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Team Foundation Server Windows shell extension

January 14, 2015
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For the last few years now my companies software repository has been firmly in the Subversion (SVN) space, it replaced ...

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Bad protocol, bad politics

January 08, 2015
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The Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2 draft abstract reads as follows: This specification describes an optimized ...

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The cost of cutting cable

January 06, 2015
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Cable providers have dominated my living room entertainment for many years, but since the arrival of Netflix (and other ...

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Adding Album Art to your Xbox Music MP3s

January 02, 2015
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I always seem to be missing album art from Xbox music (on Windows 8) and that for me is truly frustrating. I know MP3s ...

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Setting up a Windows tablet for a child

December 22, 2014
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This year I have seen quite a few Windows devices under $300 that actual represent useable pieces of hardware, a few of ...

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.NET Developer Manifesto

December 08, 2014
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I have spent a lot of time talking about hiring, interviewing and vetting developers without really talking about how a ...

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Social Networks Capturing Social Movements

December 06, 2014
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I recently had the opportunity to visit the city of Atlanta Georgia and one the highlights of the trip was a tour of ...

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Developer Links : December 1, 2014

December 01, 2014
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I blog about the things that I find most interesting especially as it relates to software development (.NET more ...

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Using HTTP Strict Transport Security in IIS

November 22, 2014
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Got into a discussion recently about securing websites via HTTPS and the implications of allowing any part of your site ...

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