December 2006 - Posts

Microsoft giving away a Ferrari or two!
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 10:50 AM
Well, the Net is buzzing with the fact some bloggers received free laptops from Microsoft. Nice Acer Ferrari laptops . Sweet looking things. Charlie and Mitch both have one (bought with their own money... not from Microsoft), and I have been quite jealous...
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Disappointment in VS2005 SP1 on Vista
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 10:28 AM
Well, I installed SP1 of Visual Studio 2005 yesterday on my laptop running Vista, and I have to say there was one think that really disappointed me. So much so that I am not just going to blog about it... I want everyone that reads this to go AGAINST...
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The problem with OpenID... will it ever leave the confines and control of the geek world?
Sunday, December 24, 2006 5:32 PM
When it comes to identity management, one of the more interesting things these days that I have been following is the whole idea of OpenID . Alan even went so far as to link to a great video screencast by Simon Willison that shows how to use OpenID. There...
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Comparing Microsoft infrastructure security with Open Source software
Tuesday, December 19, 2006 6:23 PM
Recently Nick over at WiKID Systems blogged about How to get Microsoft-esque security with open-source software . Now, to be fair WiKID is an open source company and has an interest in such a post, and has plenty of experience behind it. However, I had...
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Want to know how to make your apps play nice with Vista's UAC?
Monday, December 18, 2006 1:12 AM
MSDN Magazine has an EXCELLENT article on teaching your apps to play nicely with Windows Vista User Account Control (UAC). The Table of Contents for the article can do a pretty good just of quickly showing you why its so interesting: Active at Logon Creating...
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Is it ever appropriate to disable UAC on Vista?
Saturday, December 09, 2006 3:07 AM
Maybe. Depends on your tolerance for UAC dialogs during the initial build of a Vista workstation. Recently Vlad wrote an entry on his blog that got me in a pretty defensive position about UAC. He stated that: "I have personally walked several people through...
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What tarot card are you?
Friday, December 08, 2006 1:31 AM
Maryam admitted that she was the devil. Apparently I am the SUN. You are The Sun Happiness, Content, Joy. The meanings for the Sun are fairly simple and consistent. Young, healthy, new, fresh. The brain is working, things that were muddled come clear...
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Can you really trust what you read on blogs?
Friday, December 08, 2006 12:26 AM
Sorry I haven't posted lately. I have been totally wrapped up on a project that has been sucking the marrow out of every bone in my body. I have had to bring myself up to speed on a lot of technology I have been happy to avoid over the last decade, only...
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