CSharp Detecting Upload Progress with WCF So as it turns out it's not very hard to setup a WCF service so that you can watch the progress of the file uploads to the service. I only found one post online that provided a good demonstration of how to do it and I am going
CSharp Image Formatting in C# (GDI+) Working with the GDI+ framework is not (in some cases) as trivial as you would think. It may be easy to create a new Bitmap object and draw some primitive shapes and text to it, but when you start trying to use the GDI+ library for changing the format of
IT Setting up Joomla for Windows Live Writer Although the TinyMCE WYSIWYG editor is very cool, I find it hard to write articles/blogs with it. For example, depending on your browser the editor seems to display different. In Chrome the editor spans to fill the entire window but in Internet Explorer it only spans to about 500
CSharp Silverlight and LINQ2SQL Web Service In my previous blog about getting desktop applications to speak to your web applications I got a taste of what Silverlight is about. It was the first experience I.ve had with Silverlight or even WPF and sparked my interest on the technology. Not only that, I stumbled onto a
CSharp WebApp & DeskApp Communication The last several days I have investigated how to get desktop application to communicate with a web application. I would have to assume that this I not a very popular approach because there just doesn.t seem to be very much put in place to allow this. Sure, you can
Re-kindling Java Skills I have now worked on several PHP web-based projects and have learned how the Joomla API works as well as how to build custom components for Joomla. I have even done some minimal work on C#/.Net. However, I haven't once touched java in about 5 years. So,
Working Virtually I've been thinking a lot lately about how best to organize my work. Since I have been laid off I have had to work very hard at getting side-jobs to make the money I need to make. With this, I have found that I have to sell myself
IT Stumbling onto Joomla Before two months ago (about the time I got laid off) I had never even heard of "Joomla". Very odd name... I stumbled onto the CMS (Content Management Software) from a friend of mine who wanted help with their website (http://www.sizzlencuisine.com). She had previously been
What makes me the Keyboard Cowboy Earlier I was reminded by why I took on the handle "KbCb" (aka: "Keyboard Cowboy"); My mom called me up and had a laugh with me because one of the people she talked to said she had never met anyone who knew more keyboard shortcuts than
