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Create a Database using SQL 28 Apr 2011 | 09:37 am
Dynamic SQL saves the day. I needed to script create some databases but I want to specify a number of parameters to be used as part of the Create Database Command: I want to specify where the databa...
The Free Wp7 Icon Pack! where is saved on my pc? 22 Apr 2011 | 05:02 am
Because they are incredibly useful, and I keep on forgetting where they are saved to here is a post remind myself where they are located. The free WP7 icons are now bundled with the Phone SDK and you...
Temporal ASP.NET Bug strikes again, crazy problem crazy solution. 16 Apr 2011 | 10:32 am
Just 4 months ago I posted about a weird bug with ASP.Net/IIS 6 around compiling in the UK and releasing to a different time zone. I got hit again by it again, after a customer release we discovered ...
Upgrading from the AjaxControlToolkit Collapsible Panel using jQuery in Asp.Net WebForms: Remembering the Panel State across postbacks. 8 Apr 2011 | 09:11 am
In 06?/07 the AjaxControlToolkit was the Jewel in the Crown in the Microsoft Web Development Platform , an easy way to do Ajax for Asp.Net Web Forms. It was really easy rapid development, tightly int...
DDD9 Community Developer Day at Microsoft Reading 30 Jan 2011 | 07:24 am
Travelling home after another fantastic DDD; an annual UK development community held at Microsoft Reading. A big thanks must go to all the organisers and speakers that have yet again made this a fant...
Using Windows Phone 7 as a modem from your laptop 29 Jan 2011 | 09:35 am
As DDD9 is tomorrow I was looking for a way to connect to the internet my laptop on the train. I assumed that using my new WP7 as a modem would be impossible, but appears not. The folks at hdblog.it...
Deploying Asp.Net to a different time zone, Temporal Future Shock! Specified argument was out of the range of valid values. Parameter name: utcDate 17 Dec 2010 | 09:57 pm
You would have never of thought it but if you compile ASP.NET in a different timezone you could cause yourself some temporal problems. I recently discovered that parts of ASP.NET are date specific an...
What is Lean? 12 Dec 2010 | 01:08 am
Its a simple question, but as a software developers what do we think lean is and are we actually right? I was asked this very question yesterday by a Lean Manufacturing Expert and I got it wrong! As...
2GB Memory Upgrade on a Acer Aspire One 1.83Ghz (533-23Dkk) from 1GB 7 Nov 2010 | 02:55 am
This turned out to be trickier than I expected due to a stubborn keyboard, but upgrading my netbook to 2GB of memory has given me a pretty big performance boost so it was well worth doing. One import...
TeamCity via IIS on port 80, using a reverse proxy, Part 2 host filtering so you can access Teamcity and other sites in IIS at the same time 31 Oct 2010 | 10:29 am
If you followed my previous post how to setup ARR Routing to set up a reverse Proxy top access TeamCity over IIS 7.5 it will work perfectly and you will be able to access TeamCity on a different port....
