Just Talkin Bout Stuff

.NET deployment

I have been coding up a Silverlight Application because I really believe this is the way to go for my next LOB(Line Of Business) app that I will be writing.
I go to try and deploy the test app to a test server. I am not happy at the moment. My connection to the database is killing me. I know that is the problem as I am going from a local machine with just about no security for localhost operations. To a server machine(which I am the only one on), that should mimic the production enviroment.

I am using RIA Services with a Entity Framework Model on the backend. I just can't seem to find the correct place to look for an execption so that I can throw a sensible message up.

I am pretty sure it is my lack of .NET experience. I have been programming for a really long time, but I am having a hard time putting on the nuts and bolts together.
I will figure it out. Just venting at the moment.

Why my wife hates me…. at least for the moment….

So the wife and I decided to eat better. By "better", we mean more healthy and tasteful. That really means that we have started cooking just about every meal.

Having a ton of kitchen equipment, we are using just about every piece.

I have a bread machine going on 10 years now. Nice machine. I can say that in the last couple of months it has seen more use than the previous 9 years and 10 months.

Wife has taken to calling me "BB". Stands for "Bread Bragger". Debbie is an excellent cook. Some how everytime she tries to use that bread machine, she turns out bricks. If she cooks bread the manual way, it turns out great. Can't understand what happens.

Anyway, I believe I have turned out some pretty decent loafs of bread. I know exactly what is in the loaf, and am trying to get a bit creative. I was in Half Priced Books the other day and picked up a bread machine book. I have to tell you the best loaf so far is the first recipe we have tried.

It is Potato Bread, and here is the recipe. I modified it slighty from what was in the book:

2/3 cup water
1 cup buttermilk or 3/4 cup regular milk. I like buttermilk better.
1 egg
3 tbsp margarine
4 cups Bread Flour
2/3 cup packaged instant mashed potato flakes
4 tbsp sugar - I substituted an equal amount of Uncle Norman's Clover Honey
1 tsp salt
1-1/4 tsp of active dry yeast

I will post the next loaf and let you guys know how it turns out. It will be the first to to contain cheese.

I will also share any word of wisdom that I find.

Harold

Stay tuned…

It is my plan to provide updates almost daily. I am figuring out as to what I really want to talk about.