do manually when I am having trouble connecting to something. The following code snippet is how I am checking to see if a web or proxy server is listening on a particular port.
Continue Reading Sky+ Brings Marital Strife
Sky+ has been the saviour of our television viewing since it arrived shortly after my son did (not a coincidence). For those non-UK citizens reading this blog Sky+ similar to the Tivo but more locked down as it comes from the main satellite TV company here.
Continue Reading Delete Old Files
I was just trying to get some backups configured and I wanted a way of deleting files from a directory stucture that were older than a certain date. I couldn't figure out how to do it easier from a Windows 2003 command script, so I wrote a quick C# console app to do the job.
Continue Reading 028 9018 4242 is the new 555
Anyone who watches the Simpsons or Ghostbusters (555 2368) is aware that numbers beginning with 555 in the states are usually fake. While looking for information about international dialing from the UK, I stumbled upon the official Ofcom list of fake numbers - UK number ranges reserved for drama purposes.
Continue ReadingHi, I'm Martin Woodward
Maker, Developer, Open Source Advocate and Vice President of Developer Relations at GitHub.
About Me
Latest Posts
-
VibeCodr: The Ultimate Vibe Coding Accessory
08 Aug, 2025 -
From Blog Post to BlueSky and Back
07 Aug, 2025 -
