Monthly Archives: May 2009

Setting up a Default Sequence Template for the MPC1000

I make music with the MPC1000 and every time I start a new sequence I find myself naming my tracks the same, over and over and over. This takes a few minutes each time I start and is productivity play dough (it slows me down). 90% of the songs I create have the same track…

Spark Part 1 DimeCast Amendment

In the latest DimeCast I recorded I developed the demo app while running the ASP.NET Development Web Server. A colleague of mine, Tim Schmidt, caught an error (thanks Tim). If you are going to run your ASP.NET MVC site on IIS 7 (which is highly likely) you’ll also need to add the following lines to…

Saying Hello to the Spark View Engine

I recently completed a small series on the Spark View Engine for DimeCasts.net. The first episode “Saying Hello to the Spark View Engine” has been posted. If this interests you be sure to check this blog or DimeCasts.net for new episodes.

Code Review Tip: Using the ‘warning’ Preprocessor Directive

Communicating changes back to a source developer during a remote code review (when the review is done while the developer is not near) can be very difficult. Emailing the thoughts/changes/errors is an option, but this option has “no teeth”. These items are likely to get missed and most likely will not get addressed. My preferred…

Updated Visual Studio Settings

Previously I had uploaded my dark themed visual studio settings. These settings were created prior to using the Spark View Engine for my web development. I have updated the settings to include support for the Spark View Engine views. Here’s a screenshot of what the HTML view looks like. Download the settings file at the…