Humble Abode

Modern Art generator - Viscosity

Interesting way to produce modern art.. ;)

 http://windowseat.ca/viscosity/

Volta

A good friend shared with me this interesting link on Volta.
Interesting way to separate an app into mult-tiers using annotations..

   http://labs.live.com/volta

"Volta is an experimental developer toolset that allows developers to build standards-conformant, multi-tier web applications using established .NET languages, libraries and development tools. Via declarative tier-splitting, developers architect their applications as a single-tier application, then make decisions about moving logic to other tiers late in the development process- letting the complier manage creating boilerplate code such as communication between tiers. The programmer can still debug and test the application, much as if it were still on the client-tier, because Volta's tier-splitting is deeply integrated with Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5. In summary, Volta extends the .NET platform to distributed software+services applications, by using existing and familiar libraries, languages, tools, and techniques. "

Merry Christmas!

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Ho Ho Ho! ;)

The Impact of Web 2.0 and Emerging Social Network Models

Check out

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xXlZK5rCls

for a discussion on the impact of Web 2.0...

 

Jasper Demo Code

After the Sept07 UG meeting, if you are all charged up to try out Jasper, you can download
the sample code I used for last nite's demo at
    http://community.sgdotnet.org/files/folders/jasper/entry144836.aspx

If you are using the code for your own demos, it will be great if you can drop be a courtesy mail too.
Thanxs.

Remember to send your feedback to the Jasper team after trying it out.
You can post at
    http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=1556&SiteID=1

 Have fun!

Technology behind the arrow

Check out

  http://www.1-click.jp/

to understand the technology that powers the moving arrow.

Hilarious!

Wimo!

This is so fun and good demo of what Windows Mobile APIs can do, and a little bit of fun stuffs you can play with using the Microsoft Robotics Studio.

http://www.wimobot.com

and the Channel 9 demo from the Wimo owners..

http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=191589

Awesome!

VC++ 2005: IDE Tips and Tricks

Was speaking to a friend on Friday about VS2005, and he was sharing his company has finally taken the plunge and bought each developer a copy of VS2005, and is using it to work with the VC++ code in his company.  He was also sharing with me that his company is using Scheme as another major development language. However, since Scheme is not supported in VS, they used another Scheme editor. Was thinking he will definitely like the language enhancements in C# 3.0 (e.g lamda expressions/tree).

I have always enjoyed the informal and insightful chats featured on Channel 9. So was surfing around, and incidentally, a day later, I found the following Channel 9 video on  VC++ 2005: IDE Tips and Tricks.
Quite an interesting video. Check it out if you are interested to learn about some productivity tricks.

Hope to be on Channel 9 one of these days

Project Glidepath

Was looking at frankarr (an aussie blogger) and chanced upon an entry about an interesting project to help developers create applications for Vista .

Check out
   http://www.projectglidepath.net/

"Project Glidepath delivers the workflow-based guidance, sample code, content and custom tools you need to create successful applications for Windows Vista including .Net 3.0 right inside Visual Studio 2005.

Project Glidepath includes:

• The Project Glidepath Repository Manager - a freely available VS2005 add-in that provides a platform for delivering guidance, content, custom tools and templates for building applications for Windows Vista including .NET 3.0.
• A web-based repository of software factories and packages containing workflow-based guidance regarding all aspects of being in the software business.  This includes everything you need regarding the technical and non-technical aspects of starting and succeeding as a MicroISV. The Project Glidepath Repository Manager downloads this over an RSS feed right to your development workstation. Being RSS-based means you can synchronize with the master repository on a regular basis for updates and new additions. 

"

IE7 for Windows XP

Is available for download at

   http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/

 For those who have not try it out yet, check out the exciting list of features

• Simplified User Experience
  The Internet Explorer 7 frame is reorganized to make it noticeably simpler, more streamlined, and less cluttered with unnecessary items. This maximizes the area of the screen devoted to the webpages that you want to see and makes performing the most common browsing tasks easy.
• Advanced Printing
  Automatically scales a printed webpage so that it's not wider than the paper it will be printed on. Internet Explorer 7 also includes a multi-page print preview with live margins, resizing text to avoid document clipping, and an option to print only selected text.
• Instant Search Box
  Web searches using your favorite search provider can now be entered into a search box within the toolbar, eliminating the clutter of separate toolbars. You can easily choose a provider from the dropdown list or add more providers.
• Favorites Center
  Offers easy and fast access to Favorites, Tab Groups, Browsing History, and RSS Feed subscriptions. Expands when needed, and can be anchored in place for even easier access.
• RSS Feeds
  Automatically detects RSS feeds on sites by illuminating an icon on the toolbar. A single click on the icon allows you to preview and optionally subscribe to the site's RSS feed, and then be automatically notified as content is updated. Read RSS feeds directly in the browser, scan for important stories, and filter your view with search terms or site-specific categories.
• Tabbed Browsing
  View multiple sites in a single browser window. Easily switch from one site to another through tabs at the top of the browser frame.
• Quick Tabs
  Provides easy tab selection and navigation by displaying thumbnails of all open tabs in a single window.
• Tab Groups
  Tabs can be grouped and saved into logical categories, allowing you to open multiple tabs with a single click. A Tab Group can easily be set as the Home Page Group so the entire Tab Group opens every time Internet Explorer is launched from the Start menu.
• Page Zoom

 

Windows Powershell

"The new Windows Powershell not only provides flow of control, but the strong typing of its variables and expressions enables you to manipulate them and create scripts that leverage the .NET Framework. "

Check out
A Return to Command-Line Control with Windows Powershell  http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/32230/0/page/1

But I still prefer using Perl ;)

Jim Allchin's Open Letter to Developers

Check out

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/letter/default.aspx

where Jim Allichin (Microsoft Co-President of the Platforms and Services Division) shared about the new technologies in Vista, and the new opportunities that are created.

Also, highlighted in the letter is http://www.seewindowsvista.com/

Good read!

 

Microsoft Office 2007 System Beta 2 Technical Refresh

"The Beta TR for Office 2007 is said to be the last publicly released test build of Office 2007 before it RTM’s." (Src: Ms Tech Today)

If you are a Office Beta 2 testers, you could probably download the Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (TR) from the Microsoft Office Preview site

Find out more about the exciting features in Office 2007 at http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/overview.mspx

Netsh

Recently, was talking to a friend from Atlanta who shared with me this posting. 

Check out
   http://devcow.com/blogs/adnrg/archive/2006/08/21/Netsh__a_hidden_commandline_gem.aspx

And
   http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/netsh.mspx?mfr=true

for NetSh (A useful network troubleshooting tool!)

"Netsh is a command-line scripting utility that allows you to, either locally or remotely, display or modify the network configuration of a computer that is currently running. Netsh also provides a scripting feature that allows you to run a group of commands in batch mode against a specified computer. Netsh can also save a configuration script in a text file for archival purposes or to help you configure other servers." 

All these years, I have only made use of ipconfig.
Not sure whether anyone have used NetSh?

 

Exchange Trivials - Bedlam DL3 ;)

Check out

   http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2004/04/08/109626.aspx

 on why Bedlam DL3 is special to MS folks.

Pretty interesting...