Hello.

I am Paul Kinlan.

A Developer Advocate for Chrome and the Open Web at Google.

I love the web. The web should allow anyone to access any experience that they need without the need for native install or content walled garden.

GRPC + Google Cloud: Cannot find module grpc_node.node

Paul Kinlan

This is a note for how to fix the above error because it annoyed me!

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Just Downloaded XNA Beta and I had to change the template code to get it to work

Paul Kinlan

I just got the XNA Beta and had to tweak the template code a bit to get it running on my older machine (Athlon with a Geforce 2MX). I was getting a Device Creation Exception, and it turned out my graphics card doesn't support multisampling on the backbuffer. Adding "this.graphics.AllowMultiSampling = false;" to the InitializeComponent method fixed it. Hopefully, this helps someone else too! (P.S. Hardware donations are welcome! 😉)

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I have Properly Worked out Why My Windows Live Write Plugin Was Not Working

Paul Kinlan

I finally figured out why my Windows Live Writer plugins weren't working! It turns out that new classes added via the Solution Explorer default to "internal" access. Making the class "public" fixed the issue and now the plugins work perfectly.

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Call Me Stupid

Paul Kinlan

I'm struggling to create a C# plugin for Windows Live Writer. Even a simple "Hello World" plugin isn't showing up in the available plugins list, despite the documentation and example seeming straightforward. The example code compiles and works fine, but my copied version doesn't. I'm completely stumped and wondering if there are any logs I can check for Windows Live Writer.

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I think I might move my blog away from Feedburner

Paul Kinlan

My Feedburner full text feed is currently broken and I'm unable to identify the source of the problem. This has led me to consider moving my blog away from Feedburner.

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Microsoft Feed Management API c# problems

Paul Kinlan

I'm having trouble using the Microsoft Feed Management API in IE7 Beta 2. Specifically, I can't create a FeedFolderWatcher object to track feed item count changes. The error I'm getting suggests the required COM class (CLSID {281001ED-7765-4CB0-84AF-E9B387AF01FF}) isn't registered on my system. I'm looking for help troubleshooting this issue. Is it an installation problem, or is there a broader problem with the API itself? Any insights or code examples (especially a C# screensaver example) would be greatly appreciated.

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Does anyone have any experience with BlogItemBacklinkCount

Paul Kinlan

I'm struggling to get the BlogItemBacklinkCount tag to display backlink counts for my Blogger blog hosted on my own server. I suspect it might not function in this setup, leading me to believe the entire backlink system isn't automatic as advertised. Has anyone else encountered similar issues?

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IE7 Crashes when Showing list of favorites

Paul Kinlan

My IE7 Beta 1 keeps crashing when I try to expand my favorites list, although it works fine in collapsed view. This might be related to the large number of unsorted favorites I have, as mentioned in my previous post. Has anyone else encountered this issue or found a solution? Please email me if you have any suggestions. I also plan to re-add searches to the sections below soon.

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