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Fixing System.Core 2.0.5 FileLoadException, Portable Libraries and Windows XP...
My buddy Greg and I are getting ready to launch our little side startup, and I was going through our product backlog. Our app consists of a global cloud service with Signalr, an iPhone app made with...
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Introducing ASP.NET vNext
There’s some really cool stuff going on on the ASP.NET and Web Tools team. The team has been pushing open stuff at Microsoft for a few years now and we've joined forces with the amazing innovators from...
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The Future of .NET on the Server: ASP.NET vNext content and videos from...
Hi everyone, last week we announced ASP.NET vNext to the world at TechEd North America. All the sessions videos are up and available for downloading on Channel 9! There are still many MANY months...
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Bloggers: Know when to use a JPG and when to use a PNG and always Squish them...
The best rule of thumb for bloggers using images in their posts is:Use JPGs for photographs, landscapes, and faces. Use PNGs for charts, graphs, screenshots and cartoons. Use GIFs only for animations,...
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NuGet Package of the Week: ImageProcessor - lightweight image manipulation in C#
I really enjoy image manipulation in code. Sure, resizing photos is fun in Photoshop, but there's something viscerally enjoyable when you change images with your own code.I've talked about image...
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Calculate your WEI (Windows Experience Index) under Windows 8.1
I used to be slightly obsessed with getting a high "WEI" in Windows. The Windows Experience Index was a number meant to give you an idea of how strong your PC was. The idea would be that you'd go get a...
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We are abstracting on the shoulders of giants
My new startup has data centers on three continents, utilizes global load-balancing, traverses networks with ease, has both an iPhone and Windows application, was written in a simple high level...
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Xamarin.Forms - Write Once, Run Everywhere, AND Be Native?
I worked in Java for a number of years at Nike, writing an order management application that would run on four platforms. We used to joke that we'd "write once, debug everywhere." Now, this was the...
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AppVeyor - A good continuous integration system is a joy to behold
Episode 4 (that's from 2006, people, over 8 years ago!) of the Hanselminutes Podcast was on (CI) Continuous Integration. I was deep into CI at a large bank and having a blast. It's just such a joy to...
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This URL shortener situation is officially out of control
I saw a URL today on Twitter to an article on Slate.com. It was a custom short URL - http://slate.me/1h0svt8 but since I was visiting it via Twitter, it was wrapped with Twitter's t.co URL, so I really...
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FIXED: Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) 7E in HIDCLASS.SYS while installing Windows 7
I was doing tech support for a friend this weekend. He was paving an old HP Envy laptop (although this happens on some Dell Inspirons as well) and was getting a blue screen in the middle of install....
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Guide to Freeing up Disk Space under Windows 8.1
This is an "updated for Windows 8.1" version of my popular original article Guide to Freeing up Disk Space under Windows 7.I've got a 256 gig C: drive that is an SSD, but things add up and I've noticed...
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How to use an Xbox One controller on your Windows PC
The Xbox One controller is fantastic. Even if you don't have an Xbox One, the controller now works on a Windows PC with a standard micro-USB cable. Any Steam and Windows game that supports standard...
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Easy accelerated 3D Games in a browser with JavaScript and WebGL using...
Let's ignore that we haven't got a web-agreed-upon way to do just about anything, much less basic line-of-business apps with data-bound text boxes over data, and just revel in the fact that we can do...
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UPDATED 2014: How to setup CrashPlan Cloud Backup on a Synology NAS running...
I still have a Synology 1511+ NAS and I still think it's lovely. I recommend Synology NAS's but I recommend ones with an Intel processor as I feel the ARM versions are underpowered. I run Plex on my...
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Thinktecture.IdentityManager as a replacement for the ASP.NET WebSite...
In ASP.NET 2005 (v2 timeframe) there was a web-based tool called ASP.NET Website Administration tool that folks could use the edit users and generally administer the ASP.NET Membership database. This...
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Download SQL Server Express
There's a funny blog post about how to download SQL Server Express from Long Zheng. It surprisingly how complex some companies make downloading things. I've always thought that a giant Download Now...
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Download Visual Studio Express
http://downloadvisualstudio.comYou liked http://downloadsqlserverexpress.com, so, here's http://downloadvisualstudio.com because I like you so much.Here are the direct links to all the Express SKUs for...
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Exploring cross-browser math equations using MathML or LaTeX with MathJax
Let me just start by saying that I got a C in Calculus. It just didn't click for me. I'm aces at basic math, but you lost me at limits. That said, I have always found MathML to be fascinating, and I'm...
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Trying Redis Caching as a Service on Windows Azure
First, if you have already have an MSDN subscription (through your work, whatever) make sure to link your MSDN account and an Azure Account, otherwise you're throwing money away. MSDN subscribers get...
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