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Database (4)
Date
Title
Comments
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2010-01-19
SQL Server Query Optimization
0
4.7
2009-07-01
Data Access Layer Features
1
None
2007-12-11
ConnectionString Format
0
None
2007-12-04
Query Processing, Execution and Architecture Details
0
None
Graphics (5)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2009-03-10
Freelance/Consulting Websites
1
None
2008-11-24
Amazon's Mechanical Turk
0
None
2008-10-10
Free Stock Photos
0
None
2007-11-30
Tutorials for graphic design and programming
0
None
2007-10-26
For those that are not graphics inclined
0
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Issues (24)
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Comments
Rating
2010-04-25
Root Element is Missing in web.config file
0
5
2009-10-19
Install Windows Service Manually
0
None
2009-09-23
Odd Conditional Operator Scenario
0
None
2009-08-25
Override WCF Client Settings From Custom Config File
0
4
2009-08-18
An error occurred while validating. HRESULT = 80004005
0
None
2009-08-03
WCF, Datasets and XML Data, An Imperfect Combination
0
None
2009-07-07
Why Samsung Sucks! At Least, Why Samsung Sucks at Hard Drives
7
3
2009-03-31
Replacing Notepad on Vista
0
None
2009-03-29
Blog Framework Update
0
None
2009-03-24
Default Gateway Address Missing
0
None
2009-01-06
Windows Vista Annoyances
0
None
2008-09-04
Streaming files to client in ASP.NET and Compression
2
None
2008-08-04
Win32: The library, drive, or media pool must be empty to perform this.
0
None
2008-03-08
Firefox Compatability...
0
None
2008-02-04
Hard Drive Failure
1
None
2007-12-13
AppDomain and Static Members
5
None
2007-12-06
Timers in .NET
0
None
2007-11-17
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
0
None
2007-10-17
Request for the permission of type 'System.Web.AspNetHostingPermission, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' failed.
0
5
2007-10-15
Force Office 2007 Document to Open in Browser Window on Vista
0
5
2007-10-02
ODBC Data Sources on 64-bit machines
1
5
2007-09-26
.NET Framework 3.0 Installation Failure
2
4
2007-09-21
Sending Large Responses Back From ASP.NET
0
None
2007-09-12
Visual Studio Error: "A Command with that name already exists."
1
1
Photography (2)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2009-05-15
More Free Stock Photos
0
None
2009-01-22
PhotoJoy
0
5
Programming (61)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2010-09-09
All-In-One Code Framework
0
None
2010-07-16
Fun Coding Challenges
1
None
2010-07-16
Development Resources for Any Language!
0
None
2010-06-28
Unit of Work Pattern for Entity Framework 4 and Unity
1
3.8
2010-06-28
Repository Pattern with Entity Framework 4
0
4.7
2010-04-08
Transpose Lines, Words and Characters - Visual Studio Hotkey
0
4.6
2010-02-01
Automated WPF UI Tests Using White
0
None
2010-02-01
Static Type Initialization in .NET 4.0
0
None
2010-01-20
Performance Terminology
0
None
2009-11-02
DSL Starting Points (Domain Specific Language)
0
None
2009-10-29
Attach Debugger At Process Start
0
None
2009-10-19
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2, Still Very Unstable
1
4.5
2009-10-08
How to access web.config file at design time in Visual Studio
0
None
2009-10-07
Lazy Loading in .NET 4.0: Lazy<T>
0
None
2009-09-23
Odd Conditional Operator Scenario
0
None
2009-09-04
Changing Code In A Running Application
0
None
2009-08-25
Override WCF Client Settings From Custom Config File
0
4
2009-08-18
An error occurred while validating. HRESULT = 80004005
0
None
2009-07-01
Data Access Layer Features
1
None
2009-06-30
C# 4.0 and dynamic performance
0
None
2009-05-21
Fusion Log Viewer
0
None
2009-05-20
Visual Studio 2010, Far from Ready
0
4
2009-05-04
Javascript Menus
0
None
2009-03-18
Technical Interview Questions
0
None
2009-03-17
cURL
0
None
2009-03-10
Freelance/Consulting Websites
1
None
2009-03-09
Prevent Duplicate Extension Method Signatures
0
None
2009-02-11
Object Oriented Design Principles
2
5
2009-02-06
AppJet, JavaScript on the server?
0
None
2009-01-06
Application Architecture Guide 2.0
0
None
2008-10-24
Interesting use of using clause mixed in a generic type
1
None
2008-09-25
XPath Test Application
0
5
2008-09-09
Taking an ASP.NET Application Offline
0
None
2008-09-04
Streaming files to client in ASP.NET and Compression
2
None
2008-09-02
Some books that spark my interest
0
None
2008-09-02
Word of the day: Memoization
0
None
2008-09-02
Microsoft Solver Foundation
0
3
2008-08-26
Ensure Smallest .NET Install Download for Clients
0
None
2008-08-25
Organize Usings Across Your Entire Solution
0
None
2008-08-14
Javascript API frameworks
0
None
2008-08-13
Most Common Performance Issues in Parallel Programs
0
None
2008-08-12
Work Stealing Queue for Thread Pools
0
5
2008-08-11
Improving .NET Application Performance and Scalability
0
None
2008-08-05
P/Invoke Interop Assistant
0
None
2008-08-04
Ensuring a Single Instance of an Application
0
None
2008-07-30
Branching Discussion
2
None
2008-07-18
CLR Memory Management
0
None
2008-07-16
.NET Developers’ Reference Card Roundup
0
None
2008-07-16
List Of Free / Open Source ASP.NET Web Applications
11
5
2008-03-28
WinDbg Common Commands
0
None
2008-03-15
Visual Studio 2008 Feature Comparison / Edition Comparison
0
None
2008-03-08
Firefox Compatability...
0
None
2008-03-04
How to debug assembly loading issues
1
None
2008-02-27
Windows Error Reporting
0
None
2008-02-27
Shareware Starter Kit
0
None
2008-01-15
December 2007 Book - CLR Via C# by Jeffrey Richter
0
None
2008-01-03
Ways to determine an application shutdown is in progress
0
None
2008-01-02
CriticalFinalizerObject
0
None
2007-12-31
Debugging Exceptions in .NET
0
None
2007-12-31
Missing Collection Classes in .NET
0
None
2007-12-27
C# Properties
0
None
Programs (16)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2009-10-12
“Pin this program to taskbar” Won’t Show For Some Applications
0
None
2009-10-08
Turn your PC into a virtual image on the fly with Disk2vhd
0
None
2009-09-24
Testing Websites for Browser Compatibility
0
None
2008-09-09
AutoCollage, Photo Editing Software
0
None
2008-09-02
Microsoft Solver Foundation
0
3
2007-12-03
CLR Version
0
None
2007-11-30
Tutorials for graphic design and programming
0
None
2007-11-20
Making Form Controls Thread Safe
0
None
2007-11-17
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
0
None
2007-11-17
Forefront Client Security
3
None
2007-10-26
For those that are not graphics inclined
0
None
2007-10-25
Limitations of System.Gadget.Settings and ways around it.
0
None
2007-10-23
Macro to Collapse All Projects in Solution Explorer in Visual Studio
0
4
2007-09-29
IISAPP Command
0
None
2007-09-13
Open Last Closed Tab in IE
0
None
2007-09-13
Video Editing Software - Super from eRightSoft
0
None
Reading (1)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2010-08-07
Reading: Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi
0
None
Research (72)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2010-09-09
All-In-One Code Framework
0
None
2010-07-16
Fun Coding Challenges
1
None
2010-07-16
Development Resources for Any Language!
0
None
2010-02-04
Moles
0
None
2010-02-01
Automated WPF UI Tests Using White
0
None
2010-02-01
Static Type Initialization in .NET 4.0
0
None
2010-01-20
Performance Terminology
0
None
2010-01-19
SQL Server Query Optimization
0
4.7
2009-11-02
DSL Starting Points (Domain Specific Language)
0
None
2009-10-29
Attach Debugger At Process Start
0
None
2009-10-12
“Pin this program to taskbar” Won’t Show For Some Applications
0
None
2009-10-08
Turn your PC into a virtual image on the fly with Disk2vhd
0
None
2009-10-07
Lazy Loading in .NET 4.0: Lazy<T>
0
None
2009-09-24
Testing Websites for Browser Compatibility
0
None
2009-09-04
Changing Code In A Running Application
0
None
2009-08-04
How to Boot from Virtual Hard Drive with Windows 7
0
None
2009-07-01
Incorporation Websites
0
None
2009-05-20
Visual Studio 2010, Far from Ready
0
4
2009-05-04
Javascript Menus
0
None
2009-04-13
Slashdot No More
0
None
2009-02-11
Object Oriented Design Principles
2
5
2009-02-06
AppJet, JavaScript on the server?
0
None
2009-01-27
Applications for Your Business
1
None
2009-01-14
More Windows 7 Hot Keys / Shortcuts
0
5
2009-01-13
Windows 7 Tips and Hot Keys
2
5
2009-01-06
Windows Vista Annoyances
0
None
2009-01-06
Application Architecture Guide 2.0
0
None
2008-11-24
Amazon's Mechanical Turk
0
None
2008-10-27
Pex – Automated White Box Testing for .NET
1
5
2008-10-24
Interesting use of using clause mixed in a generic type
1
None
2008-09-09
Taking an ASP.NET Application Offline
0
None
2008-09-05
Words of the Day: Covariance and Contravariance
0
None
2008-09-02
Some books that spark my interest
0
None
2008-09-02
Word of the day: Memoization
0
None
2008-09-02
Microsoft Solver Foundation
0
3
2008-08-26
Ensure Smallest .NET Install Download for Clients
0
None
2008-08-25
Free digital magazines
1
None
2008-08-14
Javascript API frameworks
0
None
2008-08-13
Most Common Performance Issues in Parallel Programs
0
None
2008-08-12
Work Stealing Queue for Thread Pools
0
5
2008-08-11
Improving .NET Application Performance and Scalability
0
None
2008-08-05
P/Invoke Interop Assistant
0
None
2008-08-04
Ensuring a Single Instance of an Application
0
None
2008-07-18
CLR Memory Management
0
None
2008-07-16
.NET Developers’ Reference Card Roundup
0
None
2008-07-16
List Of Free / Open Source ASP.NET Web Applications
11
5
2008-07-16
Reading Continued
0
5
2008-04-17
March 2008 Reading - I. M. Wright's "Hard Code" by Eric Brechner
1
None
2008-03-31
February 2008 Reading - Debugging Microsoft.NET 2.0 Applications by John Robbins
0
None
2008-03-28
WinDbg Common Commands
0
None
2008-01-25
Safari Subscription
0
None
2008-01-25
January 2008 Reading - Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by Gamma, Helm, Johnson and Vlissides
1
None
2008-01-15
December 2007 Book - CLR Via C# by Jeffrey Richter
0
None
2008-01-03
Ways to determine an application shutdown is in progress
0
None
2008-01-02
CriticalFinalizerObject
0
None
2007-12-31
Debugging Exceptions in .NET
0
None
2007-12-31
Missing Collection Classes in .NET
0
None
2007-12-27
C# Properties
0
None
2007-12-13
AppDomain and Static Members
5
None
2007-12-13
AppDomains and Threads
0
None
2007-12-07
Crowdsourcing
1
None
2007-12-06
Timers in .NET
0
None
2007-12-04
Query Processing, Execution and Architecture Details
0
None
2007-11-29
Reading
0
None
2007-11-28
String.Intern
1
None
2007-11-20
Standard Design Patterns
0
None
2007-11-20
Common Software Redesign Causes and Design Patterns to Help Avoid Them
0
3
2007-11-20
Making Form Controls Thread Safe
0
None
2007-11-16
Cranky Geeks
0
None
2007-11-15
UpdatePanel Tips and Tricks
0
None
2007-11-14
Threading in .NET
1
None
2007-09-24
Reusable Parallel Data Structures and Algorithms
0
None
Shortcuts (10)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2010-04-08
Transpose Lines, Words and Characters - Visual Studio Hotkey
0
4.6
2010-04-05
Line Deletion Shortcuts for Visual Studio
0
None
2010-04-05
Visual Studio Hotkey for Deleting Whitespace
0
None
2009-01-14
More Windows 7 Hot Keys / Shortcuts
0
5
2009-01-13
Windows 7 Tips and Hot Keys
2
5
2008-08-25
Free digital magazines
1
None
2007-09-14
Visual Studio Hot Keys
2
4.8
2007-09-14
Internet Explorer Hot Keys
0
None
2007-09-14
Windows Hot Keys
0
None
2007-09-13
Open Last Closed Tab in IE
0
None
Tools (32)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2010-02-04
Moles
0
None
2009-10-19
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2, Still Very Unstable
1
4.5
2009-10-08
Turn your PC into a virtual image on the fly with Disk2vhd
0
None
2009-05-21
Fusion Log Viewer
0
None
2009-05-20
Visual Studio 2010, Far from Ready
0
4
2009-05-15
More Free Stock Photos
0
None
2009-05-05
Free Data Recovery Tools
0
None
2009-04-21
Capture Streaming Video
0
None
2009-03-31
Replacing Notepad on Vista
0
None
2009-03-17
cURL
0
None
2009-03-09
Prevent Duplicate Extension Method Signatures
0
None
2008-11-24
Testing Out Windows Live Writer
0
None
2008-10-27
Pex – Automated White Box Testing for .NET
1
5
2008-10-10
Free Stock Photos
0
None
2008-10-07
Make Any Site Printer-Friendly
0
None
2008-09-25
XPath Test Application
0
5
2008-09-23
Microsoft Image Composite Editor
0
None
2008-09-20
Microsoft Pro Photo Tools 2
0
None
2008-09-19
Finding data to delete when your harddrive is full
2
None
2008-09-02
Microsoft Solver Foundation
0
3
2008-08-25
Organize Usings Across Your Entire Solution
0
None
2008-08-05
P/Invoke Interop Assistant
0
None
2008-07-16
List Of Free / Open Source ASP.NET Web Applications
11
5
2008-03-28
WinDbg Common Commands
0
None
2008-03-04
RSS Reader
0
None
2008-03-04
How to debug assembly loading issues
1
None
2008-02-27
Windows Error Reporting
0
None
2008-02-27
Shareware Starter Kit
0
None
2008-02-21
Balance the Volume Level of MP3 files
0
None
2008-02-21
Defrag Utility for Single Files
0
None
2007-12-11
ConnectionString Format
0
None
2007-12-03
CLR Version
0
None
Websites (35)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2010-04-25
Root Element is Missing in web.config file
0
5
2009-10-08
How to access web.config file at design time in Visual Studio
0
None
2009-09-24
Testing Websites for Browser Compatibility
0
None
2009-07-01
Incorporation Websites
0
None
2009-06-12
Bing! My new default search engine.
0
None
2009-05-15
More Free Stock Photos
0
None
2009-05-14
OpenWith.org
0
None
2009-05-04
Javascript Menus
0
None
2009-04-09
Some Interview Websites
0
None
2009-04-09
GrandCentral Moves to Google Voice
0
None
2009-03-23
Google Moderator
0
None
2009-03-17
cURL
0
None
2009-02-03
Content Management System Comparison
0
None
2009-01-27
Applications for Your Business
1
None
2008-10-10
Free Stock Photos
0
None
2008-10-10
Find Free Wifi Hotspots
0
None
2008-10-07
Make Any Site Printer-Friendly
0
None
2008-09-09
Taking an ASP.NET Application Offline
0
None
2008-09-09
AutoCollage, Photo Editing Software
0
None
2008-09-09
Sysinternals System Utilities
0
None
2008-08-26
Ensure Smallest .NET Install Download for Clients
0
None
2008-08-25
Free digital magazines
1
None
2008-03-08
Firefox Compatability...
0
None
2008-01-25
Safari Subscription
0
None
2007-12-26
Songza - Music on demand
0
None
2007-12-11
ConnectionString Format
0
None
2007-12-07
Top Coder
0
None
2007-12-04
First Registered Domain Names
0
None
2007-11-30
Tutorials for graphic design and programming
0
None
2007-11-29
BugMeNot - Find and share logins for websites that force you to register
0
4
2007-11-18
Some shopping websites
0
4
2007-11-16
Cranky Geeks
0
None
2007-10-26
For those that are not graphics inclined
0
None
2007-10-18
Some interesting websites
0
None
2007-09-13
SPOCK - Interesting People Search Tool
0
None
Uncategorized (80)
Date
Title
Comments
Rating
2011-10-26
Color Theme Generator
0
None
2011-09-05
Game / Code Kata – Krypto
0
None
2011-09-05
More Interview Questions
0
None
2011-09-05
Code Kata – Bonus
0
None
2011-09-05
Code Kata 16–21 of 21
0
None
2011-09-05
Code Kata 11-15 of 21
0
None
2011-09-05
Code Kata 6-10 of 21
0
None
2011-09-05
Code Kata 1–5 of 21
0
None
2011-08-24
XML Config Transformations in Visual Studio and SlowCheetah
0
None
2011-08-22
PsExec
0
None
2011-06-09
SQL Server Resources
1
None
2011-06-09
Javascript Resources
0
None
2011-05-17
Aligning Numbers with String Formatters
0
None
2011-03-09
Another Malware Attack Root Cause Analysis
0
None
2011-03-02
Tracking Down Malicious Autostart Viruses and Malware
0
None
2011-02-09
Windows Interface Guidelines
0
None
2011-02-09
WPF and Silverlight Examples
0
None
2011-02-09
Microsoft Biology Initiative
0
None
2011-02-09
Advanced Debugging in Visual Studio
0
None
2011-02-09
.NET Attribute Keywords
0
None
2011-02-09
Command Line Utilities for .NET
0
None
2011-01-27
Understanding Keys, Certificates and Encryption
0
None
2011-01-26
Visual Studio Image Library
0
None
2011-01-26
Preprocessed T4 Templates
0
None
2011-01-26
.NET Await Syntax with UI Threads
0
None
2010-09-21
Entity Framework Performance Penalty of Include
0
5
2010-09-21
Some Free Programming and Architect References
0
None
2010-09-02
Featured in Visual Studio Magazine Cover Story
0
None
2010-09-02
Parallel Programming with Microsoft .NET
0
None
2010-08-24
What I Learned This Week: IoC Containers and IDisposable
0
None
2010-08-10
Observal Tracking Library
0
None
2010-07-30
ILMerge Utility
0
None
2010-07-19
Extending Visual Studio Context Menus
0
None
2010-06-30
Examining Entity Framework’s SQL Generation
5
4
2010-06-29
Nifty Microsoft Internet Explorer Advertising
0
None
2010-06-22
IntelliSense for PowerShell
0
None
2010-05-22
Free Icons for Development
2
None
2010-04-30
Making Your PC More Environmentally Friendly
0
None
2010-04-22
Most Dangerous Programming Errors
0
None
2010-04-22
PLINQ versus Parallel.ForEach
0
None
2010-04-22
SQL Database Connections Slow
0
1
2010-04-22
P/Invoke Interop Assistant
0
None
2010-04-19
Visual Studio 2010 Hot Keys
15
5
2010-04-07
More on WPF Performance Tuning
0
4
2010-04-07
Monitoring Performance of WPF Applications
0
4
2010-04-06
Things Every Geek Should Know
0
5
2010-04-05
Technical Presentation Tips
0
None
2010-04-04
Jeff Atwood's Suggested Reading
0
None
2010-04-04
Sarbanes Oxley Compliance with Team Foundation Server
0
None
2010-04-04
Interview Preparation
1
None
2010-03-10
WPF Examples
0
None
2010-03-10
INotifyPropertyChanged for ObservableDictionary and other indexers
0
4
2010-02-01
Coding Cartoon
0
None
2010-01-20
Download .NET Framework Source Code
0
None
2009-12-11
Bing Website Translator
0
None
2009-12-11
LINQ2SQL Cheat Sheet
0
5
2009-11-23
MVVM Frameworks
2
5
2009-10-27
Visual Studio Beta 2: After a few more days of evaluation
0
None
2009-10-05
More WinDbg Commands
0
None
2009-09-20
Phone Service to Navigate Customer Service Menus
0
None
2009-08-06
Windows 7 RTM Now on MSDN
0
None
2009-07-20
Computer Hardware Chart
1
None
2009-05-15
More Interview Questions
0
None
2009-05-15
Bad Stootsi Bad
0
None
2009-05-14
DialMyCalls.com
0
None
2009-03-17
Some Solar Energy Resources
1
None
2009-02-06
Quote of the Day – X#
0
None
2008-12-29
Extensions for Windows
0
None
2008-12-15
Remove a Computer from Forefront Client Security
2
4.5
2008-12-03
SkyDrive, Get it Now!
0
None
2008-11-30
Gmail Themes
0
5
2008-11-17
Being a Contributor and Exhibiting Leadership
1
None
2008-10-10
Find recipes for what you already have in the kitchen
0
None
2008-09-08
All the inflexibility of an Apple Macintosh packed into a Dell
0
None
2008-07-24
Debugging Blue Screen of Death (Bug Check)
0
None
2008-03-11
Windows Vista SP1
0
None
2008-02-04
Chaos and the SDLC
4
None
2007-12-26
Dell XPS One
0
None
2007-11-01
Savings Accounts for Children
0
None
2007-09-08
Welcome to the MS Consulting Blog
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