Dallas First Robotics Competition (FRC) 2012 T, January 1, 0001 Wow! That is all I have to say after three fun filled days in a world that fed the geek, sparked the competitor, inspired the humanitarian, encouraged the inventor, and continuously warmed the heart in ... Dallas First Robotics Competition (FRC) 2012 0 0 0
C4C - 2012 Timothy Wright, January 1, 0001 C4C (Coders 4 Charities), in Kansas City, is always a fun event. At points it gets to be a pressure cooker as you zone in trying to crank out some fantastic code in just a few hours, but it is always fun. ... C4C - 2012 0 0 0
Automated SSRS deployment with the RS utility Stacy Vicknair, January 1, 0001 If you’re familiar with SSRS and development you are probably aware of the SSRS web services. The RS utility is a tool that comes with SSRS that allows for scripts to be executed against against the SSRS ... Automated SSRS deployment with the RS utility 0 0 0
I Clobbered a Leopard with a Window Last Night D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 I’ve had my 15” Mac Book Pro for a little over a year now, and its hands-down the best laptop I’ve ever owned…hardware wise. And I tried, I really really tried, to like OSX. I even bought Parallels so ... I Clobbered a Leopard with a Window Last Night 0 0 3
Parallel MSBuild FTW - Build faster in parallel deadlydog, January 1, 0001 Hey everyone, I just discovered this great post yesterday that shows how to have msbuild build projects in parallel Basically all you need to do is… Read more at http://blog.danskingdom.com... ... Parallel MSBuild FTW - Build faster in parallel 0 0 4
How to get distinct values from the List<T> with LINQ Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 Recently I was working with data from a generic List<T> and one of my objectives is to get the distinct values that is found in the List. Consider that we have this simple class that holds the following ... How to get distinct values from the List<T> with LINQ 0 0 6
First post… TFSGuy, January 1, 0001 OK this is just a first post to see how Windows Live Writer works. I’m sure as I become more familiar with it the easier it will be. I am new to the world of contracting and am finding it very similar ... First post… 0 0 0
BizTalk–Mapping repeating EDI segments using a Table Loopin... Bill Osuch, January 1, 0001 BizTalk’s HIPAA X12 schemas have several repeating date/time segments in them, where the XML winds up looking something like this: <DTM_StatementDate> <DTM01_DateTimeQualifier... ... BizTalk–Mapping repeating EDI segments using a Table Loopin... 0 0 0
MapRedux - PowerShell and Big Data Dittenhafer Solutions, January 1, 0001 MapRedux – #PowerShell and #Big Data Have you been hearing about “big data”, “map reduce” and other large scale computing terms over the past couple of years and been curious to dig into more detail? Have ... MapRedux - PowerShell and Big Data 0 0 0
SSRS optional parameters settings Natasa Gavrilovic, January 1, 0001 Recently I had to create couple SQL Server Reports (SSRS) with optional parameters built in. It took me a while to refresh memory how this can be done. It was very simple to create reports and processes ... SSRS optional parameters settings 0 0 6
Microsoft and the open source community Charles Young, January 1, 0001 For the last decade, I have repeatedly, in my imitable Microsoft fan boy style, offered an alternative view to commonly held beliefs about Microsoft's stance on open source licensing. In earlier times, ... Microsoft and the open source community 0 0 1
.NET vs Windows 8 simonc, January 1, 0001 So, day 1 of DevWeek. Lots and lots of Windows 8 and WinRT, as you would expect. The keynote had some actual content in it, fleshed out some of the details of how your apps linked into the Metro infrastructure, ... .NET vs Windows 8 0 0 17
Scaling-out Your Services by Message Bus based WCF Transport Exte... Shaun, January 1, 0001 We are almost done everything about the WCF transport extension over the message bus, which makes our services can be scaled out by introducing more instances over machines and servers. We had finished ... Scaling-out Your Services by Message Bus based WCF Transport Exte... 0 0 1
Moving Servers Today Jeff Julian, January 1, 0001 Well I like to look at pretty pictures on deployment days to keep my mind on the good side of software. Well I guess it is not that bad, but today we moved Geekswithblogs.net to a new server pool to update ... Moving Servers Today 0 0 0
Pre-selecting Iteration and Area Path for TFS 2010 SSRS Reports Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 There are pieces of information spread out on this in various postings for SQL Server Reporting Services used in Team Foundation Server. Here are two: Customizing Report Parameters for Team Foundation ... Pre-selecting Iteration and Area Path for TFS 2010 SSRS Reports 0 0 0
Low-Latency High-Performant Financial App Infrastructures JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 Financial Apps feel the need for speed – this can come via parallelization, and via infrastructure - fast messaging and non-blocking distributed memory management. This blogpost gives an overview + examples ... Low-Latency High-Performant Financial App Infrastructures 0 0 3
Demystifying Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh and Windows Phone SDK 7.1.... Nikita Polyakov, January 1, 0001 Everyone loves naming conventions and product code names :) I’ve see a few people mislead by blogs and so called “.com press” to the point of confusion about what Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh and Windows ... Demystifying Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh and Windows Phone SDK 7.1.... 0 0 0
For Modernizr, Don’t Stop with NuGet Steve Albers, January 1, 0001 The ASP.NET MVC template drops a copy of Modernizr 1.7 in your project automatically, and if you check for NuGet updates the library is brought up to the current version - 2.5.3. The NuGet package is a ... For Modernizr, Don’t Stop with NuGet 0 0 1
New WP7 Project update & Mixtio Reader rodelljr, January 1, 0001 In my last blog I talked about a new WP7 utility application. My intention at the time was to build a Wi-Fi strength meter, but after some research, I discovered that Microsoft has that part of the phone ... New WP7 Project update & Mixtio Reader 0 0 0
Guncraft on Kickstarter - Last Chance this weekend! Michael B. McLaughlin, January 1, 0001 Andy Dunn, known far and wide as The Zman (accept no substitutes) has been a strong supporter of the XNA community for many years now (and the Managed DirectX community before that). This coming Sunday ... Guncraft on Kickstarter - Last Chance this weekend! 0 0 0
Windows Azure Service Bus Resequencer Alan Smith, January 1, 0001 Introduction I’ll be presenting a session at Sweden Windows Azure Group (SWAG) on Monday, as well as presenting on the Windows Azure Service Bus at various other events. I thought it would be fun to look ... Windows Azure Service Bus Resequencer 0 0 1
Scaling-out Your Services by Message Bus based WCF Transport Exte... Shaun, January 1, 0001 In our last post I demonstrated how to implement the datagram channel shape, and in the second and third post I described the request reply shape. In this post I will explain the last MEP in WCF, duplex, ... Scaling-out Your Services by Message Bus based WCF Transport Exte... 0 0 0
Scaling-out Your Services by Message Bus based WCF Transport Exte... Shaun, January 1, 0001 In the previous posts we talked about the transport extension that scaling-out our WCF services over a message bus transportation. What we have done is to use request reply MEP as a example, and implement ... Scaling-out Your Services by Message Bus based WCF Transport Exte... 0 0 0
Scaling-out Your Services by Message Bus based WCF Transport Exte... Shaun, January 1, 0001 In the previous post I demonstrated how to implement a very basic transport extension over an in memory message bus that supports request reply MEP. At the end of that post I created a console application ... Scaling-out Your Services by Message Bus based WCF Transport Exte... 0 0 0
Scaling-out Your Services by Message Bus based WCF Transport Exte... Shaun, January 1, 0001 In my previous post I introduced the architecture of message bus based system, the dispatcher mode and the pulling mode. I also explained a bit about the channel mode and transport extensibility of WCF. ... Scaling-out Your Services by Message Bus based WCF Transport Exte... 0 0 0
Scaling-out Your Services by Message Bus based WCF Transport Exte... Shaun, January 1, 0001 Cloud computing gives us more flexibility on the computing resource, we can provision and deploy an application or service with multiple instances over multiple machines. With the increment of the service ... Scaling-out Your Services by Message Bus based WCF Transport Exte... 0 0 0
A Console Application or Windows Application in VS 2010 for Share... Gino Abraham, January 1, 0001 I have seen many Sharepoint Newbies cracking their head to create a Console/Windows application in VS2010 and make it talk to Sharepoint 2010 Server. I had the same problem when i started with Sharepoint ... A Console Application or Windows Application in VS 2010 for Share... 0 0 0
Myths about Coding Craftsmanship part 2 tom, January 1, 0001 Myth 3: The source of all bad code is inept developers and stupid people When you review code is this what you assume? Shame on you. You are probably making assumptions in your code if you are assuming ... Myths about Coding Craftsmanship part 2 0 0 2
Using HTML5 Today part 4–What happened to XHTML? Steve Albers, January 1, 0001 This is the fourth entry in a series of descriptions & demos from the “Using HTML5 Today” user group presentation. For practical purposes, the original XHTML standard is a historical footnote, although ... Using HTML5 Today part 4–What happened to XHTML? 0 0 0
The gestures of Windows 8 (Consumer preview): part 2, More about ... Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 This is part 2 of a multipart blog post about the gestures and shortcuts in Windows 8 consumer preview. Part 1 can be found here! Read the rest of this entry » ... The gestures of Windows 8 (Consumer preview): part 2, More about ... 0 0 0
Error while trying to run project: Unable to start program &lsquo... Marko Apfel, January 1, 0001 During playing with Entity Framework I got the error: “Error while trying to run project: Unable to start program ‘'…’. The endpoint was not reachable. By running the project in Visual Studio. Outside ... Error while trying to run project: Unable to start program &lsquo... 0 0 1
Using HTML5 Today part 3– Using Polyfills Steve Albers, January 1, 0001 Shims help when adding semantic tags to older IE browsers, but there is a huge range of other new HTML5 features that having varying support on browsers. Polyfills are the tool to work with many of these ... Using HTML5 Today part 3– Using Polyfills 0 0 0
The Linux powered LAN Gaming House sachinghalot, January 1, 0001 LAN parties offer the enjoyment of head to head gaming in a real-life social environment. In general, they are experiencing decline thanks to the convenience of Internet gaming, but Kenton Varda is a man ... The Linux powered LAN Gaming House 0 0 0
The World of SQL Database Deployment GGBlogger, January 1, 0001 In my early development days, I used Microsoft Access for building databases. It made things easy since I only needed to package the database with the installation package so my clients would have access ... The World of SQL Database Deployment 0 0 1
Need help with software licensing? Read on… juanlarios, January 1, 0001 Figuring out which software licensing options best suit your needs while being cost-effective can be confusing. Some businesses end up making their purchases through retail stores which means they miss ... Need help with software licensing? Read on… 0 0 0
Getting Started with Cloud Computing juanlarios, January 1, 0001 You’ve likely heard about how Office 365 and Windows Intune are great applications to get you started with Cloud Computing. Many of you emailed me asking for more info on what Cloud Computing is, including ... Getting Started with Cloud Computing 0 0 0
Organization & Architecture UNISA Studies – Chap 13 MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Learning Outcomes Explain the advantages of using a large number of registers Discuss the way in which compilers optimize register usage Discuss the evolution of CISC machines Describe the characteristics ... Organization & Architecture UNISA Studies – Chap 13 0 0 0
Fix a jQuery/HTML5 dynamic content issue by upgrading jQuery Steve Albers, January 1, 0001 The default NuGet template for MVC3 pushes down jQuery 1.5.1. You can upgrade to a new version (1.7.1 is current when this was written) to avoid a problem with the creation of “unknown” HTML5 tags in IE6-8: ... Fix a jQuery/HTML5 dynamic content issue by upgrading jQuery 0 0 3
Flow Fields in Dynamics NAV T, January 1, 0001 I don’t know the exact business reason but someone asked how to identify all sales shipping orders with any negative quantities on them. They needed to print these separately from the shipments that only ... Flow Fields in Dynamics NAV 0 0 2
Audacity 2.0 released TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Audacity 2.0 has been relesed at http://audacity.sourceforge... is an excellent tool for recording and audio editing ... Audacity 2.0 released 0 0 0
Using HTML5 Today part 2–Fixing Semantic tags with a Shiv Steve Albers, January 1, 0001 Semantic elements and the Shiv! This is the second entry in the series of demos from the “Using HTML5 Today” talk. For the definitive discussion on unknown elements and the HTML5 Shiv check out Mark Pilgrim’s ... Using HTML5 Today part 2–Fixing Semantic tags with a Shiv 0 0 1
Development Quirk From ASP.NET Dynamic Compilation jkauffman, January 1, 0001 The Problem I got a compilation error in my ASP.NET MVC3 project that tested my sanity today. (As always, names are changed to protect the innocent) The type or namespace name 'FishViewModel' does not ... Development Quirk From ASP.NET Dynamic Compilation 0 0 0
Weird bug in Visual Studio 11 Beta when running on Windows 8 raccoon_tim, January 1, 0001 With the Windows 8 Consumer Preview version out in the open and the Visual Studio 11 Beta also available, I’ve been putting some more effort into trying them both out. The first impression of the new Visual ... Weird bug in Visual Studio 11 Beta when running on Windows 8 0 0 3
Organization & Architecture UNISA Studies – Chap 4 MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Learning Outcomes Explain the characteristics of memory systems Describe the memory hierarchy Discuss cache memory principles Discuss issues relevant to cache design Describe the cache organization of ... Organization & Architecture UNISA Studies – Chap 4 0 0 0
How To Change Attachment Size in WorkItems in TFS 2010 Ravi, January 1, 0001 Recently, I came across an issue where I had to change the size limit for WorkItem Attachments in TFS 2010. I searched all around the internet only to find very little information around it which wasn’t ... How To Change Attachment Size in WorkItems in TFS 2010 0 0 0
Speaking at Orlando Code Camp 2012 March 31st Nikita Polyakov, January 1, 0001 One of my favorite Code Camps, and not only because it’s only an hour or so away, but because it’s Orlando, Florida! session name: Metro Design Language - WP7 & Windows "8" speaker:Nikita Polyakov ... Speaking at Orlando Code Camp 2012 March 31st 0 0 0
Direct3D 11 Programming in a Nutshell JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 Programming Direct3D requires understanding of where different types of resources are bound to the shader pipeline. The shader pipeline consists of configurable fixed function stages (Input Shader, Tessellator, ... Direct3D 11 Programming in a Nutshell 0 0 2
March 2012 Chicago IT Architects Group Meeting Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 This year is already accelerating into overdrive. Business is rocking and the time for the March meeting of the Chicago IT Architects Group has crept up on me all to quickly. This month we have Paul Ford ... March 2012 Chicago IT Architects Group Meeting 0 0 0
Solving SharePoint 2010 Setup Errors Manually Agha Usman Ahmed, January 1, 0001 If you are installing SharePoint 2010 on a new box you might see the Setup Errors notification from the installer. In my case, I am using Windows Server 2008 R2, but I have seen the similar Error on Windows ... Solving SharePoint 2010 Setup Errors Manually 0 0 2
Installing SQL Server 2008 on Windows Server 2008 R2 Agha Usman Ahmed, January 1, 0001 In my attempt of installing and configuring SharePoint 2010 Farm, I have given a new Windows Server 2008 R2 box that should have SQL Server 2008. So when I attempt to install SQL Server 2008 on it, I came ... Installing SQL Server 2008 on Windows Server 2008 R2 0 0 1