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I was recently tasked with evaluating Umbraco CMS. When I opened it in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, I got the following error...    The project type is not supported by this installation   To fix this, open the CMS UI project file with a text editor (I use Notepad++) and delete whatever you find between <ProjectTypeGuids></ProjectTypeGuids> Next time you open the solution, all projects will load.  The project file can be found at "Source\Web Apps\Umbraco.CMS.Web.UI\Umbraco.Cms.Web.UI.csproj" --Phillip

Mitt Romney may not be the most conservative candidate in the republican race, but he will likely win the nomination. I have recently heard derogatory rumblings in the republican realm, that his new home in La Jolla, has car elevators. HELL YEAH! Who among you doesn't want car elevators in your own home? I damn sure do! A car elevator in every garage and a wagyu in every frying pan. What's wrong with that?  http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/mitt-romney-cars-own-elevator-california-home-154337289.html

I recently ordered the DasKeyboard for Mac, as featured here... http://www.daskeyboard.com/model-s-professional-for-mac/ Unfortunately the one they sent me was crap. I crafted this email to them, asking for an RMA and replacement... Dear DasKeybord,  I rcently ordered a DasKeyboard fo my Mac. I was excitd when yo guys annonced a keyboard mde secificaly fo macs. I ordered o immeditly. Yor websit sid that the keyboard woldnt ship until April 16; but I was excited o learn that my keyboard had shipped o April 4. I receivd it o April 5th and connectd it to my 27" iMac today (April 6, 212). Unfortunatly I am unabl o effectivly use th keyboard s it drops way too many chracters as I type. I hav crafted thi email usig yor keyboard. I am ... [More]

I just bought a chile roaster from PuebloChileRoasters.com. They made me a left-handed chile roaster and I am a right handed individual. Ken Kaufman @ PuebloChileRoasters has graciously decided to allow me to return my chile roaster and exchange it for  a right-handed model. The left-handed model has the handle and gas control on the right side. The right-handed model has the handle and gas control on the left side. For an illustration, see this video od Ken using his right-handed model. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XfcsrQo8VwI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> 

They are crap. I smoke about three cigars a month, and probably the same number of pipe bowls. About two years ago I bought a Colibri pipe lighter at the local tobacconist shop. I want to say I spent about $60 for it. Here's a picture... http://www.flickr.com/photos/radwarrior/7025080089/lightbox/ The lighter NEVER held gas for more than ten minutes. I'd fill it up and then smoke a cigar or pipe. Then a week or so later, I'd try to light another cigar or pipe, and it'd be out of gas. I'd fill it up and light my smoke. [More]

I have been designing and developing applications targeting Microsoft SQL Server for about 14 years. I moved from Clipper and BTrieve to SQLServer '97 at Hewlett-Packard back in about 1998. Today I am a senior solution architect with a large consulting firm, and am on a team that is migrating a large organization from physical hardware to VMWare. My job is to evaluate each of their more than fifty ASP.net applications, determine if they can be be made SQL Server mirroring aware with no (or minor) code changes, and craft a migration plan for these applications. As part of my investigation, I have learned a lot about SQL Server Mirroring. One of the big differences between Mirroring and Clustering, is that mirroring is done on a database by d... [More]

i recently bought a Logitech M705 mouse from Sam's Club and I am in love with it. So much so that I bought four more for my other computers. I am using Logitech K750 keyboards for my Apple computers, and the M705 mouse shares the same USB dongle. One dongle for two devices. I have used bluetooth for keyboards and mice before, but I much prefer USB. If you are in the market for a new mouse, then I highly recommend the Logitech M705. It works great on both Windows and Mac OSX. UPDATE: 03/12/2012I spilled Coke on one of my K750 keyboards and tried disassembling it so I can clean it. DON'T DO THAT! The K750 is NOT dissamble-able. You will DESTROY it trying. I did. On the positive side, it appears that if you run the keyboard under a stream of ... [More]

I have an old Dell Optiplex 755 SFF (Small Form Factor) that is one of my favorite PCs.  You can get one like it here, for about $180... http://cgi.ebay.com?ViewItem&item=300644713361. Mine has a 300GB hard drive and 4GB of RAM (All easily and cheaply upgradable). On Saturday (Dec 31, 2011) I was attempting to install Ubuntu 11.10 on it, but I couldn't boot to the install DVD. I had downloaded the correct Ubuntu image, and burned it to DVD on my Intel iMac (OSX Lion). After the burn process, it verified the disk and everything appeared ok. The problem was, it wasn't bootable. After wasting a few hours trying to make the machine boot from a "bootable" DVD, I gave up, threw the DVD away and re-downloaded the iso (just in c... [More]

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Gold has taken a serious hit lately. I really expected it to go to $2000/oz by the end of the year, but it has tanked lately. I have a lot of money in Gold and Silver and am saddened to see it go south like this. Of course, it will go up again early next year.