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I like ebooks, and I especially like free ebooks.  You can sign up for Manning's Countdown to 2010 at http://www.manning.com/countdown2010/. Here's their offer: Daily free ebook giveaway! Crazy discounts! At Manning, we're inviting you to welcome 2010 with a little fun … Continue reading →

At the recent MSDN Mid-Atlantic Roadshow, Dani Diaz had a great talk on building connected Silverlight Apps. Sample apps are found at http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/silverlightws. Performance improvements in Silverlight 3 A binary message encoder has been added that converts text into a … Continue reading →

This is my buddy Matt’s Haloween creation: My music synced pumpkin created on 10-23-09 at HackPittsburgh (www.hackpittsburgh.org). The animation was created using an Arduino microcontroller (www.arduino.cc), a candle led from a craft store led tea light. and a blinkm (http://thingm.com/products/blinkm). … Continue reading →

If you get this error, try running the setup as an Administrator.  You may need to do this even though you're logged in as a local machine admin.  Right-click on the Setup.exe and choose "Run as administrator".  If you don't see … Continue reading →

The following error is a new thorn in my side.  It’s showing up in SSIS 2005 packages which are scheduled, but does not happen when I run the packages manually.  I changed the message slightly to remove identifying characteristics. Executed … Continue reading →

There’s a new user group in town: IS Network: PGH DW GroupPlease attend this year’s first Pittsburgh Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence User Group Meeting. The morning will begin with a brief planning session on the goals and purpose of … Continue reading →

Uh oh… The CAPTCHA security system that Yahoo, and many other email service providers adopt to prevent spam, may not be secure, according to Russian security researchers. The researchers claim to have found a way in which the security system … Continue reading →

A little birdie just told me Pittsburgh Code Camp 2008 is confirmed for April 12 at Pitt’s Sennott Square (Department of Computer Science).  Watch the Pgh .NET website for more information. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook … Continue reading →

My latest ASP Alliance article has been published: Easy SQL to XML with LINQ and Visual Basic 2008 In this article, I demonstrate how to create an XML file from a SQL Server 2005 database using LINQ. He provides a … Continue reading →

In my continuous quest for The Perfect RSS Aggregator, I’ve tried a number of options, including Thunderbird, NewsGator, Google Reader and RSS Bandit.  I’ve lately been testing FeedGhost, and have been very pleased thus far. Upon installation, a three-step installer gets … Continue reading →