december 2009 - Posts

• MSTest: Cannot start more than one local run

  When I run my tests in Visual Studio and one or more tests fail, I hit the Debug Selected Test so see what is going on. But at times, I get this error message: I don’t know what trigger this, but I had to restart Visual Studio to be able to Run or Debug tests again. After some searching on the net, I found out that there’s some sort of communication error between Visual Studio and the executable that actually runs the tests. So my resolution now is to kill that process and try again. The name of the executable to look for is VSTestHost.exe. Kill the process and you’re good to go… Posted dec 22 2009, 12:44 by Thomas with no comments

• Chad Hower’s story

  A friend of mine, Chad Hower aka Kudzu, is in trouble. Chad has developed many internet-related components for Delphi, with Indy (being shipped with Delphi) being the most well known. Chad is also a speaker and writer and now works for Microsoft. He’s accused of kidnapping his son. Although there’s really strong evidence that it’s totally impossible for him to have done so. For example, how can you kidnap a son you have custody over? It’s a heartbreaking and quite unbelievable story. Watch the 5 minute at www.freechad.org and spread the word! Posted dec 08 2009, 12:08 by Thomas with no comments