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Dev did work: Moved to Octopress / GitHub Pages

I won’t be posting here anymore, and will be migrating old posts soon. New stuff is over on my own domain, which I’ve had for a while but was redirecting here. For now, you can subscribe to the new stuff … Continue reading

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Dev at work: Moving to GitHub Pages

I finally created a repo on GitHub Pages. I didn’t have time to put much there, but I do plan to start relocating to my own property, so to speak. Seems like it only took about five minutes. The documentation … Continue reading

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How to run your ASP.NET Web Application when you start debugging instead of launching the page / view you’re editing

I sent Michael on a wild goose chase because I wasn’t paying attention to a project setting. A project setting that I’ve used multiple times, including this week. An incredibly simple project setting that will change your life. Project Properties … Continue reading

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ScriptBundle subdirectories no longer work in Microsoft.Web.Optimization 1.1.0 when optimizations are off

Just a heads up for now. I’ll track down where to report this or to whom in the morning. Excuse any spelling, grammar, sloppiness of screenshots, etc., I’m doing this pretty quickly before heading out for the day. tl;dr If … Continue reading

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Where did Attribute Routing go when updating from Web API 5.0.0 -pre to Web API 2?

This is just a heads up for moving to Web API 2 from the prerelease bits. If you weren’t using Web API 5.0.0-pre bits, you can probably ignore this and never know any different. I’m not going to cover Attribute … Continue reading

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Just Try Something

A coworker and I were discussing the finer points of troubleshooting today, and I remembered that I never posted this thought. It’s short and sweet, and for most people it won’t be anything you haven’t heard before, but I can’t … Continue reading

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Thoughts On Transparent Compensation Policies

As always, this is just me and doesn’t reflect the opinions or beliefs of my employers, my family, my dog, my family’s dogs…you know the drill. A few days ago, I noticed this come across Twitter. Curious: how would you … Continue reading

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The Story of asfac

Asfac is a simple IoC container for ActionScript and this is the story of how it came into being. Genesis It is all Jon Skeet‘s fault really. I rediscovered this gem of a video he recorded with Rob Conery for … Continue reading

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Lessons for Developers Courtesy of The Avengers

Note: There may be mild spoilers ahead. I’ll try to keep it vague and general, but if you’re really worried, go see the movie before reading this post. “If we can’t protect the codebase, you can be damn sure we’ll … Continue reading

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VibrantInk Theme for Notepad++

Let me start by saying that I know notepad++ comes with a Vibrant Ink theme. It is likely much, much more accurate and if you love TextMate for Mac you should probably use it. However, this theme is based on … Continue reading

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