Here are comparison pictures of my new ZenBook and my old Dell Precision. Criteria A couple months ago I was in the market for a new laptop. I have been a developer on Microsoft platforms for my entire career, so Ideally I wanted a Windows based laptop. I have friends that own MacBook Pro Retina […]
I have been running Windows 8 since about December 2012. Now it just seems easier to use than Windows 7 or Windows XP. There are many reasons I would not want to go back to either XP or 7. I started upgrading to Windows 8 with a Q3 2007 Dell Precision M4300 laptop in early […]
St. Louis is becoming a great place to start and run a technology startup. There are some really good resources in St. Louis now for people interested in getting a startup running. T-Rex, Home for St. Louis Startups If you are working on your own idea for a startup or already have an early stage […]
It is a fairly common task to setup a site in Windows Azure websites and need to have a custom domain pointed at that site. Windows Azure lets you setup a custom domain with a shared or reserved instance or a virtual machine. You cannot do this with a ‘free’ instance site. Below I will […]
Dependency Injection frameworks have been over-hyped for too long. In most of the cases in which I have seen it touted as a perfect fit, it hasn’t really been necassary; And in some cases it made those applications harder to maintain than an alternative ‘Service Locator’ would have been. However, You can find some developers […]
I am on an exploration of new technology outside of my usual comfort zone. My first step is to get a python web development setup working on my Windows 8 Asus Zenbook. This article will show my first step, getting the current stable release of Apache and python installed, configured, and tested. Apache Setup The […]
Has Microsoft MVC ever complained to you about not being able to load your site’s home page due to having two home controllers? Sometimes this can happen after you publish your site after some refactoring. Multiple types were found that match the controller named ‘Home’. This can happen if the route that services this request […]
