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Dell XPS M1330 Fan Stuttering

Created: 10/30/2008 9:22:48 PM

Just in case anyone else bumps their head against this one for a while, I hope this helps.

ASP.NET MVC Unit Testing With HttpContextBase.Cache

Created: 9/6/2008 4:32:15 PM

I was trying to unit test a controller that made use of System.Web.Caching.Cache to store a chunk of data returned from the db that only needed to be fetched every 15 minutes or so. The test . . .

Windows Server 2008 Web SMTP

Created: 8/26/2008 8:31:04 PM

I just started a migration to windows server 2008 web edition an ran into a bit of a headache. The SMTP server at first appears to be missing even after installing the SMTP feature. After some diggi . . .

Subversion on Server Core

Created: 5/7/2008 8:40:05 PM

Having set up Subversion on Windows 2000, 2003, and XP machines without a hitch, I'm happy to report that setting up Subversion on Windows Server 2008 Server Core is also easy!

Home Development Environment

Created: 5/5/2008 11:00:03 PM

Not too long ago all of my computers decided to die. Within a few months span I lost my main pc, my laptop, and two old servers I had lying around doing various tasks. All of them were rather old an . . .

Better Custom Errors in ASP.NET: Custom Configuration Section

Created: 4/13/2008 8:12:06 PM

It's good practice to have a standalone and reusable HttpModule and currently the Better Custom Errors Module . . .

Better Custom Errors in ASP.NET

Created: 4/12/2008 8:12:06 PM

When an error occurs in your ASP.NET application you are given a nice browser yellow screen of death. This is fine during development but presenting your customers with such a . . .