Tech Stuff
Anders Hejlsberg on LINQ
Submitted on May 07, 2007, 4:54 a.m.
Back in March I went to the MSDN Roadshow in London to see presentations on several topics - one of them was LINQ. In my attempts to keep up with the avalanche of software coming out of Microsoft...Backup Strategy - Robocopy Revisited
Submitted on Apr 29, 2007, 2:38 a.m.
For a while now I've been backing up my important data to a removable 80GB USB drive (two actually - one for on-site storage and one for off-site). I've been using a utility called SmartSync...Application Block Software Factory - Sample App
Submitted on Apr 21, 2007, 3:03 a.m.
NOTE - see Part Two of this article here... I've recently been working on a component for a client that requires several implementations of a base class and interface including internal class...My First WPF Application
Submitted on Apr 02, 2007, 1:46 p.m.
For a while now I’ve wanted to build a small application that would take a set of images and generate a set of previews, thumbnails and metadata xml ‘sidecar’ files that I could upload to my blog...ASP.Net Viewstate
Submitted on Mar 24, 2007, 10:35 a.m.
Discovered Mike Ormond's blog after the MSDN Roadshow - which in turn led me to this definitive article on ASP.Net Viewstate from Dave Reed. Mandatory reading.HTTP 301 Redirect in ASP.Net for an Entire Directory
Submitted on Feb 06, 2007, 8:44 p.m.
Having recently moved my DasBlog tech blog from one domain to another I wanted an easy way to redirect all the traffic from the old domain, to the new one. My shared hosting provider doesn’t...Shuttle SD37P2, NVidia GeForce 8800 and Vista Aero
Submitted on Feb 04, 2007, 10:42 a.m.
I’m not a hard core gamer, or a hardware freak per se, but in my quest to build a small form factor (SFF) PC that will last a few years before having to upgrade I decided to push the envelope on...Fixing Orphaned Users after Attaching a Database
Submitted on Jan 29, 2007, 12:03 a.m.
The following MS link - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/274188/ - will help you to troubleshoot and fix orphaned logins in a database, re-joining the database username to the SQL Server Login. ...Vista Backup and Goodbye Acronis True Image 10
Submitted on Jan 28, 2007, 4:19 a.m.
OK – so the post below gushed over True Image. That was until I spent a weekend kicking the tires on Vista RTM (more soon….) Firstly, on Vista 64Bit – True Image was broken; corrupt images and...Acronis True Image 10 and SmartSync Pro
Submitted on Jan 15, 2007, 12:45 a.m.
I’ve been a loyal follower of Norton Ghost for many years. I’ve used it regularly in the past to copy, clone, and restore drive images. I’ve always used a dedicated drive image tool to create my...