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Nov 13

Looking for new opportunities...

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Due to circumstances surrounding the U.S. Government shutdown in October I am currently looking for new opportunities ......

Posted On Thursday, November 7, 2013 9:43 PM

Apr 13

Dear Social Media Community,

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Dear Social Media Community, Now that the 2nd suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing has been captured and the good citizens of Boston can breathe a little easier knowing he’s not in their midst, can we, as a community come together and snowball the mainstream media with our stories of the goodness of our brothers and sisters that was demonstrated in ......

Posted On Saturday, April 20, 2013 12:42 PM

Nov 12

Windows Phone 8 SDK Available

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The Windows Phone 8 SDK is available as of yesterday!

Posted On Thursday, November 1, 2012 7:36 AM Windows Phone

Nov 10

Airport security vs. privacy - can smarter technology provide a nice middle ground?

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There's a lot of public backlash concerning the new TSA Airport security measures which include the new rather invasive body scanners and the option of a very intimate pat down should you decline the body scanner. What I want to know is why can’t the people who build the body scanners build them a little smarter? Smart enough so that everyone passing ......

Posted On Wednesday, November 17, 2010 8:04 AM Blowing off steam , what??

Oct 10

Product Review – Crutch Remedy® Cushions and Hand Grips

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For those who hadn’t heard yet, I’ve been on crutches the past 3 weeks or so after a knee injury (torn ACL). Walking on the crutches was OK but after a few days started to get pretty painful in my hands and under my arms. The problem was the padding on a standard crutch was not very thick and with my weight pushing on those pads, I could easily feel ......

Posted On Thursday, October 21, 2010 12:32 AM Non-Technical

Aug 10

Error installing Windows Phone 7 developer tools (June 2010 Beta) with Symantec Endpoint Protection

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Wow that was a long title but hopefully it will help out when people run into this problem. I ran into a small issue when installing the June 2010 Windows Phone 7 Beta tools (yeah I know I'm 2 months late...been busy!) in that Symantec Endpoint Protection's Tamper Protection tool kept blocking the install when it got around to the install portion with ......

Posted On Tuesday, August 17, 2010 1:05 PM Tips and Tricks , Windows Phone

Jun 10

Ch-ch-ch-changes...

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The last few months have been pretty crazy. Just before the MVP summit in February I was approached about changing to a different project with my (then current) employer, and right after the summit I was approached by another company. Eventually I went with the new company and a new role in the Information Assurance field. More to come on that as things ......

Posted On Wednesday, June 9, 2010 8:42 PM Non-Technical , Just for fun , what??

Oct 09

GCNUG October Meeting

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October Meeting - 8 October 2009 6PM Our next meeting on October 8th, 2009 at Blackbaud on Daniel Island will feature the Greater Charleston .NET User Group meeting in one room with the brand new SQL Server User Group meeting in another room. Both groups will meet at the same location on the same night so you have a choice of which session you’d like ......

Posted On Friday, October 2, 2009 5:18 AM GC.NUG

Sep 09

Installing PHP on IIS 6

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One project I'm working on now requires the use of an application written in PHP though newer portions of it are written in .NET - they wanted to host both together and I figured it would be easier to configure PHP on IIS than it would be to configure .NET on Apache :) I was right - it was dead simple to get PHP installed and running on IIS. I simply ......

Posted On Wednesday, September 23, 2009 5:38 AM Tips and Tricks

Sep 09

Greater Charleston .NET User Group September Meeting - 17 September 2009 6PM

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September Meeting - 17 September 2009 6PM Two meetings for the price of one! This month we start up again after our summer break with a new twist to the user group experience here in Charleston…now you get 2 user groups for the price of 1! :) Our next meeting on September 17th, 2009 at Blackbaud on Daniel Island will feature the Greater Charleston .NET ......

Posted On Monday, September 14, 2009 5:49 AM GC.NUG

Sep 09

Bing + Java

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Am I the only one who thinks it an odd combo that the latest security updates for the Java Runtime Environment include the option to install the new Bing Toolbar for Internet Explorer? Oh and as an added bonus - right after that option screen is an add for Open Office. Just curious....oh and hi again, it's been a while!

Posted On Thursday, September 10, 2009 6:26 AM Just for fun

May 09

Windows Mobile RampUp track is now available on MSDN

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Are you interested in learning about Windows Mobile Application Development from the ground up and looking for some easy-to-use content that helps you get started? We have good news for you. We have just launched the MSDN RampUp track for Windows Mobile Application Development on MSDN. There's a new Windows Mobile RampUp track available on MSDN ......

Posted On Friday, May 22, 2009 5:00 AM Windows Mobile

May 09

Neat feature with Google Translate

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Maybe I'm late in noticing this, but it was a pretty handy feature so I though I would mention it. Recently I was working with some obscure scripts that had comments written in another language. Though I had a pretty good idea what the author had intended just by reading the script logic, I wanted to see what the author's comments might have to add. ......

Posted On Wednesday, May 20, 2009 5:56 AM Tips and Tricks

Apr 09

Just a tip for me about SQL Versions...

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Working on a database project today I got the latest drop from a co-worker to test on our deployment machine. The process had gone on without a hitch for the past few months but today the SQL 2005 database backup file he gave me would not restore on the deployment machine...gave an error during the restore saying it was "INCOMPLETE". A quick check of ......

Posted On Thursday, April 2, 2009 6:15 AM SQL Stuff , Tips and Tricks

Feb 09

Get Fit in February Challenge

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Today begins the Get Fit in February Challenge from Facebook. If you haven't already signed up - check it out while the month is still young and compete against over 100 other geeks for an MSDN subscription and other prizes! :) Here's my first blog entry concerning the challenge. I'm starting the challenge at 210 lbs...yeah I ended up putting on some ......

Posted On Sunday, February 1, 2009 11:31 PM Non-Technical , Just for fun