My Windows Home Server Build

Well I finally finished moving to a new home and purchased the remaining items for my WHS. I decided to blog about the install just in case someone out there is interested in building one for themselves or purchasing one from HP. I ordered the 120 day trial from Microsoft to give it one last run before purchasing the software. You really can’t beat the opportunity to actually try out a retail product from Microsoft for 120 days for FREE! Enough with…

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Two Pc’s, Two Monitors, One Mouse, One Keyboard, One Input Director!

I have always had a rough time swapping between keyboards for my laptop and desktop until now. Thanks to Input Director (http://www.inputdirector.com/)  I can use one keyboard and one mouse to control both. No extra Hardware needed! The mouse will scroll through all three of my monitors and I really love the cursor wraparound feature. Ok enough with the infomercial check it out for your self if you are interested! It’s FREE! Input Director Input Director is a Windows application…

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Continuous Integration 101

What is Continuous Integration? Continuous integration describes a set of software engineering practices that speed up the delivery of software by decreasing integration times. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_Integration) Continuous integration advantages: When unit tests fail, or a bug is discovered, developers might revert the codebase back to a bug-free state, without wasting time debugging. Integration problems are detected and fixed continuously – no last minute hiatus before release dates; Early warning of broken/incompatible code; Early warning of conflicting changes; Immediate unit testing of all changes;…

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