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iTunes 4.5 is out
Good news, the latest version of iTunes for Windows is getting better.
Excellent player, it also can compete well against WMP. I noticed that Apple introduced a COM support, so it could be nice to see what we can do with this.
Maybe starting by having a neat function to blog what we listen now. The import of WMA is a boost for this software, particularly if you have an Ipod. -
Bookmark Tracker
Like a lot of people, I stop using th favorites in IE because after 100 stored links, it's really messy and difficult to manage.
Searching (I think I can say googling) on the web for a solution, I found yesterday a nice online tool Bookmark Tracker.
I can now share my links with my office and my home PCs. Cool :-) -
New book: Build your own ASP.Net using C# & VB.Net
A new book by Zak Ruvalcaba, published by Sitepoint has just been released. The aim of this book is to focus on building web applications using .Net and HTML. Beginners, but also intermediates developers and web designers can learn a lot from this reading.
Learn how to create the basic, dynamic, and advanced ASP.NET pages in C# and VB.Net.Packed with tips, tricks, and workarounds, this book covers every aspect of developing a Web application for the enterprise using ASP.NET.
Written by a web expert, it shows readers how to create the basic, dynamic, and advanced ASP.NET pages in Microsoft's .Netprogramming languages, and explains how to interact with the database using ADO.NET.
The author reviews the fundamentals on Object Oriented Programming with clever and easy to use examples. He also explains how to create web forms and web controls.
The author covers every aspect of developing a Web application including building an e-commerce site or reinforcing the security. -
TodoList viewer
If you use the excellent ToDoList (currently version 3.5), and if you have a Pocket PC, you might be interested by ToDoList viewer 1.3, a very good idea to have a preview of your tasks on your mobile device (note: read only)
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Microsoft Security feed
Microsoft Security Bulletins are available now in RSS. Subscribed !
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Flash and Indian music :-)
Believe me very addictive flash music clip, and so funny :-)
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Computer chronicles
On Internet Archive, you can find an interesting section related to Computer chronicles.
The one I was curious about today is the famous interview made in April 1999 with Bill Gates. A lot of preminition there, including the 'hand held computers'. -
Another bucket of really good articles
Check Akadia if you want more .Net articles and code samples. Some are quite impressive.
You can also find stuff on Oracle, SQL Server and Windows.
The one I am reading currently is the SQL Server 2000 Survival guide. Cover almost everything on the administration side.
Filtering and sorting in ADO.Net is also a good example of a technical article. Very complete. -
Developer PowerToys
The Developer PowerToys site is a "work in progress" directory of cool utilities and tools developed by Microsoft and the community that are meant to improve developer productivity. Currently, on this site, you will find the original list of Powertoys projects on the right, categorized feeds from the Powertoys Blog, and a blog created for discussion about the future of this site. Ideally this site will transition into a place where people can post, rate, and share their cool extensions to the Visual Studio platform.
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WordNet CE
I always have a passion for all sort of dictionaries, and having one in my Pocket PC is a must.
So I am delighted with the release of WordNet CE, a dictionary and thesaurus for Pocket PC, based on a Princeton Univeristy project, avaliable for desktops.
This version has been developed with compact framework.
And good news, it's a freeware (some donations to the author will be of course appreciated)
You need a good storage space for the data, about 40 Mb !
Download here
You need also Wordnet 2.0.
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Data Structures for VB programmers
Interesting PDF file to understand .NET stuff like basic types, arrays, collections and regular expressions.
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.Text installation issues
I posted this question already in .Text forums, but I didn't received any answer. So I try now to see if someone in this community has a solution for this.
I setup a blog for a small project using .Text 95.
The configuration I'm using is the Multiple Blogs of the form
But right now my problem is with the user's login.
For example, when I tried to log in my blog:
(http://blog.kilkenny.com/blog/myblog/admin/ or http://blog.kilkenny.com/blog/myblog/admin/default.aspx)
Then that i've input my username and password, the blog go back to the login page with the following URL:
(http://blog.kilkenny.com/blog/myblog/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=/blog/myblog/admin/default.aspx)
Its never permit to me to administering my blog. I don't have a way to view the admin pages.
I'm sure that is not an incorrect username/password problem because when i do that, the message dottext print is: "That's not it!"
Does anybody know about this? Scott suggest to check the cookies but I still have the same problem. Locally the project works well.
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Developer Security training
I just received some goodies relating to the Longhorn preview day presentation in Dublin.
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Cleartype tuner
Cleartype tuner is an online wizard released by Microsoft to help tuning the Cleartype settings.
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Testing VisualBlogger
Well done Robert with the tool. But I would call this version an alpha rather than a beta.
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VisualBlogger 2004 is out !
Finally I can have my hands on the Beta version of VisualBlogger 2004.
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VB.Net to C#
I know a ton of good utilities to convert C# to Vb but I think this is the first attempt to convert VB.Net to C#
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Paul Vick interview
Read on DevSource the interview of the man behind Vb.Net.
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Longhorn is here ... almost :-)
Well at least in Thailand for some gullible customers who bought this CD, complete with jacket and serial number !
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More on Ipod agent
This stuff is quite incredible, and written in .Net 1.1. Almost transform my Ipod as PDA, at least for the content !
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RSS feeds on your Ipod
Yes it's possible. Check this post from Engadget to see how.
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Code generator for Application Settings/Preferences
CM_ConfigBuilder generates and compiles the required files to manage your application's settings/preferences and to store/retrieve them in XML format
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Stress utility for SQL Server 2000
Alberto Venditti posted on codeproject a simple but powerful little application to stress test SQL 2000 databases.
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Yahoo sense of humor
Try searching for "what is my destiny"... :-)
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New Language Features in C# 2.0, Part 2
The first part of this series introduced three new C# language features: anonymous methods, iterators, and partial types. In this second part, we'll tackle the last and most exciting new feature, Generics.
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Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Resource Kit
Whether you manage a single Web server or many, the prescriptive, task-based, and scenario-based guidance in this book will help you effectively plan, deploy, operate, and troubleshoot your IIS 6.0 solution.
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One of the really sucky things about working for a small company...
Scott Galloway post about the fact he can't go to conferences because he works in a small company.
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Window Capture
To finish the series on the so excellent job done by fish (he merit an MVP if he don't have it already), a tool to capture any region or windows on your screen.
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CodeLib for Visual Studio
:-) Great stuff this CodeLib. now you have also an add-in for Visual Studio !
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Reusing code
I am now at a point of having so many websites running .Net that now I spend most of my coding time reusing some snippets I wrote few months ago.
I wish Orcas or another futuristic .Net will understand my thoughts and copy and paste automatically the code for me. -
Pocket PC Karaoke
PocketCDG v2 is a karaoke software for pocket pc. It could read .cdg files !
All Thousands of which are freely available on the net. -
Extending Visual Studio
Microsoft UK has compiled a list of third-party solutions to extend Visual Studio.
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Generate SQL Insert statements for your SQL Server 2000 Database
If you are searchng for an easy way to script your SQL database for deployment, check this tool published on CodeProject.
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W3C Advances DOM Level 3 Core
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has approved Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core as an official W3C recommendation, which means that developers will be able to deploy scripting for programs that can interoperate with different browsers. "The DOM Level 3 specification covers a lot of ground. Only parts of the spec are relevant to browser technologies," Brendan Eich, chief architect at the Mozilla Foundation, told internetnews.com . "Among the relevant parts, Load and Save will help us gain ground on Web services capabilities that Mozilla wants to build into the browser, and we're actively looking into implementing this Load and Save part of the spec into Mozilla."
DOM Level 3 is the final evolution of the DOM process that began seven years ago at the W3C. Philippe Le Hegaret, DOM Activity Lead for W3C, said now that the DOM Working Group has completed its original mission, other groups will continue to extend the DOM platform for more specific use, such as the SVG Working Group.
DOM Level 3 extends XML support to version 1.1 and other components of the XML Information Set specification, bringing DOM in line with XML Schema 1.0 and SOAP 1.2 W3C Recommendations. The new recommendation also makes full use of XML namespaces, which enables easier manipulation of WSDL descriptions. The full story ...
Library to Generate Excel XML Workbooks in .NET
Great stuff !
How to create a Word document Form-letter-like functionality in a web application
Jason Haley show here how to create a Word document from a Web application
Skype conference
Just my 2 cents on Skype.
It's really an incredible tool, easy to setup and it works !New Visual Studio 2005 Developer center
Great news. To learn more about the next Visual Studio click here
New Language Features in C# 2.0
Interesting article by Matthew MacDonald about all the goodies we can expect in C# 2.0
First part of a two part seriesCatalog now
A C# software on GotdotNet to catalog any local files or CDs.
BaseHref
I discovered this morning a conflict between the HTML tag BaseHref and ~.
Masterpages
I found another way of doing the equivalent of Whidbey Masterpages.
New Microsoft mice
Google and Lego
When you think about Google, it's hard to imagine them at the start. Today I hope they have better hardware than this. Get a room :-)
Templates
If you are looking at templates for your aspx pages, check this excellent article by Joe Agster published by devX.
It's like having the ASP.Net 2.0 master pages in the current version.
Should be ok to adapt to the future version anyway.Channel 9
It's open and it's cool. I would describe the thing as an animated moblog.
The design is fresh and cheerful except the Microsoft walls in the video background :-)
Microsoft it's a colorful world outside, no more dulls offices !
My first thoughts:Paul Vick new book
if you want to read some pages of Paul's new book click here.
You can also buy it here.A simple VB.NET stress utility for SQL Server 2000
Alberto Venditti propose some code to test our SQL databases.
Great stuff.Creating a Popup Date Picker
Conrad Jalali has an interesting way of passing a value from a date picker to a textbox control avoiding a postback.
Google Local, new service ?
I was looking this morning for the Buffalo web site (wireless), and I was surprised that Google returns with what seems for me a new service, Google local. Done apparently in partnership with MapQuest, full local details and geographical position.
Microsoft® Windows® CE 5.0 Technology Preview
Finally ready for download here.
Button link flaw
From Neil's blog, another scary story about link spoofing with IE (and Opera apparently)
Gmail review
Read here if you want to know more about Gmail, screenshots included.
So what's the best April fool today :-)
Time to check and double chek every source we read today.
I invite all the bloggers to pay attention to the signature on the bottom of each new post.Microsoft it's time to patch .Net
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