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Mac OS X - when it doesn't "just work"
My wife, mother in law, father in law, and sister in law all grew up using Macs. I grew up using various unix machines. I had to say that I was excited, if for no other reason than family tech...
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The feature I just thought of has been there all along..
So I was thinking about something or other today and wanted to refresh my mind on the details of it. I know that i had visited a site on exactly the topic at hand sometime recently. This happens...
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Don't trust user supplied data - Real World Example
Suppose I have a notion of a User Account in my application, and I want to allow 3rd parties to tie that user account to one or more objects in an external directory/authentication system. Let's say,...
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Make SQL Server generate SQL for you using SELECT literals
Suppose that I've got an instance of SQL server setup for testing, and I've programmatically created databases on this instance, but never cleaned them up.This can leave you with hundreds of databases...
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iPod - Incompatable by Design.
A coworker here was thinking about getting an iPod Nano. My best friend ordered one the day they were announced and I got to see it a bit this weekend. Side note - we were at a resturant and I was...
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HoeKey - Exactly what I needed
So I listen to music at work a bunch via headphones (here in Fargo, we've got cubes, not individual offices). I use my laptop as my "fluff" machine - that is, i listen to music, read mail, do office...
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Axapta Document Management
I've recently become involved in testing the Document Management features in Axapta. This is a pretty powerful subsystem for integrating external structured and unstructured data and document types...
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Enabling ASLR for memory savings?
There's not a lot of easy-to-come-by-knowledge on how ASLR works or what it does, so to save people some effort, I'll place some links...
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WCF Binary Inspector, MS-NBFX, MS-NBFS
Fiddler is an indispensible tool for troubleshooting client/server communications, especially when your next best option is running the client under a debugger, or trying to glean info from IIS...
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Introduction to the Lightswitch Weakly Typed API
The typical coding experience in a Lightswitch app revolves around the objects you've created -- your tables, your screens, queries, and so on. When you click "Write Code" in our design experience,...
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Working around the Chrome Data Loading Bug in LightSwitch 2012 RC
With the RC release of LightSwitch 2012, some users have noticed data load (the "red x") problems when using Chrome (and very old versions of Firefox).The underlying issue is how Chrome asks for data...
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Analyzing your App Insights Data with the ELK stack
Application Insights is a telemetry and instrumentation offering that gives you a great out-of-box experience for understanding what is happening with your sites, apps, and mobile apps. The data...
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Don’t trust user supplied data – Real World Example
Suppose I have a notion of a User Account in my application, and I want to allow 3rd parties to tie that user account to one or more objects in an external directory/authentication system. Let’s say,...
View ArticleMake SQL Server generate SQL for you using SELECT literals
Suppose that I’ve got an instance of SQL server setup for testing, and I’ve programmatically created databases on this instance, but never cleaned them up. This can leave you with hundreds of databases...
View ArticleiPod – Incompatable by Design.
A coworker here was thinking about getting an iPod Nano. My best friend ordered one the day they were announced and I got to see it a bit this weekend. Side note – we were at a resturant and I was...
View ArticleHoeKey – Exactly what I needed
So I listen to music at work a bunch via headphones (here in Fargo, we’ve got cubes, not individual offices). I use my laptop as my “fluff” machine – that is, i listen to music, read mail, do office...
View ArticleAxapta Document Management
I’ve recently become involved in testing the Document Management features in Axapta. This is a pretty powerful subsystem for integrating external structured and unstructured data and document types...
View ArticleEnabling ASLR for memory savings?
There’s not a lot of easy-to-come-by-knowledge on how ASLR works or what it does, so to save people some effort, I’ll place some links here: http://www.nynaeve.net/?p=100...
View ArticleWCF Binary Inspector, MS-NBFX, MS-NBFS
Fiddler is an indispensible tool for troubleshooting client/server communications, especially when your next best option is running the client under a debugger, or trying to glean info from IIS logs....
View ArticleIntroduction to the Lightswitch Weakly Typed API
The typical coding experience in a Lightswitch app revolves around the objects you’ve created — your tables, your screens, queries, and so on. When you click “Write Code” in our design experience,...
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