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because everyone always wants more documentation...
September 2003 - Posts
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Dave Winer is upset about MS's Disk Cleanup tool's problems, but nobody has anything useful to say, so here is the solution that I found when I had the same problem a few months ago. Read More...
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Jeff Key 's lightweight .Net code utility Snippet Compiler really is as great as everyone says. I've been hearing about it for a couple weeks (I think) but I only downloaded and ran it yesterday for the first time. I can see this being the main tool for Read More...
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Boys love their toys and I am no exception. These sound too cool. Sunglasses that record everything they see. Researchers at one of HP's labs in England have come up with a prototype of a pair of sunglasses with an embedded digital camera built-into them. Read More...
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I started getting these yesterday around noon. They look pretty sharp and are probably going to fool a lot of people. It sort of fooled me until I noticed the attachment. Microsoft doesn't email patches, they send links. I would like to believe that corporate Read More...
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How bad is our current unemployment situation when the following is considered news? AP - After rising for three straight weeks, new claims for unemployment benefits dropped last week to the lowest level in nearly a month, raising hopes that the pace Read More...
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I sincerely hope this is stopped immediately. I predict lawsuits filed by lunch tomorrow. Verisign modifies the infrastructure of the net to point back to themselves. Verisign has rigged all .com and .net mistyped domains to reroute to their branded search Read More...
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... I was trying to dynamically generate an image with a transparent background that could be displayed in a web browser using GDI+ in the .NET framework. I was working with GIFs, since I had read previously that IE doesn't support transparent PNGs (unless Read More...
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... [Listening to: Hurt - Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around] Read More...
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Hopefully it won't come to this, but if it is going to happen, we need to start thinking about it now. As Microsoft loses a key post-trial motion and prepares for a possible injunction, details emerge about its plans to tweak the browser, and the company Read More...
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Security Breach At Web Host Leaves Sites At Risk Thousands of Web sites hosted by Interland may have become infected with dangerous code. http://computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,84675,00.html?nlid=AM Read More...
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This could be the best thing Yahoo Messenger can hope for: In an attempt to gauge demand for paid services on its Yahoo Messenger application, the company releases a survey hinting that paid, interoperable IM services could be on the way. [CNet News.com] Read More...
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My new server (which I haven't been able to set up yet, it is on my network and the operating system has been installed but that is it at the moment) came in and a day later the harddrive on my workstation starts to die. Luckily, my important data is Read More...
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innocent : shannon, are you coming or what? shannon : yeah, in a few innocent : hurry up, come on, it's 10! shannon : I can't, my new computer is almost here Read More...
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A very useful list to keep handy. A list of tools/utilities/applications that can be launched by typing in the Run window [The Unofficial blogs.gotdotnet.com main feed!] Read More...
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Yesterday, I had to wonder if AOL's 'unknown problem' that kept me off of MSN/Passport/BetaPlace/etc for over 30 hours was more than just an accident, since it was confined to their biggest competitor's sites only and had to cause an increase in AIM usage Read More...
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They announced a $1Million cash investment yesterday, hopefully they'll use it wisely (that does NOT mean Aeron chairs and BMWs). The increasingly popular personal networking site collects a million dollars from veterans of Amazon, PayPal and Yahoo in Read More...
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adding depth to pictures in photoshop . a quick way to get your digital photos to look their best. it works. [ericd.net news] My photos need all the help they can get. Tips like this are great for me. [Listening to: WFAE 90.7 FM] Read More...
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Sites I can't get to at the moment: http://www.gotdotnet.com http://www.msn.com http://msdn.microsoft.com http://www.msnbc.com http://www.hotmail.com http://www.passport.com http://msevents.microsoft.com http://www.betaplace.com And the worst: http://www.gotdotnet.com Read More...
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Register here for the Microsoft Office System Launch Event . I can't get to it, of course, because AOL is still blocking having trouble connecting to some MSN sites. Read More...
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A glitch is preventing a significant number of customers using AOL Time Warner's Road Runner high-speed Internet service from connecting to certain Microsoft Web sites. [CNet News.com] When I got home this evening and did an nslookup, I saw that the roadronner Read More...
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I can not sign into Messenger, I can not browse to nor ping http://msnbc.com or http://www.microsoft.com . How bizarre, how bizarre. [Listening to: WFAE 90.7 FM] Read More...
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In researching my first "API of the day" blog entry, I was shocked to find that the search facility on MSDN now works. [Don Box's Spoutlet] I guess this means it's time to give the MSDN search a try once again. It's been completely useless to me for at Read More...
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My server is now running .Text version 0.94..... Hopefully, I can get this up and out the door tomorrow night. Lots of cool (KeyWords, Referrals, Create TrackBack, etc)new features (and a couple bug fixes) I will post about in more detailtomorrow. [ScottW's Read More...
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I don't use MSIE as my default browser, I've been using Mozilla Firebird for a few months now, not only is it better in many ways, it is also a work in progress, making it much more attractive to me. The only problem with is was that Mozilla doesn't get Read More...
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