Twitter API 401 Unauthorized Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 Ive been doing a little stuff with the Twitterize library and the twitter API.I started unexpectedly getting a 401 unauthorized error when things had been working fine previously.Eventually I tracked this ... Twitter API 401 Unauthorized 0 0 2
Microsoft Press Deal of the Day - Windows PowerShell™ 2.0 Best Pr... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's 50% off Deal of the day at $23.99 from Microsoft Press at http://shop.oreilly.com/pro... is Windows PowerShell™ 2.0 Best Practices "Apply best practices for automating system ... Microsoft Press Deal of the Day - Windows PowerShell™ 2.0 Best Pr... 0 0 0
Trying out jQuery Mobile on Windows Phone (UPDATED) Chris G. Williams, January 1, 0001 Recently (as in, last night) I started playing with jQuery Mobile. My experiences with jQuery, while occasionally frustrating, have been overwhelmingly positive. So when a friend mentioned jQuery Mobile ... Trying out jQuery Mobile on Windows Phone (UPDATED) 0 0 4
From Agile to Elastic Ralf Westphal, January 1, 0001 In my previous article I came to a couple of conclusions based on the reality of software development, or should I say “the nature of software development”? Here are the – to me - undeniable facts of what ... From Agile to Elastic 0 0 2
Windows 2008/7 cannot communicate with Windows xp/2003 Kay Sellenrode, January 1, 0001 Today at one of my customers I ran into a strange issue after they changed their network subnet from 24 to 23 bits. When troubleshooting this issue we found out that mostly the first ping from a xp/2003 ... Windows 2008/7 cannot communicate with Windows xp/2003 0 0 0
Is Silverlight dead? subodhnpushpak, January 1, 0001 As someone who works a lot on Silverlight and as someone who have presented lots of trainings / talks over Silverlight; i am been getting a lot of questions based on future of Silverlight. Is Silverlight ... Is Silverlight dead? 0 0 5
Tell Us Once - Review BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Tell Us Once (TUO) is the award-winning, cross-government programme that lets people inform central government and local authorities just once of a birth or death. By March 2012 it will be in service in ... Tell Us Once - Review 0 0 2
Dallas event: Kinect for Developers Bill Osuch, January 1, 0001 What could you build with the XBox Kinect? Well we want to know! Connect your Kinect to your PC and build an application using your favorite .NET language. Kinect for Developers is a 2-day workshop for ... Dallas event: Kinect for Developers 0 0 0
Is Silverlight dead? subodhnpushpak, January 1, 0001 As someone who works a lot on Silverlight and as someone who have presented lots of trainings / talks over Silverlight; i am been getting a lot of questions based on future of Silverlight. Is Silverlight ... Is Silverlight dead? 0 0 1
TFS 2011 API–How to Get Exploratory Testing And Feedback Ma... Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 In this blog post I’ll show you how to use the TFS 2011 API to get the Exploratory Testing & Feedback Manager session information programmatically. Introduction TFS 2011 includes Exploratory Testing ... TFS 2011 API–How to Get Exploratory Testing And Feedback Ma... 0 0 0
RIP DryadLinq, or long live LINQ-to-Hadoop? John Conwell, January 1, 0001 About a month ago'ish I read some very sad news. Microsoft announced that they were killing off the DryadLinq (or LINQ-to-HPC) project in favor of Hadoop. I was one of the first users of DryadLinq outside ... RIP DryadLinq, or long live LINQ-to-Hadoop? 0 0 1
The value of a Diagnostics service Elton Stoneman, January 1, 0001 For an integration solution with lots of dependencies, it's difficult to definitively state that everything is wired up correctly and that all components in the stack are working. A while ago, Michael ... The value of a Diagnostics service 0 0 2
Customizing TFS 2011 Process Template for Exploratory Testing Tou... Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 In this blog post I’ll be walking you through the process of customizing the TFS 2011 Scrum 2.0 Process Template to add a new work item type, introducing new work item queries, modifying existing queries, ... Customizing TFS 2011 Process Template for Exploratory Testing Tou... 0 0 1
Mysterious query timeouts mknapp, January 1, 0001 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style ... Mysterious query timeouts 0 0 2
Microsoft == x86 && Sometimes !x64 Alois Kraus, January 1, 0001 Whenever I do use Visual Studio and try to compile something under 64 bit I run into problems. It seems that most MS Devs for Visual Studio and the relevant tool chain are still mainly writing 32 bit applications. ... Microsoft == x86 && Sometimes !x64 0 0 0
Silverlight 5 is released! Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 Microsoft just released the version 5 of Silverlight! It’s a great news and I really want to congratulate the whole team on this impressive collective effort. The official announcement is on the Silverlight ... Silverlight 5 is released! 0 0 0
Fix for NDbUnit - DbCommandBuilder.CreateSelectCommand(DataSet, s... MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 I have recently been using NDbUnit for integration tests exercising the database. I am new to the tool, so the following exception caused a few hours of scratching my head before I figured out the obvious. ... Fix for NDbUnit - DbCommandBuilder.CreateSelectCommand(DataSet, s... 0 0 2
WebMatrix - Publish Site via Web Deploy on Shared Hosting ChrisD, January 1, 0001 If you haven't already checked out WebMatrix , go check it out now. It's awesome for a variety of reasons. It’s very cool feature.Anyway, one of the cool features of WebMatrix (and Visual Studio 2010) ... WebMatrix - Publish Site via Web Deploy on Shared Hosting 0 0 0
The Road To LINQ-dom Part 2–Delegates Kyle Burns, January 1, 0001 In my previous post we started a discussion about concepts that are critical to really understanding LINQ. The next couple of posts will build on the same theme by introducing three very closely related ... The Road To LINQ-dom Part 2–Delegates 0 0 2
Daytona - Iterative MapReduce on Windows Azure JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 Daytona - Iterative MapReduce on Windows Azure Overview MapReduce is a framework for processing highly distributable problems across huge datasets using a large number of compute nodes. It is a generic ... Daytona - Iterative MapReduce on Windows Azure 0 0 2
Renaming SharePoint Service Apps Databases PointsToShare, January 1, 0001 Renaming SharePoint service app databases When you install SharePoint 2010 and use the wizards, you will be asked which services you’d like to install. By default all but Lotus-Notes-Connector are preselected. ... Renaming SharePoint Service Apps Databases 0 0 0
Anyone catch the Sept 2011 WA Service Bus flick? Daemon, January 1, 0001 Build 2011 announced the September release of the Windows Azure Service Bus. For those of you who have just tuned in, the WA Service Bus is part of the AppFabric middleware that enables almost seamless ... Anyone catch the Sept 2011 WA Service Bus flick? 0 0 0
Asp.net File Upload limitations PointsToShare, January 1, 0001 Overcoming the Asp.Net FileUpload limitations. In asp.net 2.0 and up, Microsoft introduced the FileUpload control. As you’ll see in the code below, usage is simple. Park it on the form in design mode, ... Asp.net File Upload limitations 0 0 0
The standard Lorem Ipsum passage, used since the 1500s cam, January 1, 0001 "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut ... The standard Lorem Ipsum passage, used since the 1500s 0 0 0
Installing of SDKs, Visual Studio and additional toolsets on buil... Marko Apfel, January 1, 0001 Last week I get the information directly from Microsoft, that at build machines SDKs must be installed to guarantee that MSBuild works well in some circumstances. We have the problem, that a self-containing ... Installing of SDKs, Visual Studio and additional toolsets on buil... 0 0 0
Deploy Visual Studio LightSwitch on a Shared Server ChrisD, January 1, 0001 Here is the official documentation on how to publish a LightSwitch application – How to: Deploy a LightSwitch Application. For this example, I’m going to show how to deploy a simple application that does ... Deploy Visual Studio LightSwitch on a Shared Server 0 0 0
Using CTT to modify config files for different environments Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 We previously tried to use msbuild to adjust configuration files for different environments. Recently I found C onfig Transformation Tool(CTT) on CodePlex and with addition of global replace using powershell ... Using CTT to modify config files for different environments 0 0 0
Sync Contacts between your Android and Nokia phones thru Google C... Manish Agrawal, January 1, 0001 Google provides you a very good contacts manager. http://contacts.google.com Google also gives you the ability to synchronize your phone contacts with the contacts on your gmail account. I found this quick ... Sync Contacts between your Android and Nokia phones thru Google C... 0 0 0
C++ AMP JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 Overview C++ AMP is a GPGPU API – it allows you to define functions (kernels) that take some input, perform an expensive calculation on the GPU and return the output to CPU. GPU supports fast calculative ... C++ AMP 0 0 2
Bookmarking for e-reading devices(Kindle and IPad) Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 Our family has Kindle and IPad, and periodically I had to use one or another. Normally I prefer IPad, but Kindle has 2 advantages - on a light sun it’s much easy to read Kindle screen, and it also have ... Bookmarking for e-reading devices(Kindle and IPad) 0 0 0
Part 3–Load Testing In the Cloud Automating Test Rig Deploy... Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Updated 29th June 2013: Microsoft is now previewing Load Test Service in TFS Service. Please check out more on the official offering by navigating to http://aka.ms/loadtfs Is this blog post worth your ... Part 3–Load Testing In the Cloud Automating Test Rig Deploy... 0 0 5
Generating Documentation from BizUnit v2 XML Files Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 A while back I did the user group sessions and cloud case video about Behaviour Driven BizTalk Development and talked about how you could use SpecFlow with Visual Studio 2010, BizUnit 4 and BizTalk 2010 ... Generating Documentation from BizUnit v2 XML Files 0 0 1
APress Deal of the Day - 30/Nov/2011 - Moving to VB .NET Strategi... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's $10 Deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97815... is Dan Appleman's "Moving to VB .NET Strategies, Concepts, and Code"."Visual Basic guru Dan Appleman exposes the reality behind ... APress Deal of the Day - 30/Nov/2011 - Moving to VB .NET Strategi... 0 0 0
Troubleshooting Microsoft Message Queuing Issues on Microsoft Lyn... John Breakwell, January 1, 0001 This blog post sounds specific but most of the troubleshooting tips can be applied to other scenarios: Troubleshooting Microsoft Message Queuing Issues on Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Microsoft Message Queuing ... Troubleshooting Microsoft Message Queuing Issues on Microsoft Lyn... 0 0 0
Windows 8: SL and HTML xamlnotes, January 1, 0001 I was just pointed to comment on my friend Andrew Brust’s blog about Silverlight versus HTML 5. Andrews blog is here: http://geekswithblogs.net/a... ... Windows 8: SL and HTML 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for November 27, 2011 -- #1176 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Matt Eland, Parag Joshi, Jerrel Blankenship, and Joost van Schaik. Above the Fold: WP7: "Safe event detachment base class for Windows Phone 7 behaviors" Joost van Schaik Shoutouts: Michael ... Silverlight Cream for November 27, 2011 -- #1176 0 0 0
Part 2–Load Testing In The Cloud Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Updated 29th June 2013: Microsoft is now previewing Load Test Service in TFS Service. Please check out more on the official offering by navigating to http://aka.ms/loadtfs Welcome to Part 2, In Part 1 ... Part 2–Load Testing In The Cloud 0 0 0
1360x768x32 Resolution in Windows 8 in VirtualBox mbcrump, January 1, 0001 My Lenovo ThinkPad's built-in screen maxes at 1366x768x32. I wanted to use that same resolution with Windows 8 Developer Preview inside of VirtualBox. So, what did I do? Downloaded the latest build of ... 1360x768x32 Resolution in Windows 8 in VirtualBox 0 0 0
Convert MP3 to AAC,FLAC to AAC (.NET/C#) FREE :) Justin Oehlmann, January 1, 0001 So I was tasked with looking at converting 10 million tracks from mp3 320k to AAC and also Converting from mp3 320k to mp3 128k After a bit of hunting around the tool you need to use is FFMPEG Download ... Convert MP3 to AAC,FLAC to AAC (.NET/C#) FREE :) 0 0 0
Review: ComponentOne Studio for Entity Framework Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 While I have always been a fan of libraries that improve coding efficiency and reduce code redundancy I have mostly been using ones that were in the public domain. As part of the Geeks With Blogs Influencers ... Review: ComponentOne Studio for Entity Framework 0 0 0
Windows 8 Will be Here Tomorrow; but Should Silverlight be Gone T... andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 The software industry lives within an interesting paradox. IT in the enterprise moves slowly and cautiously, upgrading only when safe and necessary. IT interests intentionally live in the past. On the ... Windows 8 Will be Here Tomorrow; but Should Silverlight be Gone T... 0 0 4
ISO Files to USB – The Cheap and Easy Way RonGarlit, January 1, 0001 (DISCLAIMER: Yes there are lots of more elegant ISO software beside the free Microsoft one I’m about to show. But free is free and it has been tested and works for me for making advance bootable USB drives. ... ISO Files to USB – The Cheap and Easy Way 0 0 1
TODO Formatting charlie.mott, January 1, 0001 Article Source: http://geekswithblogs.net/c... TODO's in code should only be used for a short period of time to remind you that something needs to be done. They should be addressed as soon as possible. ... TODO Formatting 0 0 0
Wire Framing WP7 Apps With Cacoo Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 While looking for a free alternative to Sketchflow I landed on the Cacoo web site. Any developer who decides to use the free Visual Studio tools may find themselves doing the same search. The base functionality ... Wire Framing WP7 Apps With Cacoo 0 0 0
Dell XPS + Apple Mini-Display Adaptor + Projector = KABOOM D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 Remember how I blogged about rolling with the punches? So today my buddy and Prairie Dev Con speaker James Chambers went to present on Microsoft MVC. He brought his fancy new Dell XPS laptop, which he ... Dell XPS + Apple Mini-Display Adaptor + Projector = KABOOM 0 0 8
The provider did not return a ProviderManifestToken string Entity... Justin Oehlmann, January 1, 0001 Moved from Home to work and went to fire up my project and after long pause "The provider did not return a ProviderManifestToken string" or even More Abscure ProviderIncompatable Exception Now after 20 ... The provider did not return a ProviderManifestToken string Entity... 0 0 0
Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an ex... Justin Oehlmann, January 1, 0001 Have got a new kickn server as new DEV machine It has got two 3ware 9650 Cached Controllers with 8 x 300gig Velociraptor Drives First Problem was the 9.5.1.1 drivers Had to press F8 as soon as the Win ... Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an ex... 0 0 2
Multicasting and VMWare John Breakwell, January 1, 0001 Cracked a Multicasting problem this evening for one of my Canadian Tweeple. They wanted to mulitcast some MSMQ messages to another machine but nothing was arriving in the listening queue. A local queue ... Multicasting and VMWare 0 0 0
VS2010: “The project type is not supported by this installation.” Justin Oehlmann, January 1, 0001 Was working @ home and then arrived nice and early on Monday armed with all this good stuff I did on the weekend. Login,Headphones On, Check Mail and make cup of tea. Goto load up Solution I was working ... VS2010: “The project type is not supported by this installation.” 0 0 0
ADDS: 1 - Introducing and designing marc dekeyser, January 1, 0001 Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; ... ADDS: 1 - Introducing and designing 0 0 1