WCF to the rescue
Published 7 July 8 7:41 PM | William
Although part of the idea below was mine, James Ashley was crucial to helping me figure this out. Problem: Without getting into the ghoury details, we have an application that allows users to send messages to large groups of people. Anyone using a client...
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Utter Coolness compliments of Roku
Published 3 July 8 4:1 PM | William
My first Roku Soundbridge joined the family back in 2005. As far as wireless media players go, it was a bit pricey. But it looked really cool and I got it through a special offer making it a lot more reasonable. The form factor and styling was the main...
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Speaking of Funny
Published 1 July 8 10:52 AM | William
On the drive to work this morning, Glenn Beck had even picked up on the whole Dimitri thing posted on HCwDB . It is definitely worth downloading! KC and Ryan turned me on to HCwDB when we were at the summit, and it's just kick a55 beyond the ability...
Stuff White People Like - The Book - On Sale Tomorrow
Published 1 July 8 10:48 AM | William
Stuff White People Like is just plain excellent and their book goes on sale tomorrow
Phishers still unaware of SpellCheck
Published 22 June 8 5:24 PM | William
I just got this email sent to my gmail account. For all the effort they put into this, there's a pretty serious giveaway that it's shady: (I turned off links so no one accidentally falls for it). Microsoft Cororation Inc. ® <update@microsoft...
Chris Craft's 30 Days of .NET for Windows Mobile
Published 11 June 8 11:1 AM | William
Chris sure is talking softly and carrying a big stick . The 30 days thing is a great concept and he's doing a bang up job.
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God I hate Ajax
Published 8 June 8 10:11 PM | William
I was typing up a blog post earlier today and after 15 or so complete 5-10 second freezes, my browser finally crashed. That was using IE 7. IE 8 is a whole different story (and so, not a very good one). So I started to think about how frequently my mobile...
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Looking for some .NET Developers
Published 6 June 8 10:19 PM | William
A client of mine located in the Aiken/Columbia South Carolina Area has asked me if I had any friends who are .NET Developers and looking for a job. They are looking for at least one Junior Developer, on Mid-Level Developer and several Senior developers...
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My first hours with my Amazon Kindle
Published 29 May 8 12:32 AM | William
I decided to order an Amazon Kindle . As patience is not something I am overly endowed with, I paid the extra money for the expedited shipping. Along with it I bought a backup battery, another case, a car charger, home charger and storage cards (wow are...
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Bill gets an Amazon Kindle
Published 28 May 8 10:19 AM | William
Well, almost. I bought it Sunday night and it's almost here although it's not in my hands yet. I have been trying to find a good e-book solution for a long time now. I got the Sony. I've went through a few tablets (although they weren't...
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The Best of Grand Theft Auto IV
Published 24 May 8 12:33 AM | William
Shawn posted a link to these awesome GTA IV Death Clips on Twitter . Depending on where you work, it's probably not the safest thing to get caught watching and I wouldn't recommend watching it around young kids. With that said, it really kicks...
Two great folks are tying the knot!
Published 23 May 8 3:52 PM | William
This weekend, Frank is getting married to the lovely and charming Roberta. Frank is a fellow MVP, although he's in the Tablet PC group and does a lot of work with the .NET Community, particularly in the South East. I got to first meet him at a code...
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Cool Powershell script
Published 20 May 8 11:59 PM | William
I can't take credit for this, I came across it in Windows Communication Foundation Unleashe d - but it's very helpful for administering Windows Communication Foundation ... In the <diagnostics> tag of your service's configuration, two...
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Doing tiers with WCF
Published 16 May 8 2:48 PM | William
Because the nomenclature of WCF is often different then the technologies it consolidated, one of the problems you'll likely encounter when moving to it is figuring out how to do the same things you were doing before. That's probably not the right...
Mobile Application Development Webcast Info
Published 16 May 8 1:4 PM | William
Constanze just posted this about a 5 part webcast series he and others like Maarten Struys will be conducting on mobile application development: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just wanted...
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ChannelFactory.CreateChannel goes to the Gentlemen's Club
Published 12 May 8 6:7 PM | William
Currently, I'm tasked with getting some people up to speed on .NET 3.5 as well as WCF. WCF is really cool and it's easy to fall in love with, but it's also easy to cause you to sleep when you're first learning it. So instead of walking...
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How cheap are SMS messages?
Published 12 May 8 3:16 PM | William
Normally, when you hear a price comparison and the govt is involved, it's some ridiculously expensive item from the govt. However in the case of the cost of SMS messages vs the cost of pulling data from the Hubbell, it's just the opposite it's...
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Sql Server 2008, Intellisense and Backward Compatibility
Published 8 May 8 1:28 PM | William
Whitney is a little disappointed that the RTM version of Sql Server 2008 will not support backward compatibility with respect to intellisense ... The conversation related to what I felt was misinformation in various places about whether or not IntelliSense...
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LINQ Gotcha
Published 7 May 8 8:0 PM | William
After a long hiatus, I was trying to figure out something cool or at least interesting to blog about. I was having trouble figuring out what I wanted to write, but then one after another, I got a ton of ideas. One thing I wanted to do for my current project...
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Seasons changing again.
Published 29 March 8 1:6 AM | William
Things have been pretty hectic lately so I haven't really kept up with everyone as much as I'd like to. The big announcement with me is that I'm leaving Magenic and taking a new position much closer to home. I've really liked most every...
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