Gizmodo originally publish an article where they editorialized the most recent video released by Microsoft.  They even took a light-hearted jab at them, joking about needing a lot more hand sanitizer due to touch interfaces.  I would be more concerned about there needing to be a lot more screen cleaners everywhere to counter-act our greasy fingers!

Originally, Chris Hammond and I were planning to go to the #KloutDevNight meetup tonight to hang out with the good folks at Klout.com. Well, Chris got a hamstring cramp or something from too much DotNetNuke training and decided not to go.  So, I invited Kim to go with me, and off we went to the offices of Klout!  Overall, it was a great idea and I’d love to do it again!

There has been a program offered by Telerik for some time now, where they will sponsor speakers to give presentations to user groups and code camps.  This was partially an effort to further ensure the quality and existence of user groups since they saw a decline in user group activity in 2008.  The list was never very long, but until now, I didn’t realize how short the list really is.  Telerik announced their Insiders Program today.

This will be a quick post.  I just wanted to let all of my readers know about a tool that Rob Chartier found today.  It’s called jQueryPad.  This is an editor built specifically for jQuery developers to use to build out any jQuery code that they want.  Although I have two specific features on my personal wish list, this tool is outstanding!

Someone shared a hilarious Dilbert cartoon this morning that I thought was classic!  I’ve actually heard this conversation many times during my career – always tongue-in-cheek, of course.  Now, you get to share in this too!

Original Comic

I hope you like it too!

Technorati Tags: Dilbert,Comic,Funny

As you may or may not know, I recently moved to the San Francisco area in California, which involved moving my family and our entire home.  Due to all kinds of things, the family wasn’t able to move with me until the end of December.  Finally, the time came, and we drove from Orlando, FL to San Francisco, CA.  It was a very fun and challenging journey for a family of 5, across 8 states, and through 4 time zones for 6 days.  The trip could’ve been shorter, but we stayed with family in Arizona for a couple of days.

During this time, we used our Android G2 phones quite extensively.  There are apps that we always use, but including those, a couple of apps proved to be very helpful to us.

Microsoft recently had the excellent idea of helping out start up companies with their software needs by creating the BizSpark program.  That program had become quite popular.  So popular, in fact, that my company, RezHub is a member.  Like BizSpark, WebsiteSpark is a similar program whose goal is to make it easier for website...

Another year has gone by, and as of last night, the 5th annual Orlando Code Camp has wrapped up.  Normally, my perspective of the code camp is much different than this year.  It began as a simple attendee, then upgraded to a Speaker, and then a Speaker/Volunteer.  This year, I was a Speaker and I helped our Orlando .Net User Group President, Esteban Garcia,...

I already teased this a bit in my rundown on what to expect from this years Orlando Code Camp.  Now, I am able to tell you specifically which sessions will be broadcast out to the world for your enjoyment.  This is very exciting for us for a couple of reasons.  First, this is a new thing for us to do and it’s a very welcome challenge to overcome for this years code camp.  Second, Microsoft has honored our code camp...

I have gone to the Orlando Code Camp every year since it was first held on the UCF campus 5 years ago.  It was run 3 consectutive years by Shawn Weisfeld, and boy does he run a tight ship.  He was also the Orlando .Net User Group President, and his example is one the main ones I have used in leading the Orlando DotNetNuke® Users Group...

Well, it has been an exciting week.  I had pledged to use Bing exclusively in place of my preferred search engine, Google.  I knew going into this that I would get a little bit of flak and cause some ill will, as the topic of search engines can be a religious-type conversation among techies.  That, and depending on how we search and when we search, we can each get completely different results – literally.  This test was not at all surprising in those aspects.  Here is my run-down on the final day, and a summary of my findings.

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In my ongoing quest to put Bing through the wringer, and to see how it compares to my usual preferred search engine, I had some interesting results today.  Before I get into that though, I should mention that I have truly been taking this challenge seriously.  I have switched my default search engines, and I even search for more things than usual, just to put that much more effort towards my end goal.  What’s that goal?  Easy.  I want to give Bing its fair chance to make me a believer – if it can.

Searching for Technical Assistance Probably the most common thing I use any search engine for is to look for assistance to technical...

I am not sure if it’s fortunate or not, but the last couple of days with Bing have been uneventful.  The few times that I wasn’t able to find what I was looking for, Google hadn’t a clue either.  In fact, one specific query returned nothing from Bing, and only returned about 8 non-relevant results from Google.  I’ll keep you posted as this weeks Bing Challenge comes to a close.

Technorati Tags: Bing,Google,Review,Search Engines

Today is the second day of my personal challenge to myself to give the Bing “decision engine” another full test run.  Today, I didn’t really have to search a whole lot.  When I did, they were very simple searches.  I am finding that searches that are not targeted to specific websites or technologies work pretty well.  When I go outside that scope, I begin to see the searches go from slightly different, to completely different, in comparison to Google.

Like I said, the searches today were uneventful.  I mostly got what...

I decided today to give the Bing search engine another try.  I had tried it first launched and I wasn’t happy.  While the result generally were pretty good, they were not targeted enough, and even when they were, the targeting was inconsistent.  I intended to give Bing a full week then, but I only made it 6 of the 7 days.  It was enough for me.  I resorted back to the infamous...

Another year has gone by since I last visited the Miami area.  It was of course for the South Florida Code Camp.  There were many things that continue to remain the same with this event: the venue, the coordinators, and of course the fact that this was an incredible event! ...

Do you live in or near, or frequent the South West Florida area?  If you do, then you might want to attend the first ever Tech Fest Event.  It is the Thursday before South Florida Code Camp, so it would be a great primer for the code camp, or to talk your boss into paying for you to attend both!  This is a half day event, running from 2:00 PM to 6:30 PM on Thursday, February 25, 2010.  I am told that there will be lots of premium content with some great speakers from around Florida. 

Among some top-notch speakers rises their keynote speaker, Jack Braman, the Eastern U.S. Vice President of Microsoft.  Other featured speakers include Ricardo Olivares, a Business & Technology Strategy Executive and MIT Sloan Alumni, and Brian Zaas, a Business Development Executive with over 22 years of experience implementing...

For the first time, there will be a Regional Qualifier for the Florida Microsoft Speaker Idol contest on February 20th.  This contest was announced a few months ago.  Basically, you present a technical presentation on anything “Microsoft” for up to 10 minutes.  User groups all over the state have been participating in this event, and that includes the Orlando DotNetNuke® Users Group (ODUG). 

We held our competition at our December meeting where we had several ODUG members give us some great presentations.  However, we rebranded our instance of the event as the DotNetNuke® Speaker Idol.  :)  We made sure to keep our version focused on DNN for obvious reasons, and it worked out really well.  I had more compliments and feedback about this meeting...

It is not uncommon to move from one computer for one reason or another.  When the original PC was also where you blogged, then you will likely want to move your posts as well, so that you can manage them on the new machine.  Another similar use case is when you might work on more than one machine.  If you plan on blogging on both of them, you might want to use Windows Live Writer on both as well. 

Moving your blog posts is easy enough.  There are plenty of blogs that talk about that.  Basically, all that you have to do is move the contents of the following folder:

C:\Documents and Settings\\My Documents\My Weblog Posts - OR - C:\Users\\My Documents\My Weblog Posts

If that’s all you’re looking for, please continue to read on…  There is something you need to know.

If you’re wanting to copy the blog posts across machines, then you’d really want to use a solution such as that spoken about by Antonio Chagoury...

Being the newest Vice President of the prestigious Orlando .Net User Group (ONETUG), I also inherit some responsibility with one of the best code camps in the State of Florida, and perhaps the country!  :)  This time around, I will be helping to drum up and coordinate volunteers for the code camp.  I know you’re already jumping at your screen right now, trying to figure out how you can help, but let me tell...

As of a few days ago, the call for speakers officially opened for this years Orlando Code Camp.  Since it first began 5 years ago, this has been one of the premiere code camps to go to in the State of Florida.  One of the main reasons for this has partially been because we’ve had some really great speakers every year.  When I say “great speakers,” that doesn’t necessarily mean that the speakers were high profile.  It just means...

My latest blog entry was about my trip to Connecticut in 11/2009.  I was so excited about some of my pictures, that I tried to include many of them.  I used the Polaroid Picture plugin for Windows Live Writer for all of them at first.  I thought, “Why not?”  After all, I’ve done this many times before with no problems.  This would prove to not be the case this time around.

I am currently writing on a newly installed instance of Windows 7 at home right now.  It was really great to finally get some personal stuff taken care of to make this possible.  Anyhow, I have nearly all of the programs that I need installed right now, including WLW.  I have even gotten my blog entries all synched up with the cloud, so I can blog from multiple machines, using the same WLW posts.

I said that this experience posting was different because my first post from this machine simply would not go through. ...

Earlier in the month, I spoke about DotNetNuke® in 3 different sessions at the Second Annual Southwest Florida Code Camp.  While there our Microsoft Evangelist, Joe Healy, always does a great job of not only promoting all things Microsoft, but doing so in an engaging manner through interviews, pictures, and video. ...

First of all, in light of the recent FTC debacle in terms of bloggers, and users of social networks having to disclose relationships with companies, I will tell you that my only association with UserTesting.com, Steve Krug, and his book publisher is through being a customer, and later, a fan.  I am not being paid or compensated in any way from any company or entity for my remarks in this blog post.  If you’re unfamiliar with what I am talking about, do a news search for “ftc bloggers” and you will see a ton of news stories covering my disclaimer above.

At my day job, usability was a main concern of ours, even before our first line of code was written.  If your software product does not have a focus on usability, then it will undoubtedly fail.  But what is usability? 

Read a Book (You know you want too…) ...

The title of this post probably should say it all, but I have recently been appointed as the Vice President of the Orlando .Net User Group (ONETUG).  I woke up to an e-mail in my inbox one morning, congratulating me on the appointment, so I of course tweeted about it as soon as I could! ;)

This is a huge deal in my area.  The ONETUG...

Yesterday, I had the honor of speaking about DotNetNuke® at the second annual South West Florida Code Camp.  Code camps are a great way to meet new people that you can network with about technology.  Last year, I missed my opportunity to do this at this particular code camp.  This year, I was making up for it with 3 sessions about DotNetNuke®.  As it turns out, it was a good thing I was there.

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I was watching Current TV, and one of the stories featured a theater in Spain that has been converted to be a large place for large groups of people to gather and play against or with each other on popular video games.  It combines a theater with a club, and throws in everything else a gamer might enjoy.  I really love this idea and think it could take off and be successful in America too.



Technorati Tags: Gaming

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One of the first things I do when using new or upgraded software is to look at the “options” or “preferences” to see how I am allowed to customize or extend my experience with the software.  Windows Live Writer was no different.  I had been using WLW for quite a while now though, and I only recently noticed one of its features.  As it turns out, it’s one of my favorite features!  Did you know about the Auto Linking feature?

The Auto Linking does exactly what it sounds like.  It automatically links text in your blog posts for you, as you type.  There’s no thinking or clicking involved one you set it up.  This feature is so simple and intuitive – but most of all, it’s incredibly productive!  Here’s how to use it…

First, click on the Tools menu, and choose Options.

...

I have always disliked the Apple Software Update, mainly because in the beginning it kept nagging me to install iTunes, and even installed it without my knowledge before.  I only have it running to keep Quicktime updated.  I don’t like Quicktime myself, but many people and movie houses post videos in the Quicktime movie format.  Therefore, since I like to watch movie trailers, I keep Quicktime installed, and updated.

In the last 2 years, the software update has been less intrusive to me, but today it ticked me off again.  I am just being picky and venting, but it showed me something that caused me to get irritated enough to spend some valuable time looking into it.

The software update dialog popped like it usually does, showing the available updates and new software available for Windows.  Usually, only Quicktime shows up in my updates pane.  However, this time, the iPhone Configuration Utility also does! 

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I had the honor of once again speaking at the Jacksonville Code Camp, for the second year in a row.  I was very happy to be accepted to speak at this event, as it is one of the largest and most renowned in the State of Florida.  I do not know what their official final head count was, but I am told that their registration number reached a whopping 640!  That is impressive for any community event, and definitely a number that most reach for.

I...

I have begun to build up a list of projects on the popular project repository, CodePlex.  In doing so, I have noticed a management problem, in terms of usability and convenience.  When you are logged in, and go to the home page, there is a convenient shortcut area on the right side, that will take you to your projects.  It lists all of the projects that you participate in, regardless of your role in that project.  This alone is just fine, but what if I want to know more about two or more of the projects? 

...

I posted an entry a few days ago about a problem I began experiencing with Windows Live Writer.  I am proud to announce that those woes are all gone, and I am back using Windows Live Writer (WLW) again!  Woo hoo!  Here’s what I went through…

If you looked at the other post, you know that I began getting an obscure error from WLW.  It was, “An invalid IP address was specified.”  What in the heck does that mean?  I didn’t know until several hours later.  I was extremely lucky to have the expert assistance from a well-known DNN community member and Core Team Member, Brandon Haynes.  I already knew he was a smart guy.  I mean, look at his blog address!  :)  I now got to see first-hand how bright Brandon is…

Luckily for me, my...

Scare tactics happen too often these days.  You see them in the news, politics, sports, commercials, and so on.  This is not new to us.  For example, most pharmaceutical ads basically tell us that we will die if we don't talk to our doctor and begin using their product.  The HPV ads are the worst at this.  Now, we are on to the average consumer and their PC.

I have been hearing and seeing ads for products like CleanPCToday, where they scare the average person into thinking that their PC is infected with viruses before the commercial even ends.  I am sure that if you have family members like I have, you will undoubtedly be asked about this product, or one like it.  Your Aunt Jane will buy this up immediately.  But why?

(FYI - I didn't link that company on purpose.  I don't want them to have the benefit of the link.)

This commercial uses statements such as, "Does your email take more than 3 seconds to open? This is a tell-tell sign of virus activity on your PC."  Give me a break!  Many programs can...

Earlier today, I began writing a blog in between solution builds. This is common for me to do. I try to multi-task every moment throughout the day. Somehow, I still always seem to be out of time. Weird...

I have been using Windows Live Writer (WLW) to create, publish, and manage my blog entries for several months now. I used to use a web interface on my site. I must say, that using WLW was awesome! I was able to work on a blog post for as long as I wanted without worrying about the session expiring, or any other web-based snafu. It was like having electricity for the first time. I loved not having to light the candles on my blog!

Well, I eventually got my blog post to the point of being able to publish it. I had all of my text where I wanted, my styles all shored up, images added, tags added, and so on. I clicked the Publish button. Ding! I received an error. Whaaaa...?!! I never get an error using WLW. Crap! Here is the error I was seeing:



The...

I don’t know about you, but my RSS Reader of choice is Google Reader.  It’s chock full of features, fast, and I can access it everywhere.  With feature updates like the one I am about to talk about, it only gets better.  There may be a better reader out there, but so far, this one suits me just fine.  Google Reader is the main tool I use to keep up with all things DotNetNuke®. 

What is an RSS Reader? Some of you might not know what a RSS Reader is.  First, Wikipedia does a great job of defining a RSS Reader. 

In short, a RSS Reader is a software tool or program that allows you to aggregate content of your choosing from anywhere on the Internet. ...

I figured that since I have manager to build up a respectable readership here, I might as well try to make this a little more interactive, while also providing some useful information to you all.

I was in the middle of refactoring an entire class library this morning when the solution to a few of my problems came in the form of changing a Shared method to a Singleton method, and vice versa.  The question then hit me, “Is there something I don’t know about the tradeoffs of using each?”  I set out to research this a bit, reminding myself of some things I have forgotten over time.  (Warning, I am only looking at this from the ASP.Net side of the house.)

For any newbies, or non-programmers reading this… The surface difference between the two types of methods are that a Singleton method requires an instantiation of it’s class, while a Shared (or Static in C#) method does not.  This results in the difference of code such as:

' Using Singleton Methods Dim ctlCustomer As New CustomerController...

There are quite a few events coming up in Florida in the next few months. They are all free, and most will give you the opportunity to win free stuff just for showing up. Awesome!  If you find yourself in or around any of these events, I strongly recommend you stop by.  I have been to most of them, and they are great.

All of the following information came from the Orlando DotNetNuke® Users Group (ODUG) website.  See our events page.

July 9 - Orlando DotNetNuke® Users Group Will Strohl (nobody) will be talking about the Core DNN Blog Module.

July 14 – Orlando PASS...

The trend recently seems to be that comments and topics are brought up on twitter, and they end up growing to be something more outside of it – especially in the world of DotNetNuke® that I have immersed myself in.  Today was no different.  A fellow DNN twibe member and also a member of the Orlando DotNetNuke® Users Group (ODUG), Mike van der Meulen, gave me a friendly jab about using FireFox.  He said:

God! Why do you people all use FF, the rest of the world doesn’t :-)

That provoked a thought in me, “what...

If you are a user of the newest rage, twitter, then you might have seen or heard a term called “retweet.”  When someone retweets, it means that they are repeating someone else’s tweet.  Usually, this form of passing on information includes giving the original tweeter credit.  Before we can talk about this more, we need to tell you what a tweet is.  A tweet is the name given to an update that you place on twitter.  So, once you have posted your update to twitter, you have tweeted.

So, why might someone want to retweet your tweet?

They might think that you said someone very cool or interesting Your tweet might contain some very relevant and new information Your tweet could be something that someone feels passionate about The information in your tweet is marketable Regardless of the reason, the end result is the same – the person(s) who retweeted your tweet wanted to spread the word.  For example, I have retweeted an update from...

I have been using the first generation attempt from Google in the cell phone or smart phone market.  Nearly everyone already knows that the G1 or Google Phone exists.  Everyone has their own opinion on whether or not it’s a good phone to have.  For me, there’s no question that there is no other phone that I could live with.  I absolutely love mine, and I cannot wait to use their next version, codenamed “cupcake."  While that is indeed a horrible codename, the new features look incredible.

Since we cannot look at the G2 right now, I figured that I would help you with your G1 right now.  The fact is, the G1 is packed full of features.  But, just like any other computer out there, the more features that you use at once, the more power it will use.  For those that do not understand this, the G1 could be a difficult or bad experience.  Some have even gone as far as returning...

If your G1 phone, otherwise called the Google phone, seems to be losing its charge faster today, than it normally does, that’s probably because it is.  As of today, one of the most popular Android applications began charging for their program.  The program is called Power Manager.  It is the most important application you can possibly install on the G1, as it helps to make your battery life last longer.  This application does more than just say that it will save battery life.  Once it is set up to save power according to your usage patterns (which you set), it makes an incredible difference.  For me, that meant only charging my phone once a day, compared to the typical owners that charge theirs 2 or more times a day.

As of today...

In a previous blog entry tonight, I briefly outlined that I was not able to import one of my child blogs when attempting to use the Windows Live Writer (WLW) method of blogging to a DotNetNuke blog.  It was quite perplexing.  I even posted a forum post about it, as I could not find any information about anyone else having the same issue.

To quickly recap, I followed the instructions provided in a blog post by Antonio Chagoury.  In Step 4, WLW shows you a list of available blogs to choose from.  I would imagine that most folks would only have a single blog entry available in the list.  However, if you're like me, that may not be true.

In my instance, I have a parent blog of which I do not post to.  Then, I have two child blogs, Personal Edition, and Professional Edition.  (I named my child blogs before the DNN PE announcement.)  The Professional Edition is where I post all of my DotNetNuke related entries.  Everything else goes into the Personal Edition.  I go into more detail about this configuration in an earlier blog post.  Basically, it allows me to split up the RSS feeds pretty painlessly.

Back to step 4... Professional Edition was missing from my list of available blogs to connect WLW to. There didn't appear to be any real reason for this.  My first instinct was that this was a new bug that I had found.  This turned out to be mostly true.

Background Information The DotNetNuke Blog Module allows any blog owner to create child blogs for a variety of reasons.  When the blog owner creates such a blog, the blog module inserts their UserId into the new blog record.  Sounds simple enough, but if you're not careful, this work flow can be easily disrupted.

The Super User or Host account was designed to be able to do anything on an entire instance of DotNetNuke.  In the case of the blog module, this account takes more of a moderation role.  For example, being able to manage rogue bloggers, or inappropriate posts.

In the case of existing blogs, the Host account can create child blogs for the actual blog owner.  This behavior is important to note, as this is the cause of the problem I am writing about.

Why is the Child Blog Missing from WLW? When the actual owner of a blog creates their own child blog, everything works as expected.  But when a Host creates a child blog on someone else's existing blog, the UserId that is inserted into the blog record is that of the Host account.  If you are not using a tool like WLW, the different UserId might never present a problem.  However, when you use WLW, the first step asks for authentication information.  This information includes the blog URL, username, and password.  When WLW pulls a list of available blogs from your blog website, it only pulls the blogs that match the UserId matching the given username.  BINGO!

How Do We Fix This? Fortunately, the fix for this problem is quick and easy.  That is, as long as you have either direct access to the database, or a Host account.  I will assume here that you're using a Host account.  The first thing we need to do is figure out what the BlogID is for the child blog that is missing.  We can do that using a bit of T-SQL.

Using the host account, you would run the following query using the SQL page, found in the Host menu.  Make sure you check the "Run As Script" checkbox.

SELECT * FROM {DatabaseOwner}{ObjectQualifier}blog_blogs...

Today is the first that I am trying Windows Live Writer (WLW) to post to my blog.  This post is mostly just to see how everything works.  However, I have run into one major problem.  Searches on the DotNetNuke website have yet to lead me to anyone else having the same problem though.

Basically, I followed the excellent instructional blog post by Antonio Chagoury. When I get to Step 4, I am missing my most active and popular blog, Professional Edition. I only see my main parent blog, The Mighty Blog, and Personal Edition.

I posted this problem in the DotNetNuke Forums,...

I attended the January Orlando .Net User Group (ONETUG) meeting last Thursday like I usually do.

This first month of January has just flown by like it was nothing.  We are already at the end of the month, and that means that the ONETUG meeting is tomorrow.

During some of the early morning tweets on Twitter this morning, a few of us day dreamed about toys that we want.

It is one thing to own a Wrox book. It is even better to own a Wrox book about DotNetNuke. Did you know that each book has its own form on the Wrox P2P site?

The MSDN Developer Conference was held in Orlando, Florida at the Rosen Centre.

 I have updated the way my blog is syndicated. If you are willing, please update your RSS reader.

 Someone sent me a link this morning to something on ThinkGeek.com, but a few other things caught my eye...

 The MSDN Developer Conference Orlando is two days away. You can still register to go.

I just went into my e-mail for a very unexpected surprise...

I happened across a cool piece of software this evening...

Here is some good news if you couldn't attend PDC.

Here is a funny ad that I noticed on my iGoogle page today...

Did you know about a new feature in GMail...?

I picked up my pre-order copy of the newest Call of Duty tonight.

Get out and vote today! Also, I found a great blog entry by Scott Hanselman.

Someone sent me an interesting link last night that I thought was worth sharing...

There are some great evening coming in the near future for those in the Central Florida area...

This is obviously tongue in cheek. I just noticed something amusing today...

Google traditionally has raised the bar for software developers. But with its release of its new web browser, "Chrome", they failed a few things right out of the gate with me.

Here is a quote that amused me today...

I just had a run-in with the AOL SPAM filters for one of the web sites I am involved in. Here is my gripe...

I just finished building a new PC at home, and I am nearing the end of the software installations. However, something caused me to stumble along the way. Here is a reminder piece of advice...

Well, Orlando Code Camp has come and gone this year. This time, I decided to make myself available in a more helpful capacity by speaking. Here is my view on how it went.

Sometimes when you are programming or debugging a site, or even when you are using certain 2rd party controls, you cannot effectively do so unless viewing the site using an actual URL. "Localhost" might be causing grief in any number of ways. Here is how to mask or fake a domain name...

Woo hoo! The very first Orlando DotNetNuke Users Group is about to occur. I cannot wait! I have high hopes for this users group. Especially due to the great examples of other user groups in the area.

First of all, happy holidays to everyone that celebrates something this time of year. :) I have been hand-coding quite a few XML schema files (XSD) recently. Writing it is easy enough, but I just ran into what seemed like a very thing to write - that is until I actually begun to write it.

Hahaha... Sorry, it is still quite amusing to me. I just finished scanning a really good article on the strengths and weaknesses of the Web Form model. I liked it so much that I wanted to "kick" the author through DotNetKicks, and I received this error... (Click the thumbnail to see a larger view of the screenshot.)

Can you picture Kathy Bates' character in 'The Waterboy' saying, "Look out, Bobby Boucher... Internet Explorer 7 is THE DEVIL!" I certainly can...

There has been rumors for some time now that Google has been patiently developing plans to release a cell phone to the market. Well, it appears that this is true.

If your Visual Studio crashes as much as mine does, you have invariably ran into an error stating "Unable to write to output file [filepathandname]: Unspecified error". At first, this error really ticked me off, as it left me with no path to troubleshoot and correct the error.

I forgot to mention yet another tid-bit about this Safari release...

I just wanted to hit on a very good point when it comes to the Safari web browser... SPEED.

A friend and colleague just sent me a link to the download page for the Safari web browser. I was instantly impressed that Apple is attempting to make their web browser a serious player in the Internet world by making it a cross-platform player, but I am equally not impressed with this release.

With the marketing giant, Microsoft, you cannot deny that Vista is the best operation system, ever. Right? Hmmm...

I thought while I was jammin' out, listening to some Miles Davis that I should post an update...

If you are looking at this post, you are probably already aware of the issues that Internet Explorer (read: EXPLODER) forces developers to deal with when using the

HTML tag to do certain things. Most all of the dynamic menu systems use this tag, so Internet Explorer is placing a huge hurdle in front of us.

PermaLink Read More »

Now, I am sure that this post will generate some comments (sent or not) about GIMP. I have not used GIMP because at home I have a full version of Photoshop CS. However, at work right now I do not have any image editing abilities other than what the standard "Paint" application and Microsoft Office offer. Nearly everyone knows that those options are horrible. I tried installing GIMP some weeks ago, but the install conflicted with a GAIM/Jabber (now called Pidgin - that story is yet another reason to HATE AOL) installation I have and I really do not want to mess with that.

I know this isn't new, but I just recently paid some attention to the LinkedIn social networking site. I found it to be a very interesting and creative spin on using the social networking power found on the Internet to connect co-workers and former co-workers. Not only that, it contains features to help each other advance themselves professionally. I have only been a member for about a week, but my first impression of this web site is very positive.

I found a good blog post on Net Neutrality today. However, the video it incorporates is even better. This video is a MUST SEE for anyone who likes the Internet even a little bit!

The 2nd annual Orlando .Net CodeCamp event completed yesterday as an overall success. I thought it was once again very ell put together and managed. Thank you to the members of ONETUG and especially Shawn Weisfeld, Jessica Sterner, and Ken Tucker. You are all very valuable to the local .Net developer community. Also, a huge thank you goes to Seminole Community College for letting us use their facilities for this important event. We couldn't have had this without you.

You can easily tell from a simple search on Google (or your favorite search engine) that the term "FrontPage killer" gets used a lot in reference to many different web site creation programs. This terms has been used by supporters of products like Macromedia (whooops! Adobe) Dreamweaver, Adobe GoLive, and so on.

This is the second time they are putting on this FREE event. Last year was great!!! There were freebies for everyone (tech books, shirts, and more), including lunch. It appears that lunch is probably paid for again, but they make no mention of the other freebies this time. Last year it was held at UCF, but they moved it to SCC this year. If you are at all interested in .Net, this is a great event for learning, sharing, and networking.

I found out about Google Trends some time ago and I briefly played with its features, but I had forgotten about it until today when I read about it again in my current issue of Maximum PC. In reading it, I finally thought of a good reason for me to use it.

I found a couple more of the more popular portal web sites (CMS), and I found using Google Trends that DotNetNuke is still at the bottom of the "trends" shown on Google. Hmmm... I then took DotNetNuke out of the trend and here are the results.

Well, it has been (once again) a while since I last posted. A bunch of cool things have happened. My new job is going well, I got my truck fixed and repainted (photos to come soon), and I have been working (which is playing to me) hard.

Have you heard of Google Pages?