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January 2005 - Posts

MySQL worm hits Windows systems

There is a new worm going around, that attempts to guess the admin passowrd on your My SQL database.  When it does, it exploits a routine in MySQL to load a back orafice type application on yo
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Deploying the Mappings.Config - Paul Wilson
I have a datatier project that creates a DLL with all my ORMapper generated classes. These classes reference the mappings.config file via an absolute pathname in my dev environment.... Read More...

When not to use an ORMapper - Paul Wilson (Never =)
Along with the saying "use the right tool for the right job", are when is it not recommended to use the mapper?
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Customizing the WilsonORMapper Mapping.Config file - Mapping.XSD
Here is the schema, which will give you hints as to the valid keys and properties... I just cut these from my VS.2005 screen to put them here for reference... Read More...

The Sims Meets Everquest Meets First Person Shooter Meets Lightwave

Got too much time on your hands..  Want to be master of your own universe, but share it with friends who want to be masters of theirs?  Go see what I mean at Read More...

.Text v.96 and beyond?

Thomas Freudenberg has been running the .96 version of .Text for some time...  The official update to .95 has been over a year in the making, and the community is getting anxious.  There
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Firefox destine to become GoogleFox? (or more accurately GBrowser)
Google hired Ben Goodger, the lead developer of Firefox...  On his blog, he states that his role as the lead FireFox devel
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Replacing Old Classic ASP COM Componenets With .NET Assemblies
Why?  Because this change allows you to update your COM components on the fly, without reseting and sometimes rebooting you web server to get it to unlock the .dll
All you need to do is
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Calling a .NET assembly from classic ASP

I ran into a situation where I needed to put an application in our shared hosting enviroment...  The app was classic asp, and had a COM component.  We don't like to load COM components on
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Going VOIP wiht DLink and Lingo
Going VOIP (Voice over IP) has never been so exciting. Vendors are moving away from the old H.323 video conferencing protocol, to SIP, which is the staple of the Instant Messaging tools such as Windows Messenger... If you have the DVG-1402S/L then your device was locked by Primus (Lingo) and you will need to access the advanced features of your router with the user name PrimusAdmin and the password tu7w3z39op4n Read More...

Sample .ASPX CodeBeside Template
I recently needed to make a quick .aspx page in notepad...  and relaized that I couldn't quickly find a sample page directive on the net...  So hopefully this will come in handy to those
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Google Sued and Lost Copyright Infringement in France
I found this article interesting...  Apparently a hotel chain in France successful argued that google infringed on their tra
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Open Letter to Google (Suggestions)

I like the new suggest tool, very sophisticated..  (Read More...

Adding NoFollow to .Text - By Scott Watermasysk

From the authors site:

rel = "nofollow"

For those of you who can compile .Text, I recommend a quite edit to help* reduce the effectiveness of comment spam.

The class to ch
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Integrating FindFree into .Text 0.95 for Site Search

I was having trouble finding all of my old tidbits of information, but was holding off adding search until the new .Text came out...  Well I couldn't wait any longer, so I decided to integrate
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Integrating FindFree into .Text 0.95 for Site Search
I have been very fortunate to be able to blog, and that my blog has been growing...  But as such, I have really run into a problem finding blog entries...  especially when monitoring feed
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Media Player Digital Rights Management (DRM) spreading viruses
Security experts have intercepted two malicious Trojans hidden in video files that download and install spyware, dialers and computer viruses
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Longhorn Release Date and Schedule Firms Up
Longhorn Milestone 9 (M9) and platform complete March 2005 Longhorn Beta 1 Late May 2005 Longhorn Beta 2 October 2005 Longhorn Release Candidate 0 (RC0) Late February 2006 Longhorn Release Candidate 1 (RC1) April 2006 Longhorn release to manufacturing (RTM) May 24, 2006 Read More...

Google Releases Affordable? Search appliance
For 5K for the first year and 2K for the second (for maintenance) you can own your own internal google search server... It looks to be a mostly functional... Read More...

RSS Newsreader for Smartphone - SMT5600

News Break has recently released a version of their RSS news reader for the Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphones..  It costs 15$ but has a 30 day free trial, and it is slick...

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SQL2000 Sp4 Beta

Micrsoft is hosting a semi public beta of SP4 for SQL 2000...  I plan on trying it to see if it resolves any of my client tools issues on Longhorn (eg. Enterprise manager crashes when you try
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First Look - Media Center 2006

Due out in Q3 of this year 2005...  Microsoft is pu
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Brit Makes Podcast Software for SMT5600
I ran across this site, some cool stuff for our phones... (Podcast client) Read More...

Comparing Data Access Models
I have been using my own code generator for some time...  I have to say, I am happy with it, it is quick and very precise...  a bit on the verbose side, and I think I could do a better job
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Create Your First Realistic Sidebar Tile
I got a 404 when looking for this on MSDN so I decided to post my cached copy...  this is from the man Dito, I claim no responsibility for its content, but it is an essential guide to the long
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.NET 2.0 introduces (then dumps) a new data access model called ObjectSpaces

With the new .NET we get a new option for accessing database content in our code...  Right now it only works for SQL server, but supposedly it will work with more databases before the release.
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