Rename PartitionKey and RowKey in Azure Tables
I’m currently having a play around with some Windows Azure bits and whilst doing so have been looking into using the Azure table storage.
One requirement of Azure table storage is the use of a PartitionKey and a RowKey, both of which when combined uniquely identify an entity in the Azure table. As the use of a good PartitionKey can lead to many benefits in terms of scaling it is a good idea to use a useful property of an object as the partition key, however the partition key must be called ‘PartitionKey’ which leads to a situation where an important property within a class is simply called ‘PartitionKey’ and to know what that property represents you have to either remember it or keep checking your comments.
At first I attempted to simply create a property to wrap the partition key like so:
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Folding Plug
(via @F1nlay )
A pretty sweet design to minimise the space required to transport the standard UK 3 pin plug, the device folds up to a height of less than 1cm and is simple to fold out to be used. The video below demo’s this, shows how it’s put together and also shows a design for a multi-adapter which also takes up much less space than the current ones.
[Video from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6DvjKkGT6s ]
I’m curious as to whether or not this meets any required electrical and safety standards in the UK, but in all would love to use these.
Microsoft Hohm – What exactly is it?
Stumbled across something called Microsoft Hohm after someone mentioned it on FriendFeed, but even after reading the description of what it is I don’t fully understand it. On the site it’s described as:
What is Hohm?
Microsoft Hohm is a free online beta application that helps you save energy and money. With Microsoft Hohm you can better understand your home energy usage, get recommendations to conserve energy and start saving. As with any recommendation engine, Hohm will provide increasingly more accurate and relevant suggestions for energy conservation as its users contribute home energy input and feedback. One of the objectives during our beta period is to refine our tool and further increase the value our product can offer to you.
I see what it’s trying to achieve but I’m not sure how it plans to do it… am I missing something?
Also I thought the name was quite amusing, but I’m not too sure on it as a proper name.
