An Open Letter to Pearson about SOPA/PIPA Joe Mayo, January 1, 0001 If you're a Pearson author, you might be interested in signing this: An Open Letter to Pearson about SOPA/PIPA:http://martinfowl... @JoeMayo ... An Open Letter to Pearson about SOPA/PIPA 0 0 0
SOPA/PIPA–Bad for America, Disastrous for Canada (Edited) D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 There’s a lot of talk today about SOPA and PIPA, the two acts being discussed in the US government and backed by the entertainment industry. If you’re still in the dark about what its about, check out ... SOPA/PIPA–Bad for America, Disastrous for Canada (Edited) 0 0 3
Stopping web.config inheritance to child applications and Telerik... pvanhouten, January 1, 0001 I'm currently working on a project that utilizes Telerik AJAX controls, and I was required to create a new application that was to be setup as a child application to the primary project in IIS7 like so:-- ... Stopping web.config inheritance to child applications and Telerik... 0 0 1
Style sheet strong arm: Reset.css versus Normalization.css Eric Newton, January 1, 0001 I have a pet peeve: designers that always start with reset.css stylesheet. There are so many flaws with this approach:all styles... all elements, everything, is reset to padding 0, margin 0, font-size: ... Style sheet strong arm: Reset.css versus Normalization.css 0 0 0
Resharper 6.1 and other upgrades TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 JetBrains have recently released ReSharper 6.1, along with compatible updates to dotCover (version 1.2) and dotTrace Performance (version 4.5.2). Here is a list of common developer tasks that ReSharper ... Resharper 6.1 and other upgrades 0 0 0
Take a survey and get a free Calendar TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Do you like looking at the stars and the planets?At http://astrosphere.org/Surv... there is survey of usage of the Astonomy Picture of the Day web site.Today's picture can be seen ... Take a survey and get a free Calendar 0 0 0
Methods to Publish Your Site ChrisD, January 1, 0001 There are many ways to publish your site using Plesk Control Panel. Plesk is very powerful. I will show you some methods to publish your site. 1. We can use FTP.This method is I most like. Very simple ... Methods to Publish Your Site 0 0 0
NuCon 2012, Irvine, CA David Barrett, January 1, 0001 If you’re in southern California on February 16, 2012, come out to NuCon 2012. Spend the day building an IT strategy for your organization through business and technical tracks. Meet with peers and experts ... NuCon 2012, Irvine, CA 0 0 0
Estimating Work Items by Hours–Idiotic You Say? D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 An interesting discussion popped up on Twitter between myself, Steve Rogalsky, Terry Bunio, Mike Iwasiow, David Alpert, and some others around using hours as a software estimating unit of measure. Steve’s ... Estimating Work Items by Hours–Idiotic You Say? 0 0 5
Diving Deep: ASP.NET Membership and the new Universal Providers Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 </object> <script type="text/javascript"> document.write("<script type='text/javascript' src='" + (window.location.protocol) + "//c.microsoft.com/ms.js'" + "><\/script>");<... ... Diving Deep: ASP.NET Membership and the new Universal Providers 0 0 31
Known Types of Alien World TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Another excellent item from www.space.com Source: SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration ... Known Types of Alien World 0 0 0
Analyzing CES 2012 Bill Evjen, January 1, 0001 I just got back from the Consumer Electronics Show 2012 (CES) which was held in Las Vegas. This is a good show for me and the company that I work for as it shows us some of the possible future trends of ... Analyzing CES 2012 0 0 1
Important patch for Microsoft Web Protection Library (AntiXSS Lib... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 An important update to the Microsoft Web Protection Library (AntiXSS Library v4.2.1) is available at http://wpl.codeplex.com/rel... reason for the update is as follows:"This release addresses ... Important patch for Microsoft Web Protection Library (AntiXSS Lib... 0 0 0
MSP430 Pulse-Width Modulation in Low Power Mode 3 codeWithoutFear, January 1, 0001 I have recently been turned on to the world of microcontrollers while doing some hobby development. Here is the first “real” program I have written with the Texas Instruments MSP430 LaunchPad development ... MSP430 Pulse-Width Modulation in Low Power Mode 3 0 0 4
Android Design–It’s about time rodelljr, January 1, 0001 Earlier this week Google’s Android team released a new section to their Developers website. It’s called Android Design. I had a chance to look most of it over yesterday and I must say that I am impressed. ... Android Design–It’s about time 0 0 0
101 Async Samples Joe Mayo, January 1, 0001 Here’s a site, by Lucian Wischik, that contains 101 Async Samples: http://www.wischik.com/lu/A... There are examples in both C# and VB. Some examples have a selector that ... 101 Async Samples 0 0 1
A minature Solar System TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 More small planets have been found by the Kepler Space Telescope. Source: SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration ... A minature Solar System 0 0 0
Using MessageBox Control Outside UpdatePanel Control Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 Few days ago I wrote a simple demo about “Using ProudMonkey Controls with ASP.NET AJAX Update Panel”. One small problem is that if for some reasons you will place the MessageBox control outside UpdatePanel ... Using MessageBox Control Outside UpdatePanel Control 0 0 1
The SSIS Expression Way–Skipping an Unwanted File Compudicted, January 1, 0001 Yesterday at the MSDN SSIS Forum somebody asked a question if it is possible to skip a particular file conditionally while keep processing the others. Such a situation arises in cases when a file mask/wildcard ... The SSIS Expression Way–Skipping an Unwanted File 0 0 2
Show Large Image on Mouseover with jQuery Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 I’ve been seeing many members in the forums asking how to display a large copy of the image on mouseover. Some of them are displaying the image in a Repeater, GridView or DataList control. I didn’t find ... Show Large Image on Mouseover with jQuery 0 0 3
ASP.NET MVC 3 - Editing and Updating the Form Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 This demo is a continuation of my previous article about "Creating a Simple Log-in Form". Basically in this post I'm going to demonstrate the basic on how to edit and update the form with ASP.NET MVC 3. ... ASP.NET MVC 3 - Editing and Updating the Form 0 0 1
4 Years Ago this Weekend… MOSSLover, January 1, 0001 In January 0f 2009 something crazy and awesome happened for me, SharePoint Saturday was born. I was a 26 year old girl from Saint Louis Missouri who was living in Olathe, KS. About 5 month prior I went ... 4 Years Ago this Weekend… 0 0 2
My take on TDD & binary search Lazydev, January 1, 0001 Jason Gorman blogged about TDD and binary search. He also followed up with a 2nd take. The question Jason raised was, will you end up with binary search using TDD. Jason also mentions Uncle Bob's transformation ... My take on TDD & binary search 0 0 2
WP Development With “Essential WP 7.5 Application Developme... Vijaya Malla, January 1, 0001 I wanted to introduce to you all to a wonderful book that I came across recently by, Shawn Wildermuth “Essential Windows Phone 7.5 Application Development with Silverlight”. I never bought a text book ... WP Development With “Essential WP 7.5 Application Developme... 0 0 0
Another massive SQL Injection attack TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://www.darkreading.com/... there is the report of a massive SQL Injection ... Another massive SQL Injection attack 0 0 0
InitParams in Silverlight – passed via MVC Chris Skardon, January 1, 0001 The old skool way of passing InitParams in aspx is well documented, adding a: <param name="initParams" value="<%=InitParams%>" /> which is accessing the public ‘InitParams’ member in the code-behind ... InitParams in Silverlight – passed via MVC 0 0 0
Menú Dinámico en MySql Jason Ulloa, January 1, 0001 Luego de varios días sin hacer post, hoy nuevamente retomo para mostrar un pequeño ejemplo de un tema que últimamente ha sido muy tocado en los foros de asp.net de MSDN. Cómo hacer un menú dinámico con ... Menú Dinámico en MySql 0 0 3
Thoughts About the MVP Award Joe Mayo, January 1, 0001 There’s an ongoing discussion in the community about various aspects of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) awards and this is a quick contribution I’ll make to share a few thoughts. Recent ... Thoughts About the MVP Award 0 0 0
Using ProudMonkey Controls with ASP.NET AJAX Update Panel Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 Using the MessageBox, ConfirmBox and FrameBox controls within Update Panel control is very easy. Just like other asp standard controls, you can just put the controls that you want to use within Update ... Using ProudMonkey Controls with ASP.NET AJAX Update Panel 0 0 5
And so it begins wades, January 1, 0001 I originally heard about this website several years ago when I was attending user groups with Rob Reynolds and Dru Sellers. At the time it was still early on in my career and I didn't feel it was the right ... And so it begins 0 0 0
New MVVM Light templates with bug fixes Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 The current version of MVVM Light had a couple of issues in the project templates. The most annoying one was causing a problem when creating new projects: The GUIDs used to uniquely identify the project ... New MVVM Light templates with bug fixes 0 0 0
HTML 5: Predictions for the Future of Silverlight in SharePoint MOSSLover, January 1, 0001 I’m not sure I have ever thrown this down in writing. I probably have said this 800 or 900 times, but I think that HTML 5 in SharePoint 2010 sucks. The support is terrible in the two most prevalent web ... HTML 5: Predictions for the Future of Silverlight in SharePoint 0 0 2
Best XBLIGs of 2011 George Clingerman, January 1, 0001 It’s the end of the year and like everyone else I’m reading the “best of” lists being posted all around the interwebs. Here’s a collection I’ve gathered of all the “best of” lists for XBLIGs. XNADevelopment ... Best XBLIGs of 2011 0 0 1
O'Reilly 7 Weeks of Gift Ideas till Jan/19 TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Until Jan 19th, O Reilly at http://shop.oreilly.com/cat... are offering 7 weeks of gift ideas.Areas already available are:JavaScriptHTML5ArduinoL... DesignProgrammingIn ... O'Reilly 7 Weeks of Gift Ideas till Jan/19 0 0 0
Getting started with Metro style DirectX Michael B. McLaughlin, January 1, 0001 A little more than three months ago, Microsoft hosted the //build/ conference at which they unveiled the upcoming version of Windows (commonly called Windows 8, though I don’t know if the marketing folks ... Getting started with Metro style DirectX 0 0 1
Resharper 6.1 - new nice features - 1 TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Yesterday I installed the new version of Resharper (if you have not tried out ReSharper yet I urge you to get a copy, install it and try it out.)The first new feature I wish to deal with is an assist with ... Resharper 6.1 - new nice features - 1 0 0 1
ASP.NET MVC 3 - Creating a Simple Log-In Form Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 This demo is a continuation of my previous article about "ASP.NET MVC 3: Creating a Simple Sign-Up Form" which I wrote few months ago. Basically in this post I'm going to demonstrate how to create a simple ... ASP.NET MVC 3 - Creating a Simple Log-In Form 0 0 7
Working with NDBUnit – my suggested project structure for r... MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 In the team that I have been working with lately they use NDBUnit to control the test database state for Integration Tests. Today I thought I would blog briefly on one of the issues we had and how we are ... Working with NDBUnit – my suggested project structure for r... 0 0 1
What are you trying to prove? Kyle Burns, January 1, 0001 I'm a big believer in the benefits of having automated tests live with your code. I'm not an aspirant to Red-Green-Refactor Nirvana, but I believe there is a huge value to be gained by taking the code ... What are you trying to prove? 0 0 0
Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework December Sample Updates Jialiang, January 1, 0001 Wishing a very happy and blessed New Year to you in advance! A new release of Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework is available on December 29th. We expect that its 11 new code samples covering typical ... Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework December Sample Updates 0 0 0
C# soon to dethrone C++ as the third most popular language in the... MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Every now and then I go to Tiobe to see their ratings on the popularity of programming languages. Usually there is nothing exciting out there, just a few small moves of languages so I was interested to ... C# soon to dethrone C++ as the third most popular language in the... 0 0 6
US Holiday List in C# Wil Peck, January 1, 0001 We automate monitoring of our applications 24/7/365. However, there are certain days of the year we don’t want to get notified depending on the type of monitoring we are doing. Especially when we are monitoring ... US Holiday List in C# 0 0 9
Microsoft Developers finally get a .NET Framework for HTML5 Mobil... Webgui, January 1, 0001 I would like to share with you some exciting news from the Gizmox labs. If you haven't heard by now the Visual WebGui Mobile Team @ Gizmox has been working on a .NET Mobile Framework for a few months now. ... Microsoft Developers finally get a .NET Framework for HTML5 Mobil... 0 0 14
Customizing the webshopapps.com AuctionMaid MatrixRate Shipping M... nematoad, January 1, 0001 Greetings, this is my first geeks with blogs posting. so forgive me if it looks so sloppy. Purpose: To calculate additional shipping fees for a shopping cart full of items based on product name in Magento ... Customizing the webshopapps.com AuctionMaid MatrixRate Shipping M... 0 0 0
BizTalk: Sample: PGP Encryption/Decryption Pipeline Components Leonid Ganeline, January 1, 0001 A sample demonstrates the PGP Encryption/Decryption in pipelines. You can download code here. A sample is based on a sample by Brian Jones See original code here The main additions to original code: · ... BizTalk: Sample: PGP Encryption/Decryption Pipeline Components 0 0 0
Quick travel tip: charging USB devices from the Samsung Slate 7 Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 For those of you who have the Samsung Slate 7 that Microsoft gave at Build (or that you purchase yourself!), and who are travelling: I hate to take chargers for all my gadgets, especially since my Windows ... Quick travel tip: charging USB devices from the Samsung Slate 7 0 0 0
TFS API–Release Notes From TFS Builds Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 Agile taught us to release early and release often, Agile also taught us to get the end user involved more frequently and directly. Goes without saying that release notes are an important part of any release. ... TFS API–Release Notes From TFS Builds 0 0 1
Advice for Young Developers: Learn to Make Your Own Decisions jboyer, January 1, 0001 Everyone has an opinion. When you embark upon your first real job as a programmer you will find this out very quickly. I have found that software developers can be some of the most opinionated and dogmatic ... Advice for Young Developers: Learn to Make Your Own Decisions 0 0 11
InRule Basics MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 I have been looking into InRule, a business rule management system (BRMS) from InRule Technology, recently and thought I would do an intro blog on it. I have worked with business rule engines before and ... InRule Basics 0 0 1
Spinning – Getting Agile at the Core Ralf Westphal, January 1, 0001 Agility needs to get onto the next level – that´s what I tried to explain in my previous articles. After a reality check – what´s missing from Agile practice? –, and some general musings about how a next ... Spinning – Getting Agile at the Core 0 0 2