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Entries for March, 2008

links for 2008-03-21

moq - Google Code
(tags: .net programming)

YouTube - Obama’s 2002 Speech Against the War, Delivered by Supporters
(tags: obama war video)

YouTube - Barack Obama on Iraq, Opposition from the Start
(tags: obama war video)

Snarl
like growl, for windows
(tags: programming .net)

Yoics, Remote Access & Share (almost) anything.
(tags: networking remoteaccess)

PHP Compiler for .NET
(tags: .net programming php)

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Minnesota Smoking Ban Loophole: Theatrical Performances

Last weekend, I was up in Chisholm, Minnesota for my Grandfather’s 80th birthday. After the party, we headed downtown Chisholm to check out my step sisters boyfriend play in his band, at Sabin’s bar.
Now, Minnesota passed a smoking ban (Freedom to Breathe Act) in bars and restaurants in October 2007. This means NO SMOKING. [...]

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links for 2008-03-20

Rent vs. Buy Myths That Ruined the Housing Market | eFinanceDirectory.com
(tags: housing)

OLAP PivotTable Extensions
(tags: SSAS AnalysisServices Excel)

Verizon Wireless V740 ExpressCard
(tags: VerizonCard)

Check Username Availability with ASP.NET AJAX - Travis Collins
(tags: asp.net ajax)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/09/Backup/
(tags: backup vista)

Virtual PC Guy’s WebLog : Double clicking on a VHD to mount it
(tags: backup virtualpc)

Table Profile Provider Samples : The Official Microsoft ASP.NET [...]

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Windows Vista Customer Experience Program - Why Do I have To Click "On" Then "Off" Again?

After installing Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 - This pops up, just like when you install Vista fresh.
What gets me, is that the OK button is grayed out by default. I have to first click on the “Join the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program” radio button and then back on “I Don’t want to join [...]

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SQL 2005, SSAS 2005: Using ascmd.exe To Create SQLAgent Jobs That Give You Completion Status

In SQL2005, you can create SQL Agent jobs. They can be scheduled, have multiple steps, alert, notify, etc. Pretty great setup. There are some downfalls though.
Like in order to call a job from a job, you need to execute the second job with T-SQL. Thing is, it doesn’t run synchronously. It runs asynchronously, which [...]

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Server Move: Hosting My Own Site(s)

Well, I have been on HostMySite for a few years now, and I just wasn’t liking it. I didn’t have control, and couldn’t do everything I wanted to. Last week I signed up with ServerBeach and I have my own dedicated server. I am running Windows 2003, IIS, SQL, MySQL, PHP, etc.
I changed for [...]

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Hitting the Threshold: More Facebook Friends than MySpace Friends

well, today, I have more Facebook friends than MySpace friends. That is a first. 149 to 147. What does that say? I have been on MySpace longer, so it seems that more people are using Facebook, or using both, now. I like Facebook better, for sure. They both could use some work though. [...]

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Happy 3-11 Day

Today is 3/11 - the day for my favorite band, 311 !!!
The are in New Orleans putting on a HUGE show, probably playing 80 or so songs, I am sure it rocks!
Technorati Tags: 311,3-11,311 Day

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Google Apps For Your Domain - Google Talk, Federation, SRV Records, Domain Transfers, DNS

Well, I want my Google Apps (GAFYD) account to be able to use Google Talk with other users (using Federation) besides Gmail and GAFYD (ex: Twitter, Meebo, etc). To do this, you need to add SRV records to your DNS (http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=34143) - no problem right?
Well, my current hosting (hostmysite) doesn’t allow [...]

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SQL DBA: Function To Get Database Last Restore Time (From Log Shipping Filename)

If you need to get the last time that a database is restored from log shipping based off the transaction log file name, here is a function to do so. It parses out the date from the "last_restored_file" column, then converts it from UTC to your regular time.
 
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[GetLogShippingFileDate] ( [...]

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