Systems, architecture and engineering solutions!
This site will do in depth analysis of subjects such as service oriented architecture, software engineering and technologies such as Exchange and Sharepoint.
Finding out stuff at the Imagine Cup: Make sure to uninstall Windows Phone Tools before installing Mango
One of the student bloggers determined that it might be a good idea to uninstall any existing...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/13/2011
People’s choice award at the Imagine Cup: Vote early! Vote often!
Hey yo, let’s go! Hey! Yo! Let’s! Go! It’s time to take a look at the Imagine Cup...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/12/2011
Setting Security in ClickOnce applications
First open the properties for the Project, this will open the properties page and then select...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/09/2011
LightSwitch: Database building for everyone, except for admins, team explorer
If you are an Admin, you are going to need to understand LightSwitch. End users are going to...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/06/2011
Secure Deployment using ClickOnce
ClickOnce is a deployment technology that enables you to create self-updating Windows-based...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/02/2011
Hierarchical Views and other confusing thingies
I don’t know about you, but hierarchical views are confusing at best. Let’s take an example:...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/27/2011
DropBox security hack on June 19, 2011, quickly fixed, consider encrypting files before using DropBox
DropBox reported that it had a hack of it’s files at 5:41 PM and had it patched by 5:46 PM, pretty...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/22/2011
Free Team Foundation Training tools
If you are up for an interview or promotion to a group that uses the advanced and excellent Team...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/15/2011
Free, get ready for that interview: WPF with Data
Get ready for that interview or opportunity! Check out the videos at:...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/14/2011
A review of Windows 7 Security
First off, please sign up for the Windows Azure 30 day pass, it is important that you do so...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/12/2011
Interactive and Fault-tolerant Data Analytics in the Cloud, with Free Azure pass
This is a great video that includes a a discussion about a technique for efficient, fault-tolerant...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/10/2011
Free: Azure 30 day pass, please sign up, if you signed up using the other number, do it again with the new one. Free
My manager would really like for you to use this free Azure Account. Seriously. No...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/09/2011
Job Opportunity and you need to get up to speed with Sharepoint!
Your friend just got you hooked up with a company that has great medical benefits, pay is good, you...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/09/2011
Free tool for the static security analysis of .NET code
As a system designer, engineer or architect you might want to have a tool to perform analysis of...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/08/2011
Cellular computation, but not the kind you think it is.
Like most people you may have arrived here thinking this was an interesting article about the use of...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/06/2011
As a system developer BIG opportunities for developing in Office 365
What does it mean when Microsoft says that they are moving their collaboration and communications...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/05/2011
A gallery of system oriented apps?
Where do you go for a gallery of applications oriented with the infrastructure support like...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/04/2011
Why take computer science? Save lives and the world
Alfred Thompson has written a series of good articles about programming, and why to take the...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/04/2011
Getting prepared for the next thing
Let’s say that you might be interested in preparing for the next big deal. Here is what I am...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/03/2011
Microsoft Endorses White House Cybersecurity Plan
Microsoft has a cyber security czar? Who knew? Actually, Scott Charney, is Microsoft’s...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/02/2011
Free guide describing the Microsoft SQL Azure Database
Holey Moley, which database thingie do I use in the Azure universe of awesome tools and...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/31/2011
Empirical Studies of Software Engineering
Something to read over your morning coffee, tea or orange juice. Here are a few papers that...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/26/2011
What do Visual Basic, the Windows Phone 7 and XNA development have in common?
Visual Basic can now be used to develop XNA on the Windows Phone 7! I wonder if Alfred...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/26/2011
Free XBox if you buy a Windows 7 Laptop?
Skipping over my usual blah Apple is not secure, blah blah, Chrome is the most insecure browser...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/25/2011
Entity Framework 4.1: Install,
First, you have to install Visual Studio 2010 and then download the ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.1,...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/23/2011
What is a VSIX file? Visual Studio Integration SDK
You use the VSIX format to package project templates, item templates, Visual Studio...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/23/2011
HTML 5 in Expression 4 Web
I think the Expression Group is improving the learning experience,wow, in fact it has improved quite...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/21/2011
PowerPivot: What is it? Architecture? 这是什么？体系结构，以支持它是什么样子？
PowerPivot is a cool tool, and if you are an intern or IT Administrator, you may be hearing a little...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/20/2011
Hybrid Deployment of Microsoft Office 365 Messaging
What if you work for a law office and the lawyers want client emails stored on a co-located server,...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/19/2011
Free Silverlight Integration Pack for Enterprise Libraries, just released
What is it? This free Silverlight Integration Pack provides guidance and reusable components...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/18/2011
Free Sharepoint Server?! Free? No way!
We all need to save money, sometimes we look at Drupal and it’s complications so it might be “free”...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/16/2011
I got a bunch of apps that I need to move to the cloud: Azure VM the solution
Immediately go read this article: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/hh126804 What is the virtual...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/13/2011
Google Docs, OpenOffice versus Office 365
Here are some links to information about how to compare Office 365 with the competition: OpenOffice:...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/12/2011
SCRUM: Guidelines from the SCRUM org and short form from Microsoft
If you are using SCRUM, likely you are using one of the excellent books out there to help with your...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/11/2011
Free learning kit for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0
Taking a break from my work on communicating with space aliens and starship design (see earlier...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/08/2011
When you develop projects you need to stick with it: NASA Gravity Probe B, 52 years in the making!
Wow! 52 years to get this experiment to confirm the Theory of Relativity completed. Wow!...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/06/2011
Microsoft software development tool released for direct use on Linux and Mac (Apple)
Well, the software development tool that was released is F#, and it was released a few years ago, so...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/05/2011
The Osama Bin Laden picture virus: make sure that everyone you know has the latest patches
Motivation With the announcement that Osama Bin Laden is dead, the scammers will likely pop up with...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/04/2011
Free Power Tools for Team Foundation Server
Apologies if you hit here looking for a free drill motor or saw, this is for Software...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/03/2011
Malware attack specifically targets Mac users, NIST reports 379 vulnerabilities over past 3 months, get your free anti-virus from Microsoft!
Seriously, I heard Leo Laporte (or is it LaPorte), on Saturday remark that viruses are usually...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/02/2011
Software Architecture: Using Team Project and Team Collection in TFS
Oh that Team Foundation Server, just what do you do with it? Why does Microsoft come up these...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 05/02/2011
Microsoft’s TTS and Speech Recognition Technology
Hey what is up with the Microsoft Speech Technology? I have a lot of people who are interested...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/29/2011
HTML 5: Specification news! Latest specifications released!
HTML 5 Specifications current as of April 27, 2011 (the day this blog is posted) can be found at:...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/27/2011
Coolness: 3D scanning using your PHONE!
Microsoft Research has come up with 3D scanning using your phone. Just think you could do a 3D...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/27/2011
Pex4Fun: Create your own Coding Duel
This is soo cool, you can create your own coding duel and invite others to compete. It is...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/26/2011
Artificial Intelligence: F# versus other languages, am I contradicting myself? And will the royal couple consider AI during the wedding?
Oh crud. I reposted an article that I had written a few years ago, and recommended C# as well...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 04/26/2011