Brian Di Croce

Passionate about developing and delivering better software with .NET

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For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. (Matthew 5:46-48, NIV)

Archive for How To?

May
13
2008

I had such a hard time installing SQL Server 2005 on my Windows Vista Enterprise Edition machine running IIS 7.0 this afternoon. In fact, during the setup of SQL Server 2005, I received the following warning message next to the IIS Feature Requirement item on the System Configuration Check page, as shown in the […]

Apr
24
2008

With the latest release of the popular Linux-based operating system, Ubuntu Hardy Heron, the installation process just got easier for Windows users who wish to try out an alternative to Vista or XP.  Even .NET developers who are looking out on trying the Mono project (the .NET platform for Linux-based operating systems) can benefit […]

Dec
31
2007

Recently, a user group held a conference whose subject was Domain-Driven Design with nHibernate. Now, this is a really cool topic of discussion! So, I decided to attend the conference in order to improve my perspective and knowledge on the subject. Little did I know that the speaker was an introverted programmer who greatly lacked […]

Dec
29
2007

An athlete doesn’t instantly compete in the Olympics simply because she pumped her Reebok sneakers. A musician doesn’t instantly play Mozart symphonies just by listening to one of his masterpieces . A general doesn’t win a war simply by watching a war movie. All these examples have an intrinsic way of dealing with self-realization and […]

Dec
27
2007

A couple of months ago, I purchased a new MX Revolution mouse from the good folks at Logitech. I love it so much, that I decided to get another mouse from the Revolution series for work, this time a VX Revolution. Unfortunately, while playing with these computerized ‘mice’, I had trouble figuring how to open […]