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Utter Coolness compliments of Roku

Published 3 July 8 4:1 PM | William

My first Roku Soundbridge joined the family back in 2005. As far as wireless media players go, it was a bit pricey. But it looked really cool and I got it through a special offer making it a lot more reasonable. The form factor and styling was the main...

Filed under: News, Roku, Mindless Babbling, Misc Technology, Open Source

Looking for some .NET Developers

Published 6 June 8 10:19 PM | William

A client of mine located in the Aiken/Columbia South Carolina Area has asked me if I had any friends who are .NET Developers and looking for a job. They are looking for at least one Junior Developer, on Mid-Level Developer and several Senior developers...

Filed under: Compact Framework, Data Access, Web Services / WSE, .NET Basics, .NET General, Coding Techniques, Misc Technology, Biztalk, WPF, WCF, .NET 3.0 Framework, WIX, Sql Server Integration Services, SSIS, Silverlight, Sql Server, Sql Server 2008, Sharepoint, LINQ To ADO.NET, .NET 3.5 Framework, LINQ, LINQ Training, ADO.NET 3.5, C# 3.5, Windows Mobile, Job Stuff

How cheap are SMS messages?

Published 12 May 8 3:16 PM | William

Normally, when you hear a price comparison and the govt is involved, it's some ridiculously expensive item from the govt. However in the case of the cost of SMS messages vs the cost of pulling data from the Hubbell, it's just the opposite it's...

Filed under: Misc Technology

The Associated Press' Double Standard

Published 17 March 8 9:46 AM | William

Exhibit A Whether it's legal, illegal, moral, immoral or whatever, it's not a good idea to post stuff on the internet if you don't want people using it without your approval. The main reason is that if someone does use it against your wishes...

Filed under: News, Misc Technology

Silverlight for Windows Mobile

Published 17 March 8 9:16 AM | William

Speaking of new features that should help Windows Mobile remain the dominant player in the market, a mobile version of Silverlight is going to be coming down the highway . The good news: Expected release is Q2 - 2008 You can use Expression Blend to develop...

Filed under: Misc Technology, Silverlight, Mobility, .NET 3.5 Framework

The Microsoft® Windows Mobile Line of Business Solution Accelerator 2008!

Published 17 March 8 9:4 AM | William

Rob Tiffany has got the details... . The main features include: Intelligent resolution awareness Synchronization Services Windows Communication Foundations "Store and Forward" MapPoint LINQ Custom Controls Managed Stored Procedures and Triggers...

Filed under: News, Humor, Data Access, Misc Technology, WCF, ADO.NET Synchronization Services, Microsoft.Synchronization, Mobility, LINQ, Sahil Malik

Whitney Weaver is now blogging

Published 11 March 8 5:38 PM | William

My friend and co-worker, Whitney Weaver is now blogging at the Magenic blog site . Actually, he's been blogging for a little while now, I've just been a bum and not updated my blog in a while. Although he's certainly an up and coming programmer...

Filed under: Data Access, Misc Technology

Interesting Mac iBook story

Published 11 March 8 5:16 PM | William

Every time I hear about the TSA, I become more and more convinced that if Darwin's theory is correct, the TSA will cease to exist before long. The latest 'can they really be this stupid?' incident has to do with a Mac Airbook. At first I started...

Filed under: News, Humor, Misc Technology

I'd just close the hole...

Published 8 March 8 9:15 PM | William

There are often times that I read something, typically involving a lawsuit, that I'm shocked people push. Often they are so embarassing, I'd probably pay extortion money to keep the crap quiet if someone threatened to go public about something...

Filed under: News, Misc Technology, Mobility, Security

The Genius that is Frans Bouma

Published 12 January 8 12:56 PM | William

I've known Frans for a few years now and he never fails to impress. He is very well learened in many areas and he's speaks with a brutal honesty that's all too rare these days. His little discussion on a few well known mailing lists is so...

Filed under: Misc Technology

Is this legal?

Published 6 January 8 3:15 PM | William

Bruce Schneier has a new article on a program that Sears is installing on people's computers. Money quote: "If a kid with a scary hacker name did this sort of thing, he'd be arrested. But this is Sears, so who knows what will happen to them...

Filed under: News, Misc Technology, Privacy

The downside to copy and paste

Published 28 December 7 12:1 AM | William

As much time as I spend on computers, it's really hard to imagine life without the Clipboard. Copy/Cut/Paste is such a handy feature I couldn't begin to calculate how much time and effort it's saved me. However, it's definitely caused...

Filed under: News, Life in General, Misc Technology

The Bill of Rights in 2007

Published 18 December 7 10:31 PM | William

So often when I hear talking heads pontificate about constitutional issues, I hear two basic sides. The first is the strict constructionist interpretation where they claim the constitution is clear as day hence end of discussion. On the other side you...

Filed under: News, Life in General, Misc Technology, Security

Is she really this stupid?

Published 30 November 7 11:2 PM | William

On the one hand, I believe she's being sincere. On the other hand, it's hard to imagine anyone is this much of a moron . "I thought Europe WuZZZZZ a country"? Getting schooled by a 5th grader has to really suck.

Filed under: Humor, Misc Technology

Wordpress Vulnerability

Published 29 November 7 3:22 PM | William

When I saw Bruce's post on using Google crack MD5 Hashes for you , I had to chuckle. Here's a link to the article Bruce is referencing. Once again, it shows a pretty good case of the damage that can happen by overlooking the seemingly obvious...

Filed under: Mindless Babbling, Misc Technology, Security

Protecting your laptop data like a Pro

Published 29 November 7 12:47 PM | William

Nothing too shocking if you take protecting your data seriously , but a good read nonetheless. These days, depending on what you do, a stolen laptop could make front page news, a little precaution goes a long way

Filed under: Misc Technology, Mobility, Security

Another major data breach

Published 22 November 7 1:24 AM | William

Although this time the incompetence and sloppiness wasn't the Veteran's Administration . In each of the stories of this sort that I remember, the data turns up a few weeks later, is blamed on some small and innocent mistake and all kinds of assurances...

Filed under: News, Life in General, Misc Technology

Guitar Hero III - Misc comments and a few questions

Published 11 November 7 3:54 PM | William

When I first picked it up, I was really wondering whether or not it would be value added in any way in my life. Like I mentioned before, my TV has virtually no usage on it (until about two weeks ago) and sitting on my couch in front of the TV is not something...

Filed under: Me, Mindless Babbling, Misc Technology

If Google were evil...

Published 25 September 7 1:3 PM | William

This isn't the first time I've read someone hypothesizing about the ramifications of Google going evil (or being owned by the government) but it's a lot of food for thought

Filed under: News, Misc Technology

Silverlight Tour

Published 15 September 7 7:36 PM | William

I've been too busy flying back and forth between the coasts to doing anything cool and non-work related. The bigger bummer is I'm going to miss Shawn Wildermuth's Silverlight Tour . If you are going to be in Atlanta next week, Registration...

Filed under: News, Misc Technology, Silverlight