Put Stuff in Your Windows Azure Junk Trunk – ASP.NET MVC Application

If you haven’t read Part 1 of this series, you’ll need to in order to follow along with the JunkTrunk Repository. Open the solution up if you haven’t already and navigate to the Models Folder within the ASP.NET MVC JunkTrunk Project. In the folder add another class titled FileItemModel.cs and BlobModel.cs. Add the following properties... Continue reading →

Put Stuff in Your Windows Azure Junk Trunk – Repository Base

Alright, so the title is rather stupid, but hey, it’s fun! 🙂 This project I setup to provide some basic functionality with Windows Azure Storage. I wanted to use each of the three mediums; Table, Blob, and Queue, and this example will cover each of these things. The application will upload and store images, provide... Continue reading →

Free Windows Azure Images…

I created these, prospectively for use in presentations or whatever may call for something of this sort. Since others may be talking about Windows Azure and the innards of the system also, I thought I’d contribute these for free use on the web. I don’t even really care if you attribute me (even though it... Continue reading →

Overloaded to Death, “Cloud” Computing is Dead

I’ve gotten to a point where I won’t argue it anymore. The word Cloud as defined on Wikipedia “location-independent computing, whereby shared servers provide resources, software, and data tocomputers and other devices on demand, as with the electricity grid. Cloud computing is a natural evolution of the widespread adoption of virtualization, service-oriented architecture and utility... Continue reading →

Gritty Technical Info on Windows Azure Worker Roles

In the last blog entry, “Gritty Technical Info on Windows Azure Web Roles”, I covered the creation and startup of a web role within the Windows Azure Development Fabric and observing the web role with the Windows Azure Compute Emulator. In this blog entry I’ll cover the worker role. Continue reading →