Monthly Archives: March 2010

Retrieving Data in Silverlight – Where is my data?

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Chris

So I was plugging right along in Silverlight using LINQ to asynchronously pull data from our database into my C# code.  Everything was going great until I attempted to pull data from one table and its related tables all in … Continue reading →

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.co domain extension: What is it and Why Should I care?

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Chad

Early this week, I received an email from GoDaddy telling me to pre-register for a .co domain. I thought to myself, “What is a .co domain and why would I want to spend money to reserve it?” Up to this … Continue reading →

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Silverlight Tip: Binding objects to a ComboBox

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Chris

I was recently adding a ComboBox control to my Silverlight application and found myself wondering why I was stumped on something that seemed to be easy.  After some searching I came up with the following solution. Challenge: Populate a Silverlight … Continue reading →

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Promote your business for free with online listings!

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Chad

Did you know that all the major search engines give you the ability to list your business for free? Here are links to several. Google – http://www.google.com/local/add Yahoo – http://listings.local.yahoo.com/ Bing – https://ssl.bing.com/listings/ListingCenter.aspx Yellow Pages – http://listings.yellowpages.com/ YellowBook – http://corporate.yellowbook.com/products/internet-free-listing/ … Continue reading →

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