Category Archives: software

WAS crashes IIS 7 while searching for unexisting services for msmq endpoints

And now: a no thrills .NET WCF technology post in the hope of saving some developer’s time while trying to figure out wtf is going wrong. The problem looks like this: Your w3wp process crashes, or your IIS application pool gets stopped for no clear reason. Restarting it only causes it to stop again after [...]

how to safely run destructive sql statements

This tip is one of those “Why didn’t I think of that before” things when I saw it being used first. You see, sometimes you’re on this production database and you need to run some SQL statements in Microsoft SQL Management Studio. Statements that if you mess them up will end up ruining your customer’s [...]

getting good stats without google analytics

Google is huge and scary these days isn’t it? I mean they track our ass all over the place and I was actually helping them to do so. On my blog I was using Google’s free Analytics service to keep track of who, when, where and why people came to my blog. The stats are [...]

mighty handy android apps

Well look at that. It’s been since 2010 that I actually reviewed the list of Android apps I often use. Can’t have that now can we? What awesome and fresh new apps would I be using these days? Which ones have I ditched for more shiny or slick ones? Let’s see! The stock browser. Yes. [...]

WCF service throws an msmqBinding error on a http binding

So you have this WCF service with a typical HTTP binding on it. When you try to use it with a client, or when you simply open up the .svc file link in your browser, it throws an error message telling you your MSMQ binding is incorrect. MSMQ! Contract requires TwoWay (either request-reply or duplex), [...]

getting the old Acrobat Reader back on Android

Acrobat Reader is as far as I know the best PDF reader on an Android device. So every time an update was available, I gladly downloaded it from the market to check out the new features and it’s usually fancier layout. After the update to Acrobat X however, I found out that they killed the [...]

how to edit mp3 id3 tags with free software

So you’re putting those cool mp3′s online filled with great music. But when people download them, all they get to read off their fancy smartphone, iPod or mp3 player’s display is an ugly ass file name. Bummer. Wouldn’t it be sweet as pie if you’d see an album title scroll by, maybe even an artist [...]