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KakaoTalk - A free alternative to WhatsApp
WhatsApp is all the rage. KakaoTalk is a great alternative for the frugal world. I’ve been using it for years without a problem. It’s on iPhone & Android
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How to get started with MySQL and ASP.NET MVC with Entity Framework
I’ve always been a SQL Server guy, but I wanted to give MySQL a try for a project that I’m working on. I could find a really quick MySQL/MVC example so I threw this together. LMK if you have any issue
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My Thoughts on the Microsoft Employee Review Model
An interview candidate recently asked me what I thought of the Microsoft employee review model. I don’t hate it and I don’t love it. I personally tend to not stress about things I can’t change. I’m mo
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How to implement Guid.Comb on SQL Server with Entity Framework Code First
Read this if you don’t know the “why” behind Guid.Comb. In a nutshell. We want to uniquely identify records and don’t want PK collisions across database instances. Using Guid as a PK used to be taboo.
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Solution to "Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Temp\TestResults\Out\'." when running Unit Tests via ReSharper in Visual Studio 2012
Took me a bit to find the solution to this one, but I eventually found it here. 1. Upgrade to Resharper 7.1.2 2. In VS go to Resharper –> Options –> Unit Testing –> MS Test and Uncheck “Use L
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Solution to: "The imported project "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v11.0\TypeScript\Microsoft.VisualStudio.WJProject.targets" was not found. Confirm that the path in the declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk."
Just a quick post to let you know that if you get the error below it means that you don’t have the TypeScript plugin installed: The imported project “C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStu
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Google Reader Alternatives - A deep look into all alternatives from an avid Google Reader user
I am an avid Google Reader user. I use it to scan over 400 tech blogs and often share to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and email. It’s easy to miss stuff on Facebook and there’s too much noise on Twitte
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Windows 8 File History is great for version history, but make sure you have an alternate "latest version restore" plan.
My hard drive crashed today. As you can see in "[My Backup Strategy](/2012/11/my-backup-strategy.html)" post, I am a rigorous backer-upper, but I got schooled today. My strategy includes "File Histor
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How to Install Neo4j on Windows and a Solution to "Unable to access jarfile windows-service-wrapper-*.jar"
Installing Neo4j on Windows is pretty straightforward, but the Neo4j installation instructions for Windows are lacking….this is all they have. It’s a little more involved than that. Install Java
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Moving on to Microsoft Advertising to work on a super secret Win8 app. Come join me.
I joined MSN three years ago to help them turn around the Tools team and that work is done. The team is in a really good place now, so it’s time to move on. Honestly, the MSN Tools team was one the mo
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Solution to "TypeError: m[5] is undefined", "TypeError: Cannot read property length of undefined" and How to Override JavaScript in ASP.NET WebResource.axd files
You’ll sometimes get this error in Firefox and Chrome, but not IE. “TypeError: m[5] is undefined” “TypeError: Cannot read property ‘length’ of undefined” There has been a known issue with Firefox an
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YouTube is Advertising 480p Movies as HD
I purchased Argo (“HD”)from YouTube.com last night. I was expecting at least 720p since it was advertised as HD, but the highest resolution available was 480p. Here’s the definition of HD video from W
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Solution to "'Page_ClientValidate' is null or undefined not a function object" and other ominous JavaScript errors in IE10
I just spent several hours trying to figure out why I was getting JavaScript errors when using IE10. I owe Hanselman on this one. My error wasn’t exactly the same as what he described, but close. Thro
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Solution to Visual Studio 2008 hanging every couple of minutes when in HTML Source view
I know, I know, it’s 2013, but I occasionally have to work with VS2008. Unfortunately, when I was using it recently it would hang every other minute or so. I tolerated it a few times, but couldn’t tak
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Solution to "GnuTLF error -53: Error in the push function."
I got this error today and after a few minutes of messing around with FileZilla settings I discovered a way around it. This might not work for everyone, but it worked for me. Error: GnuTLS error -
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Building Cross-Platform Apps with HTML5 and DXTREME
What is the best way to develop an application to support multiple platforms (Apple, Android, Microsoft)? Like so many devs out there, I was recently faced with that exact question. It turns out that
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How to get around Spotify's one device at a time limitation that results in this error message: "Spotify has been paused because your account is being used somewhere else."
You will see this error when you try to play Spotify music from more than one device at the same time: [ “Spotify has been paused because your account is being used somewhere else.” The reason they
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Solution to "An error occurred while creating the media file. The system is low on memory. You may be able to reduce memory usage by closing other applications" when trying to render a video file in Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum
I got this error today in Sony Movie Studio Platinum Suite when I tried to render a video file. _An error occurred while creating the media file …. The system is low on memory. You may be able to red
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Blendtec Wildside Blender vs Oster 16 Speed Blender - Is the Blendtec worth $300-400 more than the Oster?
I’ve been making smoothies every morning now for the last couple of months with my old $40 Oster blender that I’ve had for 8 years or so. Being frugal doesn’t mean you are cheap. I means you are wise
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Solution: The Sony QuickTime plug-in was not able to initialize the QuickTime components on your system. It appears that QuickTime for Windows is not properly installed. QuickTime files cannot be read or written without a full installation of the QuickTime version 7.1.6 or greater components, including the authoring components.
I got this error today when I tried to drag a video file that was created with my iPhone 5 to Sony Movie Studio (Vegas) The Sony QuickTime plug-in was not able to initialize the QuickTime components