Category Archives: Technical

Five advices on implementing a cache

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Håvard

I’ve spent the last few days at work implementing a cache in the data access layer (DAL) of one of our services. The cache works great, and speeds up our service very much in some cases, and somewhat in all … Continue reading →

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Silverlight Project Template for Visual Studio 2005

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Håvard

For those of you who do not want to grab the Visual Studio 2008 beta and/or wait for the release, I have created a Silverlight Project Template for Visual Studio 2005. This template makes it possible to develop Silverlight solutions … Continue reading →

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LINQ vs Loop – A performance test

Posted on August 8, 2007 by Håvard

I just installed Visual Studio 2008 beta 2 to see what the future holds for C#. The addition of LINQ has brought a variety of query keywords to the language. “Anything” can be queried; SQL databases (naturally), XML documents, and … Continue reading →

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How to install Linksys WMP54G on Windows Vista RC2 x64

Posted on October 12, 2006 by Håvard

Having trouble getting your Linksys WMP54G card running on the Windows Vista x64 release candidates? Sadly, Linksys have not provided a driver for their WMP54G cards on Windows Vista x64 yet. Do not despair though, a solution exists. For those … Continue reading →

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“Hiding” WordPress installation files

Posted on April 3, 2006 by Håvard

By default, all the WordPress installation files are readable from a browser. What happens if example.com‘s WordPress installation is at /wordpress/, and you go to http://example.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/ with your browser? Yes, you’re browsing the plugin directory. Obviously, changing permissions is not … Continue reading →

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