Some time ago, i wrote an entry about a chat bot. Here is another one. Mostly the same remarks go for this oine as for the other one: It doesn't have much memory, and relies mostly on smart tricks.…

On January 1st I switched focus to 100% Azure. My friend and colleague David Gristwood has been firmly focused on Azure through 2009 working with early adopters. We decided to record a podcast talk…

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For the beta release, you can perform all the steps in this section, “Step 2: Create folders in the file system of the WUS server” and the next section, “Step 3: Setup virtual directories in the We…

Dynamic types can provide the framework developer with efficient programming abstractions without the performance penalty usually incurred such abstractions. By coding against interfaces and using …

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I recently was going over a great book called “Dependency Injection in .Net” by Mark Seeman. So far I have really enjoyed the book and would recommend anyone looking to get into DI to give it a rea…

This tutorial will show you how to build a plug-in for Windows Live Writer. Windows Live Writer is a blogging tool that Microsoft provides for free. It includes an open API for .NET developers to c…

Just wanted to put the word out that the API Management video from the recent user group meeting is available. The page on the below link has resources from that meeting:http://ukcsug.co.uk... Also…

I recently had the pleasure of being the guest on Joe Stagner’s podcast. We discuss several new technologies in the Microsoft technology stack including the new, MVC 3, and more. We also talk about…

Changing SharePoint with - CSS3, HTML5 and jQuery

The workshop presenters were Scott Bellware and Jean-Paul Boodhoo. Both developers that I highly respect. There were also some amazing developers in attendance like Roy Osherove, Oren Enei, and Udi…

The geek dinner last night in Montreal was great. and his wife Maryam came to dinner with their friends. The local crowd was made up of, Eric Gauthier my wife and myself.

Hmmm... So, after my first encounter with TFS and some more reading on the stuff I have to say I was impressed! I did what any developer in his right mind would do - decided to take it for a ride o…

Just came across a tree view tweak which I thought would be worth sharing. So, here it goes – The Requirement: We were using the ASP.NET 2.0 Tree View in one of our projects. Instead on Navigating …

It takes a BIG guy to say – “I don’t know” – and today I am going to say it. There are just too many things about ASP. NET, C# and the world in general that - "I Don't know!" After coding in .NET e…

It's feels a little Awkward to be writing something as simple as this but then again, maybe this is why no one has written it and Google couldn't help me find an answer :) First Awkward Question th…

One of the Questions I was asked on my Article on Atlas @ Code Project at http://www.codeproject.com/... was How do you make the Atlas Controls Appear on your Visual Studio toolbox once you downloa…

I’ve been reading a LOT lately, mostly during my commute. I’ve been a MP3 Audio Book guy for the past few months but nothing beats reading. So, lately I’ve been accompanied by my 1.5 year old Tungs…

A Few days ago I had a discussion with a person from our creative team who informed me about (and liked) the fact that in MAC you could just zoom in and magnify any part of your screen in real-time…