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A new free book from Microsoft - Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS,...
At http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/btl/b/weblog/archive/2012/09/12/turn-your-bright-ideas-into-applications-with-the-new-mcsd.aspx there is mention of a new free book from Microsoft Press - Programming...
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Node.js Adventure - Node.js on Windows
Two weeks ago I had had a talk with Wang Tao, a C# MVP in China who is currently running his startup company and product named worktile. He asked me to figure out a synchronization solution which helps...
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Extra Life 2012
Greetings, It's that time of year again. The time when I beg you for money for charity. See, unlike those bell ringers outside Wal-Mart, I don't do it when you have ten bazillion holiday...
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Windows 8 Developer Camp - Raleigh September 25th
Time is ticking away and the time to act is now! How's that for some motivation? :-) Microsoft Developer Evangelist Brian Hitney and I want to help you get your app in the store in time for the...
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SQL Server script commands to check if object exists and drop it
Over the past couple years I’ve been keeping track of common SQL Server script commands that I use so I don’t have to constantly Google them. Most of them are how to check if a SQL object exists...
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Get to Know a Candidate (10 of 25): Tom Stevens–Objectivist Party
DISCLAIMER: This is not a post about “Romney” or “Obama”. This is not a post for whom I am voting. Information sourced for Wikipedia. Stevens is an American professor, attorney, politician and blogger....
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Stylecop 4.7.37.0 has been released
Stylecop 4.7.37.0 has been released at http://stylecop.codeplex.com/releases/view/79972The release notes follow:Add docs for new SA1650 spelling rule.Fix for 7395. Dont remove parenthesis around await...
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Moving Day
I've decided that it's time for me to move on from Geeks with Blogs. It's been a great platform but unforuntately I've not used it nearly as much as I should. It's been over a year and a half since...
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VS2010 crashes when opening a vsp generated using VS 2012
I recently profiled some web applications using Visual Studio 2012, a vsp (Visual Studio Profile) file was generated as a result of the profiling session. I could successfully open the vsp file in...
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Cleaning your BizTalk Build Server
Just a little note for myself this one.At one of my customers where it is still BizTalk 2006 one of the build servers is intermittently getting issues so I wanted to run a script periodically to clean...
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Windows 7 Registered Owner and Organization
This is another of those memory aid posts. After I got tired of seeing Hewlett-Packard as the licensed organization on my laptop, I dug into the registry and changed it. Go to...
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How to write your unit tests to switch between NUnit and MSTest
On my current project I found it useful to use both NUnit and MsTest for unit testing. When using ReSharper for running unit tests, it just simply works better with NUnit, and on large scale projects...
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Remember way back when we had a free decompiler?
I, like probably so many of the rest of you, was mortified when Reflector was sold to RedGate. I knew where it was going. Suddenly you had to install it instead of just download and run it. I had a...
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Where'd My Data Go? (and/or...How Do I Get Rid of It?)
Want to get a better idea of how cascade deletes work in Entity Framework Code First scenarios? Want to see it in action? Stick with us as we quickly demystify what happens when you tell your data...
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Windows 8 Store App Crash Logs
I was recently working on a Windows 8 app, and the application was crashing occasionally. When resuming the application, the app would crash and close immediately without providing any feedback or...
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Access Log Files
Some of the simplest things in life make all the difference. For a software developer who is trying to solve an application problem, being able to access log files, windows event viewer, and other...
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Get to Know a Candidate (11 of 25): Roseanne Barr–Peace & Freedom...
DISCLAIMER: This is not a post about “Romney” or “Obama”. This is not a post for whom I am voting. Information sourced for Wikipedia. Barr is an American actress, comedienne, writer, television...
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Blind As a Bat in Multi-Monitor Hell – Free Program Inside!
If you know me personally, then you probably know that I am going blind thanks to a rare genetic eye disease. My eye disease has already been a huge detriment to my eyesight. One of the big things to...
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Get to Know a Candidate (12 of 25): Andre Barnett–Reform Party
DISCLAIMER: This is not a post about “Romney” or “Obama”. This is not a post for whom I am voting. Information sourced for Wikipedia. Barnett is an American politician and entrepreneur. He is the...
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New Workstation – Lenovo W530 Core i7 32GB 256GB SSD Win8Pro
So I pretty-much have my new machine up and running full-time. I am still going to have to hit my old workstation for some things but am more-or-less working on my new machine. It’s really fast. And...
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