12 November 2011 0 Comments

Simplified Site and Knowledge Base for Getting Results the Agile Way

OK, after testing multiple iterations against 7 competing designs, I’ve updated the Getting Results.com site and the Getting Results Knowledge Base .  It should now be a lot easier and friction-free to learn about the Agile Results Time Management System . Here are key changes: Simplified the Side Bar – a few vital choices, less words, less confusion, simpler paths.

10 November 2011 0 Comments

Media Foundation の書籍

「 Developing Microsoft Media Foundation Application 」という書籍が出版されました(英語 $29.45、Kindle版 $17.39)。日本のアマゾンからも注文できます(2011年11月11日現在 2,877円)。

1 October 2011 0 Comments

Master of your domain

 If you had to choose between hiring an outstanding candidate with only related domain knowledge and a solid candidate with specific domain knowledge, who would you select? At Microsoft, we generally select the outstanding candidate, figuring a talented employee can quickly learn a domain.

12 September 2011 0 Comments

Is this a really bug with CreateWindowEx or am I just confused?

Somebody sent me email pointing out strange behavior in the MessageBox function if you fail a window creation by returning −1 from the WM_CREATE message.

4 September 2011 0 Comments

¿Mi smartphone es compatible con la red 3G en Peru?

Esta es la pregunta que muchas veces me hacen y retomo despues de algunos meses la redaccion de mi blog tratando de dar una luz en la busqueda de la respuesta y con la esperanza que quienes lleguen a mi blog puedan sentirse luego satisfechos de haberse comprado el equipo de su agrado con la certeza que le podran sacar el maximo provecho. Esto aplica a aquellos que deseosos de contar con el equipo de sus sueños deciden comprarlo desbloqueado en alguna tienda online como Amazon.com o Expansys-USA ya…( read more )

29 August 2011 0 Comments

检查与安装:Filtrete触屏WiFi可编程恒温器

[原文发表地址] Review and Installation: Filtrete Touchscreen WiFi-Enabled Programmable Thermostat [原文发表时间] 2011-06-17 09:04 AM 只要你有良好稳定的WiFi网络和一点点小聪明,你就能让你的家自动化,这是多么神奇的事情啊!而且只 需100美元,简直就是讨价还价时会把小贩逼疯的价格。如果只不过是100美元的话,我们就算毫不犹豫地买下来,我们的另一半也不会抓狂。我设置了Alarm.com,通过我的智能手机就实现了我家的安全系统。我在房子周围搭建了 wifi 摄像头 ,把它们“连上”(无线的)了 Synology DiskStation ,作为合成图像和24小时的DVR。这些操作非常普通,而且几乎不知道它们究竟是怎样完成的。以前,只有百万富翁或者 MTV Cribs (或者Geek Developer Cribs )上的人 才能拥有的东西,如今我们只要去Home Depot就可以买到。 想到这些,我就不由自主地想起了 Filtrete 触屏WiFi 可编程恒温器 。我的好兄弟John Batdorf路过Home Depot的时候在一大堆同类商品里一眼相中了它,立刻买了下来。那晚,他简直就乐疯了,而我则做了些研究。多么聪明的想法!它不仅仅是一个可编程恒温器,它可被任何连接设备所操控,比如网页或是各种手机(iphone,Android等等),都能控制的可编程恒温器。 这在很多有趣的情况提供了方便,比如你可以在你到家之前就使房间做好迎接你回去的准备,可以保持屋内凉爽,可以在临走忘记关掉热气的情况下遥控,节约金钱。 它在 Home Depot 卖99 美元 ,安装需要20分钟左右, 你知道我不是行家 。有一点,你得有一根"C"线。这是一根标准线,大部分暖气都用这种线来衔接高温炉和主恒温器。 当然,你可能没有这样的线。像我的情况是,我有线,但它连接不上高温炉。这就意味着我要暂时在主电源开关盒里关掉高温炉的电源,然后把散线跟高温炉电源相连,再重启电源。我用从Radio Shack(或是Home Depot)里买来的简明便宜的多量程仪表对其进行测试。如果你愿意,你也可以在高温炉和恒温器间连一根新的线。最后,如果以上方法都没用,你可以用标准附壁变压器,插在墙上。就是不太卫生。 刚开始安装的时候,我精神都快崩溃了,因为我不是搞线路的。不过 PDF 格式的安装指南写得很清楚 ,每根线都有清晰的标注。 线路都连接好,确认完电源并装好备用AA电源之���,就只需在Wifi网络上进行恒温器的注册工作了。我很欣喜地发现它支持WPA安全,而我使用的就是这个。如果它只支持WEP,那我绝对不用它。这简直就是天大的好消息,WPA和WPA2终于入驻低消费设备了。 当然,它有控制恒温器的网站(如果你有多个那它也支持),它也有多用手机应用程序。我就经常通过手机访问。当然还会有世界第一大搞笑问题,就是躺在床上变换屋内温度。(顺便说下,它很强大)我觉得我最常用的就是设置“离开”模式。我没有算过这样是不是真的省钱了(我们以前常年把温度调在74然后从来不变)但我假定它是真的省钱,因为屋里没人就没必要打暖气了。 总之,你走进Home Automation就会发现很多很棒很有用的小玩意儿。它是价廉物美的典范,我极力推荐。

14 May 2011 0 Comments

Netflix + Azure Traffic Manager + Migração Access/MySQL para SQL Azure

Para quem não soube, o serviço de nuvem da Amazon teve problemas no início do mês que atrapalhou boa parte dos seus usuários. Erros acontecem, e a Amazon descreve o que aconteceu neste link: http://aws.amazon.com/message/65648/ . Até aqui, nada de tão interessante.

10 April 2011 0 Comments

Known Issue with OData Service for Team Foundation Server 2010 (beta) Dependency Checker

If you’re using the beta of the OData Service for Team Foundation Server 2010 you might be hitting the following issue when you try to run the setup.cmd file for setting up your local machine with all of the components. Notice the error on the Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.

2 March 2011 0 Comments

Although the x64 calling convention reserves spill space for parameters, you don’t have to use them as such

Although the x64 calling convention reserves space on the stack as spill locations for the first four parameters (passed in registers), there is no requirement that the spill locations actually be used for spilling. They’re just 32 bytes of memory available for scratch use by the function being called

1 March 2011 0 Comments

Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Configuration – New Topic on MSDN

Configuration for Windows Identity Foundation The topics in this section explain how to configure a Windows® Identity Foundation (WIF) relying party (RP) application using a configuration file.

22 February 2011 0 Comments

Archaeopteryx

The archaeopteryx roamed the south of Germany in the late Jurassic. It is considered the very first bird species, although many of its features (teeth, wing claws, bony tail) are clearly still dinosaur-like rather than avian. It had the first ever-recorded asymmetric wing feathers, one key characteristic which helps the lift in the flap of modern birds: however the asymmetry was not yet very pronounced, making flight possible but difficult

16 February 2011 0 Comments

IE9 RC: Limpieza y Claridad

Previo >  Disponible Internet Explorer 9 RC En este post cubriremos el tercer gran bloque, el de la limpieza y claridad con los sitios web . Internet Explorer 9 RC incorpora numerosas mejoras a nivel de interfaz de usuario y usabilidad: el onebox, en las descargas, reducción de pixeles en los marcos, pestañas móviles… pero como nos estamos centrando en un contenido más específico para desarrolladores, vamos a entrar más en detalle en la funcionalidad de IE9 RC orientada a que los sitios web sean el centro de atención