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LINQ to Twitter v2.1.09 Released Joe Mayo, October 15, 2013 LINQ to Twitter Today, I released LINQ to Twitter v2.1.09. Here are important new changes. Bug Fixes This is primarily a bug fix release. Most notably, there were authentication problems in WinRT apps. This is now fixed. ... LINQ to Twitter v2.1.09 Released 0 0 4 LINQ to Twitter
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Pakt eBook Sale PhubarBaz, October 14, 2013 Pakt, the publisher of my book, is selling all of their eBooks and videos for 50% off at bit.ly/1bqvB29. You can't beat that. Just go there and enter the code COL50.While you're there you can pick up a ... Pakt eBook Sale 0 0 0
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VLC media player 2.1.0 now available! TATWORTH, October 12, 2013 VLC media player 2.1.0 is now available from http://www.videolan.org/vlc/It is available for Windows, Mac, 11 different Linuxes and 9 other system types ... VLC media player 2.1.0 now available! 0 0 0
7 Habits of Highly Effective Media Queries - by Brad Frost ihaynes, October 11, 2013 RWD media queries Brad Frost, one of the original proponents of responsive design, has written a great article on the "7 Habits of Highly Effective Media Queries".Let content determine breakpointsTreat layout as an enhancementUse ... 7 Habits of Highly Effective Media Queries - by Brad Frost 0 0 0 RWD media queries
Upgrading your Internet connection to obselescence TATWORTH, October 11, 2013 Recently I was approached by two UK Internet Service Providers to upgrade to a fibre connection. In each case I asked two questions:Can you provide me with a fixed IP Address?Is the equipment to be provided ... Upgrading your Internet connection to obselescence 0 0 0
Dutch for once: op zoek naar een nieuwe uitdaging! Dennis Vroegop, October 11, 2013 I apologize to my non-dutch speaking readers: this post is about me looking for a new job and since I am based in the Netherlands I will do this in Dutch… Next time I will be technical (and thus in English) ... Dutch for once: op zoek naar een nieuwe uitdaging! 0 0 0
Microsoft Press deal of the Day 11/October/2013 - F# for C# Developers TATWORTH, October 11, 2013 Today, 11/October/2013, O'Reilly on behalf of Microsoft Press are offering 50% off F# for C# developers. Just remember to use the code MSDEAL when you check out. "Extend your C# skills to F#—and create ... Microsoft Press deal of the Day 11/October/2013 - F# for C# Developers 0 0 0
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Carriers Holding Your OS Updates Hostage Tim Murphy, October 10, 2013 Windows Phone PSC Just a small rant here. Today the Windows Phone 8 GDR2 update finally became available for Nokia handset users. Now I’m not sure that it is AT&T fault entirely that Samsung and HTC users got their ... Carriers Holding Your OS Updates Hostage 0 0 0 Windows Phone PSC
Branching Strategy Gaurav Bodar, October 10, 2013 tfs 2010 tfs 2012 tfs 2008 TFS team foundation server branching source control branching git I think the problem with branching and merging guidelines are similar to those programming logic, where you should always use the basic ideas first before thinking advanced. Certainly most branching guidelines ... Branching Strategy 0 0 0 tfs 2010 tfs 2012 tfs 2008 TFS team foundation server branching source control branching git
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Running a Mongo Replica Set on Azure VM Roles Elton Stoneman, October 15, 2013 AWS Azure Mongo Setting up a MongoDB Replica Set with a bunch of Azure VMs is straightforward stuff. Here’s a step-by-step which gets you from 0 to fully-redundant 3-node document database in about 30 minutes (most of ... Running a Mongo Replica Set on Azure VM Roles 0 0 0 AWS Azure Mongo
AWS .NET SDK v2: setting up queues and topics Elton Stoneman, October 13, 2013 AWS Following on from my last post, reading from SQS queues with the new SDK is easy stuff, but linking a Simple Notification Service topic to an SQS queue is a bit more involved. The AWS model for topics ... AWS .NET SDK v2: setting up queues and topics 0 0 0 AWS
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AWS: setting up auto-scale for EC2 instances Elton Stoneman, October 16, 2013 AWS With Amazon Web Services, there’s no direct equivalent to Azure Worker Roles – no Elastic Beanstalk-style application for .NET background workers. But you can get the auto-scale part by configuring an ... AWS: setting up auto-scale for EC2 instances 0 0 0 AWS
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How to change recovery mode for all databases Ilya Verbitskiy, October 10, 2013 SQL SQL Server Changing recovery mode from FULL to SIMPLE for a SQL Server database is not a big deal. You can do it with one simple command. 1: USE master 2: ALTER DATABASE YourDatabase SET RECOVERY SIMPLE But it might ... How to change recovery mode for all databases 0 0 0 SQL SQL Server
BizTalk Integration Development Architecture Leonid Ganeline, October 9, 2013 - Architecture BizTalk You can find some architecture information into the BizTalk documentation. You find out several tutorials and good amount of samples. Almost all of them related to the infrastructure architecture, i.e. ... BizTalk Integration Development Architecture 0 0 0 - Architecture BizTalk
Updated version of TableDemo at https://tabledemo.codeplex.com/releases/view/113217 TATWORTH, October 9, 2013 At https://tabledemo.codeplex.... I have released version 0.9.2 of TableDemo. This MVC application now also allows you to produce CSS to style lists. Version 0.9.2 will allow interactive ... Updated version of TableDemo at https://tabledemo.codeplex.com/releases/view/113217 0 0 0
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Minecraft on Azure Michael Stephenson, October 8, 2013 A few people have asked me over recent months how I setup a minecraft server for AJ on Windows Azure.John Savill has beat me to the punch and done a really cool video walking through how its done. Its ... Minecraft on Azure 0 0 0
My old (generation 2) nano iPOD won't shut off. Paula DiTallo, October 8, 2013 Practical Answers Entertainment - Games Entertainment - Games Try holding down the Menu and Selector (push-button circle in the center) down at the same time for at least 2 seconds. My old (generation 2) nano iPOD won't shut off. 0 0 0 Practical Answers Entertainment - Games Entertainment - Games
My iPOD keeps saying "Do Not Disconnect" while charging. I can't listen to anything. Paula DiTallo, October 8, 2013 Practical Answers Entertainment - Games Entertainment - Games The simplest answer is because the iPOD software detects that it is unsafe (read: data loss) for your iPOD, Computer or both if you were to disconnect the cable without ejecting the device first.Here's ... My iPOD keeps saying "Do Not Disconnect" while charging. I can't listen to anything. 0 0 0 Practical Answers Entertainment - Games Entertainment - Games
String Formatting expressions Mike Benkovich, October 8, 2013 One of the things that it seems like I am often looking up is how to use String.Format to display values in my applications. I’ve found that while Visual Studio in some situations such as WPF XAML editing ... String Formatting expressions 0 0 0
Win2003 Certs Mike Koerner, October 8, 2013 I was working on installing a ServiceBus 1.1 client app on a Windows 2003 server. I installed the server certs and crl on the client machine. However I was still receiving the message:System.Unauthorized... ... Win2003 Certs 0 0 0
Nice tool Vlad Lyandres, October 8, 2013 programming debugging I was looking at my son's assignment last night and realized that I never heard of this site before. It certainly looks like a cool thing. http://ideone.com. it supports 60 different programming languages ... Nice tool 0 0 0 programming debugging
First post Vlad Lyandres, October 8, 2013 So far I was just using bookmarks in the browser to collect the information that seems interesting but it quickly grew out of hand. this looks like a good place to post links and/or thoughts to come back ... First post 0 0 0
Android App Development in HTML5 using Visual Studio 2012 Express for Web Om Talsania, October 8, 2013 Tutorials The Story So Far: I love Visual Studio. I love their express editions for being FREE. I love it because it gives superb intellisense as well as debugging support. The reason I enjoy coding .NET is probably ... Android App Development in HTML5 using Visual Studio 2012 Express for Web 0 0 35 Tutorials
2008R2 SSRS "Subreport could not be shown" Kevin Shyr, October 7, 2013 Microsoft SQL - Reporting Services (SSRS) I got this error working on a report with subreport. At first I couldn't tell that anything is wrong with the subreport, which ran fine by itself.Turns out that the subreport pointer was changed, then ... 2008R2 SSRS "Subreport could not be shown" 0 0 0 Microsoft SQL - Reporting Services (SSRS)
How do I save frequently used SQL Statements in SQL Server? Paula DiTallo, October 7, 2013 Practical Answers SQL One convenient way is to make use of the template feature (aka: Template Explorere) in SSMS.1. Navigate to the View menu in SSMS2. Select Template Explorer->right click on SQL Server Tempaltes.3. Click ... How do I save frequently used SQL Statements in SQL Server? 0 0 0 Practical Answers SQL
How do I switch montor postions? Switching cables didn't help. Paula DiTallo, October 7, 2013 Practical Answers For Windows 7:1. Right click any blank area on your desktop. 2. Left click Personalize->Display Settings. A window will open that shows a monitor. 3. Navigate to Change Display Settings. A new window ... How do I switch montor postions? Switching cables didn't help. 0 0 0 Practical Answers
The IE6 countdown continues! TATWORTH, October 7, 2013 At http://www.ie6countdown.com, the IE6 countdown continues to be logged. Countries that have gone below 1% since I last blogged about this include:ThailandSouth AfricaFranceHowever a special note must ... The IE6 countdown continues! 0 0 0
Checking that Firefox and Chrome are up to date. TATWORTH, October 7, 2013 To check that Firefox and Chrome are up to date, in each of them go to Help, About. If there is a new version, it will be downloaded and then you will be prompted to re-start. Checking that Firefox and Chrome are up to date. 0 0 0
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var codeReview = TFS.Features.First(feature => feature.IsAwesome); MikeParks, October 5, 2013 If your team is currently on TFS 2010 and you're looking for an awesome reason to upgrade to TFS 2012, check this video out. Incorporating code reviews into the Visual Studio IDE will take your code quality ... var codeReview = TFS.Features.First(feature => feature.IsAwesome); 0 0 0
Playing With Any vs. Count() greater-than 0 in .Net (Enumerable Extensions) Tom Hines, October 5, 2013 Code Code Anyone who has encountered the differences between Any() and Count() > 0 in .NET has had to choose which one fits the particular circumstance. This posting is an example of what each will do.I recently ... Playing With Any vs. Count() greater-than 0 in .Net (Enumerable Extensions) 0 0 2 Code Code