June 2003 - Posts
I don't believe that Paschal's trouble with spyware is caused by FeedDemon. I just scanned with AdAware (David is right, it's great) and came up clean, not to mention the fact that I have had no spyware symptoms.
As for monitoring the registry, try RegMon, or Process Explorer from Sysinternals.
Oh, and thanks to Roy for reminding me about the new Google toolbar. Very nice.
Thanks to James for finding a solution to the OPML import issue I was having with FeedDemon.
This brings up something that I had wondered about before... is there a set standard for OPML files? I would assume that there is, but why do I need to maintain 3 different "OPML" files? One for FeedDemon, one for SharpReader, and one for BlogX?
David mentioned that Beta 1 of FeedDemon was released. After playing with it for a bit I must say that it's very nice. There are a few bugs that I've found that are pretty irritating (read: OPML import didn't work for me), but overall it shows a LOT of promise, and I look forward to future releases.
UPDATE: It looks like James is having the same problem I am. I exported a sample OPML file from FeedDemon and it appears to have some garbage characters in it. Perhaps the Import function shares these problems...
REUPDATE: So far my favorite little feature of FeedDemon is that when you add a new Channel (blog) by URL, it will automatically grab the text from your clipboard if it's a valid URL. That saved me quite a few seconds when I was manually re-entering all of the links on my blogroll...
Today I pulled down the last iteration of sourcecode for SharpEdit, the Open-Source text editor that I had been working on a while back. I hope to get this project going again, but I will need some assistance from some more experienced developers. This project was/is my first real C# application, and I think it could be quite usefull...
If anyone is interested in helping out with the code, or even just giving some advice & letting me pick your brains, please contact me via my contact page.
[Listening to: St Anger - Metallica - St.Anger (07:21)]
Well, after all of the discussions surrounding PocketPC 2003 (or Windows Mobile 2003 as I have now heard of it being called), I just ordered my $29 upgrade CDs from Dell for my Axim X5.
Personally I can't wait to check this thing out.
I found this interesting security comparison of the .NET Framework (running on Server 2003) and IBM Websphere 5 (running on Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1) during my latest bout of insomnia & thought I would share:
"@stake, Inc., an independent security consulting firm, performed an extensive analysis comparing security in the .NET Framework 1.1, running on Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, to IBM WebSphere® 5.0, running on both Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 and a leading commercial distribution of Unix®. This report gives customers a resource for better understanding the differences between the leading application platforms and for guidance on best security practices.
Overall, @stake found that:
Both platforms provide infrastructure and effective tools for creating and deploying secure applications
The .NET Framework 1.1 running on Windows Server 2003 scored slightly better with respect to conformance to security best practices
The Microsoft solution scored even higher with respect to the ease with which developers and administrators can implement secure solutions
The overall differences between the platforms were not large. Based on the results of this study, companies should feel comfortable deploying web and web service applications on WebSphere and on Windows Server 2003 with .NET Framework. In addition, our analysis shows that with appropriate processes and training, applications created for the Microsoft solution can be made as secure as those created for IBM WebSphere.
As a result, @stake recommends that:
Development organizations that are experimenting with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and .NET Framework should not allow security concerns to hold back deployments
Companies that have made strategic commitments to either platform need not switch solely on the basis of security
Companies seeking to standardize on a web application platform will derive significant security benefits from both, but may find the Microsoft solution easier to secure initially
The balance of this section provides an overview of @stake’s methodology, findings, and conclusions."
Don,
Robert, and
Travis are all talking about problems with posting to the new site with
w.bloggar. Am I the only one missing something? When the domain name changed all I did was change the URL in the Account Properties (F10) dialog and hit the Reload Blogs List button.
I can post fine to the new site. In fact, I'm posting this entry with w.bloggar, as I have the last 10 or so of my entries.
Every so often I recieve this error:
But hitting the Reload Blogs List button in account preferences fixes it every time.
I don't know what makes my config special, other than maybe it's because I'm running Server 2003 on this machine.
If anyone wants to contact me via my contact page I would be more than happy to go over my settings to see if I can help.
I just got home from my honeymoon, and I wanted to thank everyone who sent me a congratulatory note on my wedding.
On a happy .NET note, I found a printed copy of
Application Architecture for .NET: Designing Applications and Services in my mailbox.
I want to thank whoever posted the link to get this great free book, but alas I cannot track down the original link. Anyway, you know who you are, and thanks.
[Listening to: Metallica - St. Anger - 08 - Sweet Amber]
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