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I am very new here. I will introduce myself properly in another post, which I guess means I will post pics of my house as soon as I can gather some sold pics as well as some works in progress. What I am interested in is seeing if anyone has a more "untraditional" kitchen in their older homes. While I see that a lot of people on here own beautiful 20's style homes with 10' ceilings, my home is quite opposite and built back in the day when people were just shorter and built more practically. We are unsure of the actual date of our house, but back in the 90's my in-laws had it dated and they estimated the original 2 story log structure (really one room downstairs and 1 room upstairs) was about 275 years old, which puts it at early 1700's , and the addition of what we use as the family room downstairs and a bedroom upstairs they estimated was done in early 1800's. Because of this, I get the spacious use of 6'11" ceilings in my kitchen and bedrooms and a bit shorter upstairs in a few spots where the timber is thicker than in other spots. So - upper cabinets are absolutely out of the question. I already have the only layout possible in mind, hubby and I have been working on this for about 2 years now. But, I wouldn't mind a little inspiration from anyone else. There is so very little to be found on line. To be honest my hands are a little tied, we have two doors to the outside in the kitchen, two passage ways, so each wall has obstructions. Water can only come into one wall and can not be run anywhere else and the entire kitchen is only 12x15 which isn't bad until you consider the ceiling is under 7ft. It is actually the little things I am not sure how to finish. I know I need to waterproof the wall behind the sink, but not sure what I want to put there. I will have some sort of cabinet with feet to hold the sink, but really don't want to wainscot the whole wall. There will be wainscoting in the kitchen in the back of some open shelving and it already lines the pantry closet we just finished building. Would love to see pics of anyone who has done anything similar. Thanks,
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Much of the mechanical/layout stuff is beyond the scope of my experience, but have you looked at the book "Bungalow Kitchens" by Jane Powell? It shows many different configurations of historical kitchens, many of which are fit into some pretty small spaces. There is also some good general information in that book about how to lay out a kitchen efficiently, even (especially!) when you don't have a lot of room to work with. You might find some ideas and information there. |
That is exactly the type of book I need. I had never come across it. I just placed it on order with Amazon. Thanks for the tip! |
- Posted by lov_mkitchen (My Page) on Tue, Aug 21, 12 at 17:06
Go to the kitchen forum on gardenweb. They can help you out with more ideas than you could shake a stick at. There are two unfitted kitchens that come to mind but I can't find either of them. They are a couple of years old by now but if you ask over there someone will find the link for you. |
Here is a link that might be useful: gardenwebkitchens unfitted kitchen
@lov_mkitchen - Thanks for the links! I have been reading and bookmarking links all morning. I appreciate it. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Wed, Aug 22, 12 at 16:58
There was a wonderful unfitted kitchen that a man posted last year. It was on his property in the Bahamas. It was a remarkable restoration of a home with very short ceilings etc much as you describe. I hope someone can remember what his name was...c |
- Posted by energy_rater_la (My Page) on Wed, Aug 22, 12 at 18:50
that link is very cool. I tend to shy away from kitchen forums thanks for the link. |
My Kitchen is a little unfit. But that is what is quaint about it. Post pics we would LOve to see them |
Yes, I agree, I would love to see pics! My kitchen is going to have to be unfit. Mostly because I love the style and partly because my ceilings are so low I can't have any cabinets. But it is also going to have to be a mishmash of very old and a bit modern. Hey, my house is 300 years old, but not only can I not afford to do a complete "old fashion" remodel, but as much as I LOVE the look, I also love to cook, can, and actually USE my kitchen. |
- Posted by mama_goose (My Page) on Fri, Aug 24, 12 at 11:25
Here is a link that might be useful: FKB-farmhousebound
I love your kitchen Mama Goose. You and I have very similar taste. While my kitchen is complete gutted and down to sub-floors, I have actually finished the large pantry closet. We chose the same beadboard in almost the same color, just a little lighter. We also plan to use it behind some of the freestanding open shelving also. I really like the idea of using curtains behind all that glass. I love the idea of glass, but it is a little impractical at keeping everything tucked away. Beautiful job. |
- Posted by mama_goose (My Page) on Fri, Aug 24, 12 at 17:02
Thank you! I'm looking forward to seeing pics of your old house and the progress you're making. I always forget to include something in my posts, and I meant to tell you how I am impressed with your love of a quirky, really old, house. Especially as you are working with small children--mine are all grown, so I had a long time to think about the kitchen. Before 'updating' with more of a 1920s, 30s, 40s (?) style, I used a lot of earlier items--old crockery bowls and pudding molds, wooden dough bowls, etc., and I find that I miss them! Most of them are packed away in case I change my mind. I thought our ceilings were low at 91-94" (originally 8', less a few inches for lowered ceilings) downstairs, and 78" upstairs. My son is almost 6'3", and for the last couple of years that he lived at home, he had to duck to get through the door into his room. I remember when I was about 12 years old, realizing that I could reach up and touch the ceilings in my grandparent's old house, with my fingertips. I used some black marble tile behind my sink, as an inexpensive imitation of soapstone, but I don't know what material would have been used in a house as old as yours. Have you considered a recycled slab of marble? Something with patina--King of Prussia variety comes to mind. I'm going to include a link to a 'Recycled Kitchen' thread, as well as a link to a favorite HGTV-RMS kitchen, to give you some ideas. Here's my recycled kitchen. Some unfitted kitchen pics included. Amazing DIY kitchen from recycled elements. Ummmmmm...how far back are you willing to go? ;) |
- Posted by antiquesilver (My Page) on Fri, Aug 24, 12 at 19:09
Welcome Kali - I'm looking forward to seeing your layout & photos; this & the Kitchen forum are both fun & knowledgeable places to get ideas. My old house is only 155 years old - a mere child compared to yours - & my kitchen isn't particularly unfitted (smallish space with 11' ceilings so I had cabinets built to the ceiling to utilize every inch) but I will offer a suggestion. On my backsplash area, I used sheet copper which over the past 5 years has held up beautifully & the patina blends into the rest of the room like it's been there the entire 155 years. Technically, I doubt if it's truly age appropriate for your kitchen or mine - but then neither are running water & plumbing! |
@MamaGoose.... it is partly love for old quirky house and partly the fact that this is family property. My husband's mother was born in a bedroom upstairs, it has been in the family for almost a hundred years. Although to be honest, there was serious discussion about tearing down and starting over simply due to the state of the house. We decided we couldn't live with ourselves if we did that and would always regret it. So we tore down the newest additions to the house, which were the laundry room/bathroom and the attic space above the kitchen. We left the kitchen (sort of) had to remove the ceiling to put in new supports for a second floor above and added the laundry and bathroom back on. It will make more sense when I get around to uploading pics. We left the old part of the house, the main 300 year old log cabin and the early 1800 addition, just gutted the entire upstairs. It is all very slow going as we are doing it all ourselves and not hiring contractors. We did have my husband's brother help with the actual building of the structure as this is not within our area of comfort and he did construction for 40 years before retiring. I have absolutely no plans to go completely rustic in my kitchen. I would love to keep the feel of rustic with all my modern amenities. I also love the old crockery and bowls and do plan a nice old piece of wood as an open shelf running along the wall over the sink area to display. But it will probably but right into my nice modern Advantium over the range oven. I am not really sure any other way to do it. My space is not large enough to "hide away" my modern stuff and I do love to cook. I think we can pull it off. The entire house will be a very big mishmash of old and new, so I think it will all work well. @antique silver - I love the idea of copper. That may very well be the answer I am looking for. I will try very hard to get photos up early next week. I have been trying to get everything out of the garden this week and haven't found time yet. And you are right about the running water and plumbing. My mother in law loved to tell me how she had didn't have indoor plumbing here until she was almost a teenager. (she pulled that one out every time we would discuss extending the extremely small bath downstairs). |
- Posted by antiquesilver (My Page) on Fri, Aug 24, 12 at 21:32
Since you're not opposed to eclectic, here is an old posting that may give you some ideas on finishing to compliment an elderly house. I had the cabinetmaker leave all the cabinets unfinished & I applied the milk paint; in fact, all of the finishing in the room was DIY by a small,50ish woman - so not that strenuous but a lot of work. If I'd known in the beginning I was going with copper, it would have been a lot easier to use roofing copper before the cabinets went in but I waited & had to use a narrow craft-grade glued to thin plywood which was a bear for one old woman to install in one piece! Sometimes having only 9' of counter is a good thing. |
Here is a link that might be useful: antiquesilver's kitchen
Ohh... your kitchen is beautiful. You did a fabulous job on the finish on those cabinets! I do LOVE the copper. You are right, it looks like it has been there forever. I really wish I had enough ceiling space to hang my pots, but with 7 ft, you would be walking into them everywhere. I had thought about hanging them down the wall (like my mother in law used to keep them), but I ran out of wall space. |
Here's a link to the recent kitchen remodel of my 1870 home...the kitchen area was likely added a few years later. It's a bit on the "unfitted" side. We, too, had low ceilings, but made the decision to raise the ceiling to just shy of 8' since there was attic space above. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Hlove's kitchen
- Posted by Maine_Mare (My Page) on Tue, Aug 28, 12 at 11:10
I too have very low ceilings (7' in some areas and 6' 10" in others) in a 200 year old cape and went with upper cabinets on one wall as I don't have the ability to keep shelving looking attractive on a daily basis. My cabinets were built for my kitchen by our contractor and, as there were so few, it was quite affordable compared to some kitchen's I've seen in the kitchen forum. My biggest pain was finding lights I liked that wouldn't cause us to hit our heads when we walked through. Recessed lighting wasn't an option for me, just not a look I like. The kitchen isn't entirely done. We are still painting and haven't installed the tin backsplash behind the stove. That will come but for now our bathroom is screaming for attention :) |
- Posted by Maine_Mare (My Page) on Tue, Aug 28, 12 at 11:15
The photo above is the west and north wall, this one is the south wall. (Haven't figure out how to add multiple photos yet!) |
@hlove - you did a great job on your kitchen. It took a minute for me to realize you moved your ceiling up so much. It was hard to reference with the upper cabinets missing. We were originally going to do that here, however, that would mean we would to have to build yet another addition elsewhere to add a bedroom, so we decided to live with 7' ceilings. @Maine_Mare - your cabinets fit in very nicely! Your contractor did a wonderful job. They look like they fit perfectly in the house. I am so glad that others have to deal with 7' ceilings also. Most people enter my house and wonder why we haven't tore it down. Of course that was before the renovation started, so I am hoping to make a ton of converts. We have decided to go for the recessed lighting, I am with you and not a huge fan, but I like a lot of light in my kitchen and there was no other way I could get it where I needed it and for years we banged our head on another light in that kitchen and decided no more. We found some really nice options for trim for the recessed and hubby has some other ideas if we don't like that once it is up, so we will see. I absolutely am in LOVE with your sink though!!! I so wish I had enough space for that. Where did you get that? Do they have smaller versions? |
- Posted by Maine_Mare (My Page) on Wed, Aug 29, 12 at 13:32
I am a bit too proud of that sink. I really wanted a vintage or 'pretty' range (enameled, sitting up on legs, graceful knobs, etc) but the cost was out of reach so went with a regular range. Once I realized my dream range wasn't going to happen, I redirected my efforts on a special sink. I found this one on Craigs List for $50 in someone's basement in Massachusetts. My In-laws picked it up for me and brought it to my place, caked in dirt and just neglected. Hubby and I figured $50 was a decent risk and if it was unusable we would recycle it or resell it. But, a bottle of Bon Ami and it cleaned up perfectly! It has the years of use patina I wanted and fits the kitchen perfectly. I redesigned the south wall specifically for that sink. Our kitchen was a complete tear out as it hadn't been touched since it was installed in the 40's (except for paint over the old wallpaper and mid 80's appliances) so I had that luxury. There are other sizes out there but once you get to the double sink it does get pretty big. Try salvage yards and recycle places...and craigs list. Good luck with your kitchen! |
What a great find! You lucked out at $50. That is a fantastic sink. I was really hoping it was a reproduction though and I could get one too, but smaller ;) Maybe I will get lucky and find one to fit my exact measurements. I don't want double. I have too many huge pots and a small space for the sink. I want a 30" wide, fairly deep, faucet high on the wall like yours. I hadn't considered the sink itself could be it's own backsplash though. That is fantastic! I will start looking. We do have a couple of salvage warehouses we frequent, I hadn't really searched craigslist for that sort of thing though I will start. |
- Posted by mama_goose (My Page) on Sun, Sep 2, 12 at 9:22
antiquesilver, your tall cabinet is amazing! hlove, I smile every time I see your pretty kitchen. :) Maine_Mare, I love your kitchen, especially the sink! kali615 (and anyone who loves kitchen pics), I came across another blog with pics of kitchens in various degrees of unfittedness: |
Here is a link that might be useful: Material Girls--The 'unfitted' kitchen
This is an old cabinet we've had for many a year... this is the third kitchen we've had it in. I like furniture in a kitchen (and bathroom). It makes the space more inviting, at least to me. |
- Posted by columbusguy1 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 2, 12 at 20:12
Kali, my kitchen is 'unfit'...considering I found the original cabinet doors in the garage, and built my own frames for them! I used my original pantry as an example, although I had read lots of house plan books and perused photos online. The kitchen was done about 20 years ago, and need the flooring replaced and some patching where a leak upstairs caused some damage...but the kitchen works for me since I have the pantry for extra storage, and I don't have a million appliances which are plugged in even if they hardly ever get used. While my double sink has some dings and stains, it cost me nothing, being found next to a dumpster--just had to add a new faucet! Should I excavate the flooring layers, I know I will find wood, but whether it is oak is unclear--the rest of the downstairs is oak, but I've read that maple was common in kitchens from the turn of the century like mine. |
Here is a link that might be useful: House Pics Part II
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Joule brings joy to Wallingford | Bada Sushi sashays into Shoreline
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It's been a long time since I made myself comfortable in a new restaurant, opened the menu, scanned the offerings and thought: "Whoa! I'll have one of each!" But that's exactly what happened to me at several terrific new restaurants.
Joule (1913 N. 45th St., Seattle, 206-632-1913, www.joulerestaurant.com) had only been open a few days when — due to circumstances beyond my control — I stopped in for a slender flute of sparkling sake and a quick bite: grilled octopus with Chinese celery pistou and black vinegar tomatoes ($13) plus a darling canning jar full of cucumber and shiitake mushroom kimchi ($5). My uncontrollable urge had to do with the fact that this petite cafe is owned and operated by Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi, late of Coupage (1404 34th Ave., Seattle, 206-322-1974; www.coupageseattle.com).
It's been a year since Yang and Chirchi, who met at Alain Ducasse in New York, moved to Seattle at the behest of Portland chef Tom Hurley, gaining rave reviews (mine among them), for their Korean- and French-influenced menu. And when the newly married couple's "marriage" to Hurley ended last spring in a professional divorce, they left Coupage in search of a little restaurant to call their own.
They found it in Wallingford, taking over the lease at Palmyra Mediterranean Cuisine (née Clara's Food for the Soul, née Wally's Scoop), re-envisioning it as the kind of casual, 40-seat restaurant with open kitchen that every neighborhood deserves. Half their staff, including a chef, dishwashers and their lead server, came from Coupage, says Yang, who insists her staffers "knew what we wanted to do, knew what kind of standards we had."
Sitting at the counter, I watched and listened as orders rolled in, taking in the show as the couple did their Ducasse-schooled dance. "Chef!" "Oui!" went their call and response, as Chirchi simmered Manila clams with house-made XO sauce and a purée of roasted fennel, serving it up as a steaming bowl of soup ($6), then used a mortar and pestle to smash Spanish anchovies, lending their flavor to bagna cauda offered with roasted potatoes ($5). Meanwhile, his wife prepped a whole branzino, grilling the fish whole before serving it with tapenade and pickled grapes ($21), and took tongs to a bison's hanging tender, serving that steak with a garlic-chive chimichurri ($20).
"When we first met, we said we wanted to open a restaurant together by the time we were 35," says Yang. With their 30th birthdays in the offing, the couple are practically pinching themselves as they arrive to work each morning. Working in their close-quartered kitchen where Chirchi's father built a drying rack for their handmade pasta, they wave at neighbors passing by. As word gets out, they're greeting guests who come in, as I did, to enjoy the marvelous meld of Asian-influenced contemporary American fare that garnered such praise elsewhere. "We couldn't be happier," Yang says. Joule serves dinner only: 5-10 p.m. Sundays-Thursdays, 5-11 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays (closed Mondays).
Live sushi? Bada bing!
While making a beeline for lunch at a Shoreline taco bus last week, I made a detour into the parking lot at Bada Sushi Seafood & Lounge (16301 Aurora Ave. N., 206-542-5066, www.badasushi.com) to get a quick look at this new Korean-style "live sushi" restaurant. One look at the seafood tanks in the lobby — where baby octopus, sea cucumber, abalone, trout, halibut and eel (among other treats) lay in wait of their final whack! — is it any wonder I never made it to the bus?
Eyes wide open, I sat at owner/chef James Kwak's sushi bar, where he and his chefs catered to customers who'd come for seafood stews, grilled mackerel, spicy octopus and other Korean favorites, as well as the house specialty: sushi and sashimi, served in large lacquered tray-tables housing a multitude of fresh seafood. The enormous trays are heaped with shredded daikon radish then arranged with everything from nigiri sushi (salmon, tuna, etc.) to sea cucumber, oysters and whole lobster, whose raw tail meat is sliced and returned to its shell and whose antennae waved a halfhearted goodbye as it made its way into the dining room.
Despite prices that range from $90 to $200, these family-size meals are actually quite a good value, explained the nice Korean gentleman seated next to me enjoying a beer and a bowlful of natto (sticky fermented soybeans). Those combos come with a multitude of complementary side dishes and spicy fish stew, and I expect to get back there as soon as possible, with a crowd in tow, to enjoy one.
For the record, my kid deemed his oversize spider roll the best he'd ever eaten (he's right, it was first-rate, as it should have been for $11.95), and I'd certainly recommend Bada's version of chirashizushi, a generous array of sashimi arrayed over seasoned rice and scattered with dried seaweed ($15). There's karaoke in the lounge after 10 p.m., and they're open 365 days a year from 11:30 a.m.-2 a.m.
Oh, brother — I loved it!
And then there was Quinn's: Restaurant Zoë's groovin' little brother (1001 E. Pike St., Seattle, 206-325-7711). Scott and Heather Staples' much-anticipated gastropub — named after their son, sister to Zoë — opened a month ago on Capitol Hill, and when I showed up last week and snagged a seat with a view (on the mezzanine level overlooking the bar), I went nuts trying to decide which of the small menu's "snacks" "sides" and "plates" I couldn't live without. Tough call, that.
Sipping a smooth Boddingtons ($5), one of more than a dozen beers on tap, I knocked back a soft-centered boiled duck egg ($3), split, sprinkled with sea salt and topped with slivered boccarones (the same marinated white anchovies they're mashing into the bagna cauda at Joule). That was clearly the right way to start. Next: the creamiest brandade I've ever eaten ($7): The warm salt-cod spread was a perfect dip for the thin, crisp, house-made potato chips served alongside (and replenished, gratis, by our thoughtful waiter).
Of course I had the wild boar Sloppy Joe. And I'd have loved it even if that rustic ragu-on-a-bun ($10) wasn't topped with delightful little crunches of fried shallots and sage. And when my pal offered to share her salad — a well-slicked toss of fennel, croutons, tomatoes, radish, dry-cured olives and that famous Scott Staples-staple, grilled romaine (the greenery the chef's been serving since his Third Floor Fish Cafe days) — I made short work of that, too. Quinn's is open nightly from 5 p.m., serving food till midnight Sundays-Thursdays and 1 a.m. Fridays-Saturdays.
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Going Green Mama has been bribing her kids all week long with a trip to opening day of her local farmers market!
Good morning Boothers,
I'm hoping the arrival of May is just as exciting for you as it is for our family. We're done with March winds and especially our extended April showers, and we're ready to move on to some May flowers - or at the very least, some planting!
Our first farmers market opens this week, an exciting event for our children that they've waited for for some time. My oldest misses commisserating with the characters she's met: the Pepper Guy who always sneaks her some plants or peppers for her dad, the grandmotherly type who gives her jelly bean prayers, the mom who somehow brings her three daughters to sell organic produce, baked goods and other endeavors.
We're excited about our market time, and hope you are too.
Which brings me to my question: I'm considering setting up a Saturday monring farmers market carnival to share what's growing in your area and great recipes you've stumbled on during the week. Please post if you're interested in participating, and we'll get started!
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I am making a baby quilt made out of 500+ 2" squares. The instructions say to use the fusible interfacing grid.
I've done this before and like the ease of the process, however it comes out very stiff. I don't like this idea for a baby quilt which I hope will be well used & loved. Has anyone ever heard of this fusible/printed grid done in a disolvable material rather than the interfacing? Has anyone used the lightest weight fusible for this type of project? Does it make the final quilt any more flexible & light?? Thanks for suggestions.
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- Posted by toolgranny (My Page) on Tue, Nov 2, 10 at 18:49
Jen, why couldn't you get the solvy stuff and mark your own grid on it. Then use a spray basting to lay them out and hold them in place. Then just stitch and wash it away. I don't think they make a solvy that is also fusible. But you could easily grid it if you can get the fabric to stick to it. |
- Posted by jennifer_in_va (My Page) on Tue, Nov 2, 10 at 22:04
Well, that's definitely a thought. I think I have some of that...wonder what size it is? If I mark a grid with a Sharpie, do you think it'd bleed through pale colored fabric? thanks |
- Posted by toolgranny (My Page) on Tue, Nov 2, 10 at 22:11
I think I'd use a pigma pen. Try a small sample first. I don't think it would bleed but you never know. Remember the grid itself would be in the seam allowance so should wash away. |
- Posted by magothyrivergirl (My Page) on Wed, Nov 3, 10 at 14:24
Have you seen this product? I don't know if this would help you or not, but just in case.... |
Here is a link that might be useful: FLANNEL GRID
- Posted by jennifer_in_va (My Page) on Wed, Nov 3, 10 at 18:10
Ooooh, MRG! That might work. I not sure I'd want to quilt with batting then, maybe making it too thick. But that's a definite possibility! Thanks |
But the flannel grid is only meant (as I understand the ad) to be a design wall type of thing. I don't think they intend one to sew it all together. Quote from the ad: "for laying out your quilt projects, making a design wall and holding the pieces in place without pins. A must for watercolor and colorwash quilts" I'm certain they don't intend this to be sewn into a quilt as a foundation layer. |
- Posted by jennifer_in_va (My Page) on Thu, Nov 4, 10 at 10:46
Mary, THey may not intend it for that purpose, but aside from the extra material inside a quilt, it could work. I don't think the flannel would be quite as stiff as the fusible interfacing and maybe could replace the batting layer. I'll have to think on things a bit more... |
- Posted by magothyrivergirl (My Page) on Fri, Nov 5, 10 at 8:12
Jennifer, make sure the flannel does not have a plastic backing attached, like the Fons & Porter design grid. I have seen gridded fabric /flannel that was definitely intended to be sewn along the grid after you laid out your squares. I suggest you call and find out if this product is meant to be sewn. I would be interested in what you find out if you investigate further. |
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Several of these pieces are probably hanging in your closet right now, which is great – that is always the best place to start shopping!
Summer is here and, yes, it was one of the rainiest Junes on record. Look on the bright side, you've probably just dusted the cobwebs off your summer clothing; and once you assess what you have and what you need, now is the perfect time to shop because the summer sales have already started!
Due to our short summer, you don't need a lot in order to have a full functioning warm weather wardrobe. Here are some basic building blocks to create easy, multipurpose, mix-it-up summer outfits.
Light Weight Scarf
Scarves add dimension to your look and are an easy, affordable way to participate in trends. They can provide coverage in the case of too much sun, and give extra warmth on a brisk evening or in an air conditioned building. In a pinch, they can be laid on the grass as a resting spot for you and your wee one (you are stylish and prepared!).
Statement Necklace
Statement necklaces have been huge this year. Like scarves, they are a quick way to add visual interest or modernize an outfit. This summer, have fun playing with pastel shades or try a beaded or woven style –a terrific way to express your personal style!
Tee's and Tanks
Ts and tanks are usually a steal in July which makes it an excellent time to refresh, or experiment with new colours, patterns or styles. Great for layering, they can be paired with almost anything in your wardrobe. V-necks are the most universally flattering!
Summer Knits
Regardless of the season, I am a believer in always having a third "completer" piece on hand to top off any outfit. Be it a cardigan or pullover, summer knits are light, versatile and easy to tote around.
The Sundress
Whether you are headed to a BBQ, shower, the beach, or on a date night; a sundress is an indispensable addition to your summer wardrobe. Short or maxi, dresses make you feel put together in an instant. If trying to conceal a tummy, try a wrap or empire style that fits snuggly beneath the bust and skims over the stomach.
While practical, finding a flattering pair of shorts can be tricky. Stick with the same length you feel works best on you when wearing skirts or dresses. A knee-skimming style is often a safe bet that can be easily styled for work, the park or dinner out.
Cropped Pants
Like shorts, cropped pants can be troublesome if not a flattering length. It is usually best to graze the ankle or, if going shorter, try for a style that hits the narrowest zone between your calf and ankle. Have fun with coloured denim this season, or go for white – always a classic, fresh look.
Although the flip-flop is a summer staple, it certainly doesn't scream style! Consider rotating in some of these comfortable alternatives…
Several of these pieces are probably hanging in your closet right now, which is great – that is always the best place to start shopping! Most on this list transitions easily into other seasons, so when hitting the stores, you don't need to feel guilty about spending money on something that is going to have a short lifespan (shopping should be fun… and guilt is definitely not fun!).
Happy Summer!
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The Hawaii Governor is working on it
Submitted by 4speed on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 09:49.
Mr. Abercrombie, A democratic Governor of Hawaii is looking for Obama's Birth Certificate, which he acknowledges "doesn't Exist" in its leagal long form, but hey, it was "recorded" somehow.
So, hey, democrat Governors are waking up the BC story JUST AS the presidential Campaign starts kicking off with the Arizona "Pep Rally".


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SharePoint 2010 Using Gantt diagrams
I already posted about gantt diagrams in excel but this time i like to post about gantt diagram in sharepoint. Gantt diagrams are useful for project and tasks and for the managing of those. So i expected to get a good overview of my tasks or projects by using this sharepoint features.
It is not really a feature, it's a view which can be used. This view needs some special columns:
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Vintage Bracelets
Vintage Necklaces
Vintage Pins
Vintage Sets
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Collecting Compacts
Each week I receive at least one email asking me which compacts are best to collect. I always recommend collecting those you love. What good is a collection you're not really fond of? You would soon grow tired of the dusting and cleaning, they would be packed away somewhere and your investment of time and money would not be well spent. Stop and think about what attracts you to a particular compact. Is the shape, the color, the possible future value - or maybe all those reasons? If you're still not sure (and even if you are), I suggest investing in knowledge first. Buy books about compacts and read them - don't just look at the pretty pictures! When I was first starting out I had a compact book for a full year before it occurred to me to actually read it! I was so taken with all the photographs that I just didn't go beyond that. Once I started reading, the real learning began. I was no longer limited to knowing that one particular compact had more value than another - I began to understand why.
When you have decided what you want to collect, start hunting! Always try to buy in the best condition you can afford. Check latches to make sure they work well. Check for greening (corrosion) of the metal. Check the mirror. Some age spotting and clouding is inevitable with some of the old compacts. If it is a rare compact you might not be able to find again and the price is right, I'd go for it. If the compact is enameled or hand painted and there are large chunks of color missing, you may want to pass. Rarity is the key in this case too.
Quite often compact companies manufactured compacts in series. Two that come to mind are Kigu's "Bolero" series and Stratton's "Waterfowl" series. Owning each piece of a particular series certainly adds to the value of your collection.
To sum up - collect what you love, educate yourself and take good care of your collection. You own a little piece of the history of women.
Glossary of Compact Terms
Annulus: Flattened ring; circular plate with a central circular aperture
Art Deco: Artistic style prominent in the 1920s and 1930s. Took its name from L'Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exhibition of Decorative and Modern Industrial Arts), held in Paris in 1925. Influences included Art Nouveau, Ancient Egyptian architecture, and Cubism
Art Nouveau: Artistic style using curvilinear motifs derived from nature. Popular from circa 1890 to 1925 and frequently revived
Bakelite: Phenolic, acid based plastic, invented in 1907
Beauty Box: Vanity case containing cosmetic items other than powder and rouge, such as eye makeup
Butterfly Wing: Amazonian Blue Morpho Butterfly with wing span of 9" used for costume jewelry and cases
Cabochon: A highly polished dome-shaped stone with no facets
Cabriole: An elongated S-shaped support
Cameo: Gem shell or stone with design or figure cared in relief against a background of a darker or lighter color
Carry-All: 1950 and 1960s term for a rigid case containing powder, lipstick, and feminine beauty aids
Cartouche: Decorative, framed space in which initials can be engraved
Chinoiserie: European decoration with a Chinese motif
Circa: Approximate date an item was manufactured
Compact: Small portable case used to contain face powder, usually comes with a mirror
Convertible Style: Interior adapted for either pressed or loose powder
Cream Powder: Or Crème Powder. Face powder combined with cream or oils to make it adhere to the skin. Used from the 1950s.
Engine-Turning: Technique by which regular patterns are cut into the surface of a metal object held in a lathe
Faux: Fake or false
Flapjack: Term used in the 1930s and 1940s for slim powder compacts. Cookie: to 2.5" diameter. Baby: 2.5" to 3.5" diameter. Standard: 3.5" to 5" diameter. Super: 5" to 6" diameter.
Godet: Metal pan used to contain pressed or cream powder
Inro: A small compartmented and usually ornamented container that is hung from a Japanese obi (sash) to hold small objects such as medicines, perfumes or cosmetics
Kamra: Case resembling early collapsible camera cases
Limoges: Translucent enamel of colorful portraits or scenes on copper that originated in Limoges, France
Minaudiere: Rigid metal, usually box-shaped evening bag with compartments for powder, lipstick, rouge, mirror, coins and cigarettes. The name is supposedly inspired by Estelle Arpels - cofounder with her husband of Van Cleef & Arpels. Her brothers used to say that no one could "minauder", or charm, in society like their sister Estelle.
Motif: In the style of or resembling
Necessaire: Bolster-shaped version of the minaudiere with fewer compartments
Party Case: Another term for "Carry All". Used in the 1950s and 1960s
Patch Box: Small round compact with a set-in lid, akin to 18th century box used for beauty patches or spots
Pendant Case: Compact or vanity case suspended from a chain or ring
Pli: A make-up tube containing powder and a puff brush
Portrait Case: Picture frame feature in compacts and vanity cases for snapshot insertion
Pressed Powder: Compacted dry face powder, contained in godets. Used during the 1920s and 1930s
Reticule: Small handbag that is held in the hand or carried over the arm
Sifter: Fine mesh or gauze, mounted on a rigid frame, which fits tightly into the powder-well of a compact; allows access to small quantities of powder while retaining the majority of the powder within the well
Sifter Box: 1920s and 1930s term for a compact for loose powder
Vanity Case: Rigid portable case designed to accommodate cosmetics and personal items
Wedgewood: Fine English pottery best known for a white cameo-like relief ware on a tined matte background
Cleaning your compact: Remove powder using a small dry toothbrush. The perfume in face powder can discolor the lacquer used on the metal. You can also brush the sifter and puff, shake them or tap them against a hard surface to remove powder. Swans down puffs can be washed and dried carefully. Other puffs should not be washed as they can and will disintegrate.
I have had several people express some concern about using a vintage compact that has had powder in it previously. I clean each compact thoroughly. Because of hygienic concerns, I have now also started to clean all previously used sifters and powder wells with an antibacterial agent. You can do this yourself by cleaning the sifter in a mild antibacterial dish soap solution or liquid hand washing agent. Be careful with the sifters as the mesh can tear from the rim.
Goo Off or alcohol can be used to remove adhesive labels from metal or glass.
Mirrors can be cleaned with Windex or a similar glass/mirror cleaner sprayed onto a cloth - not directly on the mirror.
Do not wash your compact by immersing it in water as water will leak behind the mirror and damage the reflective coating.
Compacts can be buffed and polished with a good quality silicone polish and a soft cloth.
Replacing missing stones: This can be done easily. Be sure to match the original color and size. Replacement stones are available online at jewelry supplies stores and are also sometimes available at craft stores. Hypo-cement is my favorite glue for replacing stones.
Replacing missing or broken mirrors: This is a tricky subject. If you have a very valuable antique compact with a broken mirror, I would advise leaving it alone. You could devalue your compact with a replacement mirror. If you want to replace a mirror in a compact you use, please read the following information.
The mirrors in vintage compacts were much thinner glass than is available today. Trying to put in a modern mirror can distort your compact case or break the hinge. That leaves you with the only two options I can think of: pirate a mirror from an old unusable compact of the same size and shape or find a reputable glass dealer with a supply of vintage mirror on hand.
Once you have your replacement mirror you can get to work. Some compact mirrors are "framed in". If yours is done in this style, study how the frame is closed and whether or not you are able to open it yourself. If not, search for an agreeable jeweler who will do this for you. (Warning - they are hard to find!) Mirrors that are just glued in can be loosened with judicious use of a blow dryer to soften the glue and a dental pick to pry it loose. Hypo-Cement can be used to glue your new mirror in place. If you are going to offer a compact with a replacement mirror for sale, please be sure to disclose this to the potential buyer.
Replacing Vintage Puffs and Sifters: If you are using the compact for your own personal use, any puff will do and can be easily found in stores that sell cosmetic supplies. Trying to find a vintage puff and sifter that go with your compact can be trickier. You will usually have to pirate a puff and sifter from a like compact that is unusable.
Stratton compacts are still being made (though not of the same high quality). I have searched long and hard to see if they have replacement puffs available. I have not found a source. I also have had customers in England ask where they could find Stratton puffs. That shot down my hope that Stratton puffs were available in the UK if only I could find the right store!
Storing your compact: Before storing your compact, be sure to remove all powder. Remove the sifter and puff. Vintage compacts are best stored in acid-free tissue paper or a film-front bag


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I believe we are about a week away from our first kitty litter in our house. We have two cats that are sisters (actually not completely sure of that because they look totally different) and they fight all the time. So I know I need to separate them as it gets closer for safety sake.
But here's my question to you....any hints on what to expect, things that might happen, how to guide the mother-to-be to a specific place to have them (if I can even do that), etc.???
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Asynchronous Streaming in ASP.NET WebApi
Hi everyone, if you use the cool MVC4 WebApi you might encounter yourself in a common situation where you need to return a rather large amount of data (most probably from a database) and you want to accomplish two things:
- Use streaming so the client fetch the data as needed, and that directly correlates to more fetching in the server side (from our database, for example) without consuming large amounts of memory.
- Leverage the new MVC4 WebApi and .NET 4.5 async/await asynchronous execution model to free ASP.NET Threadpool threads (if possible).
So, #1 and #2 are not directly related to each other and we could implement our code fulfilling one or the other, or both. The main point about #1 is that we want our method to immediately return to the caller a stream, and that client side stream be represented by a server side stream that gets written (and its related database fetch) only when needed. In this case we would need some form of "state machine" that keeps running in the server and "knows" what is the next thing to fetch into the output stream when the client ask for more content.
This technique is generally called a "continuation" and is nothing new in .NET, in fact using an IEnumerable<> interface and the "yield return" keyword does exactly that, so our first impulse might be to write our WebApi method more or less like this:
public IEnumerable<Metadata> Get([FromUri] int accountId) { // Execute the command and get a reader using (var reader = GetMetadataListReader(accountId)) { // Read rows asynchronously, put data into buffer and write asynchronously while (reader.Read()) { yield return MapRecord(reader); } } }
While the above method works, unfortunately it doesn't accomplish our objective of returning immediately to the caller, and that's because the MVC WebApi infrastructure doesn't yet recognize our intentions and when it finds an IEnumerable return value, enumerates it before returning to the client its values. To prove my point, I can code a test method that calls this method, for example:
[TestMethod] public void StreamedDownload() { var baseUrl = @"http://localhost:57771/api/metadata/1"; var client = new HttpClient(); var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew(); var stream = client.GetStreamAsync(baseUrl).Result; sw.Stop(); Debug.WriteLine("Elapsed time Call: {0}ms", sw.ElapsedMilliseconds);
So, I would expect the line "var stream = client.GetStreamAsync(baseUrl).Result" returns immediately without server-side fetching of all data in the database reader, and this didn't happened. To make the behavior more evident, you could insert a wait time (like Thread.Sleep(1000);) inside the "while" loop, and you will see that the client call (GetStreamAsync) is not going to return control after n seconds (being n == number of reader records being fetched).
Ok, we know this doesn't work, and the question would be: is there a way to do it?
Fortunately, YES! and is not very difficult although a little more convoluted than our simple IEnumerable return value. Maybe in the future this scenario will be automatically detected and supported in MVC/WebApi.
The solution to our needs is to use a very handy class named PushStreamContent and then our method signature needs to change to accommodate this, returning an HttpResponseMessage instead of our previously used IEnumerable<>. The final code will be something like this:
public HttpResponseMessage Get([FromUri] int accountId) { HttpResponseMessage response = Request.CreateResponse(); // Create push content with a delegate that will get called when it is time to write out // the response. response.Content = new PushStreamContent( async (outputStream, httpContent, transportContext) => { try { // Execute the command and get a reader using (var reader = GetMetadataListReader(accountId)) { // Read rows asynchronously, put data into buffer and write asynchronously while (await reader.ReadAsync()) { var rec = MapRecord(reader); var str = await JsonConvert.SerializeObjectAsync(rec); var buffer = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(str); // Write out data to output stream await outputStream.WriteAsync(buffer, 0, buffer.Length); } } } catch(HttpException ex) { if (ex.ErrorCode == -2147023667) // The remote host closed the connection. { return; } } finally { // Close output stream as we are done outputStream.Close(); } }); return response; }
As an extra bonus, all involved classes used already support async/await asynchronous execution model, so taking advantage of that was very easy. Please note that the PushStreamContent class receives in its constructor a lambda (specifically an Action) and we decorated our anonymous method with the async keyword (not a very well known technique but quite handy) so we can await over the I/O intensive calls we execute like reading from the database reader, serializing our entity and finally writing to the output stream.
Well, if we execute the test again we will immediately notice that the client line (var stream = client.GetStreamAsync(baseUrl).Result;) returns immediately and then the rest of the server code is executed only when the client reads through the obtained stream, therefore we get low memory usage and far greater scalability for our beloved application serving big chunks of data.
MongoDB usage best practices
The project I'm working on uses MongoDB for some stuff so I'm creating some documents to help developers speedup the learning curve and also avoid mistakes and help them write clean & reliable code.
Registering a file-less WCF Service Dynamically
I know... I know... it has been a while since my last post, but I never forgot about it, just having a blast doing some fun things. Well, some of that stuff wasn't really THAT fun, but that's part of being a CTO and always there is room for improvement in some processes and structures in the company, and so... after a lot of hard work, we are now in a much better position to actually start doing some fun stuff.
And the fun part has begun, in thre form of a couple new and REALLY interesting and fun projects, where I participate not only as CTO but also I'm fulfilling a role of an Chief Architect as well, overseeing aspects of general architecture from development and infrastructure standpoints, and more important, doing a LOT of research and proof of concepts to hand over to our Architect Team.
So, for this new project (let's say, Codename "E2") I'm in charge of researching some stuff, and here I will present the results of one of those topics: dynamic (runtime) registering of WCF services.
Before jumping in today's topic, let me talk a little about the other topics I'm researching, just to paint a broader picture and set the stage for future posts. Our E2 project is a little ambitious in some aspects, and it's main motto is "Configurable Dynamic", so we are exploring ways to make this happen and the list of things to explore first are:
- Dynamic registration of WCF services (today's topic)
- Dynamic Data Access (ORM without Entities)
- Dynamic Business Rules (or logic, if you want)
- Dynamic Business Processes (workflows are a possibility here, but not the only one)
- Performance of of the above (mainly IIS, ASP.NET, WCF) and how to optimize the platform.
- Performance techniques to use: caching, profiling, monitoring, etc.
Of course there are other topics (like Security, Scalability, Fault Tolerance, etc) but we will advance over those in time. For today's topic, let's explain a little what I'm talking about. For WWCF services there are two ways of let know the runtime environment that we have a Service class and we want to expose it to the world:
- The plain old .svc file approach: we need a file with .svc extension and this file will contain the Type information needed to activate the service.
- The new CBA (configuration based activation) approach: this is new in NET4, and therefore is possible to create a WCF service WITHOUT the svc file, using only a section in the web.config file (<serviceHostingEnvironment><serviceActivations>).
While this second option is very interesting, we cannot do it at runtime and so the idea of this post was born. We can register HttpModules at runtime (the MVC3 project do that to register the HttpModule that handles Razor views) and so wwe can try to do something similar. That functionality (dynamically register an HttpModule) could be found in the "Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure" assembly using the "RegisterModule" method found in the "DynamicModuleUtility" class.
We are going to take a similar approach to this helper method and use reflection to inject our service configuration somewhere so the runtime thinks it have a CBA Service (file-less) and can active it as any normal service. This is achieved in the "DynamicServiceHelper" class in the attached sample project, using the "RegisterService" method.
This is the source code for the "RegisterService" class: (some lines where removed for brevity)
namespace System.ServiceModel { public static class DynamicServiceHelper { static object _syncRoot = new object(); static FieldInfo hostingManagerField; static MethodInfo ensureInitialized; static FieldInfo serviceActivationsField; static DynamicServiceHelper() { ensureInitialized = typeof(ServiceHostingEnvironment).GetMethod("EnsureInitialized", BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.InvokeMethod); hostingManagerField = typeof(ServiceHostingEnvironment).GetField("hostingManager", BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.GetField); } public static void EnsureInitialized() { ensureInitialized.Invoke(null, new object[] { }); } public static void RegisterService(string addr, Type factory, Type service) { lock (_syncRoot) { object hostingManager = hostingManagerField.GetValue(null); if (serviceActivationsField == null) serviceActivationsField = hostingManager.GetType().GetField("serviceActivations", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.GetField); Hashtable serviceActivations = (Hashtable)serviceActivationsField.GetValue(hostingManager); string value = string.Format("{0}|{1}|{2}", addr, factory.AssemblyQualifiedName, service.AssemblyQualifiedName); if (!serviceActivations.ContainsKey(addr)) serviceActivations.Add(addr, value); } } } }
This class have two methods: "RegisterService" and "EnsureInitialized". The first method is pretty self explanatory, it receives the service activation information (endpoint, service type and factory type) but the "EnsureInitialized" method deserves a little explanation. As you can see, we use the "ServiceHostingEnvironment" class, and this class is used internally to manage all WCF services running in our process. It uses an internal class named "HostingManager" that is in charge of doing the discovery of existing WCF services (by looking for ".svc" files in the application folder and reading the <serviceActivations> configuration section, so by using a little reflection we can see that this information is processed in the private method "LoadConfigParameters", and in that method we see that the list of services to activate is added to the private field named "serviceActivations" (a Hashtable).
If you see the example code, you would also see there is another class named "Startup" that contains an assembly attribute named "PreApplicationStartMethod":
[assembly: PreApplicationStartMethod(typeof(WcfService1.Startup), "Init")]
This attribute says to the runtime environment (WAS) that should call the "Init" method in the "Startup" class, and this method is called to give you the chance to initialize your code so it's called almost before anything else so the WCF / WAS infrastructure is not yet initialized at this point. So, in this moment we cannot use anything on the "ServiceHostingEnvironment" class. Hopefully, this class also have an "EnsureInitialized" method (private, of course) so we can try to invoke it and hope it doesn't have any other dependency and will initialize what wew need to register our service. Luckily for me, it worked without any evident side-effects, so let's use it!
Another method to register our services would be not calling the "EnsureInitialize" method and wait for something else to do it. In that case we can create (and dynamically inject) an HttpModule to register our service in it's "Init" method. That will work and I'm including that code in my sample as well (in fact it was my first approach) but it has an important drawback: it needs to something else to initialize the Http stack, and therefore our WCF Service (using TCP to make things more interesting) will not be activated if the hosting application doesn't receive an Http request first.
Well, that's it, hope you enjoyed the reading and find the code useful (by the way, you can use it in any way you want, so I have to include here the usual "No warranties" disclaimer), and if you make some improvement or have any comments about my code I would like to know.
You can download the source code from here: DynamicService.zip
Best regards,
Andrés G Vettori, CTO, VMBC
IDFX -> Zermatt -> Geneva -> WIF RTM
At the PDC 09 Microsoft announced the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) of the Windows Identity Foundation, previously known as "Geneva", "Zermatt" before that, and "IDFX" before that.
Grab the latest bytes from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd440951.aspx
Best regards,
Andres G Vettori, VMBC, CTO
Projects upgraded from VS2008 to VS2010
Yesterday I did my first test migrating one of our our rather complex VS2008 solutions to VS2010 (and TFS 2010). The solution and projects upgrade went generally well, I only had a few minor things to fix I'm detailing below:
All WCF client proxies were automatically regenerated. This is not neccesarily bad but we had touched our generated code (for example, to add a #pragma warning disable 1591 to avoid failing compilation because of the missing XML comments). To solve this I only needed to undo the changes produced in the generated files and everything worked as usual.
The new VS and/or compiler seems to be more strict in some things. Compilation failed because it found a couple malformed XML configuration files, a a couple conflicts about references (projects referencing directly and indirectly different versions of the same component). Fixing those errors was easy and I'm happy to find them automatically in VS2010.
I had to uninstall WIX 3 and install the (experimental) WIX 3.5 with Votive support for VS2010. Wix projects didn't compiled at first so I had to manually edit the .wixproj file and change the tool path. Also the new WIX 3.5 has a known bug where some of the project variables have the wrong value (for example, var.project.ProjectDir now includes a trainling "/bin" that is clearly wrong). A quick fix is to include a "/.." in the source path to reference the root project folder, but this is probably going to need rolling back this hack after the bug is fixed.
Some projects didn't upgraded automatically (WebTests, for example) and I had to migrate them manually. I'm investigating a issue with this projects because VS2010 seems to prompt me to migrate the same projects EVERY time I open the solution.
Tests projects (Unit tests, for example) are migrated to Framework 4.0 automatically. Those projects cannot run or compile using a previous version of the CLR and therefore ALL its references need to be compiled for Framework 4.0 as well.
Well, that's all for now... I'm going to test some build scripts now... wish me luck!
Andres G Vettori, VMBC, CTO
Retina.NET support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008
The latest version of Retina.NETm the open source ORM published on CodePlex has now explicit support for MS SQL 2008. The new DataStore now supports the new data types (DATETIME2, TIME, DATE, DATETIMEOFFSET) and the new FILESTREAM access modifier for BLOBs columns.
Check it out at http://retina.codeplex.com and download the latests binaries or sources.
Andrés G Vettori, VMBC, CTO
Add Blackberry support to Forms Server 2007 or Sharepoint 2007
A few months ago I was the architect for a project involving Microsoft Forms Server 2007 and we needed to support viewing Infopath forms on mobile devices, specifically Blackberry devices.
The Microsoft Forms Server 2007 is a striped down Sharepoint 2007 server so all Infopath forms web rendering for mobile devices is done through the ASP.NET mobile controls support.
Unfortunately, Blackberry devices aren't recognized so Infopath forms are render as standard web forms, wich aren't supported by Blackberry devices. Luckily for us, adding support for additional devices is not difficult and can be done by adding some information to a "compat.browser" file found in the "App_Browsers" folder inside the Sharepoint virtual directory. In this file you need to add the following:
<!-- BlackBerry RIM Browser -->
<browser id="RIM40" parentID="Default">
<userAgent match="BlackBerry" />
<capability name="isMobileDevice" value="true" />
<capability name="javascript" value="true" />
<capability name="ecmascriptversion" value="1.3" />
<capability name="version" value="${version}" />
<capability name="majorVersion" value="${major}" />
<capability name="minorVersion" value="${minor}" />
<capability name="supportsCss" value="true" />
<capability name="frames" value="false" />
<capability name="cookies" value="true" />
<capability name="isColor" value="true" />
<capability name="requiresLeadingPageBreak" value="true" />
<capability name="requiresUniqueFilePathSuffix" value="true" />
<capability name="supportsBold" value="true" />
<capability name="supportsFontSize" value="true" />
<capability name="supportsImageSubmit" value="true" />
<capability name="supportsItalic" value="true" />
<capability name="requires303Redirect" value="true" />
</browser>With that your Blackberry browsers will be recognized as mobile devices and our Infopath Forms Server will be able to render the proper content.
Hope you find this useful, seeU!
Andrés G Vettori
Systems ArchitectLeader of the C# Community of the Microsoft Users Group Argentina
Retina.NET 2.0 Core & Designer Released
Hey! just a quick announcement to say that I released a new version of Retina.NET Core and also the new DSL designer for VS2008.
You can download the precompiled binaries or source code from the CodePlex Retina.NET page. As always, comments / suggestions / critics... are all welcome.
Thanks in advance,
PS: the Retina Setup package still has some older documentation, I know... sorry for that but I preferred to release the bits and fix the documentation later (I hear some helping offering there...?)
Andrés G Vettori
Systems ArchitectLeader of the C# Community of the Microsoft Users Group Argentina
Retina.NET project active again
The Retina.NET project was dormant for some time, but with some help I'm bringing it back to life.
The last official release was made on October 2006 (v184.108.40.206) and at that time I was working on the new v2 release, but I never finished that task and so the project came to a stop.
Nonetheless, I have managed to include a couple of interesting changes in those internal Retina.NET versions, and I have found that some other people also have made some useful changes in their own Retina.NET version and are offering to integrate some of those new features with the official project sources.
So, if you used Retina.NET in some project and made a change or addition to the source code and you would like to see those changes included in an official project release, please stop by the CodePlex Retina.NET page or and let me know.
Also, if you want to participate in the project in some way, you have an idea to implement some cool new feature on Retina.NET, or you have some time to improve existing documentation, samples or Unit Tests, please stop by the Retina.NET CodePlex site and let me know.
I'm actively working on getting the new DSL designer that will replace the old EntityGen project, but there is some other work in progress like: LCG support, Generics support, LINQ support & VistaDB support.
Thanks in advance,
Andrés G Vettori
Systems ArchitectLeader of the C# Community of the Microsoft Users Group Argentina
Introduction to WCF Extensibility article published at LevelExtreme Magazine
Hi everybody! I have been off radar quite a while, so I'm just writting this quick post to make everybody know that I have written and published (Thanks Martín Salías) a nice article (shameless plug, I know...) about WCF extenssibility mechanisms.
The article can be viewed online at LevelExtreme Magazine WebSite home page or directly at the article.
Andrés G Vettori
EDS Top Gun - .NET Capability ArchitectLeader of the C# Community of the Microsoft Users Group Argentina


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I'm really excited to announce that two of my latest courses on Microsoft Virtual Academy are now live! Both are recordings of live courses Christopher Harrison and I lead in the beautiful Channel 9 studios, and include downloads of all slides, code and live chat logs.
Web Camp in Los Angeles with Scott Hunter - July 9
Scripting .NET project migration to Automatic NuGet Package Restore
NuGet Package Restore allows you to reference NuGet packages in your project without shipping them with your source code or committing them to source control. The general idea is that the packages are restored - that is, downloaded and installed - into your project when it is build. This offers a number of benefits, including better interaction with source control and smaller code distributions.
MVA: Introduction to ASP.NET MVC - Free Live Training - June 23
UPDATE: The course (including videos, slides, and links to the code) are published here: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/introduction-to-asp-net-mvc
Are you a front-end coder who wants to learn how to build data-driven, server-side web applications?
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ChrChristopher Harrison and I had tons of fun doing a previous MVA event last September: Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications Jump Start. That one's available online, and I'm told it's one of the most popular courses on Microsoft Virtual Academy.
We based the previous MVC Jump Start on the the official Microsoft Exam 70-486, which is part of the MCSD: Web Applications certification. We did what we could to make it approachable for beginners, but cramming an entire week long course in ASP.NET MVC into a single day meant it moved pretty quickly.
So Christopher and I both agreed that it's be great to have a more introductory level class that moves a little slower and is easier for beginners to follow. Here's what we'll be covering:
- Basics of MVC and the Moving Parts
- Creating and Configuring Models
- The Power of Visual Studio
- Deep Dive into Controllers
- Deep Dive into Views
- Introduction to Bootstrap
- Introduction to Authentication in MVC
- Supplement Your Knowledge
We'll be taking live questions, and there will be online chat support as well. If you've been wanting to learn ASP.NET MVC, this is a great opportunity!
And don't let your boss tell you that you can't miss a day of work for this. Remind them that this is free, and you'll be saving them tons of money with your new web dev super powers.
New Book: Pro Windows 8.1 Development with XAML and C#
Between releases of my other book (Professional ASP.NET MVC, next release due out soon!) Jesse Liberty somehow talked me into collaborating with him on writing a book on Windows 8.1 development. Actually, it wasn't a hard sell, because I've done a good amount of XAML dev, love C#, and Windows 8 / 8.1 development is a lot of fun. We co-wrote the table of contents, I wrote code samples and very rough drafts (sometimes just bullet points), and Jesse turned it into prose. That worked pretty well, but was a little too slow - especially once my work on Professional ASP.NET MVC 5 ramped up. Fortunately, Phil Japiske agreed to join us and finish the book off. Phil really nailed it - he polished off the remaining chapters, reviewed and greatly improved the existing chapters, and made sure everything was up to date for Windows 8.1.
weblogs.asp.net Now Running On Orchard and Azure Web Sites
I'm incredibly happy to announce that my blog - and all 750 other blogs running under weblogs.asp.net - are now powered by Orchard and Azure Web Sites! That's 750 blogs, all hosted in 4 Azure Web Sites all running on only one large virtual machine.
A 30 Minute Look At ASP.NET vNext
This week at TechEd, the ASP.NET team announced some pretty exciting updates on the way for ASP.NET.
Upcoming Web Camps - Summer 2014
Web Camps are free, no fluff, lots of code events where you can get learn what's new in the Microsoft web platform and how you can put it to use right away. They're by developers for developers - no marketing, just building web apps.


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12 Days of Winter Veil Giveaway Day 10: Stormrage novels {WoW}
Jan 1st 2011 8:48AM Me want books!!
WoW Insider's Cataclysm launch giveaway: Landros' Gift Box {WoW}
Dec 6th 2010 5:14PM This is my postification.
The Queue: Don't care {WoW}
Dec 4th 2010 3:55PM Same here bud. I'm actually graduating on the 12th, but I just finished my last exam today, it was an online exam. I have zero exams on exam week. W00t.
Patch 4.0.3a, The Shattering, is up on the PTR {WoW}
Nov 17th 2010 5:38PM I keep getting this message while trying to download the client....
"The installer does not need to be applied. It requires a version of "Wow.exe" older than 188.8.131.5235, but you already have version 126.96.36.19941."
Anyone know what I can do to fix that?
BlizzCon 2010: Razer demos the Naga Epic, StarCraft 2 gear, page 2 {WoW}
Oct 28th 2010 7:44PM I hate logitech....my work uses a logitech wireless keyboard and half the time I spend trying to get the computer to read the keyboard.
BlizzCon 2010: Razer demos the Naga Epic, StarCraft 2 gear, page 2 {WoW}
Oct 28th 2010 7:41PM The Naga is what got me off of clicking....I shall never be a clicker again thanks to the Naga.
Breakfast Topic: What won't you miss about Wrath? {WoW}
Sep 25th 2010 10:53AM @Sam
While that may be partially true...I was able to run a HPoS without a single person above 4030. It's ALL about the skill of the player and NOT the gear.
I hit 80 and had a 3k gs..I was harassed my very first heroic. I had a steady 2100 dps as a arcane mage and knew every single fight having leveled three previous toons to 80 and two of them in ICC25. I've had people harass other players the entire instance even if we are sailing through the dungeon. GS is great as a tool to use as a stepping stone guide...however, it has been misused and has really hurt the new player's (and even veteran) puging experience.
MMO-Champion removes all Cataclysm alpha content at Blizzard's request {WoW}
May 11th 2010 11:45PM @Levi
Hate MMO-C so much that they waited a week to get him to take down the Cataclysm leaks? Please, this just got a shit ton of people excited for the expansion right about the time people take a leave from the game until it comes out. Blizzard makes so much money I'm sure they really don't give a shit about one ad deal.
Breakfast Topic: A chat channel with a bank {WoW}
May 9th 2010 3:21PM I had this happened to my guild right before Ulduar came out, probably about a month, month and half. Our guild was a decent size guild, we ran 25 man and 10 man naxx. Sometimes we would have to pug the last 2 or 3 spots for 25 man but we got it most nights. Then in-guild drama hit us. We had a guild splinter off of us and it took about 10 raiders with them. It was a huge deal because our main focus was 10 man anyways. We've had some people come and go mostly due to our guild not being "hardcore" enough for them.
We have about 12-16 dedicated raiders and we have a few more who are currently away for a little while. We are currently at Sindigrosa, which we hope to attempt this week. However, we just had our main healer and her husband(warlock) have a baby, which means we'll have to find someone to replace her heals and his dps. The dps will be easy to recover from but the heals will be something that will hard to replace until they get settled with the baby.
What makes matters worse is the normal summer downplay is coupled with the end of the expansion.
The Failure of Secrecy: The alpha, leaks, and the WoW community {WoW}
May 7th 2010 6:33PM You sir win the internets. Blizzard, like you said, knows how to keep a secret. My god we know NOTHING about their newest MMO...not. a. damn. thing. Blizzard, in my opinion, would rather this info be leaked out through MMO-Champion, who has a large population and a trusted site runner.


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Did you no I am Belarusian but also half Mexican? It is true. And today is such a special day for all of a Mexicans. It is a Cinco of the Mayo when everyone in a world gets so drunk and eats so much mayo to celebrate how all the Mexicans kick the shit out of Spain in a battle so they can make there own country that is so awesome and has so many sweet kidnappings and murders and povertys that everyone wants to leave and be in a USA. VIVA MEXICO!!!
Did you also no there is so much crazy shit going on in a USA right now and they are finding all the Mexicans and killing them? Its true. Why are they killing all the Mexicans you ask? Because when Obama gets elected he free all the black slaves and give them all of the money. So the Mexicans see such a opportunity and come over and say "We want so much to be your slaves now! And you dont ever have to free us or give us all the money." And all the white people are like "Fuck you because that means we have to learn so much Spanish and that is so hard - we will rather play so many video games instead!" So now they kill them. Smart.
So "Machete" is a true story of a Mexican who is like "Fuck you - you dont kill me... I kill you!" And he kill everyone. All of the Oscars voters love true storys so this movie is going to win at least five of the ten best picture Oscars this year and Predators and Solomon Fucking Kane will have to split the rest. All of the worst picutre Oscars will go to Alice in a Pile of Shit 3-D and Iron Man 2-D: Full Throttle.
So Robert Rodriguez come to Belarus yesterday to drop off this video for me to share with everyone for Cinco of the Mayo and we eat so many tacos together with so much mayo on them to celebrate but then we watch this and I realize it was not mayo on the tacos but my own boner juice. There was so much! And now you will see why...
Remember when Jesus go to Heaven and he say "I will come back one day riding a motorcycle with a gatling gun on the front and kill all the bad guys and also Steven Seagull and Cheech and Jessica Albas and Lindsey Lohans and Robert Deniro will be with me with sweet shotguns and machetes and killing everyone too"? Its in the Bible... Well this movie is what he was talking about. And we all have to see it because so soon after he is going to take us away on his spaceships to live with L Ron Hubbard and Tom Cruise and all the Mormons and all of the 27 virgins we get on Mars. Religion!
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That's my kind of bible. Machete rules and thanls for the comment on my site. Fucking A I love your taste in movies!
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Breakfast Topic: How would you redesign the old character models? {WoW}
Mar 29th 2012 11:24AM I actually don't mind most of the old character models, except for the Undead and Male blood elves.
I hate the raggedy look the Undead always have with bones poking out of the clothes, I get it, it's supposed to look decayed, but I would like an option to toggle that off. It's hard to behold the beauty of a newly acquired armor set with bones sticking out all over the places. Also I really hate how the Undead are hunched over all the time. Could I please get the abily to stand up straight, I get a backache just looking at it sometimes. Just because I'm undead, it doesn't mean I'm a slob.
I love the female BE model, but think the male BE model looks like crap. Specifically the hair options look insane, I think one is the 80s Flock of Seagulls haircut, which looks stupid no matter what.
Orc/Tauren/Troll/Human, more face options would be nice. I feel the selection is rather limited.
The Queue: Thank the ancestors {WoW}
Mar 25th 2012 4:19PM Any word on the archeology getting some love in MoP? I remember a year ago there was a blue post where they discussed delving into specializing into specific races. And the beginning of this year there was an article here regarding 7 suggestions for improving archeology. But archeology seems to have been forgotten beyond the occasional update with new items. Thanks!
Drama Mamas: The love triangle strikes again {WoW}
Mar 21st 2012 10:40AM OW, you need to let this go. You are being played. By yourself and this guy.
You are in a crappy relationship, which you pretty much admit. There is q void, a lack of love & passion in your life that needs to be filled. You think it is this guy that says he loves you. One problem though.
He is never choosing you.
We all know it. Deep down you know it too. You can kid yourself, but at the end of the day, he is not going to leave his fiancé. You say he's miserable with her, but that is a lie. You don't keep trying in a failed relationship. He may be telling you he loves you, but after he logs off of WoW, he climbs into bed with her and is most likely telling her the same thing.
You're being strung along, worse than that, you're perpetuating this lie but lying to yourself. You both are cheating.
You need to get out of this farce of a relationship. Break things off with this guy, no ultimatums, no kidding yourselves. Just end them. Then end this crappy real life relationship you have that isn't going anywhere. Then focus on you and building the life you want for yourself
What could a World of Warcraft loyalty or veteran program look like? {WoW}
Feb 20th 2012 2:45PM That is so funny, I recently reactivated my old UO account. All the servers are dead except for Atlantic. No longer had a house and all my chars had their skills reset, so I won't play them, but I did get nostalgic.
12 Days of Winter Veil Giveaway: Spectral Kitten loot code from WootLoots.com {WoW}
Dec 31st 2011 4:22PM Oh I wish I could get this! It would bring me to 170 pets!
12 Days of Winter Veil Giveaway: Big Battle Bear from WootLoots.com {WoW}
Dec 30th 2011 10:06PM Crossing my fingers, yet again!
12 Days of Winter Veil Giveaway: 60-day prepaid game cards from WootLoots.com {WoW}
Dec 30th 2011 2:33AM Crossing my fingers!!!!!
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12 Days of Winter Veil Giveaway: War Party Hitching Post from WoWTCGLoot.com {WoW}
Dec 30th 2011 2:30AM Crossing my fingers!!!
12 Days of Winter Veil Giveaway: D.I.S.C.O. loot code from WoWTCGLoot.com {WoW}
Dec 30th 2011 2:29AM Crossing my fingers!!!