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We were up at 5:30 am local time and out the door a little after 6:00 am. We headed North to Hayden Flats in look of wildlife. We came up empty. In fact, we were...

We’ve arrived at Yellowstone at last! The day’s driving was relatively easy despite the mountainous terrain. Towing a large trailer takes a little different attitude. The cruise control is worthless. It’s designed for lightly loaded...

We slept in late (well for us a least) and didn’t get out the door until 8:00 am. We set out for the Wildlife Loop in Custer State Park, SD. No sooner did we drive...

We left the Bad Lands of South Dakota early and headed for the Interstate. First stop was the National Minuteman Missile Launch Facility. The park service runs tours of the old cold war missile silos...

We made a mad dash across Minnesota and then South Dakota to the bad lands. The wind continue to persist for most of the trip which limited me to 55 mph. The landscape goes by...

Ok, so we’re off and rolling. We left Ann Arbor, MI about 6:00 am. We’ve rented a 19 ft travel trailer that I’m towing behind my 6 cylinder Trailblazer. I mention this because after fighting...

I’m on vacation in Yellowstone for the next couple of weeks so this will be the last “techy” post until I return. I will post pictures of trip here along the way if I get...

It’s been about a week now since I released version 1.3 of FreeSnap. Haven’t heard a peep out of anyone as to problems. Guess I must be writing perfect code :). Really folks, I’m curious...

We’re headed out West next week for a long over due vacation. The plan is rent a pull-behind trailer and drive out to Yellowstone via the Bad Lands. I’ve spent a fair amount of time...

I was curious how WCF timings compared using different transport bindings. Here’s what I came up with: Buffered WSHttpBinding : time=00:00:00.7206547, length=11520054 NetTcpBinding : time=00:00:00.5371746, length=11520054 Streaming BasicHttpBinding : time=00:00:00.9087755, length=11520054 NetTcpBinding : time=00:00:01.8869526, length=11520054...