Several months and two orders later, I now have my Apple Watch. It arrived this past Friday, June 5th. I ordered the Watch Sport 42mm Space Gray Aluminum with Black Sports Band (see picture). At first I was very impressed with the watch. It looked good and it matched my iPhone 6 Plus perfectly. The […]
Thank you to the people at SD Times for allowing me to write an article for them. The title of the article is “Developing High Quality Code – The .NET Way”. http://sdtimes.com/developing-high-quality-code-the-net-way/
We are working on a major application that has the need for low-latency communication over the web. In the past we facilitated this through custom long polling or SignalR. These options were available because the platform was fixed. We are now working on an application where advanced communication across multiple platforms is required. This means […]
SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 has a new mode for installing Reporting Services known as Native Mode Installation. This mode offers many benefits including simplified deployment and a reduced surface area for security. It does this by not requiring the use of Internet Information Services (IIS) to gain access to ASP.NET functionality, the Report […]
After spending several weeks on BlogEngine, I can honestly say that it a usable engine that I really enjoy working with. However, BlogEngine is showing its age and its history a bit much. IMHO, it should be rewritten for .NET Framework 4.0 from the ground up. IMHO, one of the best themes for BlogEngine, Arthemia […]
I broke down and got a brand new Apple MacBook Pro (April 2010 version)! For those that know me, this is a big deal. I am a big Microsoft fan. However, my roots are entirely Apple though. Everything from the Apple IIc and IIe all the way through the early Macintosh lines such as the […]
