The Daily Six Pack: June 11, 2015

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Windows Live Writer Open Source Windows Live Writer Open Source - Microsoft to Open Source Windows Live Writer, Richard Hay Other Speed Up Stored Procedures with Table Valued Parameters, Peter Vogel Security Auditing With ApexSQL Audit,…

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The Daily Six Pack: August 14, 2014

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Visual Studio Color Theme Visual studio color theme gallery, Peter Weissbrod Other Python Tools for Visual Studio 2.1 RC, Shahrokh Mortazavi ASP.NET Two-Factor Authentication, Web And Mobile Tooling Improvements, Roopesh Shenoy Web Essentials extension now available for Visual…

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The Daily Six Pack: August 8, 2014

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Power BI Primer on Power BI (Business Intelligence), Mark Tabladillo Other Russia Grants Edward Snowden 3-Year Residential Permit, LeakSource Turn Windows 8 Task Manager into a Widget using Summary View, Anand Khanse Moving to the .NET…

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The Daily Six Pack: July 15, 2014

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Destroy Programmer Productivity How to destroy Programmer Productivity, George Stocker Other i, j and k should die, Dave Bush Software Gardening - Storing Seeds (Software Branching Practices), Craig Berntson Async event loops in C#, Oren Eini…

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The Daily Six Pack: April 10, 2014

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Solving iOS Battery Drain The Ultimate Guide to Solving iOS Battery Drain, Scotty Loveless Other How your feedback is shaping .NET, Immo Landwerth [MSFT] Facebook is removing messaging from its iOS and Android apps, pushing…

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The Daily Six Pack: March 24, 2014

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Hekaton Tables Getting Started with Hekaton tables | SQL Server 2014, Manoj Pandey, Other Microsoft admits reading Hotmail inbox of blogger, BBC Inside the NSA’s Secret Efforts to Hunt and Hack System Administrators, Ryan Gallagher…

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The Daily Six Pack: March 11, 2014

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: SXSW Snowden Speaks Watch Edward Snowden speak at SXSW here, Molly McHugh Other Creating A Dictionary<T, V> That Doesn't Throw a KeyNotFoundException, Leland Richardson Visual Studio 2013 Tips & Tricks – Stack Overflow in…

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USB Security Suite – Secure Your PC

USB Security Suite – I am always wondering how far a person could (should) take the security of your laptop or personal computer. The question you should be asking yourself is how sensitive the data is on your PC? I say that you can’t be secure enough. Personally, I wouldn’t want anyone snooping around on my personal computer (or even my work laptop). I also know that viruses are spread via removable drives and thumb drives. This is why I have invested in good antivirus software and I keep my OS up to date with the latest patches and updates. I was therefore really impressed with USB Security Suite by Dynamikode. USB Security Suite eliminates the risks from pen drives, external hard disks, memory card readers, etc. adding an additional layer of security to your PC. (more…)

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The Daily Six Pack: January 31, 2014

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Visually Creating Snippets Visually Creating Snippets In Visual Studio, Visual Studio Blog Other Beginning LightSwitch in VS 2013 Part 6: More Control! Customizing the app with JavaScript & CSS, Beth Massi 5 Tips for getting…

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