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What came first? The baby or the app
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A blog by Jason Gaylord
So today is the big day where my wife is being induced with our fourth child. Given the past, today’s experience should last between 6-10 hours. Knowing I’ll be hearing monitors in the background, I figured I should do some work. Since I haven’t spent...
Professional ASP.NET 4.5 in C# and VB
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A blog by Jason Gaylord
On May 3rd, Wrox Press released Professional ASP.NET 4.5 in C# and VB . I co-authored this book with two Microsoft employees ( Pranav Rastogi and Scott Hanselman )as well as two Microsoft MVPs ( Christian Wenz and Todd Miranda ). The book is packed with...
How the Web has Changed–As witnessed through the Webby Awards
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A blog by Jason Gaylord
Earlier today, the Webby Awards and Internet Explorer teams announced a joint project to showcase the Webby Award winners since the awards were handed out in 1997. This new website is built on Web standards which are truly emphasized in Internet Explorer...
Get the Nth Past Date After Removing a List of Dates from MSSQL
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A blog by Jason Gaylord
This stemmed from a strange request that came across my desk. I had the need to pull a date 7 business days ago by using T-SQL in Microsoft SQL Server. Sounds simple right? Here’s the catch: the date had to be the 7th business day in the past after removing...
Getting the Shutdown Dialog in Windows 8
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A blog by Jason Gaylord
One of the tasks that seem awkward in Windows 8 is the shutdown and restart process. One of my co-workers, Mark Beleski, had discovered a nice keyboard shortcut today. It’s nothing new, but something that I rarely used. Alt + F4 If you’re in an application...
On the Surface, the Marketing Stinks Already!
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A blog by Jason Gaylord
Tonight, February 9th, Microsoft is releasing their second tablet, the Surface Pro . Besides the Microsoft diehards, such as myself that will be ordering one within the first few minutes possible, I’m concerned that the masses are unaware. So, to solve...
Microsoft Surface Hard Drive Size Is Not An Issue
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A blog by Jason Gaylord
Yesterday, there have been numerous reports discussing the hard drive size of the Microsoft Surface Pro. I’ll be getting mine when they come out and will be getting the 128 GB size. Most of the world recognizes that 1 GB is 1024 MB and that 1 MB is 1024...
New Year, New Post
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A blog by Jason Gaylord
So, it's been just over a month since my last post. But, I haven't been too quiet. In fact, I was hard at work customizing and updating one of my other websites, MyLightDisplay.com . Each year the holidays tend to consume any time I'd typically...
Dropping MS SQL Tables that have a Prefix using T-SQL
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A blog by Jason Gaylord
How many times have you wanted to drop a selection of Microsoft SQL Server tables that have begin with some common characters? I have many times especially when I’m testing certain web applications, such as Orchard CMS, and using different database prefix...
Being a Microsoft MVP for 10 Years
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A blog by Jason Gaylord
First of all, thanks to all who are involved with the Microsoft MVP program for acknowledging the technical community. It is much appreciated. It’s hard to believe, but it’s been 10 years since I first became a Microsoft MVP. I still remember where I...
Embed JavaScript in Custom ASP.NET Server Controls
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A blog by Jason Gaylord
As ASP.NET evolves, using ASP.NET WebForms is still the most popular way to serve up ASP.NET. One of the biggest benefits of ASP.NET WebForms is the fact that we can use re-usable code in several ways including in a compiled server control. What you may...
Windows Store is Missing Enterprise Capabilities
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A blog by Jason Gaylord
The Windows Store is great. Seriously, it is. There are some minor issues with it that I’d like to see such as a way to track “recommended apps” by either your friends or by Microsoft and a way to sort Games by “Xbox” titles. However, the biggest thing...
Did Acer hurt the chances of the Microsoft Surface?
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A blog by Jason Gaylord
Remember back in August when Acer’s JT Wang suggested that if Microsoft priced the Surface with Windows RT at $199 that it would negatively impact it’s partners and vendors ? So now that the Apple event is over and we heard Apple announce the iPad Mini...
Windows 8 Pre-Orders Prevalent
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A blog by Jason Gaylord
With Windows 8 just 3 days away from being officially released to consumers, manufacturers are pushing machines out to distributors everywhere. Don’t wait in line or miss out on the machine you’re looking for. Pre-order from one of the following websites...
Verizon Needs to Step Up
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A blog by Jason Gaylord
Verizon and other telecommunication organizations are falling behind. Technology companies such as Apple, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are announcing cutting edge technology every day. When was the last time Verizon announced expanding FiOS coverage...
Windows 8 Color Palette
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A blog by Jason Gaylord
So Windows 8 has a new custom Start screen that allows live tiles to be displayed and rearranged on a per user basis. They also allow complete customization of the new Start screen. This includes a few backgrounds that are updated based on the color choice...
Marking Code as Deprecated in .NET
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A blog by Jason Gaylord
Do you work on a team that shares code libraries? Have you ever wanted to implement a new method to replace an old one (with a differing signature) and simply deleted the old method? You can handle these situations easier by using an attribute on a class...
I'm a Microsoft MVP... Again
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A blog by Jason Gaylord
So, I’ve been officially renewed as a Microsoft MVP again. Too often, I’m asked about the MVP program. I’m asked what it is, what it means to get it, and how I was nominated and won. What is the MVP Program? The MVP program was designed...
Authentication, Cross-App Redirects, and ASP.NET 4.5
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A blog by Jason Gaylord
I started to test out the migration of our web applications with ASP.NET 4.5. In many cases, we have a login page that redirects from one domain to another domain or sub-domain. In those instances, we’re setting the enableCrossAppRedirects property in...
Remembering 9/11 (from a Developer's Perspective)
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A blog by Jason Gaylord
I can still remember today, 11 years later. I was just about to walk in late to my English class at Penn State University when I heard that the first tower was hit on 97.9x. At the time Freddie Fabbri (the insignificant significant one) was the DJ (known...
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