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Visual Studio 2010 - Fun with DynamicObject in C# 4.0

This morning I just played around with the new C# 4.0 dynamic feature. Using the dynamic keyword allows you to bind to properties, indexers and methods during runtime. This means that during compile time there is no check if the methods, properties or Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:09 AM by dparys | 1 Comments

CREATE DATABASE permission denied in database ‘master’ – My Fix

Normally I always install SQL Management Studio for my development environment. But this time I just thought I would not need it. I installed my machine outside of the domain network. The SQL Server 2008 Express installation was done with a local administrator Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:29 AM by dparys | 0 Comments

Improving Entity Framework Performance

I was really shocked when I saw this blog post: Entity Framework and LINQ to SQL Performance . I decided to download the performance test solution and try the tests myself. I did not changed any of the tests so far, I just added for my own interest NHibernate Read More...
Posted Monday, April 06, 2009 9:48 AM by dparys | 9 Comments

Coding 4 Fun: Slide Tweet 0.1

What is Slide Tweet? A Powerpoint Add-In twittering slide titles. If you are not familiar with http://twitter.com I suggest to read the post “How to Twitter – First Steps and a Twitter Glossary” from Scott Hanselman . Why do I want to have an add-in for Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 10, 2009 3:24 PM by dparys | 7 Comments

Giving my account rights to create service endpoints on port 80

Note to myself: new OS, missing configuration: Start command shell in administration mode netsh http add urlacl url=http://+:80/ user=DOMAIN\user Update: If you are doing this, your local IIS might not be able to display websites on port 80. See this Read More...
Posted Friday, January 23, 2009 7:04 AM by dparys | 2 Comments

How to find and install the Live Framework SDK (CTP)

It is not easy to find the Live Framework SDK introduced during PDC 2008. Therefore I just snapshot and wrote down the steps to find and install it. Apply for the Live Framework SDK This is something you should do first. If you are at PDC 2008 you have Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 30, 2008 3:23 PM by dparys | 5 Comments

How to install the Nortwind sample database in SQL Server Express

One of the things when setting up an demo environment (a fresh install) is to integrate the Northwind sample database on the demo environment. I normally just use a SQL Server Express for demos and I take Northwind to have data to play with, what else. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:43 AM by dparys | 2 Comments

Twitter WCF 3.5 API Library

I just published the API declaration library, even it is just experimental and has not been tested. I think it is still a time saver to get at least the declarations. If anyone has an improved version, I would be interested to be updated. You can find Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 7:44 AM by dparys | 1 Comments

Programming Twitter with WCF 3.5

Do you Twitter? If so, this could be of interest for you. If not, maybe you are interested in how to use the Twitter REST API to write own client applications. Imagine you could just use Twitter from your code like this: 1: TwitterStatusProxy proxy = Read More...
Posted Monday, June 02, 2008 8:39 AM by dparys | 3 Comments

Yet Another Windows Live Demo Video

Daniel Walzenbach and myself are demoing Windows Live with all its possibilities. In this scenario we have a mom, missing her son, but she always knows where he is! How this magic works, see and guess who is playing Daniel's mom? Enjoy! Read More...
Posted Friday, May 09, 2008 2:06 PM by dparys | 1 Comments

Visual C++ Event in Bad Homburg, Germany

On April, 17th we have Boris Jabes from the Visual C++ Product Team in Germany. This Community Event is free of charge and will have the following Agenda: Agenda Community Event What's new in Visual Studio 2008 walkthrough new C++ features VSTS for C++ Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:10 AM by dparys | 1 Comments

Mambo speed run install - Check this out!

My colleque Bernhard "TigerDuck" Frank has created an amazing video about the Raktajino project. I did a podcast in December with him (just in German) and we discussed what Tigerduck in general is. So, if you want to see, how you can install Mambo , without Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 2:00 PM by dparys | 1 Comments

Evangelism Jamboree, I'm looking forward for the next one

Today was our first Evangelism Jamboree among France, United Kingdom and Germany. It is actually the first time I met some Evangelist from France and UK (ok, I met the architects two weeks ago in Prague) and it was a really interesting conversation we Read More...
Posted Monday, December 03, 2007 10:40 AM by dparys | 1 Comments
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World of Warcraft - Popfly Mashup

Due to the new World of Warcraft Patch, leveling from 20-60 became much easier. Therefore I think I will give it a try and would like to level up a Warlock, had none so far. By the way, this was done with Microsoft Popfly. Read More...
Posted Friday, November 30, 2007 11:54 AM by dparys | 2 Comments

Ale Contenti on the new MFC Update (Video)

Two weeks ago we had Steve Teixeira and Ale Contenti in Germany. As we have recorded nearly every session of them, I just thought that this one might be of interest for all you folks who are awaiting the new MFC Update which is coming first half of 2008. Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 29, 2007 5:28 PM by dparys | 1 Comments
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