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Posted by on 23rd August, 2003

Microsoft Online Seminars

Check out Microsofts Online Seminar page. You'll find the latest streaming media seminars presented by the experts. The presentations are not, bad but looking at the bulk of items that need to be pre-loaded for one seminar and the obvious complexity of the web page, you wonder how much longer it will take for MS and people to see the advantages of Macromedia Flash and Breeze. It is so obvious….why is is so difficult…? In any case, the content of the seminars is not bad and the subjects are quite interesting. Also, make sure you click on the -View all Presentations- button to see the entire list. Check them out: Microsoft Online...

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Posted by on 19th August, 2003

Angry Coder

Speak your mind or read other's at this site with plenty of developer's subjects you may be familiar with. AngryCoder.com contains mostly .NET related subjects, but there are a lot of other artciles about anything else we encounter when coding away. Scroll down the list of articles and you will see there is a bit of...

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Posted by on 17th August, 2003

Marble Madness

Does anyone remember playing a game for the Commodore 64 called "Marble Madness". I think I was addicted to it for a while… Basically you had to control a ball through odd landscapes and gravity wasn't your only enemy. I mention this because I found this truly exceptional game, made in Director that resembles the "Marble Madness" game. High quality graphics and excellent animation makes you forget you are playing this in a browser. Try it:...

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Posted by on 16th August, 2003

SoThink Glanda Flash Tool on Microsoft.com

I am somewhat surprised that doing a search for Flash on microsoft.com returned so few results. One of these reults was for SoThink Glanda Flash Tool. This tool is a simple Flash tool that allows for quick creations of mostly ad-type Flash animations. Developed in China, it is nothing fancy, but not terribly bad either. It also comes with a SWF decompiler for extracting symbols out of swf's. In any case, my surprise was that microsoft had done little to somehow integrate Flash into their ASP.NET or Windows software applications and, not having their own swf producing software, instead promotes an application of an unknown and small software firm….. I have wondered why Microsoft hasn't taken any steps to competing with Macromedia and Adobe and come out with a swf producing tool. So, why are they promoting this software? Is this a hint of what is to come? We'll...

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Posted by on 15th August, 2003

SQL Server DO’s and DONT’s

If you are not a dedicated DBA, but simply use SQLServer to manage the data of your web applications, then this article provides some really good tips. It won't go into details of SQL or T-SQL, but just conceptually what you should and should not do....

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Posted by on 15th August, 2003

Your Guide to Looking Busy at Work

The computer has irreversibly changed the workplace. E-mail has replaced memos, Winamp has replaced the portable FM radio and stupid Far Side desktop wallpapers have replaced stupid Far Side wall calendars. With all these changes, we often overlook the single greatest boom that computers have brough to the employed masses: the ability to look busy....

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Posted by on 11th August, 2003

Learn to play the Air Guitar

Simple yet entertaining piece done in Flash MX that may inspire more ideas and larger projects…..hmmmm….it got some wheels turning in my head. Anyways, here it is:...

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Posted by on 10th August, 2003

Javascript Search Engine

According to its front page it searches over 8,000 javascripts from over a dozen javascript sites. The front page of the site offers a search box along with a number of the top searches. Top searches include menu, date, popup, and cookies. A search for mailto found 106 results. Results were search-engine standard, including a page title, (pretty extensive) excerpt, and URL. Results are displayed 30 at a time. The Javascript metasearch is now available at...

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Posted by on 6th August, 2003

Stupid Security

"The intent of www.stupidsecurity.com is to expose a particularly seamy aspect of modern life — misguided thrashings labeled "security" and defended — if at all — by an appeal to paranoia. My hope is that by providing a chronicle of really stupid security measures, we can make it more uncomfortable for pointy haired bosses of various types to approve really stupid security...

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Posted by on 3rd August, 2003

Blogs go IPO

Is this blogging thing now getting popular or just out of control? BlogShares is a fantasy stock market for weblogs. Players get to invest a fictional $500, and blogs are valued by inbound links. You invest fictional dollars on shares in blogs. Blogs are valued by their incoming links and add value to other blogs by linking to them. Prices can go up or down based on trading and the underlying value of the blog. Check it...

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