A while back I wrote about my experiences installing SQL (and additionally .NET 3.5 SP1) on a Windows Server 2008 VPS.  For various reasons I decided not to keep the VPS server at the time (mostly because of the cost, and the fact that I didn’t really have a strong need for it).  Recently, however, I’ve really begun to ramp up my ASP.NET MVC development work, and it’s blatantly apparent that I need a Windows server full time.  After shopping around for a while, I decided to go back to KickAssVPS.com and see what their packages looked like.  Having ordered my shiny new...

Recently I’ve been debating moving my site over to a Windows VPS.  If I make this move, I’m hoping to take advantage of the new features available in Windows Server 2008 as well as .NET 3.5 SP1 and IIS 7.  After some preliminary research, I decided to give KickAssVPS.com a try.  Within a few hours of my order, they had my VPS up and running, and so far I’ve been fairly pleased with the performance. When I logged into my VPS, one of the things I wanted to install right away was SQL Server 2008.  In order for SQL Server 2008 to install, you must first have installed the...

It seems almost surreal, but I’ve actually got this thing up and running!  I’m sure I’ll be changing things around the next few days.  I’m not even sure if I’m going to keep this theme, but stay tuned!  My goal for this blog is to catalog my work and a little bit of my life.  I hope it’s of some interest to you. I’ve got some projects brewing in my head right now.  Recently I’ve found the amazing open source project Subsonic that allows users to stream content from their own music libraries across the internet.  It got me thinking.  I wonder if I could write a similar project...