Sam Mueller

Back in 2008, I started this blog with BlogEngine.net as my platform of choice. Despite trying my hardest to stay in the world of .NET for my open source [...]

Recently I upgraded to .Net Framework 3.5 SP1. The service pack introduced a host of bug fixes, along with some pretty cool enhancements too.
After installing the service pack, one of my web applications immediately started throwing the following exception:
The .Net Framework Data Providers require Microsoft Data Access Components(MDAC). Please install Microsoft Data Access Components(MDAC) [...]

Since I’ve switched over to Vista, the start menu search has become one of my favorite features. It lets you quickly and easily open up programs without your fingers ever leaving the keyboard. For example, just hit the Windows key, type in “Notepad”, and hit enter. In fact, just typing in “No” + [...]

Well, here it is: my first blog. It took me quite some time to decide which blogging platform to use. The contenders were WordPress and BlogEngine.NET. Despite WordPress having more extensions, more themes, and a bigger community, I decided that BlogEngine.NET was going to be my choice. The biggest motivator is [...]