Reminder– Feed URL is changed
Just a friendly reminder that the feed URL has changed. Some of you are still tracking the old feed which – well doesn’t work so well… Change your feed readers to: http://feeds.feedburner.com/darrinbishoptech
July 28th, 2011 by Darrin
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So Where Did Darrin Go?
I know I have been very quiet lately. Since Aptillon was formed it seemed that every time I was going to have time to post another project came up. It was definitely a crazy first half of the year. So what kept me busy? Well let’s see… Working on a few chapters for a a few different books. Finished up writing SharePoint and Silverlight training modules. Finished up writing SharePoint 2010 and...
July 28th, 2011 by Darrin
Windows 7 Release Candidate Now Available
Windows 7 Release Candidate is available for download today. It looks like you will only be able to download from TechNet or MSDN until May 5. I read somewhere that you would need to do a clean install from a Beta version of Windows 7. I will probably spend the weekend backing up my Dell, wiping it clean and installing Windows 7.
April 30th, 2009 by Darrin
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Some Heat Required …
Every now and then I get an itch to do something different. These days I scratch that itch with microcontrollers and embedded programming. Working with micros are a nice change of pace after spending all day working with SharePoint and .NET (though I love to work with MOSS). Most of the playtime is spent using the C or Assembly language . Micro programming is a world of ports and registers, hex and...
March 21st, 2009 by Darrin
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The New Laptop – ThinkPad W500
Well I finally caved in and “replaced” my Dell XPS M1330 ( the machine with the faulty NVIDIA card) with a brand new Lenovo ThinkPad W500. The W500 is the 15 inch rebirth of the T61P series which was the powerhouse line for ThinkPad. Not a bad deal, end-of-year, got a nice set of rebates and discounts. I grabbed the middle of the road option for the W500 and upgraded the monitor and...
January 17th, 2009 by Darrin
MacBooks and NVIDIA GPU Failure
Similar to Dell and HP Apple has released a tech notice about NVIDIA’s acknowledgement of a “higher than normal failure rate” of some of their GPUs. Apple is providing free repairs for 2 yrs from the date of purchase regardless of warranty status. MacBook Pro: Distorted video or no video issues
October 13th, 2008 by Darrin
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Need a New Laptop – Update
Macbook:1, ThinkPad:1 Looks like I will get my DELL XPS 1300 fixed, DELL is shipping a new motherboard. I spent some time researching this issue since this is the 2nd motherboard replacement in 1yr timeframe. I should clarify I love the XPS 1300 and that it is not a DELL part that is failing. It appears the issue is with the NVIDIA GPU and it is a systemic problem that goes beyond Dell. It seems...
October 5th, 2008 by Darrin
Need a New Laptop, Suggestions?
My Dell XPS M1330 Laptop is having issues, again. It seems that the NVIDIA GPU is having some issues with overheating. I have had the motherboard replaced once already and now it is acting up again. Dell’s current solution is a BIOS update that will basically run the fan non-stop. But that is a not a real fix. I might replace the MB once more and that will be it. I loved the machine but...
October 4th, 2008 by Darrin
Free Vista SP1 Support From Microsoft
Microsoft has announced free, unlimited installation and compatibility support for Vista SP1 starting right now until March 18, 2009. Don’t you love that word Free! The deal is Telephone support available world wide, chat and email support US and Canada only. Information and details are available at: http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx?rdpath=1&prid=11274&gprid=500921
July 17th, 2008 by Darrin
Speed up PowerShell Startup
I caught this little gem (Update-Gac.ps1) on the PowerShell Team blog while I was catching up on posts. This script will Ngen the PowerShell assemblies for a quicker start up. Ngen is a .NET utility that will create a native images that are stored in a cache which can be then used by the framework alleviating some of the JIT-ing at startup. I ran this script and noticed a big difference in the start...
July 15th, 2008 by Darrin
Darrin has been around SharePoint since the Tahoe days. For those that have not been working in SharePoint that long, Tahoe was the code name for SharePoint Portal Server 2001.
Lately Darrin has been working with SharePoint with Windows Phone 7 and Azure. His blog is primarily about SharePoint along with some WP7, Azure and other topics such as Data Entity Framework and Silverlight.
Darrin is a founding member of Aptillon along with Todd, Matt, Maurice, Gary, Dan and Dave. We all work together on some really interesting projects along with some of our trusted partners.
Need to contact Darrin? Drop him a line at www.aptillon.com.
