Listen To This Episode  http://deepfriedbytes.com/podcast/episode-25-what-s-coming-in-server-2008-r2-with-michael-leworthy/   In this episode we caught up with Michael Leworthy, Senior Product Manager within the Windows Server division at Microsoft.  Michael gave us the scoop on what to expect in the up and coming R2 release of Server 2008.  Interesting stuff. How To Listen To The Show 1. Directly From The Web Site (or click the link above) When you visit the site look for this: Clicking the triangle will launch the Yahoo! media player and automatically...

 Listen To This Episode  http://deepfriedbytes.com/podcast/episode-24-chatting-about-f-with-chris-smith-and-dustin-campbell/   In this episode we sat down with Dustin Campbell and Chris Smith to discuss F#, Microsoft’s new functional programming language.  Dustin and Chris are great friends of ours and are always fun to sit down and talk to.  All you need to know about this show is… “… I want something that tastes good … “.  How To Listen To The Show 1. Directly From The Web Site (or click the link above) When you visit the site look for...

 Listen To This Episode  http://deepfriedbytes.com/podcast/episode-23-functional-programming-in-csharp-with-oliver-sturm/    In this episode we sat down with Oliver Sturm of Developer Express.  Oliver is writing a book on Functional Programming in C# and we had to get the scoop on what he was going to put in the book. Oliver blew us away in this episode.  The discussion went so deep, there is a code example that you need follow along with.  Here is the code sample.  It was a great show, enjoy. ...

The Alabama Code Camp in Montgomery, AL will be held on January 31st, 2009.  I’ll be speaking at the code camp running a full track that is called “Back to the Basics”.  Here is the purpose of the track: The Back to the Basics series is a primer for anyone that is starting at ground zero with .NET. Each one progressively builds on the previous. The sessions start at the beginning with what .NET is and work all the way up to programming in C# and building various applications. This track...

Today I spent the better part of the day working with one our DBAs at work to setup SqlDependency so it would work with SQL Server.  In order to use SqlDependency it requires Service Broker.  Thus we enabled Service Broker on the database.   The rest of the day we kept getting the following error each time SqlDependency would get called on start up. Error: Message: Cannot find the procedure 'SqlQueryNotificationStoredProcedure-42d557f5-071f-456d-8d4c-a1bafc4cbece', because it does not exist or you do not have permission. Cannot find the queue 'SqlQueryNotificationService-42d557f5-071f-456d-8d4c-a1bafc4cbece', because it does...

Jeff Blankenburg tagged me on his “goals for 2009” list and by some weird force of the Internets I feel compelled to write my goals for 2009 down publically.  Don’t expect anything earth shattering, let me just forewarn you.  1.  Lose Weight The first thing on my list is to lose weight like 97% of America.  Because of my height, most people that know me today, have no idea just how skinny I used to be.  My height is 6 feet and 2.5 inches tall.  That height isn’t a world record, but I am taller...

Holidays I trust everyone had a great Holiday season.  This Christmas and New Years I felt like all I did was travel.  Ellen and I visited my Mom in Columbus, MS where all of my family gathered for Christmas.  Just as soon as I had recovered physically from playing with nephews and nieces during Christmas it was time to head to Codemash.  The Mashing of The Code Codemash was great this year and a totally different experience from the past several years.  For starters, several of us combined our funds together and got a suite at...

On January 1st, 2009 I received a really nice email telling me I had been selected to be a speaker in the INETA speaker’s bureau.  If you are not familiar with INETA here is a quote from their web site:   INETA provides structured, peer-based organizational, educational, and promotional support to the growing worldwide community of Microsoft® .NET user groups. What does this mean?  It means that if you run or participate in a .Net User Group that meets the requirements for INETA then you can request me to come speak at...

Hopefully me spending several minutes to write down a problem we recently ran into at work working with WCF and the NetMsmqBinding will save some of you a lot of time.  If you’ve landed on this page here is the error you might be seeing: An error occurred while opening the queue:The queue does not exist or you do not have sufficient permissions to perform the operation. (-1072824317, 0xc00e0003). The  message cannot be sent or received from the queue. Ensure that MSMQ is installed and running. Also ensure that the queue is available to open with...