Random Thoughts and Hints on Software Development
Labor Day weekend in Seattle
"How do you call two rainy days in a row in Seattle?Weekend!" For reference, Labor Day is September...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 09/05/2009
How to use tripod with the basic Amazon Flip camera
Some time ago I've got an Amazon Flip camera. I loved it, but one thing did not worked well: I've...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 06/15/2009
Working Paper #666
Recently, in one of the current economic crisis disccusions, I saw a link to a Working Paper #666...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 10/29/2008
Economy crisis 101
Pardon for another non-technical post, but I thought it may be interesting. A friend of mine, a...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 10/23/2008
A Case Against Code Reviews
I know, it sounds odd in the modern world where code reviews are almost like one of the Sacred...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 08/23/2008
I almost got back to the weight I had when I came to United States....
Just a few days ago I tried, and I fit perfectly into the suite, in which I came into the United...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 08/05/2008
I am really thinking about reviving this blog...
...but not the way it was before. My Russian blog on Technet is flooded with readers, and I am...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 07/30/2008
Ciao, bambino, sorry! -- Leaving Windows Home Server
I just wanted to let readers of my blog know that I just left Windows Home Server team and won't be...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 02/22/2008
Honey, where are my keys???
No, really? Suppose, you’ve got a certificate from some certificate authority, installed it in the...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 12/11/2007
Let me introduce -- Sergey Solyanik, ex-dev manager of Widnows Home Server
Sergey was the dev manager of Windows Home Server and one of three people, for whom I decided to...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 11/10/2007
Home Network Troubleshooter -- Windows Home Server Toolkit V1
One of the problematic spots for Windows Home Server are the networks, where it is supposed to work....
Author: EldarM1 Date: 10/08/2007
Windows Home Server System Builder Edition is now available on NewEgg.com
Windows Home Server System Builder Edition is now available on NewEgg.com, and some companies...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 10/04/2007
Terracode Book Server - Server on a bookshelf
Site TerraCode.com tells about a project to create a Windows Home Server based system that looks...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 09/26/2007
5 worst problems of home-grade routers
During our crusade for Home Server and Beta programs we faced a multitude of home network...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 07/30/2007
RTM Sign-off of Windows Home Server is published on Channel 10
You can view it here: https://www.on10.net/Blogs/larry/watch-windows-home-server-rtm/ As far as I...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 07/17/2007
Windows Home Server v.1.0 is Released to Manufacturing!
In fact, it was signed off by the end of last week, but the public announcement just went out today....
Author: EldarM1 Date: 07/16/2007
Windows Home Server client join troubleshoooting hints
This document is published here because there is no way to publish images on forum. It's written...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 04/29/2007
A lot of HRESULT codes...
Just found a huge list of HR codes... BTW, let me explain the type of information I publish here....
Author: EldarM1 Date: 04/03/2007
Ghosts and ghouls in your server: 0x80004015 -- NT Service out-of-body experience
Authors in the New Age genre like to quote so called out-of-body-experience like memories of people...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 03/14/2007
Attention, mines: LNK1104: cannot open file 'c:Program.obj'
Did you ever see the error message "LNK1104: cannot open file 'c:\Program.obj'"? No need to say that...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 02/15/2007
Nine years ago I failed on interview… and still proud of it.
This was before Microsoft. I decide to move from my current company and – among other thing – got a...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 11/30/2006
How to call C++ DLL from ASP.NET (C#) code?
The problem: normally, you use DLLImport and P/Invoke. However, it only works if DLL is loaded. For...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 09/22/2006
From the mail: how can I access database from C#
_______________________________________From: sandusergiu1984@....com...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 08/11/2006
There and back again: riddle for floating-point numbers (almost no tricks)
Few days ago I saw that and thought, that it could be interesting. Nothing complex, special, mostly...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 07/14/2006
Developers productivity in US
In his blog, Philip Su - dev manager at MSN Search - gives intersting numbers on the productivity of...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 07/08/2006
Last week my manager tried to break my code...
He was in China, and with five our Shanghai developers worked on breaking my code for ~17 hours...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 06/26/2006
GUI design - what does this button do?
Recently, when going up in an elevator, I was puzzled by this picture. What do you think "Low Oil"...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 06/17/2006
Impersonation and authentication with ASP.Net
The task: make a web user authenticated (either with him directly providing user ID or password or...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 06/12/2006
0x800736B1: Calling C++ code from ASP.Net (from .aspx pages or .asmx webservices)
So, you have (or have to write) ASP.Net page or webservice, which should call native C++. Generally,...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 06/07/2006
Turning OFF AutoPlay
When you put a music CD in your computer, it starts to play. Is it cool? Probably, but not to...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 03/08/2006
Favorties.html
Long long ago, when IE was still in version 1.0, most people, including me, used Netscape, where...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 03/02/2006
COM proxy stub dll and why do you need it
Let’s start from the end, after all ordering of posts on a blog make it natural. Please, notice that...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 02/28/2006
...and few more COM HRESULT from class factories and cocreation...
REGDB_E_KEYMISSING 0x80040152 Could not find the key in the registry REGDB_E_INVALIDVALUE 0x80040153...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 02/24/2006
Common COM HRESULTs...
It's so annoying to look for HRESULT codes... I remember some, but not all. So, why not to list them...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 02/24/2006
Starting a new blog...
After the move to another group, my old blog devoted to BizTalk Server seems like a wrong place to...
Author: EldarM1 Date: 02/23/2006