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July 2005 - Posts

Google files patent on ads in RSS feeds
In april Robert McLaws created a CS addon beta'ing the Google Adsense for RSS feeds; they were testing this technology with other blog engines at that time, and went "live" with the technology shortly after that... Now it appears that they have filed Read More...

Hosting with Godaddy - Important Server Addresses
I couldn't find these in the documentation... SMTP Server = relay-hosting.secureserver.net ( http://www.pd9soft.com/megabbs/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=6487&posts=16 has troubleshooting info for CDONTS) PROXY (for outbound web requests ie. HTTPWebRequest) Read More...

Godaddy MS SQL Hosting - No Support for T-SQL GOTO
I was taking a DNN and Community Server database, which I had created locally and uploading it to a Godaddy account via their SQL control panel... This is a bit of a pain, because they don't give you the ability to backup and restore your database, so Read More...

The Mother of all FreeTextBox Mods
For now thats what I have dubbed this one.... The FreeTextBoxWrapper as a TemplatedWebControl ( ThemedFreeTextBoxWrapper ) The CS integrated InsertImageFromGallery button ( FreeTextBox.CSImageGallery ) The John Pike WoldTagger Module ( Intensive.FTB library Read More...

Politcal Rant : Abortion Rights and the Supreme Court
For regular readers of my blog, I'll apologize in advance for this somewhat off topic post... I find myself wondering in these times of "Judge Analysis Litmus Tests..." Just why is abortion center stage... Why not say Slavery, or NRA... Oh yea... That's Read More...

Team 99 Update = DOA
OK, it looks like Scoble finally spilled the beans ... The "analysts" blasted him for the limited feedback approach, and so MS ditched the Team 99 in favor of sending the Longhorn beta to 100,000 of their most trusted community members... Now that will Read More...

Longhorn Beta 1 Rolls Tomorrow
Neowin is reporting that beta one will roll to beta testers tomorrow , presumably build 5112, and will become generally available to MSDN subscribers on Aug 3rd... I'll be watching my inbox... Dan Read More...

Does Microsoft Really Have a Patent On Smileys
Check this Smiley Patent out! [:O] It is the patent that Microsoft filed last year to "Protect Their Investment" in Smiley Technology... Hmm, hard to see that there isn't any greed involved in this one... I wonder if someone can prove eminent domain, Read More...

Hack Locked Workstations with a Plug-and-Play
eWeek is reporting: Vulnerabilities in USB drivers for Windows could allow an attacker to take control of locked workstations using a specially programmed Universal Serial Bus device, according to an executive from SPI Dynamics, which discovered the security Read More...

Got my Longhorn Beta Invite *Finally*
Just came in the e-mail... I had a little help from some people "on the inside" to get my name added to the list... Stay tuned =) Dan Read More...

Windows Vista Domiain Names
So Bink.Nu did some digging to confirm that MS had purchased all of the TLD's for WindowsVista... .com/.net/.org/ and .us (yes I know there are more) when I looked, I think .cc and .name were still available =) So being that I had a couple of hours till Read More...

Longhorn to be named Windows Vista
It was announced at an internal Microsoft Event earlier today, and it starting to hit the blog-a-sphere... Microsoft will be calling the shipping version of Longhorn "Windows Vista"... Apparently they are very happy with their new UI.... =) Look for the Read More...

Professional DotNetNuke ASP.NET Portals
Professional DotNetNuke ASP.NET Portals This book seemed to be a consolidated representation of most of the DNN readme files. The index and the fact that it is handy on my desk make it a valuable reference. Shaun Walker provides some awesom insights into Read More...

Longhorn - Preformace Expectations Released
Microsoft Watch is reporting some details from the Worldwide Partner Conference, where Amy Stepan, "a senior product manager" with the Windows client unit, has outlined some performance and management feature expectations... launch applications 15 percent Read More...

Longhorn - Two Power User Features
THG is reporting on some little known features to make their debut in Longhorn... Not necessarily there in beta 1, but something to talk about rather than moping around about the pulling of WinFS... First is a new sort of "Auto Performance Tuner" this Read More...

Longhorn gets a private beta
Apparently Microsoft is sending out invitations for a "private" beta; some went out on Friday afternoon ... Its going to be invite only, through the end of the month... With a more generally available beta 1 build not not appearing until August ... It Read More...

DNN Manifest - Deploying Files to the Root
In a previous post I eluded to the fact that I was thinking of extending the DNN PA Installer / specifically the .dnn manifest parser, to give the developer greater functionality... I have since overcome one of my biggest challenges. I have found that Read More...

IPAQ6515 - Wife Gets New Phone
hehe... It looks like my wife needs to upgrade her phone to my Audiovox SMT5600... cause I NEED to get one of these.. Well actually I am trying to find something wrong with it, so I don't have to shell out the $750 for one... Desired upgrades from the Read More...

Telligent + CodeSmithTools Hiring
Ok, I must have been under a rock... I got an email today, asking to put some PR on all of our open positions at Tellignet (11 in total...) see the post at Rob Howard's Blog . Telligent, Program Manager - 2 Openings Telligent, Lead Developer - 2 Openings Read More...

Longhorn Beta 1 - Now Late July
Originally when Microsoft had delivered the pre-beta on build 5048 at WinHEC 2005, they were planning on rolling out a Beta 1 release only a month or so later ("Early June", then "Late June") They used this as the basis to decide to pull down the 4047 Read More...

Opera 8 Released for Windows Mobile (SmartPhones)
Opera has released a quick, full featured browser for smartphones.... Opera 8 for Windows Mobile offers Smartphone users more speed, smooth usability and rich content display as they access the full Internet, creating a Web experience unlike any other Read More...

Logo for MyCommunityServer
As I prepare to launch a new Community Server Users / Customization portal (MyCommunityServer). I need a new logo for this project... Since I am burrowing so much from Telligents, Community Server brand, and making a portal based on DotNetNuke, I thought I would burrow style elements from both... Read More...

Creating a new IIS Virtual Directory from an ASP.NET page
I think that the following will only work on XP SP2 systems or Windows 2003 SP1 or newer operating systems... Versions below that will throw a "The directory cannot report the number of properties" error... You need to gather the physical path to the Read More...

DNN Post Installation Script for Modules (PA) - Ideas
DotNetNuke provides end users (well hosts anyways) a really nice end user experience for installing 3rd party modules into the DNN framework. They have an installer that does a file upload on a zip file, unpackages it on the server, and parses an XML Read More...
 
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