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WSUS 3.0 API Samples Download
Cool-er-est. Gnarly. Bomb-diggity. Microsoft posted a neat-o set of API sample/examples for WSUS 3.0 on the Download Center yesterday. Among the goodies packed inside this gem are those listed below. I like the CleanStaleComputers feature. Too bad they...
Microsoft Expression Web 2.0: First Impressions
An Impression of Expression? I'm the lyrical Jesse James (sorry, a cheap throwback to an 80's rap song). I'm a PHP developer by trade and hobby and it's one of my absolute favorite passions when it comes to touching a computer. Microsoft...
This "Old is New Again" stuff is killing me
Every time I read somewhere about something that someone is saying is so freaking revolutionary or fantastically "new", but in reality is something that had a life previously, I get upset. I absolutely HATE misinformation. Even the mere appearance of...
Script Tip Quips of the Week
Man, I like those alliterations of the tongue. Fo-shizzle my drizzle. Dr. Suesse goes to scripting class. I was working on some VBscripts recently to "do" whatever it is they "do" to make it so I don't have to "do" as much manually. Good enough, but then...
Computer Science Studies: Ahh... Fond Memories
Nothing like a good dose of terse definitions to get your juices flowing again. Like this one for functional programming for example. Or even better, this one on typed lambda-calculus . It's kind of an ironic trade-off, that as we "progress" from "lower...
Transient Object Properties are a B****
Nothing new here. I just felt the urge to post it so I could sit back, read it again, out loud, and sigh in utter defeat. Anyone that's done programming or scripting against Active Directory or that maze of mystery call the registry, knows what I'm talking...
30 pct Scripting + 70 pct Compiler Mindset = PowerShell
I was pretty involved in the Monad beta program and thought it would turn into something with major impact on the Microsoft technology world in general. However, back then, my major concern was the "hook", as marketing people would say. Where was the...
Ever wondered what a Mutex is?
My background is in software development. I gradually shifted into infrastructure IT stuff somewhere between 2000 and 2004, even though I still do a fair amount of scripting or lightweight programming (as I refer to it). My days of sifting through C+...