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GDS - Winamp Plug-in V1.1
I decided to do a slight upgrade on the plugin because of some feedback from Google's Plug-in auditing department and a few users. Google indicated two important things to me: 1. … more
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Code Camp in Western Canada?
"A CodeCamp is a community-driven, all-day event for developers. Speakers are local or regional developers. Topics are based on community interest. Sessions are original and feature a heavy technical … more
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Announcing Google Desktop Windows Media Player Control...
For those that love Windows Media Player and not Winamp I threw together a Google Plug-in just for you! I also decided to simply release these plug-ins on my own and not wait for google to approve/ … more
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Home Automation via Google Desktop
If I can control Winamp from Google Desktop why not some of the lights and other devices in my house as well? Most recent screen shot of my working X10 Plugin for Google Desktop. … more
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Google Map and MS Virtual Earth side by side
Pretty cool site which combines both Google Maps and MS's Virtual Earth on a single page. http://www.jonasson.org/maps/ Use the controls on the right map (Google) to control the zoom/panning of the … more
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Whopdy: Google Talk
Lets all just ignore Google's new Talk service; maybe it will just go away. Just another account to manage just so I can talk to a few of those stuck on that single protocol. Side note: The … more
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Google Desktop Winamp Plugin - C#
Yesterday I submitted my first Plugin for GD - .NET/C# of course. It has basic the controls: play/pause/stop/next/prev and displays the title of the track currently playing. I think the … more
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Google's Desktop V2 - C# Plugins...
I downloaded the GD_SDK and it has a sample project for C# with all the necessary import goop all done for us. Google Desktop Plugin SDK more
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Ajax on Linux?
Did you know that the free Ajax library from Michael Schwarz works with Linux as a client (in FireFox)? Check out the screen shot. That is Damn Small Linux (DSL) running withing Virtual PC, … more
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A Nike Ad featuring Markus Naslund just floated on by...
Yes, you read the title correctly. The Advertisement FLOATED on by my window at work, which overlooks English Bay. I've been told its one of the first in North America. EDIT: Its … more
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IIS Server Pro...
IIS Server Pro allows developers to create and manage multiple web sites on machines running Windows 2000/XP Professional. Written in C# Very light-weight Allows for full IIS control from system … more
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Look with your inner eye...
A real time waster... Give this a try... Once you see only the green dot move your head closer to the monitor then pause; watch what happens. Same with moving it away from the monitor. Hit the … more
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Microsoft Announces Xbox 360 Prices...
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/aug05/08-17EuropeNA360PricePR.mspx?tprq=official%20pressrelease "Microsoft Announces Xbox 360 Price for Europe and North America: Starts at $299.99 U.S./€ … more
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Javascript Status Bar sample (Useful for Ajax)...
This is my first post regarding Ajax. What I did was created a few lines of code in Javascript and HTML which allows you to essentially have a StatusBar like display for your Ajax calls. … more
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Subversion & ASP.NET Projects Bug Fix
So VS.NET is giving you the vague error when using Subversion to version control your ASP.NET Web projects. "Refreshing the project failed. Unable to retrieve folder information from the server" Here … more
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Subversion - Post-Commit Hook .NET
So I put a bit more work into my plug-in system in .NET (C#) for Subversion's post-commit hook, post-commit.net. The biggest change is that if you can set a global flag to produce incremental dump's … more
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More X10, on MSDN...
Tony Northrup shows how to setup and install (literally just the wiring setup) some of the X10 proudcts for your home. If your left wanting more, take a look at my two part article published … more