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Stephen Montgomery
Steve Sanderson's excellent talk at Mix 2011 demonstrating the extensible power of MVC template automation through Scaffolding along with Entity Framework code first to generate both repository and view model patterns and to create powershell scripts for new types of T4 templates such as an RSS feed. There are rumours this is being advanced for the next version of ASP.NET 4 as Recipes.
Scaffolding – ASP.NET, NuGet, Entity Framework Code First and More
IETester is a free (both for personal and professional usage) WebBrowser that allows you to have the rendering and javascript engines of IE10 preview, IE9, IE8, IE7 IE 6 and IE5.5 on Windows 7, … more
This is a useful code generator service by Font Squirrel. It allows you to upload any font and generates code that your can reference in your html styles to embed across browsers with graceful … more
I successfully rooted my HTC Desire phone recently, I was a bit worried beforehand of bricking the device but decided to give it a go. And I'm so glad I did, its like having a new phone, faster, … more
Steve Sanderson's excellent talk at Mix 2011 demonstrating the extensible power of MVC template automation through Scaffolding along with Entity Framework code first to generate both repository and … more
“You've got a mad boyfriend”, her work mates told her, but I'd decided to cycle the Grand Union Canal between my home in London and my parents home near Birmingham many years before while … more
Some of my favourite films to watch are:Breaking the waves by Lars von TrierOilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to … more
I can recommend the following writers:
Noam Chomsky; John Pilger; Naomi Klein; Seamus Milne; Gregg Palast; George Monbiot; Mark Weisbrot and the late Howard Zinn to name those I gain most from … more
Dr Briffa is a nutritional health journalist I've followed for a few years since he wrote for the Observer. It's evidence based nutrition advice. I recently read 2 of his books. I recommend the True … more
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