Jon Galloway

The recent Subtext 2 release includes a feature I worked on: OpenID login support. Let’s take a quick look at how you use it, then we’ll talk about the how the code works and why it’s a useful feature.

I was prompted for the original installation media both when uninstalling the SP1 Beta and when installing the SP1 RTM. The file it’s looking for is vs_setup.msi in most cases, but they’re not all created equal. If you installed from a Visual Studio 2008 Professional DVD or image, you can’t just insert a Visual Studio 2008 Standard DVD. In my case, I installed of in ISO image, so I mounted the iso file (en_visual_studio_team_system_2008_team_suite_x86_x64wow_dvd_X14-26461.iso) as my F:\ drive and browsed to vs_setup.msi.

I ran into an interesting issue a few months ago with IE8 support on sites which use ASP.NET Themes. I’ll talk about the issue and how to fix it. More important, though, I’ll talk about how this small example fits into the whole IE8 / X-UA-Compatible thing, and why I think the way that turned out was bad for everyone.

We’ve done eight episodes of Herding Code in round table format, but we’ve always anticipated bringing on some guests once we had our act together. We’re excited about having Rob Conery as our first guest Tuesday night (7/15). We’ve also had a few folks tell us they’re willing to appear in future shows, including Glenn Block and Scott Bellware.

I'll be speaking at the SoCal Code Camp in San Diego on Jun 29, 2008. My session’s titled Deep Dive into Silverlight Deep Zoom. We'll look at the code that runs the Hard Rock Memorabilia site, then build a site on the fly that takes advantage of Deep Zoom, including all the new features in Silverlight 2 Beta 2.

We’ve been experimenting with a weekly technology round table podcast for the past five weeks; now we have our act together to the point where we’re ready to officially launch it. We’re at HerdingCode.com, and you can subscribe to our feed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/HerdingCode on your iPod, Zune, or whatever crazy podcast client you choose.