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August 25, 2012
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This week I was troubleshooting a project that provided static JavaScript files from a WCF services. However I found ...

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Windows 8 short cut keys

August 22, 2012
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If you are developer with Windows 8 today (probably RTM or earlier) you have probably done a simple upgrade of existing ...

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MMS problems on the Samsung Focus S with T-Mobile

August 05, 2012
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My sister recently purchased an unlocked Windows Phone specifically the Samsung Focus S. She was using the phone and ...

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Higgs Boson explained … by cartoon

August 02, 2012
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Forget that it is called the God particle, it is a deliberately misleading and frankly offensive term coined by a book ...

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Adobe Kuler

August 01, 2012
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When I saw the Windows 8 Metro interface for the first time I was fascinated by the fluidity, motion, font and … the ...

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Distinct LINQ

July 30, 2012
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I have written about LINQ in the past and I truly believe it is the gateway to a better way of programming, ...

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Meta tags and links

July 19, 2012
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Most of the traffic for PoppaString comes from web searches and most of those searches originate from Google. However, ...

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Blogging with Office 2013

July 18, 2012
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So I am writing this blog post from Office 2013, specifically Word 2013. I assiduously avoided the purchase of Office ...

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Try, Catch and Try again

July 09, 2012
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I have had some really interesting discussions recently on a variety of well intentioned but poorly constructed ...

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