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Fake Binary Clocks
I recently downloaded a Vista clock gadget . It is kind of nice, but as with most things claiming to a binary clock, it really is not one. I am bothered by ThinkGeek's binary clocks as well as pretty much all of others I've seen. Don't mistake me here Read More...

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Handling Keyboard Input in Silverlight
Keyboard input is one of the most important aspects of truly rich programming environments. I understand that one usually identifies a rich interface as one which can interacted with visually. This interaction feels more natural than keyboard interaction. Read More...

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Creating a Game Loop Using Silverlight
I've been playing with silverlight as a gaming platform for a few months now. I've not published or released anything I've done yet, but I expect I will at some point. I am not much of a game developer really, and I've been hacking things Read More...

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Programming Information Titled Security
Disclaimer: This post is not about security. Is anyone else bothered by Information titled with the word security? Let me explain what it is I am referring to. I will see an article, a blog post, or a section on a web site which claims to be about "security." Read More...

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Enabling Mixed Mode Authentication in SQL Server
I recently needed to enable Mixed Mode Authentication on a SQL Server instance, so I will demonstrate how to go about setting this up. It is a pretty easy process, but I figure I'll document it nicely here. Perhaps I will come back to this later to reference Read More...

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Change SQL Server Instance for Visual Studio Database Project
While installing SQL Server 2005 recently I ran into some difficulty . I use database projects from Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals. I use Visual Studio 2008 with them now, and I recently made a mistake while using one of these Read More...

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Generic Recursive Find Control Extension
Earlier today I posted about a Recursive Find Control Extension Method . I was informed recently by Steve Smith that I should check out the generic find control method which Aaron Robson has on his blog . He has some pretty nice methods there, so I just Read More...

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Creating a Recursive FindControl Extension Method
So one of the most useful methods for ASP.NET development that never seems to be included in ASP.NET is a recursive find control method. This problem results from the standard FindControl method on controls only searching within that control. It only Read More...

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Linking to the "I'm Feeling Lucky" Google Search
So one thing I've always loved about Google is the I'm feeling lucky search feature. Most of the time I know that the top result is the one I need. Earlier today, I was googling for how to link directly to the Google results using an "I'm Feeling Lucky" Read More...

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Watch TV Shows on Hulu
Not sure if everyone new about this. I would argue it is not off topic since it is an interesting thing on the web. Hulu is a great new service for watching television shows online anytime. Commercials are short and quick. It is an amazing service I expect Read More...

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See More Recent Projects in Visual Studio
I usually only open between 5 and 10 Visual Studio projects on a regular basis, so I love the recent projects section of the Visual Studio Start Page. The problem is that when I add projects to my solutions they get added into the recent projects window Read More...

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SQL Server Client Tools Installation
A while back I blogged about how to install sql server management studio , and it got a reasonable amount of feedback. More recently, Steve Smith posted a response to it where he highlights a better way of installing Management Studio . The method I outlined Read More...

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Windows Vista DreamScene Only Works with 1 Monitor
So I haven't had a lot of problems with Vista. There have been some slight issues including this one I blogged about recently. I think windows DreamScene is very cool, but I of course of more than one monitor attached to my computer. Okay, I can understand Read More...

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Vista 64 Install Requires a DVD Device Driver
So I've been using Vista 32 for a while now. I've not had much trouble with it. I've not seen the horrors about which others speak. Perhaps now my eyes have opened a little bit to some of the problems. So while installing Windows Vista 64 on a machine, Read More...

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Performance with DropDownLists and ViewState
One problem I've noticed on a bunch of sites is a large amount of ViewState. I'm not going to sit here and explain all about ViewState. There are PLENTY of sources for information on that piece of technology. So in an extremely short description of what Read More...

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