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December 2003 - Posts

WS Security Paper

Posted Tuesday, December 30, 2003 12:38 AM by Brianjo
We'll be headlining this on the Security Developer Center later this week.It's a pretty important step for Web Services as Matt notes in his blog . Discover how two parties using Web services can interoperate in a Kerberos environment. Covers securing Read More...
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Setting up a new laptop for the new year...

Posted Monday, December 29, 2003 11:34 PM by Brianjo
And a pretty hefty one at that. It's a Compaq Evo N800c. It's fast and awesome, but it weighs three times as much as any other laptop that I own. Still, the screen is really nice and I can see doing some serious work with this thing. I'm quite happy with Read More...
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A planner for the new year...

Posted Friday, December 26, 2003 9:57 PM by Brianjo
I spent most of 2003 as paperless as I could. I used my Tablet PC and my iPAQ and I printed as little as I could get away with in the office. That said I still feel drawn to the Franklin Covey planning system and I'm considering getting a 2004 set to Read More...
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Napster

Posted Friday, December 26, 2003 4:00 PM by Brianjo
The other day I found a Napster CD in my mailbox. I tried it and I've subscribed. I'm enjoying it very much. Read More...
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Tablet PC and Painter

Posted Wednesday, December 24, 2003 1:06 PM by Brianjo
So the other day I found that Wacom released some new Tablet PC digitizer drivers . If you have a Tablet PC that uses the Wacom digitizer, these drivers let you use the pressure sensitivity feature of the tablet from apps like Photoshop and Painter. The Read More...
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Lambeau Cam

Posted Wednesday, December 24, 2003 12:24 PM by Brianjo
When I feel homesick I just turn on the Lambeau Cam , and then I'm thankful that I live somewhere relatively warm. Read More...
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Rainbow Six 3 Movies

Posted Saturday, December 13, 2003 2:27 AM by Brianjo
Somebody put together some pretty funny RS3 movies . [Listening to: rainbow2 - - (05:26)] Read More...
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Gamertagpics.com

Posted Saturday, December 13, 2003 1:55 AM by Brianjo
OK, for my first truly stupid vacation post, I'll point you to a new Web site that I found that let's you link your picture to your Xbox Live Gamertag. This thing is actually pretty cool in that it let's you see pictures of some of the people that you Read More...
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Ack!

Posted Saturday, December 13, 2003 1:50 AM by Brianjo
I just realized that I haven't blogged in days. Part if it has to do with getting ready for a vacation that I'm taking starting this weekend. I like my job a lot so it's a bit difficult to let go. I tried to get as much done before the holiday as I could, Read More...
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TechNet Security Week

Posted Wednesday, December 03, 2003 2:02 PM by Brianjo
This week, TechNet is featuring a number of Security Webcasts. From the page.... TechNet Security Webcast Week The TechNet Security Webcast Week, the first week of December 2003, spotlights TechNet’s continuing webcast coverage of one of the hottest Read More...
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Is security too hard?

Posted Wednesday, December 03, 2003 1:53 AM by Brianjo
Kent asks for my take in this post . Here is my answer... My only comment is that security is difficult, but it need not be overwhelming. As you know, at Microsoft we use Active Directory. That means one password for use on our corporate network. We augment Read More...
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Blog tools

Posted Tuesday, December 02, 2003 11:17 PM by Brianjo
One of the things I was most worried about in moving to this new site was having something simple to use to post to my blog. Live Journal has these really great, simple tools for posting. I'm using w.bloggar as my posting tool. I've been playing with Read More...
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Moving my Weblog to ASP.NET

Posted Tuesday, December 02, 2003 10:44 PM by Brianjo
I've moved my Weblog from Live Journal to the ASP.NET server. I'm not really sure how to do this well, but here it goes.... The new page is at http://weblogs.asp.net/brianjo The new RSS feed is http://weblogs.asp.net/brianjo/Rss.aspx You can also find Read More...
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MSDN Flash

Posted Tuesday, December 02, 2003 10:16 PM by Brianjo
In case you're not a subscriber, I wanted to mention that we've updated the format of the MSDN Flash newsletter. We cut it down to 2 pages and we added a big security section. The feedback we've gotten from readers about the update has been really positive. Read More...
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PDC Sessions

Posted Tuesday, December 02, 2003 10:15 PM by Brianjo
Some (Most? All?) of the full PDC Sessions are now up online . Be sure to check out the C++ talks in the Tools and Language section. These are done with Microsoft Producer and you can download the PowerPoint slides separately if you wish. Read More...
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Redesigned Visual C# Developer Center

Posted Tuesday, December 02, 2003 10:13 PM by Brianjo
Duncan is the trail blazer on MSDN. He's redesigned the Visual C# Developer Center home page to include blog entries and fewer persistent headlines. The idea is that we eventually move all of the tools sites to this design if we find that it's well liked. Read More...
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Debian Hack

Posted Tuesday, December 02, 2003 10:12 PM by Brianjo
Paul Thurrott has a must-read commentary about the recent Debian hack. Here's the quote that I like the best.... And astonishingly, an IDC analyst actually called the break-in a "compliment," a platitude I'm pretty sure no one used during the Microsoft Read More...
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New Security Newsletters

Posted Tuesday, December 02, 2003 10:11 PM by Brianjo
Two new Security newsletters from Microsoft coming soon. You can sign up for the IT/Dev or Consumer versions at the Microsoft Subscription Center : Microsoft Security Newsletter This monthly newsletter is the authoritative information source for understanding Read More...
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Posted Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:24 PM by Brianjo
First Post! I'm migrating my blog to this site in anticipation of using the data for some work related stuff. I haven't looked at .Text for a while and it's nice to see how far along this software has come. Read More...
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