My thoughts on software development, technology and design.

Microsoft Security Essentials

July 20, 2010
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I am the on call PC expert for my entire family and most of my friends, this works for me most times but dealing with ...

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Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express

July 09, 2010
2 min read

I was recently looking for an easy way to run queries and scripts against a hosted SQL Server database without having ...

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Kinect – Total Recall in Your Living room

June 14, 2010
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After viewing the videos of Kinect (formerly known as Project Natal) my patience has been rewarded. I resisted on ...

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Complex Numbers in .NET 4

May 27, 2010
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I have recently been fortunate enough to venture back into the world of math, specifically dealing with the idea of ...

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WebClient in the Windows World

May 23, 2010
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I stopped doing meaningful Windows development many moons ago, however, I was recently attempting to setup a simple ...

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Outlook Hotmail Connector 14

May 05, 2010
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It looks like there has been an update to one of my favorite plug-ins, Outlook Hotmail Connector! The new outlook ...

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Is Silverlight dead? Really?

April 20, 2010
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There has been a recent flurry of tweets, blogs and general office comments asking if Silverlight is dead on arrival. ...

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SharedView version 1.0

March 30, 2010
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So I just happened to notice that SharedView has officially emerged from years of beta relegation. I have championed ...

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Windows Phone Developer

March 15, 2010
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At the MIX ‘10 Keynote Scott Guthrie announced that you can immediately the Windows Phone Developer Tools at ...

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