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Posted by on 2nd April, 2005

Finally Settled In

Finally Settled In

So, I have finally unpacked, started my job, sold my former house and settled in (somewhat). I am very excited about where I am at; I love the neighborhood, weather and environment. The weather has been spectacular, all though I have been told this winter has been an extraordinary pleasant winter. The mountain landscape is breathtaking and the drive to work relatively short and scenic. I am very happy with my new job, the truly excellent team I am working with and the projects scheduled for this year. The city of Snoqualmie is famous for its falls, which is only about 1 mile from my new house. The town is about 20 miles from bellevue and 25 miles from Seattle. Nicely located: far away from downtown, but still nearby should I need a downtown. Anyways, this post is just to announce that I survived the moving process and am recovering nicely. I will be able to answer my emails again and will be working on some new experiments pretty...

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Posted by on 20th March, 2005

Microsoft’s Internal Coding Guidelines

Microsoft’s Internal Coding Guidelines

Ever wondered what coding standards are used at Microsoft? Brad Abrams has posted Microsoft's own internal coding guidelines. The guide and the posted comments are an interesting read. [button link=”http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/articles/361363.aspx” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...

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Posted by on 17th January, 2005

Heading West

Heading West

It has been a hectic few weeks and that is all part, of course, of the moving process. I have had more stress than I wanted to, but I hope it will be soon over. Tomorrow morning the moving truck comes to pickup all the stuff and drive it more than 3500 miles in a North Westerly direction towards Seattle. I am really looking forward to this change and I will be back when I receive the things and have moved in… I think I will miss South Florida somewhat, but right now I am really not thinking about it (I probably will during freezing nights and Nordic winter storms). In any case, if I don't answer your email promptly , I am offline for the next week or so, probably worrying about closing dates, installing home utilities and the moving insurance I should have...

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Posted by on 21st December, 2004

Polaroid image manipulation in ASP.NET

Polaroid image manipulation in ASP.NET

In this experiment I show how to take an URL of a regular image and then return a manipulated image with the looks of a Polaroid picture. In other words, it requires retrieving and loading the image provided in the text box into memory, convert the text provided in the text box into a graphic, load a background image into memory and then putting it all together. Finally, rotate the finished image in memory and return to the browser as a binary stream. All this on the fly… [button link=”http://old.miguelmoreno.net/sandbox/polaroid/default.aspx” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...

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Posted by on 16th December, 2004

NASA World Wind software

NASA World Wind software

World Wind allows any user to zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth, leveraging high resolution LandSat imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) elevation data to experience Earth terrain (or any planet with the data) in visually rich 3D, just as if they were really there. Virtually visit anyplace in the world. Look across the Andes, into the Grand Canyon, over the Alps or along the African Sahara. The download of this phenomenal software is free, but is quite large at around 250Mb. You will also need a fast computer with plenty of memory and compatible 3D graphics acceleration. If that wasn't enough, you must also have broadband (I would not try this with anything less than that). The software allows you to set the detail of resolution. The whole planet can bee seen with a resolution detail of 7 meters (1 pixel == 7 square meters), whereas all of the US can be seen with 1 meter resolution. Some urban areas like Washington D.C., Fort...

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Posted by on 10th December, 2004

Over 450 ASP.NET articles

Over 450 ASP.NET articles

Not sure how I got to this page, but if you are stuck with ASP.NET or simply need to reference a particular topic, check out this large, large list of ASP.NET articles. There simply has GOT to be something to help you out. The ASP.NET website is a large community site where you can find tons of information on anything regarding this popular technology. There is also a page for quickstart tutorials that I keep bookmarked as well. [button link=”http://www.asp.net/Modules/MoreArticles.aspx?tabindex=0&mid=64″ color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...

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Posted by on 10th December, 2004

Software developer going independent

Software developer going independent

Have you ever thought about striking out on your own in consulting? This excellent, three-part article from Jonathan Goodyear outlines his experiences with going independent, and will hopefully help you get there too. The first step is determining whether independent consulting is for you. Read this three-part article to find out. part I, Assessing Your Gumption… part II, Marketing Yourself… part III, Breaking Away… [button link=”http://www.angrycoder.com/” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...

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Posted by on 9th December, 2004

Dear Cellphone User

Dear Cellphone User

I rarely write about anything off-topic, but this requires a post… "After reading a story in the NYT, Jim's wife Heidi came up with a method to fight back against the obnoxious cell phone users that we all have to deal with in stores, restaurants, trains and pretty much everywhere else. That's right. We're tired of having to listen to your loud, obnoxious conversations. We don't care about your new haircut or what "he" might have said to you the night before. (We couldn't believe it either!) It doesn't interest us in the least whether or not you are going to attend the company Christmas party or when you need to pick up your ugly kids from soccer practice. No. We don't want to hear it. We're fighting back…" [button link=”http://www.coudal.com/” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...

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Posted by on 9th December, 2004

Windows XP useful shortcuts

Windows XP useful shortcuts

I thought I knew most of the keyboard shortcuts that my operating system provides me. What other shortcuts are there besides control-X (cut), control-C (copy) and control-V(paste)? Yes, there is control-Z (undo) and a few others, but that is pretty much it (so I thought…). It appears there is a long, long list of quite useful keyboard shortcuts that I will now have to remember. This article describes them in detail. Read more:...

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Posted by on 8th December, 2004

Multiple Browsers Window Injection Vulnerability

Multiple Browsers Window Injection Vulnerability

Secunia Research has reported a vulnerability, which affects most browsers. The vulnerability can be exploited by a malicious web site to hi-jack a named browser window, regardless of which web site is the true owner of the window. The problem is that a website can inject content into another site's window if the target name of the window is known. This can e.g. be exploited by a malicious website to spoof the content of a pop-up window opened on a trusted website. The site includes a live test with the Citibank.com and it works every time. The solution is not to browse untrusted sites while browsing trusted sites. [button link=”http://secunia.com/multiple_browsers_window_injection_vulnerability_test” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...

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