Lessons Building KeyRef (a .NET developer learning Rails) Liam McLennan, January 1, 0001 Just because I like to build things, and I like to learn, I have been working on a keyboard shortcut reference site. I am using this as an opportunity to improve my ruby and rails skills. The first few ... Lessons Building KeyRef (a .NET developer learning Rails) 0 0 1
Microsoft Tag Tagged Me Brian Schroer, January 1, 0001 I got EXTREMELY lucky last week and won an HP Mini 311 notebook from a Microsoft Tag Twitter contest. I did my required tweet to enter last Tuesday, and one hour later received notification that I had ... Microsoft Tag Tagged Me 0 0 0
Make Your Menu Item Highlighted Shaun, January 1, 0001 When I was working on the TalentOn project (Promotion in MSDN Chinese) I was asked to implement a functionality that makes the top menu items highlighted when the currently viewing page was in that section. ... Make Your Menu Item Highlighted 0 0 0
.NET CoffeeScript Handler Liam McLennan, January 1, 0001 After more time than I care to admit I have finally released a rudimentary Http Handler for serving compiled CoffeeScript from Asp.Net applications. It was a long and painful road but I am glad to finally ... .NET CoffeeScript Handler 0 0 1
Visual WebGui's XAML based programming for web developers Webgui, January 1, 0001 While ASP.NET provides an event base approach it is completely dismissed when working with AJAX and the richness of the server is lost and replaced with JavaScript programming and couple with a very high ... Visual WebGui's XAML based programming for web developers 0 0 0
A .NET Developers day with the iPad. mbcrump, January 1, 0001 The Apple iPad is currently getting a lot of buzz because of the app store, the book store and of course iTunes. I had the chance to play with one and this is what I have learned about the device. Let’s ... A .NET Developers day with the iPad. 0 0 0
NHibernate tutorial #6 - Parent-Child Relationships BobPalmer, January 1, 0001 I've finally had a chance to continue my NHibernate tutorial series after a series of vacations and events. In this tutorial, I cover one of the most common relationships, that of the parent-child, in ... NHibernate tutorial #6 - Parent-Child Relationships 0 0 7
RoundhousE now supports Oracle, SQL2000 Robz / Fervent Coder, January 1, 0001 RoundhousE, the database migration software that is based on sql scripts has added support for Oracle and SQL 2000. There have also been numerous other little things, including better logging and a script ... RoundhousE now supports Oracle, SQL2000 0 0 0
Funny Captcha Liam McLennan, January 1, 0001 I like this capture because it reminds me of the ‘England Prevails’ dialog from V for Vendetta ... Funny Captcha 0 0 0
Powershell STA watin Mike Koerner, January 1, 0001 Wow, two posts on the same day. I was working on a quick DLL project to do some web scripting using the awsome power of Watin. In the past I use to create a vbscript as the test handler to call the DLL ... Powershell STA watin 0 0 0
Less is more: The making of a 37 signals style pizza Liam McLennan, January 1, 0001 For years now we have been hearing from 37 signals that the way to bake a great web app is to build less – well the same is true of pizza. Our western hedonism has led us to pursue ever cheesier and more ... Less is more: The making of a 37 signals style pizza 0 0 0
MOSS 2007 – WCM Blank WebPart Page Zone ID’s Jeff Julian, January 1, 0001 Here is the list of Zone ID’s for the Blank WebPart Page (BlankWebPartPage.aspx") that is part of the Publishing Portal with MOSS 2007: TitleBar Header TopLeftRow TopRightRow CenterLeftColumn CenterColumn ... MOSS 2007 – WCM Blank WebPart Page Zone ID’s 0 0 2
5 Ways Android Still Disappoints (Me) TStewartDev, January 1, 0001 Let me make this clear: I'm annoyed with Apple. I don't like their current policies and I don't like where Steve Jobs is taking the company. In general, I don't like it when any one company gets too much ... 5 Ways Android Still Disappoints (Me) 0 0 0
Caching of toolbar names in ArcMap Marko Apfel, January 1, 0001 For little GUI-changes in own ArcMap-customizations normally it is enough to start the application and look that every entry is visible. Especially for refactoring of an own toolbar it was still enough ... Caching of toolbar names in ArcMap 0 0 0
PrairieDevCon – Slide Decks Dylan Smith, January 1, 0001 PrairieDevCon 2010 was an awesome time. Learned a lot, and had some amazing conversations. You guys even managed to convince me that NoSQL databases might actually be useful after all. For those interested ... PrairieDevCon – Slide Decks 0 0 0
Why is my laptop so sluggish? Or Damn You Facebook and Twitter! ... John Conwell, January 1, 0001 In the past three weeks, I've noticed that my laptop (dual core 2.1GHz, 2Gb RAM) has become amazingly sluggish. I only uses for communications and data lookup workflows, so the slowness was tolerable. ... Why is my laptop so sluggish? Or Damn You Facebook and Twitter! ... 0 0 0
Contract Work - Lessons Learned samerpaul, January 1, 0001 I thought I would write a post of a different nature today, but still relevant to the tech world. I do a lot of contract jobs myself and really enjoy it. It's nice to keep jumping from project to project, ... Contract Work - Lessons Learned 0 0 3
Windows CE: Newsgroups Shutdown Bruce Eitman, January 1, 0001 As of June 1, 2010 many of the Windows CE newsgroups have been shut down by Microsoft, and the rest will be shut down by October 1, 2010. This is part of an overall Microsoft strategy to move community ... Windows CE: Newsgroups Shutdown 0 0 0
Finite Numbers and ExplorerCanvas PhubarBaz, January 1, 0001 I was working on my online mathematical graphing application, CloudGraph, and trying to make it work in IE. The app uses the HTML5 canvas element to draw graphs. Since IE doesn't support canvas yet I use ... Finite Numbers and ExplorerCanvas 0 0 0
Going to TechEd 2010 North America - WP7 Enterprise - TechEd 2010... Nikita Polyakov, January 1, 0001 After years of one night community and volunteering tasks; and even running cool events like ]inbetween[ weekend, I finally get to go to the actual event! And this time it’s not in Orlando – it’s in New ... Going to TechEd 2010 North America - WP7 Enterprise - TechEd 2010... 0 0 0
Death March Nick Harrison, January 1, 0001 It is a horrible sight to watch a project fail. There are few things as bad. Watching a project fail regardless of the reason is almost like sitting in a room with a "Dementor" from Harry Potter. It will ... Death March 0 0 1
TechEd 2010 Schedule and Twitter Tool Scott Dorman, January 1, 0001 If you’re going to TechEd 2010* (North America), be sure to check out the TechEd 2010 Schedule and Twitter Tool. If you have a mobile device (Windows Mobile 6.5, Android, iPhone), a tablet (Windows 7, ... TechEd 2010 Schedule and Twitter Tool 0 0 2
Win7 is not a tablet OS, no matter what the boys in Redmond think... John Conwell, January 1, 0001 Despite what execs at Microsoft think, Windows 7 is NOT a tablet OS. Just because you can install some software (or OS) on a device, doesn't mean that device is meant to run that software. This seems to ... Win7 is not a tablet OS, no matter what the boys in Redmond think... 0 0 3
Search engine optimization Links Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 Below there are a few links, that I used for my Search engine optimization research for PrintPagesOnline site. : http://websearch.about.com/... Keyword Selection Guidelines ... Search engine optimization Links 0 0 1
How to reproject a shapefile from WGS 84 to Spherical/Web Mercato... samkea, January 1, 0001 Definitions: You will need to know the meaning of these terms below. I have given a small description to the acronyms but you can google and know more about them. #1:WGS-84- World Geodetic Systems (1984)- ... How to reproject a shapefile from WGS 84 to Spherical/Web Mercato... 0 0 1
What's New in ASP.NET 4 Navaneeth, January 1, 0001 The .NET Framework version 4 includes enhancements for ASP.NET 4 in targeted areas. Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft Visual Web Developer Express also include enhancements and new features for improved ... What's New in ASP.NET 4 0 0 1
Refactoring an ERB Template to Haml Liam McLennan, January 1, 0001 ERB is the default view templating system used by Ruby on Rails. Haml is an alternative templating system that uses whitespace to represent document structure. The example from the haml website shows the ... Refactoring an ERB Template to Haml 0 0 0
Powershell variables to string Mike Koerner, January 1, 0001 I'm new to powershell. I'm trying to write an error handler to wrap around my script. Part of the error handler is dumping out some variable settings. I spent a while trying to do this and couldn't google ... Powershell variables to string 0 0 0
Running Teamsite User Admin tool IWUSERADM.exe from ASP.NET Narendra Tiwari, January 1, 0001 It has really been a head scratching task for me. I 've tried many options but nothing worked. Finally I found a workaround on google to achive this by TaskScheduler. PROBLEM When we run Teamsite user ... Running Teamsite User Admin tool IWUSERADM.exe from ASP.NET 0 0 0
Letter to Ballmer: Making Better Consumer Devices andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 Last year, I wrote Steve Ballmer an email, and he was kind enough to write me back. The email contained a scan of a column I wrote praising Microsoft’s BI strategy. His reply contained three simple words: ... Letter to Ballmer: Making Better Consumer Devices 0 0 11
Tools and Utilities for the .NET Developer mbcrump, January 1, 0001 You can reach this page anytime at http://tools.michaelcrump.net Thanks to everyone that has contributed so far, we are getting several thousands hits from all sorts of developers a day. Recent Contributors ... Tools and Utilities for the .NET Developer 0 0 26
AJAX Control Toolkit - Incompatibility with HTMLEditor and Update... Guilherme Cardoso, January 1, 0001 Unfortunately HTMLEditor component of AJAX Control Toolkit is not compatible with the UpdatePanel. The problem is when we use accents with the Mozilla Firefox browser and HTMLEditor is inside an UpdatePanel. ... AJAX Control Toolkit - Incompatibility with HTMLEditor and Update... 0 0 2
C # - a variable using the Encrypt md5 Guilherme Cardoso, January 1, 0001 When we are dealing with more sensitive data and important as a keyword, it is not appropriate at all stores them in database without encrypting for security reasons. For this we use MD5 MD5 is an algorithm ... C # - a variable using the Encrypt md5 0 0 1
AJAX Control Toolkit - Globalization (Language) Guilherme Cardoso, January 1, 0001 For those who use AjaxToolKit controls presenting a language-dependent data (the CalendarExternder with the names of the months and weeks, for example) you can change the language to be presented in a ... AJAX Control Toolkit - Globalization (Language) 0 0 0
ASP.NET Chart Control - During a PostBack Guilherme Cardoso, January 1, 0001 To use the Chart control from a PostBack is necessary to modify the ChartImg.axd HttpHandler, otherwise we'll get the error message: Error executing child request for ChartImg.axd In Web.Config search ... ASP.NET Chart Control - During a PostBack 0 0 1
My Latest Hare-Brained Scheme Liam McLennan, January 1, 0001 I have not had a significant side project for a while but I have been working on a product idea. Its an analytics application that analyses twitter data and reports on market sentiment. The target market ... My Latest Hare-Brained Scheme 0 0 0
SyncToBlog #12 Windows Azure and Cloud Links Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Some more “syncing to paper” :) Steve Marx wrote a very interesting article about using Hosted Web Core in an Azure Worker Role. Hosted Web Core is a new feature in IIS 7 that enables developers to create ... SyncToBlog #12 Windows Azure and Cloud Links 0 0 0
Own an iPad, iPhone, or Touch? Add GWB to your Home Staff of Geeks, January 1, 0001 I know it is goofy to geek out about such things, but I am a pretty goofy geek. Today we published support for the Apple icons for devices like the iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Now when you add Geekswithblogs.net ... Own an iPad, iPhone, or Touch? Add GWB to your Home 0 0 0
New Bing Maps MikeParks, January 1, 0001 Normally I don't stray too far from Programming and TFS on my blog posts but I'm just really impressed with how much Silverlight has improved Bing maps. I use to be big on MapQuest, then hopped over to ... New Bing Maps 0 0 0
Thoughts on exception handling. AndyScott, January 1, 0001 Was working on a windows form app (something I haven't done in a while), adding threading and logging so that it would work a little more smoothly and have a record of who did what. I was just about at ... Thoughts on exception handling. 0 0 2
Does HTML 5 Make “Rich vs. Reach” a False Choice? andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 The competition between the Web and proprietary rich platforms, including Windows, Mac OS, iPhone/iPad, Adobe’s Flash/AIR and Microsoft’s Silverlight, is not new. But with the emergence of HTML 5 and imminent ... Does HTML 5 Make “Rich vs. Reach” a False Choice? 0 0 2
Silverlight Cream for May 19, 2010 -- #865 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Michael Washington, Mike Snow(-2-), Justin Angel(-2-), Jeremy Likness, and David Kelley. Shoutout: Erik Mork and crew have their latest up: Silverlight Week – Silverlight Android? From SilverlightCream.com: ... Silverlight Cream for May 19, 2010 -- #865 0 0 0
BizTalk 2009 - Error when Testing Map with Flat File Source Schem... Stuart Brierley, January 1, 0001 I have recently been creating some flat file schemas using the BizTalk Server 2009 Flat File Schema Wizard. I have then been mapping these flat file schemas to a "normal" xml schema format. I have not ... BizTalk 2009 - Error when Testing Map with Flat File Source Schem... 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for May 18, 2010 -- #864 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Jesse Liberty, Chris Koenig, Kyle McClellan, Kunal Chowdhury(-2-), Tim Heuer, and Jonathan van de Veen. Shoutout: René Schulte has posted a SLARToolkit Beginner's Guide Erik Mork and the ... Silverlight Cream for May 18, 2010 -- #864 0 0 0
Resize Image thru Slider in Silverlight Sayre Collado, January 1, 0001 Hello Guys, I've been playing with slider on silverlight. Now the result is this, a simple resizing image thru slider. The Image below is the default size of my sample. And the second Image below are the ... Resize Image thru Slider in Silverlight 0 0 0
Eris Update to 2.1 – No Problems Bunch, January 1, 0001 I updated my Eris to Android’s 2.1 OS last night and everything went pretty well. I had wanted to update the phone mainly for two reasons. The first was to have the Navigation feature of the Google Maps ... Eris Update to 2.1 – No Problems 0 0 0
Informative Websites to follow... Max, January 1, 0001 Great Websites for everyday tips and tricks http://www.lifehack.org/ - Tips & Tricks to hack your life. http://www.lifehacker.com/ - Great tips and tricks for life and computers http://www.nirmaltv.com/ ... Informative Websites to follow... 0 0 0
Office 2010 Professional Plus (Top 10 reasons to upgrade) mbcrump, January 1, 0001 Being a huge nerd, I decided that I would go ahead and upgrade to the latest and greatest office. That being, Office 2010 Professional Plus. The biggest concern that I had was loosing all my mail settings ... Office 2010 Professional Plus (Top 10 reasons to upgrade) 0 0 2
Useful SEO Links Mark Flory, January 1, 0001 I am a software developer but it is still very useful to understand SEO and it's ramifications when building a website. The 15 minute SEO List is a good SEO cheatsheet. Also the Google SEO Starter Guide ... Useful SEO Links 0 0 1
Basic Mouse Features in Silverlight Sayre Collado, January 1, 0001 Hi Guys, I have basic sample on how to use some features of mouse events in Silverlight. The picture. The Mouse Activity Log is to record the all activity done on the projects. My simple snippets on how ... Basic Mouse Features in Silverlight 0 0 1