Great post on Snow Leopard at “The Secret Diary of Steve Jo... Murray Gordon, January 1, 0001 Thanks John Wiese for pointing me to this blog. I thought it was hilarious. The pictures tells it all. The blog is supposedly excerpts from Steve Jobs secret diary. Classic… Sounds like there’s some real ... Great post on Snow Leopard at “The Secret Diary of Steve Jo... 0 0 28
Do I have a 32-bit or 64-bit processor? Renso, January 1, 0001 How to check what kind of processor you have (CPU) and what operating system can I run on it? An X64 has a 64 bit microprocessor, whereas an X86, derived from the old 8086 PC, has a 32 bit microprocessor. ... Do I have a 32-bit or 64-bit processor? 0 0 9
Presenting at Tampa Code Camp 2009 - Saturday November 7th, 2009 Nikita Polyakov, January 1, 0001 Saturday November 7th, 2009, I will be presenting at Tampa Code Camp 2009. This Code Camp is second behind infamous South Florida Code Camp in number of attendees…close to 500 planning to attend. So be ... Presenting at Tampa Code Camp 2009 - Saturday November 7th, 2009 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for October 08, 2009 -- #707 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Mark Monster, Gavin Wignall, Fernando Cerqueira, Silverlight Tips, Mark Tucker, Mike Taulty, Robbe Morris, Brad Abrams, Christopher Bennage, and Victor Gaudioso. Shoutouts: The Silverlight ... Silverlight Cream for October 08, 2009 -- #707 0 0 0
SharePoint Conference John Workman, January 1, 0001 Are there any other GeeksWithBlogger heading to the SharePoint Conference ... SharePoint Conference 0 0 2
MSDN Flash Podcast Show 010 – Paul Jackson on Memory Mapped... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 This podcast accompanies the October 8th edition of the MSDN Flash newsletter. It is an interview with Paul Jackson which is meant to be about the article he wrote on Memory Mapped Files in .NET Framework ... MSDN Flash Podcast Show 010 – Paul Jackson on Memory Mapped... 0 0 0
About this supposed problem with Adobe Flash in Snow Leopard Murray Gordon, January 1, 0001 I thought this was hilarious, so I had to share… So the hacks are all up in arms about some blogger's claim that when you upgrade to Snow Leopard we downgrade your version of the Adobe Flash player. Now ... About this supposed problem with Adobe Flash in Snow Leopard 0 0 0
5 Steps to Windows 7 Compatibility Murray Gordon, January 1, 0001 Jared Bienz (blog & Ch9), one of Microsoft’s ISV Architect Evangelists based out of Houston, created this basic guide to help ISV’s get compatible with Windows 7. ISV Trend - So many ISV’s are worried ... 5 Steps to Windows 7 Compatibility 0 0 0
Walt Mossberg says Windows 7 in the best Windows ever Murray Gordon, January 1, 0001 Today, October 8th, I read on Giles Turnball’s blog, Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg declared that Windows 7 to be a match for OSX and said it it is the best Windows Microsoft has ever produced. People ... Walt Mossberg says Windows 7 in the best Windows ever 0 0 1
BT Broadband ‘Unlimited’ – The pain and the aft... BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 After many, many years of being a staunch supported of BT and BT broadband – I upgraded from Dial-up to ISDN to Broadband – I am sad to say I have been forced out by the draconian restrictions imposed ... BT Broadband ‘Unlimited’ – The pain and the aft... 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for October 07, 2009 -- #706 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Gavin Wignall(2), UXPassion, Andrea Boschin, Shawn Wildermuth, Mark Tucker, and Victor Gaudioso. Shoutouts: If you're DeepZooming, A Deep Zoom Blog has a very cool post up on clearing up ... Silverlight Cream for October 07, 2009 -- #706 0 0 0
Keramic Koala Server Test Drive Mitchell Lee, January 1, 0001 I haven't had much to post about for a while, but yesterday I decieded I was going to take Keramic Koala, the next release of Ubuntu Linux for a spin. I have an old machine sitting around, and I wanted ... Keramic Koala Server Test Drive 0 0 1
Audio junkie – FooBar 2000 Bill Evjen, January 1, 0001 I always look for software that has a footprint smaller than what is offered from the standard software for folks on the market. For instance, I use Foxit rather than the Adobe Reader as the software download ... Audio junkie – FooBar 2000 0 0 1
Go ahead and repeat yourself Jon Dalberg, January 1, 0001 Did you know about the “Repeat” extension method? Enumerable.Repeat generates a sequence of repeated values – perfect for some testing scenarios. Here’s how I’ve used it… private static ISearchService ... Go ahead and repeat yourself 0 0 3
Webcast MSDN: Integrating IE8 Features: Accelerators, Web Slices,... Juan Mestas J. (aka gotchas), January 1, 0001 Internet Explorer 8 exposes new ways for deliver features from our sites directly to our users. In this session we learn to use the new features of IE8 such as accelerators, web slices and search providers ... Webcast MSDN: Integrating IE8 Features: Accelerators, Web Slices,... 0 0 0
NEW CodePlex Project on claims based identity and access control Murray Gordon, January 1, 0001 The Microsoft Patterns & Practices team announced a NEW Project in CodePlex: A Guide for Claims Based Identity & Access Control This new Guide introduces developers to the world of claims based ... NEW CodePlex Project on claims based identity and access control 0 0 1
Writing Web Parts for SharePoint 2007 Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 SharePoint has been around for quite some time. I first worked with it in its original version in 2001. And so began a love hate relationship that has lasted these many years. Recently I have been spending ... Writing Web Parts for SharePoint 2007 0 0 7
Why Does My System Hang? Windows Kernel Debugging For Dummies Alois Kraus, January 1, 0001 Did you ever wonder why your system at random times hangs? Sometimes it comes back after a few seconds (could simply be paging) but at least once a day I wish I would be able to know why the system is ... Why Does My System Hang? Windows Kernel Debugging For Dummies 0 0 4
Virtualised networking issues? Sometimes it's the most obvious th... Liam Westley, January 1, 0001 I just provided some help to a friend setting up a small virtualisation network on single machine, for demonstrating a new software technology at user groups and conferences. A few tweets and e-mails went ... Virtualised networking issues? Sometimes it's the most obvious th... 0 0 0
Two great UK conferences – yet so different! Bathcamp and S... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Last Saturday I attended BathCamp near Bath and Tues through Thursday I attended Software Architect 2009 in London. I loved both conferences yet they are so very different. Hence (in a blokey way) I thought ... Two great UK conferences – yet so different! Bathcamp and S... 0 0 0
Textbox update binding on text changing Braulio Díez Botella, January 1, 0001 When using binding and textboxes you can find a nasty surprise… binding entities get only updated when your textbox looses the focus… this can work for you in a lot of scenarios, but in some other not, ... Textbox update binding on text changing 0 0 1
Change the Bluetooth Name in CE6 Kate Moss' Open Space, January 1, 0001 Just like the WiFi network, every device has a unique identification, BD address, and a more readable device name for human, BT local name. As the BT name is for identification/management purpose on BT ... Change the Bluetooth Name in CE6 0 0 0
Before reaching the cloud… microsoftian, January 1, 0001 In my opinion Internet Explorer, which is one of the worst product from Microsoft! (Sorry, no offense! its just my opinion and I guess most others feel the same who thinks browser should be more innovative ... Before reaching the cloud… 0 0 0
Buzzwords in Practice… microsoftian, January 1, 0001 Its been quite long time I haven't wrote much due to lot of travelling and non-core area related work (non connected systems, SOA & BPM work). Now, I am back and the good news is I will be drinking, ... Buzzwords in Practice… 0 0 3
NEW “How Do I” screencasts for Windows Azure Murray Gordon, January 1, 0001 Here’s a great list of new Windows Azure related “How Do I” screencasts. Leverage Concurrency in Windows Azure Table Storage? Windows Azure table storage is designed to support many users at the same time. ... NEW “How Do I” screencasts for Windows Azure 0 0 0
Silverlight for Windows Embedded tutorial Valter Minute, January 1, 0001 Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 has been released yesterday, you can download it from here: http://www.microsoft.com/do... One ... Silverlight for Windows Embedded tutorial 0 0 87
Silverlight (3) ComboBox binding made easy. ChrisD, January 1, 0001 Manish Dalal wrote an excellent post on how to effectively data bind a silverlight combobox for foreign key scenarios. Using his approach, you create a ListProvider class that receives a DomainContext, ... Silverlight (3) ComboBox binding made easy. 0 0 8
Adventures in Windows 7 and Virtual PC D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 My work recently started rolling out Windows 7 as our production OS and I was lucky enough to get on as one of the early adopters! I got my laptop back at end of day yesterday freshly paved with Win 7. ... Adventures in Windows 7 and Virtual PC 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for September 30, 2009 -- #701 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Damon Payne, Rishi, Nigel Sampson, Chris Klug, Andrea Boschin, Bryant Likes, Timmy Kokke, Shawn Wildermuth, Terence Tsang, and Mark Tucker. Shoutouts: As referenced below, Shawn Wildermuth ... Silverlight Cream for September 30, 2009 -- #701 0 0 0
The language is not supported on the server and can't uninstall u... Patrick Olurotimi Ige, January 1, 0001 Sure many sharepoint Admin/ Developers/Architects must have come across this issue when trying to uninstall and re- install Sharepoint 2007. I have uninstalled sharepoint instance before just by going ... The language is not supported on the server and can't uninstall u... 0 0 0
Cutting Through Complexity – Lambdas Dylan Smith, January 1, 0001 So the other day at work we were doing an architecture/design review on a project to share knowledge gained with other project teams. After making the code available one of the other architects came to ... Cutting Through Complexity – Lambdas 0 0 0
Intro to SVN: Trunk, Tags, and Branches Matt Christian, January 1, 0001 Subversion (SVN) is a popular tool used by many development teams as their primary way of versioning their code. Here are some of the basics to SVN. Possibly one of SVN's best aspects is the ability to ... Intro to SVN: Trunk, Tags, and Branches 0 0 10
Tuning IIS - machine.config settings Stuart Brierley, January 1, 0001 Recently I needed to try and reduce contention within IIS when calling a number of web services. Eventually this led to the need to make some changes to the machine.config file. The changes identified ... Tuning IIS - machine.config settings 0 0 5
Presenting at SW Florida Code Camp - October 3, 2009 Nikita Polyakov, January 1, 0001 This weekend, October 3, 2009, I will be presenting at SW Florida Code Camp. Hope to see you there. Be sure to ask to see my phone, I have something really cool to show you. Here are the abstracts on the ... Presenting at SW Florida Code Camp - October 3, 2009 0 0 0
Inane Generic Usage Chris Eargle, January 1, 0001 in·ane (ĭn-ān') adj. in·an·er, in·an·est One that lacks sense or substance. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published ... Inane Generic Usage 0 0 2
Using App.config and System.Configuration Lukasz Kurylo, January 1, 0001 Suppose that you have a interface in your project 1: namespace Configuration.Logger 2: { 3: public interface ILogger 4: { 5: void Write(); 6: } 7: } and a few his implementations. 1: public class FileLogger ... Using App.config and System.Configuration 0 0 0
NCache & BizTalk Follow up Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 I was having in interesting discussion with Yossi Dahan following a recent SBUG meeting, as most user group sessions go the meeting was good but there was also some good discussion in the pub afterwards. ... NCache & BizTalk Follow up 0 0 0
Silverlight Gives "Could not download the Silverlight application... Wes Weeks, January 1, 0001 Struggled to get a Silverlight Application to load in the browser. Checked and double checked that the .xap mime type was succesfully registered. It was working correctly on our other machines. The .xap ... Silverlight Gives "Could not download the Silverlight application... 0 0 0
Chasing Technology, Our Best Idea, and Fly Fishing Kevin Grossnicklaus, January 1, 0001 Since I was 8 years old I’ve always been fascinated by technology. I probably was before that as well but I didn’t get a computer until I was 8 and then I think I felt like I now belonged to a “club” and ... Chasing Technology, Our Best Idea, and Fly Fishing 0 0 6
Silverlight Cream for September 27, 2009 -- #699 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Jesse Liberty, Jonathan van de Veen, Alex Golesh, Chris Cavanagh, Michael Washington, Danijel Stulic, Bob Bartholomay, Mark Tucker, Chris Klug, and Lee. Shoutouts: Jeff Handley has another ... Silverlight Cream for September 27, 2009 -- #699 0 0 1
Intoduction to Web Client Software Factory - Part1 Gino Abraham, January 1, 0001 What is Web Client Software Factory (WCSF)? WCSF is a web client development pattern recommended by Microsoft. You can use the software factory to easily create Web client applications with a consistent ... Intoduction to Web Client Software Factory - Part1 0 0 2
"The project type is not supported by this installation" for Wor... Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 Download from ActivityExecutionContext in Workflows caused "The project type is not supported by this installation" when opened the solution. On my machine I have Workflow only for VS 2008, but not for ... "The project type is not supported by this installation" for Wor... 0 0 2
Installer IIS 7 avec VS 2010 Karol Deland, January 1, 0001 Lors de mes essais de Visual Studio 10, j’ai été confronté à l’installation de IIS 7 sous Win7. Après de longues recherches, il d’avère qu’il est de loin préférable d’installer les composantes IIS 7 avant ... Installer IIS 7 avec VS 2010 0 0 0
The Backyard Mechanic Lee Brandt, January 1, 0001 Recently, I read some posts about Duct Tape programming from Joel Spolsky, Michael C. Neel, Jak Charlton, “Uncle” Bob Martin and Jeffrey Palermo. I have followed these posts closely. While the intent is ... The Backyard Mechanic 0 0 4
StackPanel IsEnabled Braulio Díez Botella, January 1, 0001 Sometimes you need to enable / disable all the controls that are inside a StackPanel or a Grid depending on some conditions… well it seems something pretty straight forward until you realize that these ... StackPanel IsEnabled 0 0 3
DAX 2009: SoapServerException when installing Role Center & Enter... Prabhat Samuel, January 1, 0001 Entering function CurrentUserAlias Leaving function CurrentUserAlias Creating new Enterprise Portal Site with following the parameters:\n URL: http://Portal/sites/EP\n Title: EP Site\n LCID: 1033\n OwnerLogin: ... DAX 2009: SoapServerException when installing Role Center & Enter... 0 0 29
Applications: Creating a windowed DirectDraw application TechTwaddle, January 1, 0001 In this post we'll learn how to create a windowed directdraw application for windows mobile. A windowed application is not much different from a regular full-screen application but you have to be a little ... Applications: Creating a windowed DirectDraw application 0 0 2
.NET 3.5 SP1 now available as a Windows Feature in Windows 7 RTM Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 Recently I upgraded to Windows 7 RTM and started setting up my machine. The usual set of tools I install are Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008, Expression etc., Also, for .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 ... .NET 3.5 SP1 now available as a Windows Feature in Windows 7 RTM 0 0 22
The CLR does not a Virtual Machine Make... David V. Corbin, January 1, 0001 [Originally Written October 2004 - Updated September 2009] Many people state that Microsoft .Net technology provides a "Virtual Machine" environment via the CLR. However, an examination of various definitions ... The CLR does not a Virtual Machine Make... 0 0 6
An awesome website on SQL code LifeLongTechie, January 1, 0001 Sometimes you have to resort to slang to express yourself, like on this ocasion there is nothing else to say except: "This dude is awesome". I used his stored procedure to script out that data in a table. ... An awesome website on SQL code 0 0 0