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XP: The O’Hare of Computer Network Traffic
Not long ago, I found myself with a lot of time to kill while sitting in an airport and waiting out a flight delay. The culprit, I was told, was a weather system circling over Chicago. At first this seemed odd, since the plane I was awaiting had neither originated in nor connected through O’Hare. [...]
In: Tips & Tricks · Tagged with: SACKs, selective acknowledgements, slow Internet, XP network issues
Learning from Stupidity
I'll be the first to admit that I've done some really stupid things in my life. Like the time I decided to paddle a canoe across a mile-wide river even as threatening clouds loomed on the horizon. Or the time I got stuck on a hike by taking a "short-cut" which involved shimmying around an overhang, leaving me suspended [...]
In: Tips & Tricks · Tagged with: Backup, Deletes, FAT32, NTFS
Another TechEd Sticky Note
The other night, I discovered the way to beat the heat while here in New Orleans. It’s a fruity little concoction known as the Hurricane, and while it doesn’t actually affect the climate around you, it sure makes feeling hot and sticky a lot more enjoyable. I’m also pretty sure how it got its namesake: [...]
In: Events, SPC 2010 · Tagged with: Microsoft, Silverlight, TechEd, Visual Studio
A Sticky Note from TechEd 2010
So, I’m here at TechEd 2010 in the hot, muggy, all-around sticky town of New Orleans. I’m pretty sure that the person who decided that holding a summer conference in the bayou was a good idea is not here, as I’ve yet to hear of any lynchings. Fortunately, the conference center is nice and cool [...]
In: Events · Tagged with: TechEd
Challenges Facing Synergy Developers
I was recently involved in a discussion concerning Synergy tools and technologies, and how our customers can best position themselves to take advantage of them. Somewhere along the way, I was asked for (or I volunteered – I don’t exactly remember) my opinion about the current software development landscape, and the challenges that face so [...]
In: .NET, Silverlight, Synergy/DE 9.3 · Tagged with: .NET, Development, GUI, SQL Connect, Synergy, Synergy.NET, xfODBC, xfServer, xfServerPlus
New select classes are a home run
Early last week, I was given a copy of the beta build of Synergy/DE 9.3. My task was to do some testing of one the exciting new features it includes: The Select classes. Now, testing isn’t always fun, and it can be frustrating trying to figure out if a bug is really a bug, or [...]
In: Synergy/DE 9.3, Tips & Tricks · Tagged with: select classes, SQL
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