Portrait Illustration Maker

Posted on January 27, 2010March 2, 2018 by jrblack 3 Comments

I cant remember where or how I stumbled upon this one, but I though it was kinda cool and thought I would pass it along. Portrait Illustration Maker is a FREE Avatar Generator with almost unlimited variations or combinations. You can attempt to make your Avatar resemble you as much as possible, or create something […]... Read More

TFS Labels and Change Sets

Posted on January 20, 2010March 2, 2018 by jrblack 13 Comments

Thought I would share some details I recently learned to save others some pain and suffering… When searching, viewing or getting source Label, know that you will search change labels in our Team Project, not just the labels/change sets for the current project (Trunk/Branch). Notice below, when searching for a label (after right clicking […]... Read More

Sharing Photos with ShutterFly

Posted on December 4, 2009March 2, 2018 by jrblack 2 Comments

I recently chaperoned a middle school ( 6th grade ) retreat. I volunteered to bring my camera and take pictures of the kids. There were other adults there with pocket cameras and I was glad I brought mien. Later one of the teachers asked about my pictures and about how to get all the pictures […]... Read More

Fall Colors

Posted on December 4, 2009March 2, 2018 by jrblack Leave a comment

Recently I chaperoned a 6th grade retreat to Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Center in Reidsville, NC. This was a get to know your class mates and team building retreat. At the center they have both low ropes and high ropes course. The center is quite nice and the staff was very pleasant and help full. Of […]... Read More

Sentimental Post – Change Your Thinking

Posted on November 30, 2009March 2, 2018 by jrblack Leave a comment

Change Your Thinking It will take just 37 seconds to read this and change your thinking. Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed […]... Read More

.Net ConfigurationManager saving AppSettings

Posted on November 18, 2009March 2, 2018 by jrblack Leave a comment

Well, it has been a while since I posted anything code related. I have been working part time for a new start up company SimpleWorks, developing software for the pc (instead of a web application), and in this project I seem to always be learning something new. I wanted to use the App.config to store […]... Read More

Text Ninja – Convert text into an image.

Posted on November 17, 2009March 2, 2018 by jrblack Leave a comment

One of the best ways to encourage or attract more spam to your email address is to post it or include it in a web page. TxtNinja has the answer. Convert that text into an image and TxtNinja makes this quite easy. TxtNinja has a simple interface, you can choose what Font, Size of font, […]... Read More

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