It’s been a while since I last put together a decent post – apologies – I’ve been quite literally up to my neck in computer components, outfitting some new hardware. This has killed a lot of my free time while I research and consume the latest information on hardware. You’d […]
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Hot off the press – a release of the much anticipated Power Tools for Visual Studio/Team Foundation Server 2010 – April 2010 (RTM). This release enables some of my favourite TFS goodness including: Alerts Explorer, Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010 Best Practices Analyzer, Custom Check-in Policy Pack, Process Editor, Team […]
For those of you who work with or live in a country which uses a language other than English, you may have need for variations on input. As you may know, I’m learning Mandarin which means I’m making use of Traditional and Simplified Chinese. When setting up my Windows 7 […]
You may have heard of the upcoming SQL Server Modelling suite formerly known as ‘Oslo’. The suite, know known as the SQL Server Modelling CTP, features the ‘m’ modelling language and a graphical workbench known as (or codenamed) ‘Quadrant’. I’ve been meaning to look into codename ‘Oslo’ for a while […]
Wow, China just blocked all of Google’s sites. Literally just now – stunning, though hardly the last word. 31-03-2010 12:53am Beijing Time – Blocked31-03-2010 ~10:20am Beijing Time – Not Blocked Interestingly, Google is not blocked at the moment, perhaps what we had a taste of last night was a test […]
Well, as part of the typically moronic strategy for Windows Mobile devices comes word out of the recent MIX conference that Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Mobile 7 or “Windows Phone” will not support native applications, according to this quote from PC World: [1] “Microsoft will only support development of applications running […]
A few years ago Canadian games developer BioWare brought us the critically acclaimed “Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic” and later followed with “Jade Empire” and, more recently, “Mass Effect” and “Dragon Age”. In 2010, BioWare (now owned by Electronic Arts) has released the long awaited sequel to Mass […]
This is part of a series of entries written about Microsoft’s new SQL Azure database service and the Entity Framework v4. Following on from my previous posts (check them out before continuing) – this article assumes you have followed steps outlined in the previous posts to create various models and […]
This is an addendum to a series of articles on SQL Azure and the Entity Framework (v4). Part 1 – Working with Entity Framework v4 and SQL Azure Part 2 – Next Steps with SQL Azure Part 3 – Putting it all together – SQL Azure Part 4 – A […]
Happy Australia Day to you! Following on from my previous posts (check them out before continuing) – this article assumes you have followed steps outlined in the previous posts to create various models and accounts etc. Part 1 – Working with Entity Framework v4 and SQL Azure Part 2 – […]
Following on from my previous posts (check them out before continuing) – this article assumes you have followed steps outlined in the previous posts to create various models and accounts etc. Part 1 – Working with Entity Framework v4 and SQL Azure Part 2 – Next Steps with SQL Azure […]
This post is the first in a series of posts on this topic. The following is a summary of the various parts. Part 1 – Working with Entity Framework v4 and SQL Azure (this post) Part 2 – Next Steps with SQL Azure Part 3 – Putting it all together […]
Well, earlier in the week I finally finished a Madden 2010 Franchise (Green Bay Packers). Every year I play the 30 seasons (averaging one game per season) and taking care of all the offseason tasks. Now, I present to you my summary of the Franchise experience for the latest version […]
Where to begin? If you’ve played Assassin’s Creed (the original) before and even enjoyed it a tad bit, you’ll love the sequel. Overview The sequel (Assassin’s Creed 2 – AC2), begins at the conclusion of the original (story wise) as Desmond (the character you portray in the future) is helped […]
Last week I was very fortunate enough to be able to purchase an unsold copy of UbiSoft’s recently released “Assassin’s Creed 2” – black edition. It was very difficult to acquire a copy of the black edition as it was only available via pre-order (which I did not know) and […]