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June 2004 - Posts

• [OT] Independence Day and My Family History

  My family has been here (Charlotte area, North Carolina) for a long time. Every July 4th, we gather at an aunt and uncle's house for a picnic with a large extended family. Though the family is my mom's side of the family, the house is only a few miles Read More... Posted Saturday, June 26, 2004 12:39 AM by sjh | (Comments Off) Filed under: General, OFF TOPIC [OT]

• Thanks for the GMail, David

  David Vidmar was kind enough to give me a GMail invite. It is too soon to tell if it will replace any of my 'real' email addresses but it is the best web email interface I've seen. There is a DHTML spell check function that is similar to the way Smart Read More... Posted Friday, June 25, 2004 8:13 PM by sjh | (Comments Off) Filed under: Tech/Geek, General, OFF TOPIC [OT]

• LLBLGen Pro : New Release, New Trial Terms

  I have been using LLBLGen Pro on a project for the last couple months and have grown to see it as a tool I consider indispensable. As I've said before , it hits the sweet spot between control, power, and cost. The newest version has added some features Read More... Posted Thursday, June 24, 2004 12:35 PM by sjh | (Comments Off) Filed under: Tech/Geek, General, Tools & Reference

• SharpDevelop Fidalgo RC1 Released

  SharpDevelop is pretty sweet. It feels so light and fast compared to VS.NET yet it isn't a little toy IDE at all. There are great features that VS wishes it had like #Unit built in for unit testing and a full project VB -> C# and back converter and Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 16, 2004 2:31 PM by sjh | (Comments Off) Filed under: Tech/Geek, General, Tools & Reference

• If Google Loses...

  If Google loses the trademark infringment case brought against them for offering ads for trademarked words to competitors of the trademark's owners, we will see an huge increase in lawsuits. Pepsi, for one, will start suing McDonalds every time Britney Read More... Posted Monday, June 07, 2004 8:31 AM by sjh | (Comments Off) Filed under: Tech/Geek, General

• XML Spy Free

  As reported pretty much everywhere, you can get a free xmlspy 2004 license for home use . I used the last version of xmlspy extensively while working on a couple projects that required xml/xsl transformations. You can do this sort of work with notepad, Read More... Posted Sunday, June 06, 2004 11:28 PM by sjh | 1 Comments Filed under: Tech/Geek, General, Tools & Reference

• Snippet Compiler vs. Yahoo Messenger

  The new Yahoo Messenger is out. The new icon is a bit annoying... it is a little too close to one of my favorite icons (for one of my favorite programs: Jeff Key 's Snippet Compiler ). Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 02, 2004 3:02 PM by sjh | 0 Comments Filed under: Tech/Geek, General, Tools & Reference

• How To Read Slashdot (even if you don't hate M$)

  I read Slashdot quite frequently. I also read about Slashdot quite a bit. People often erroneously refer to “Slashdot” as if it were a single entity with a single opinion (usually the direct opposite opinion of the person speaking/complaining). Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 02, 2004 2:42 PM by sjh | 1 Comments Filed under: Tech/Geek, General, Mod Points

• What Is RSS?

  Dave Winer has started a site for RSS users . " Everything a non-tech user needs to know about RSS 2.0 " in slightly related news, the new version of Opera has a sweet built-in feed reader. I'm going to play with it a little more and will hopefully be Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 01, 2004 5:23 AM by sjh | (Comments Off) Filed under: Tech/Geek, General, Tools & Reference