Matt Croydon::Postneo

Year: 2003

  • Windows Forms Smart Client Sample

    David at Chris Sells’ site pointed to an MSDN article entitled TaskVision Solution Overview: Design and Implementation.

    It looks like it has lots of good nuggets about .NET, Windows Forms, and Web Services.  It also contains the answer to a question that I had a few months ago:

    The ASP.NET file extensions (.aspx and .asmx) must be registered with Internet Information Services (IIS). (In the case that IIS was installed after the .NET Framework was installed, you must run the following application “C:WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv1.0.3705aspnet_regiis.exe –i”.)

    I ended up deploying my test stuff to a remote server, but finding the answer to a question without actively looking for it is always a good thing.

    Update:

    C:WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv1.0.3705>aspnet_regiis.exe -i
    Start installing ASP.NET (1.0.3705.288)
    Finished installing ASP.NET (1.0.3705.288)

    C:WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv1.0.3705>

  • Userland on the Microsoft Patent

    Dave Winer:

    It’ll be interesting to see when Microsoft claims to have invented this. We were creating APIs for a network software platform in the late 80s. We eventually worked with Microsoft on this stuff with the understanding that they had not filed any patents in this area. As I write this I’m sitting in a building filled with lawyers.

    John Robb:

    Hmmm.  Microsoft’s patent application for .Net sounds exactly like Radio.

  • Sharing Sessions

    Scott Hanselman:

    Disturbing, not for the faint of heart, possibly evil on at least 3 levels…but potentially useful…
    How to share sessions between ASP and ASP.NET

  • 100 Stories

    Mark Pilgrim introduces his 100 stories of unfamous people:

    They are not syndicated. They are not categorized. They are not archived in reverse chronological order.

    Mark is an amazing storyteller and I look forward to those little squares filling up.

  • .NET Cryptography

    O’Reillynet:

    The .NET Framework offers basic support for cryptographic operations inside of the System.Security.Cryptography namespace in the mscorlib assembly. Out of the box, you are provided with implementations of many common symmetric key and public key-based algorithms. In addition, the cryptography framework was designed to be extensible, so that your implementation of any algorithm can be plugged in quite easily.

  • Dual G4’s on a PCI Card

    MacNN:

    TechnoWarehouse has released “Windjammer,” a $4000 PCI card that contains dual-PowerPC G4 processors. The “self-contained super computer ” card can run Linux, and can be installed in a “standard desktop computer” or can be “scaled-up” for industrial applications. It uses 25 to 50 Watts, contains one serial connector, two Ethernet ports, an IDE controller, two RAM sockets, and other connectivity and upgrade options.

    Pretty cool in that too expensive for me kind of way.

  • .NET Patents

    CNet:

    Microsoft is applying for a patent that covers a variety of functions related to its .Net initiative. But critics say if approved, the wide-ranging patent could stymie innovation.

    Hmm, this could suck big time for open source implementations of .NET such as Mono.

  • Moore Says: Moore’s Law Will Continue for 10 Years

    CNet:

    Moore’s Law will continue for at least another 10 years, according to Intel cofounder Gordon Moore, but it’s going to take a lot of work.

  • PostgreSQL 7.3.2

    PostgreSQL 7.3.2, a bugfix and vulnerability release, is out:

    This release addresses several overrun and memory leak issues that were found in recent weeks, so it is highly recommended that those running the 7.3.1 branch upgrade at their earliest convenience. This release is backwards compatible with the previous v7.3.x releases, and does not require a dump/restore to upgrade.

  • Things You Would Never Do in VB6

    Richard Caetano:

    It sure it odd to use +=, -=, &= and Return with VB.NET

  • Apple Upgrades Xserver, Adds RADI

    CNet:

    In its Xserve server line, Apple added faster 1.33GHz processors. A single-processor server with 256MB of Double Data Rate (DDR) memory, a 60GB ATA drive and Gigabit Ethernet networking sells for $2,799. A dual 1.33GHz processor model sells for $3,799 and includes 512MB of DDR memory and a 60GB hard drive.

    […]

    The Xserve RAID systems introduced Monday feature up to 2.5 terabytes of storage in a 5.25-inch-high rack-mounted system. With standard prices ranging from $6,000 to $11,000, depending on the configuration, Apple says it is offering storage as low as $4 per gigabyte.

    As with a lot of Apple’s high end stuff, it’s nice, but too expensive for me.  *Sigh*

  • Brian Graf’s New Apartment

    Brian Graf found a new apartment:

    We won’t have any more deadlock conditions waiting for the shared bathroom resource.

    What a geek!  Congrats, though.

  • 802.11g: No Interop?

    The Register:

    It is nearly a year since NewsWireless Net warned of the disasters looming if American wireless manufacturers went ahead with 802.11g – the go-faster WiFi standard. Now, we hear of incompatibility problems between rival 11g products – discovered in “secret” testing sessions. Are we really supposed to be surprised?

    Apple has Airport Extreme, Linksys has Wireless-G (and the worlds most confusing packaging) and that’s just the beginning.  It’s like building software around alpha APIs.  They’re gonna change.  Compatability should be possible once the standard is ratified.  You can upgrade their firmware.

  • Plone 1.0 Released

    X-Archetypes:

    Exploring Plone has been fun. After much anticipation, version 1.0 of the Zope overlay was released on Friday. Plone provides a great set of tools for tapping into Zope quickly.

    Python is a great language for web programming. Zope and Plone are built with this solid OO scripting language. I am interested to see how others with be utilizing this new release.

    I only ever played with zope for a little bit a year or two ago, before I had any “real” Python experience/knowledge.  It seemed incredibly cool, but I didn’t really see how I could apply it to things that I deal wtih.  I haven’t had a chance to take a look at it since.

  • Flagpoleware

    Russ:

    Releasing your code as open source is a pain in the ass. I never realized this before, but after six months or so of having code out there, I’m realizing the truth of this. You’re always responsible for your code and it suuucks. The whole idea of OSS sounds great, “build it and they will come” and all that… but in reality it’s just a headache.

    Most of the projects (or prototypes) that I have released are pretty much Flagpoleware: run them up the flagpole and see if it is useful to anyone else.  I’d highly suggest reading the rest of Russ’ rantlet on small open source projects and support if you’re into that kind of thing.

  • 1 Year of OpenMosix

    Newsforge points out that OpenMosix is one year old today.

    Happy birthday, OpenMosix!

  • Printing a Weblog

    Brad Wilson:

    There’s something I’d like to see more bloggers do: print stylesheets.

    Read on for how to easily add this to your weblog with CSS.  Thanks for pointing out the erroneous link, Wesley.

  • How to Solve Your Computer Problems

    nf0:

    I solved my computer problem today. I bought a 12″ PowerBook :).

    Nice.  Congrats!

  • New Nikon Digital Camera

    Steve’s Digicams:

    The secret is already out. Several forums and web sites have posted the URL where you can see the last Coolpix SQ shockwave teaser. We can’t tell you anymore at this time, Nikon has us under NDA. All will be told (and seen) in a little over a week — we’ll also be posting a First Look of this radically styled digicam.

    A special thanks goes out to my friend Tony who pointed me to the link (on the phone no less!)

  • Eclipse 2.1 M5 Released!

    Dave Johnson:

    Joey Gibson explains how easy it is to upgrade from 2.1 M4 and points out the new and noteworthy features list. Don Park says “Eclipse will become the second most popular IDE behind Microsoft’s Visual Studio.” I said something similar a couple of months ago.