First 5k training run of 2015
With my Norfolk County championships swimming galas out of the way, it’s time to start training properly for the upcoming Waveney...
Diagnosing IIS 500 Internal Server Errors
Recently I was tasked with deploying a new version of my company’s website onto a clean Windows Server 2012 host and encountered a...
Debugging Visual Studio Extensions
If you ever need to debug a Visual Studio extension to diagnose problems or just test that it’s behaving how you expected, it’s...
Implementing simple caching in MVC applications
Whenever I develop a new MVC-based website there is always a question of how best to implement caching so that it’s unobtrusive and...
Paranormal Activity 4 Reviewed
Haven’t added a movie review in ages (who even reads these? Probably just me…) but what’s a blog without some posts? Now...
Improving Entity Framework performance by tracking changes manually
Introduction While working on a recent personal project, I had the not-too-unfamiliar pleasure of fighting Entity Framework to try and get...
Generating service contract from static WSDL and XSD files
Recently I needed to generate a service contract interface for a third-party client based on their specification. My client would be...
Cowboys & Aliens Reviewed
So my wife and I finally watched Cowboys & Aliens last night. This was one film we debated about seeing at the cinema but eventually...
Converting from Linq-to-SQL to Entity Framework Model First
Recently I switched hosting providers and had to update an existing project to work against a MySQL database instead of SQL Server. After...
Today’s Shoulder Workout
Been 4 weeks since coming back from LA and the training’s now back in full flow. Although a lot of strength/size was lost training...