My thoughts on software development, technology and design.

ASP.NET 5 Razor Tag Helpers

July 16, 2015
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Tag Helpers allow server-side code to participate in the rendering of HTML elements in Razor files. In this regard they ...

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Google Photos Diversity Problem

July 11, 2015
7 min read

When I first heard about the automatic tagging of the Google Photos service I was completely unimpressed, as it is with ...

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.NET Tool Tip: Just Decompile

July 07, 2015
2 min read

Back in the day I was a huge fan of .NET Reflector, it was so well designed (and appropriately named) that for a long ...

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Preparing for Windows 10

July 06, 2015
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As the tech support for my immediate, and extended family I am expected to be prepared with answers when strange or ...

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CSS Tips: Calc() Function

July 03, 2015
1 min read

I am writing much less HTML/CSS these days and, coincidentally, there has been a lot written about the ascendency of ...

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Building Predicates Dynamically

July 01, 2015
3 min read

I have not had much experience with Object-relational mapping (ORM) until recently and for me it took some getting use ...

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Visual Studio Tips: ReAttach

June 22, 2015
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After several weeks at my new company I am slowly getting into the patterns, practices and tools that they have been ...

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The STEM behind Microsoft Hyperlapse

June 09, 2015
4 min read

In the early years of film making the best way to ensure a smooth moving camera shot was to use a camera dolly (looked ...

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Blogging Into The Future

June 04, 2015
4 min read

I dislike meta-blogging but I will do so now because I want to hope and believe it will lead to some definitive actions ...

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