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My new car at Microsoft Building 35 by Dixin

I am so excited to have it. These photos were taken when it is parked at Microsoft Building 35:
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Understanding LINQ to SQL (11) Performance by Dixin

[ LINQ via C# series ] LINQ to SQL has a lot of great features like strong typing query compilation deferred execution declarative paradigm etc., which are very productive. Of course, these cannot be free, and one price is the performance. O/R mapping...
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A DirectoryCatalog class for Silverlight MEF (Managed Extensibility Framework) by Dixin

In the MEF (Managed Extension Framework) for .NET, there are useful ComposablePartCatalog implementations in System.ComponentModel.Composition.dll, like: System.ComponentModel.Composition.Hosting.AggregateCatalog System.ComponentModel.Composition.Hosting...
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Microsoft Chinese Spring Festival Celebration (2) by Dixin

Qi Lu , Microsoft President : Made in Taiwan:   Amazing Microsoft Bing team: Chinese Kungfu: Microsoft rocks: Rap with my soul: I grow up with Microsoft.
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Microsoft Chinese Spring Festival Celebration (1) by Dixin

Last night there was a big party in Redmond: Microsoft Spring Festival Celebration . It is organized by Chime (an employee network group in Microsoft), and it is also the biggest Chinese new year celebration in Seattle area. Thousands of people attended...
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The Humor of Silverlight by Dixin

Silverlight must be kidding.
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Arrival to Redmond by Dixin

In this year, I was rewarded as an MVP on C# of Year 2010 ; at the same time, 3 different groups of Microsoft offered me 3 SDEII positions, and I made my choice. Now, with the help of Microsoft, I just relocated from China to Redmond. 2 years ago, when...
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Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Kit Unboxing by Dixin

I am very happy to receive the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Kit: The box is mailed from Redmond:
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Ellipses (…) In UI Command Text by Dixin

Some times, command text is followed by ellipsis (…) or not: For years, many developers told me that ellipses mean a new window or dialog will pop up. For example, here: Clicking New / Save / Exit will not pop up new window or dialog; Clicking Open… ...
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A Snapshot Of ASP.NET Homepage by Dixin

First time to appear on www.asp.net homepage as headline!
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