Yes, I work for Microsoft, but I always like to tell people about great customer service…this time from Apple. I bought an Apple Airport Extreme 5th Gen Router back in May 2012. I get very fast (100m
I need motivation to keep physically active. If unchecked I would sit, eat and code all day. Even a little motivation does wonders for my psyche. I use a bunch of apps to keep me motivated with yoga,
I run the Creative Entry Points dev team within Microsoft Advertising. We build the UI and APIs that allows partners to get Ad Assets (images, videos, text) into the Ads system. I’m rethinking things.
I just committed a big change to the AngularJS CRUD Grid – Lookup Tables! CODE: https://github.com/jongio/AngularJS-WebApi-EF Here’s what’s included: Lookup tables: You can now specify that a column
I just added filtering to the AngularJS CRUD Grid. AngularJS makes filtering VERY easy. All I had to do was add a text box with ng-model and then use the “filter” filter in your ng-repeat CODE: https:
I just added support for dynamic columns. Before you were limited to Id and Name, now you can specific the columns as a Json object in the directive. <div crud-grid table='person' columns='[
Easy one, just run SQL Server Management Studio as Administrator.
I just upgraded my Asus UX31A to Win8.1 RTM and broke my Targus Docking Station (ACP71USZ). The USB ports work, but the monitors do not. I get the USB device not recognized toast. And Unknown USB Dev
I just added sorting and upgraded to AngularJS 1.2.0 and Bootstrap 3. CODE: https://github.com/jongio/AngularJS-WebApi-EF I’ll eventually put the into directives, just ran out of time today. 1. Added
I’ve been looking at my options for purchasing an Aeron Chair by Herman Miller I could buy new for $879 or get used on Craigslist for $400-500. I confirmed with HermanMiller that the 12 Year Warranty
XBOX CLOUD DOESN’T SUPPORT MUSIC NOT IN XBOX MARKETPLACE I can’t upload music I purchased from Amazon, iTunes, etc to the Xbox cloud that isn’t in the Xbox marketplace. Allen Stone’s album “Last To Sp
Inheritance security rules violated by type: ‘System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory’. Derived types must either match the security accessibility of the base type or be less accessible. Search your who
[A]System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection cannot be cast to [B]System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection. Type A originates from ‘System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=2.0.0.0, Cul
Error: [$sce:insecurl] Blocked loading resource from url not allowed by $sceDelegate policy. UPDATE: This error was also appearing in IE11 because of a bug in the user agent detection. That has been f
CORS support is very easy to setup in WebApi, but the docs are outdated. They removed the parameterless constructor and didn’t update the docs. For testing purposes, you should just pass “*” for all t
Bootswatch is nice. Free themes for Bootstrap. Integrating into an MVC app turned out to be a little more involved than I thought it would be. Here’s what you have to do: Sample Code: https://github.c
The Targus ACP71USZ docking station doesn’t come with an ASUS UX31A power tip. Targus will send you one for free. Just go to the Targus support chat page and tell them what you need and they’ll ship
Today I took my V2 Crud Grid and moved it into an AngularJS directive. That allows me to reuse the crud grid functionality and have many of them on the same page. Here’s what it looks like now: CODE:
In V1 of my AngularJS, WebApi grid I used $http to call my WebApi endpoints. I’ve been using $resource a lot lately, so I thought I’d go back and update it to use $resource instead. Here’s what it loo
Go into your EDMX file, select the field that is causing the error and set StoreGeneratedPattern to Computed. Add the DatabaseGenerated attribute if you are using EF Code First: [DatabaseGenerated(Da