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		<title>Serve on King Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.&#8217;s birthday hundreds volunteered a day of service to honor his message and memory. How did you serve on this day? Grassroots.org provides a free service to non-profit organizations to obtain free valuable technologies and resources to increase their efficiency and productivity. Web and graphic designers can volunteer design services [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.&#8217;s birthday hundreds volunteered a day of service to honor his message and memory. How did you serve on this day? <strong><a href="http://www.grassroots.org" target="_blank">Grassroots.org</a></strong> provides a free service to non-profit organizations to obtain free valuable technologies and resources to increase their efficiency and productivity. Web and graphic designers can volunteer design services to assist these non-profits.</p>
<p>Designers can browse through an extensive list of organization-created web design applications to learn more about each nonprofit and their website needs and goals. When you find one that as they say on their site &#8220;strikes your fancy&#8221; then you contact them directly.</p>
<p>If you are still looking for an opportunity to share your skills through some sort of community service, please check them out. I volunteer for a project at least once or twice a year depending on the complexity of the projects I take on.</p>
<p>This is also a great way for new designers  to not only fill their portfolio but to do something that fills their heart at the same time. Volunteer today!</p>
<p><a href="http://volunteer.grassroots.org/" target="_blank">http://volunteer.grassroots.org/</a></p>
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		<title>Icenium: A cloud-based development platform for hybrid iOS and Android apps</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By combining the convenience of a modern development environment with the power and flexibility of the cloud, Icenium enables you to build hybrid mobile apps across multiple platforms.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been a long time user of <strong>Telerik</strong> controls, and have always depended on them to make my development project easier. Image my surprise one day when I went to their site to download my latest version of ASP.NET AJAX controls to see an advertisement for a product called <strong><a href="http://www.icenium.com/" target="_blank">Icenium</a></strong>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.icenium.com/" target="_blank">Icenium </a>is a cloud-based development platform that allows Web developers to build hybrid applications that can be installed natively for Android and iOS and distributed through their respective app stores. By combining the convenience of a modern development environment with the power and flexibility of the cloud, Icenium enables you to build hybrid mobile apps across multiple platforms. Integrated support for <strong><a href="http://phonegap.com/" target="_blank">Apache Cordova </a></strong>enables you to build compelling applications that take advantage of the device capabilities, using nothing more than HTML5, CSS and JavaScript.</p>
<p>Icenium consists of different types of apps: Graphite, Mist and Ion. Icenium Graphite is the Windows installed development tool that you install on your Windows-based computer. Icenium Mist is the multi-platform, browser-based development tool that you can access from anywhere through your browser. Icenium Ion is a mobile browser testing tool that is installed on the iPhones you want to test your mobile app &#8212; it&#8217;s used in lieu of having to register devices with Apple to be part of your provisioning profile.</p>
<p>Within Icenium you can use mobile UI frameworks like <strong><a href="http://www.kendoui.com/" target="_blank">Kendo UI Mobile </a></strong>or <strong><a href="http://jquerymobile.com/" target="_blank">jQuery Mobile </a></strong>to build apps that align with each individual platform they run on. During the development of your mobile app you can use the Icenium Device Simulator to experience how your application will look and feel in real-time across multiple device platforms and form factors, including smartphones and tablets. The device simulator is available in both Icenium Graphite and Icenium Mist.</p>
<p>Check out your changes as you make them—instantly—on all your mobile devices. Using Icenium LiveSync you can see changes made in real-time in the integrated device simulator and across all connected devices without having to recompile.</p>
<p>Icenium LiveSync provides a connection to your app as its running on one or more physical devices—iPhone, iPads, iPods, Android phone and tablets, and the Kindle Fire—and enables you to see changes made in real-time without having to recompile. This real-time iterative approach is nearly identical to the development approach used by millions of web developers who work in a code editor and a browser, seeing their changes as they make them.</p>
<p>The huge selling point for me on Icenium is that you don&#8217;t need a MAC to build a mobile app that runs on the iOS device. Using Apache Cordova, a.k.a. PhoneGap, in order to apply certificates and provision profiles you have to use a MAC. Icenium has this built into their interface. Through their system youcreating Apple provision and certificate within your Windows-based system.</p>
<p>Icenium is totally free until May 1, 2013 if you create an account now.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.icenium.com">http://www.icenium.com</a></p>
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		<title>Can you really make money with affiliate programs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2012 17:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been in this business for over a decade and one thing that has stayed consistent is the opportunities for web publishers to make money with affiliate programs. Just about every website you go to nowadays has some sort of affiliate/reseller/partnership program. But can you really make money? And is the amount of money you [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been in this business for over a decade and one thing that has stayed consistent is the opportunities for web publishers to make money with affiliate programs. Just about every website you go to nowadays has some sort of affiliate/reseller/partnership program.</p>
<p>But can you really make money? And is the amount of money you might bring in really worth it? Well I intend to find out. Starting at the beginning of 2011 I&#8217;m going to perform an experiment with affiliate program opportunities to assess just how someone can make a living on their income from affiliate programs, like the author of <a href="http://www.2createawebsite.com/money/affiliate.html" target="_blank">&#8216;How to Make Money With Affiliate Programs&#8217; </a>published on the <a href="http://www.2createawebsite.com" target="_blank">2createawebsite.com</a> website.</p>
<p>From the research I&#8217;ve done so far, the key to really making money is coming up with a good affiliate plan. You can&#8217;t just sign-up for every affiliate program you see and place links all over your site all &#8220;willy-nilly&#8221;. There has to be a strategy.</p>
<p>I like the affiliate strategy documented on <a href="http://www.whydowork.com/forums/how-get-rich-using-affiliate-programs-t16486.html" target="_blank">WhyDoWeWork.com</a> website. It emphases the following tactics:</p>
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<li><strong>Browsing through many possibilities</strong> &#8211; There are so many affiliate programs out there as I indicated earlier that it could make your head swim. Find the ones that either is the focus of your blog or website, or perhaps you are a subject matter expert in.</li>
<li><strong>Create a landing page</strong> &#8211; I like this one! Most of us simply place the banner or link that the website provides and we&#8217;re done. We don&#8217;t put much effort into. But as web designers and developers we have a unique opportunity to give more focus to these affiliate products or services. This also gives you an change to enhance the SEO to this page, thus increasing your traffic.</li>
<li><strong>Capture emails for future sales</strong> &#8211; I never thought about this one. Just because your promoting someone else&#8217;s product these are still your customers. Keep them up-to-date with new services, products and/or information.</li>
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<p>Now so far if this sounds like a full-time job&#8230;well yeah I agree. But if it pays full-time money then it will definitely be worth it.</p>
<p>As I move forward into my Internet experiment I&#8217;ll keep my readers informed of my progress and any tips I pick up as I go. If you&#8217;re like me, you make recommendation all the time to your clients about products and services, why not get paid for it.</p>
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<p>Here are some more resources you might find interesting about making money with affiliate programs, and stay up-to-date with my future posts related to my affiliate venture by subscribing to my <a href="http://www.itgeekgurl.com/feed/" target="_blank">RSS feed</a>.</p>
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<li>How To Get Rich Using Affiliate Programs &#8211; <a href="http://www.whydowork.com/forums/how-get-rich-using-affiliate-programs-t16486.html">http://www.whydowork.com/forums/how-get-rich-using-affiliate-programs-t16486.html</a></li>
<li>5 Lessons for Making Money With Affiliate Programs &#8211; <a href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/09/04/5-lessons-on-making-money-with-affiliate-programs/">http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/09/04/5-lessons-on-making-money-with-affiliate-programs/</a></li>
<li>How to Make Money with Affiliate Programs &#8211; <a href="http://www.2createawebsite.com/money/affiliate.html">http://www.2createawebsite.com/money/affiliate.html</a></li>
<li>To Really Make Money on the Internet with Amazon.com Affiliate Site &#8211; <a href="http://entrepreneurs.about.com/od/homebasedbusiness/ht/amazonaffiliate.htm">http://entrepreneurs.about.com/od/homebasedbusiness/ht/amazonaffiliate.htm</a></li>
<li>Make Money with Affiliate Programs &#8211; <a href="http://www.homebiz-direct.com/make-money-with-affiliate-programs.html">http://www.homebiz-direct.com/make-money-with-affiliate-programs.html</a></li>
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		<title>Talk Tech on Thanksgiving &#8211; My Pick of Tech Tools for Thanksgiving</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 16:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving is a time of family, food, and shopping. It can also be a crazy time as you organize for the festivities, prepare the big dinner and send out greetings of thanks to your friends and family. My pick of tech tools for this Thanksgiving might just make this holiday an even more enjoyable one. [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanksgiving is a time of family, food, and shopping. It can also be a crazy time as you organize for the festivities, prepare the big dinner and send out greetings of thanks to your friends and family. My pick of tech tools for this Thanksgiving might just make this holiday an even more enjoyable one.<span id="more-315"></span></p>
<h2><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jimbl.thanksgivingplanner&amp;hl=en" target="_blank">Thanksgiving Planner</a></h2>
<p><a href="https://androidmarket.googleusercontent.com/android/market/com.jimbl.thanksgivingplanner/ss-320-0-5"><img class="   alignright" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="Thanksgiving Planner" src="https://androidmarket.googleusercontent.com/android/market/com.jimbl.thanksgivingplanner/ss-320-0-5" alt="Thanksgiving Planner" width="125" height="173" /></a>Are you usually the person who has to host Thanksgiving dinner? Isn&#8217;t it always a frantic mess, trying to plan the whole ordeal? With the Thanksgiving Planner app, you can get better organized and have a less stressful holiday. The application comes preloaded with a checklist of 163 items that will help in breaking down the workload into smaller, more manageable chunks. You can even tailor the list to your own needs by adding or removing events. <a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jimbl.thanksgivingplanner&amp;hl=en" target="_blank">https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jimbl.thanksgivingplanner&amp;hl=en</a></p>
<h2><a href="http://androidapplications.com/156244-holiday-kitchen-turkey-time" target="_blank">Holiday Kitchen-Turkey Time</a></h2>
<p>Are you overwhelmed by the thought of roasting the Holiday Turkey? Watch this step by step video on your Android Phone: How to Prepare &amp; Carve the Perfect Turkey for Holiday Entertaining. In less than 10 minutes you will be confident that your turkey will be juicy, tender and perfectly carved! <a href="http://androidapplications.com/156244-holiday-kitchen-turkey-time">http://androidapplications.com/156244-holiday-kitchen-turkey-time</a></p>
<h2><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=eng.blackflyday.app#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiZW5nLmJsYWNrZmx5ZGF5LmFwcCJd" target="_blank">Black FlyDay</a></h2>
<p><img class="alignright" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" title="Black FlyDay" src="https://androidmarket.googleusercontent.com/android/market/eng.blackflyday.app/ss-480-0-1" alt="" width="138" height="230" />After Thanksgiving and you want to do some shopping? Black FlyDay is an application that will help you tread the sea of retail stores throughout the biggest shopping season of the year. While the application will only get use a few days out of the year starting this Friday, black FlyDay can help you turn the most frustrating of hunts into the easiest of finds. Look at a global view of the deals you’re looking for or drill it down to local retailers. Of course, this doesn’t extend to Cyber Monday. <a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=eng.blackflyday.app#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiZW5nLmJsYWNrZmx5ZGF5LmFwcCJd">https://market.android.com/details?id=eng.blackflyday.app#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiZW5nLmJsYWNrZmx5ZGF5LmFwcCJd</a></p>
<h2><a href="http://www.ourgroceries.com/download" target="_blank">OurGroceries</a></h2>
<p>OurGroceries is the simplest way to keep your grocery lists instantly synchronized on all the smartphones in your household. You can share grocery lists across multiple devices and platforms, including with a spouse or other partner who splits your household chores. It&#8217;s easy to add items and/or mark them off as you&#8217;re shopping. For long-term use, you can enter recipes into the app and then add ingredients all at once to your list. <a href="http://www.ourgroceries.com/download">http://www.ourgroceries.com/download</a></p>
<h2><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/black-friday-survival-guide/id397533889?mt=8" target="_blank">Black Friday Survival Guide </a></h2>
<p>Thanksgiving isn&#8217;t just a time for turkey and stuffing&#8211;it&#8217;s also the day before the infamous Black Friday sales. Luckily you have the Black Friday Survival Guide app installed on your phone to help you move efficiently through the mobs of mad shoppers. The app lists the latest sales as they happen, and lets you browse through sales by store and category. One particularly useful feature: If you find an item you like, the app can tell you how many of that product a store has in stock. So, you can skip the stores with lower inventory and go to a place where you have a greater chance to find the item you&#8217;re looking for. <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/black-friday-survival-guide/id397533889?mt=8">http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/black-friday-survival-guide/id397533889?mt=8</a></p>
<h2><a href="https://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=6651249934#!/apps/application.php?id=6651249934&amp;sk=wall" target="_blank">Fun Cards for Facebook &#8211; Thanksgiving &amp; More</a></h2>
<p>Send a card to your FBFs using this Facebook App. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=6651249934#!/apps/application.php?id=6651249934&amp;sk=wall">https://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=6651249934#!/apps/application.php?id=6651249934&amp;sk=wall</a></p>
<h2><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=720575&amp;expand=false" target="_blank">Thanksgiving Wallpapers</a></h2>
<p>Get in the spirit of the holidays with Thanksgiving wallpaper for your smartphone. This free app contains quality wallpaper images to celebrate the festival.<br />
Great selection of artistic and funny cartoon thanksgiving themes including images of turkey, pumpkins, Indian corn and pretty autumn. <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=720575&amp;expand=false">http://www.pcworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=720575&amp;expand=false</a></p>
<h2>Happy Thanksgiving Theme</h2>
<p>Show your Thanksgiving spirit by displaying these themes on your phone.</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=704123&amp;expand=false" target="_blank">Happy Thanksgiving</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=639630&amp;expand=false" target="_blank">aHome Theme: ThanksGiving</a></li>
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<p><strong><em>From one geek to another&#8230; have an enjoyable Thanksgiving Holiday!</em></strong></p>
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		<title>Web Designers Success Guide: how to profit from freelance web design (FREE e-book)</title>
		<link>http://www.itgeekgurl.com/2012/10/26/web-designers-success-guide-how-to-profit-from-freelance-web-design-free-e-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Web Designer’s Success Guide is the definitive guide to starting your own freelance Web design business. Download your free copy.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.airgid.com/book/wdsg_fitc.pdf" target="_blank">Download </a></strong> of “Web Designers Success Guide: how to profit from freelance web design” by Kevin Airgrid.</p>
<p><em><strong>Description of the ebook from their site:</strong></em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Web Designer’s Success Guide is the definitive guide to starting your own freelance Web design business. The author, Kevin Airgid, grossed over $100,000 USD a year developing sites for various national level clients. In this book he gives designers step-by-step instructions on how to achieve the following:</p>
<ul style="padding-left: 30px;">
<li>Transition from full-time to self-employment</li>
<li>Freelance on the side to make additional income</li>
<li>Find new clients and keep them coming back for more</li>
<li>Market your freelance business</li>
<li>Manage your projects professionally</li>
<li>Price your services appropriately</li>
</ul>
<p><em>Book Website: <a href="http://www.airgid.com/book/">http://www.airgid.com/book/</a></em></p>
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		<title>Designing a stop sign!</title>
		<link>http://www.itgeekgurl.com/2012/06/17/designing-a-stop-sign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 15:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a designer you can defintely sympathize with the designer in this video. Funny stuff!]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are a designer you can defintely sympathize with the designer in this video. Funny stuff!<br />
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		<title>Google&#8217;s tribute to Les Paul</title>
		<link>http://www.itgeekgurl.com/2011/06/09/google-tribute-to-les-paul/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In memory of Les Paul, the legendary jazz guitarist, today Google&#8217;s logo is an interactive string instrument that allows users to play and even record tunes. So how much work is going to actually get done today? Here&#8217;s my version of  &#8220;I&#8217;d like to teach the world to sing!&#8221; http://goo.gl/doodle/46L7]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In memory of Les Paul, the legendary jazz guitarist, today Google&#8217;s logo is an interactive string instrument that allows users to play and even record tunes. So how much work is going to actually get done today?</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s my version of  <strong>&#8220;I&#8217;d like to teach the world to sing!&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://goo.gl/doodle/46L7">http://goo.gl/doodle/46L7</a></p>
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		<title>Call a Function or Subroutine with its string name using the Invoke method</title>
		<link>http://www.itgeekgurl.com/2011/05/11/call-a-function-or-subroutine-with-its-string-name-using-the-invoke-method/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 16:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Found this tidbit of information that has proven to make my scripts more efficient and figured I&#8217;d share. While the CallByName() function, which allows you to call a function or subroutine using the subroutine or function name stored as a string value, still works in VB. NET, you do have another option. You can use [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Found this tidbit of information that has proven to make my scripts more efficient and figured I&#8217;d share.</p>
<p>While the <strong>CallByName() function</strong>, which allows you to call a function or subroutine using the subroutine or function name stored as a string value, still works in VB. NET, you do have another option. You can use the <strong>Invoke() method</strong> of the MethodInfo class. This class is a member of the System.Reflection namespace and it provides access to a method′s metadata. Consider the following subroutine:</p>
<pre class="brush: vb; title: ; notranslate">
Public Sub CallMe(ByVal arg1 As _
String, ByVal arg2 As String)
   'do something
End Sub
</pre>
<p>To call this subroutine using the Invoke method, you can use code similar to the following:</p>
<pre class="brush: vb; title: ; notranslate">
Dim SubName As String = &quot;CallMe&quot;
Dim arguments() As String = _
   {&quot;Hello &quot;, &quot;world.&quot;}
Dim PageType As Type = Me.GetType()
Dim MyMethod As System. _
   Reflection.MethodInfo = _
   PageType.GetMethod(SubName)
MyMethod.Invoke(Me, arguments)
</pre>
<p>The <strong>GetMethod() method</strong> obtains information about the <strong>CallMe() function</strong> and the Invoke() method calls it using the argument list. This is an excellent tool to help you streamline your code if you have several different functions, but you won′t know which one to call until runtime. For example, if you have a new edit and delete routine for updating database records, instead of using an If..Then or Case statement to call the right method, just link the name of each method to the user′s requested action.</p>
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		<title>Shouldn&#8217;t you be working?</title>
		<link>http://www.itgeekgurl.com/2011/04/29/the-boss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the subject matter of this flash game is not computer related, I thought we all deserved a nice humor break after a long day of programming. I think you&#8217;ll find this very funny.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Although the subject matter of this flash game is not computer related, I thought we all deserved a nice humor break after a long day of programming. I think you&#8217;ll find this very funny.</p>
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		<title>Visual Studio Debugging Issue</title>
		<link>http://www.itgeekgurl.com/2011/03/04/visual-studio-debugging-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For application development for .NET, my tool of choice is MS Visual Studio. Every once in while lately I&#8217;ve run into an issue that frustrates the heck out of me. I will be coding my app, make a breakpoint where I&#8217;d like to start watching the performance of the application, and click the green debug [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For application development for .NET, my tool of choice is MS Visual Studio. Every once in while lately I&#8217;ve run into an issue that frustrates the heck out of me. I will be coding my app, make a breakpoint where I&#8217;d like to start watching the performance of the application, and click the green debug arrow. My application will execute and not stop at my break points. I couldn&#8217;t figure out what was going on, I tried even on some occasions restarting VS hoping it was just a gliche.</p>
<p>I learned that there is an issue or conflict with using IE8 as your debugging browser &#8212; which is what I use. It appears that if you have opened multiple instances of IE8 and you attempt to debug your project, you will more than likely encounter this issue where the VS debugger just will not stop and ignores your break points. How rude! Apparently IE8 has a feature called &#8220;Loosely-Coupled Internet Explorer&#8221; (LCIE) which results in IE running across multiple processes. Older versions of VS Debugger can get confused by this and cannot figure out how to attach to the correct process. (I guess that explains why it happens mostly in VS 2005.)</p>
<p>Well I might have open browsers because I&#8217;m searching for a solution or resource to assist with the project, so closing out all my instances of IE8 may not be the most convenient thing.</p>
<p>I found this quick fix to solve the problem. You&#8217;ll need to disable the process growth feature of LCIE.</p>
<ol>
<li>Open RegEdit</li>
<li>Browse to HKEY_LOCALMACHINE -&gt; SOFTWARE -&gt; Microsoft -&gt; Internet Explorer -&gt; Main</li>
<li>Right-click on Main and select to add a new DWORD value, and name it TabProcGrowth</li>
<li>Click on TabProcGrowth and make sure the Value data is equal to 0, and click OK.</li>
</ol>
<p>Now your VS Debugger should work just fine. Feel free &#8230; open as many instances of IE8 as your heart&#8217;s content! Happy Debugging!</p>
<p>Read more about LCIE &#8211; <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/beta/readiness/developers-existing.aspx#lcie" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/beta/readiness/developers-existing.aspx#lcie</a></p>
<p>Original solution found at: <a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/abdullaabdelhaq/archive/2009/06/01/VS-Debug-Problem-with-IE8.aspx" target="_blank">http://weblogs.asp.net/abdullaabdelhaq/archive/2009/06/01/VS-Debug-Problem-with-IE8.aspx </a></p>
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