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I've been working with Azure off and on since last summer, and like any new API or platform, there are hurdles involved with the learning curve.

I have a client who lists as one of the key challenges with

Recently I picked up an HP MediaSmart EX470 Windows Home Server to help consolidate my files at home and to provide a simple backup solution. It’s been great and it’s an extremely economical way to get …

Last week I encountered a problem with Outlook that I'm happy to report I've just solved. I found a bunch of things on the Interwebs that looked like they might be useful, but none of the fixes there did the trick for me …

When we last saw our hero, he had fallen victim to an evil plot to disable his computer’s ability to boot up. After great efforts at recovery, eventually he was forced to concede defeat to Vista and reinstall …

So, yesterday I posted a review of the new Asus Ultrabook and, as has become rather predictable lately, the virtual web server hosting my Graffiti-powered blog started having 100% CPU for quite a while after the post …

Last week a received a new Asus UX31E Zenbook Ultrabook laptop computer, which I’ve been putting through the paces. I’d like to write up my thoughts on the unboxing and my initial impression of the machine, …

What’s an Ardalis? I pronounce Ardalis ar-DAL-us, but you’re welcome to pronounce it however you like. I started using it as my online username in the 90s because shockingly any consistent variation of …

There remains a fair bit of confusion about what constitutes which kind of test. Many developers are fairly new to testing, and tend to call any tests of their code " unit tests" even when they're dealing with something …

If you're at all serious about testing, at some point you're going to have a rather large suite of tests that need to run, and you'll find that your builds are taking longer than you would like because of how long the …