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January 2005 - Posts

Codec Installation Package

Sort of a note to myself. I was on an e-mail thread last week with some people who couldn't play a video because they didn't have the appropriate codecs installed. This download should get a WMP installation up to date: Codec Installation Package This Read More...
Posted Sunday, January 30, 2005 12:03 AM by Brianjo | 2 Comments

Security Reading for the Weekend

This went live Friday, but we didn't have time to get it headlined. Dino Esposito wrote a nice article for Kent and me that discusses some of the security features of ASP.NET. As usual with Dino, this is great stuff: Take Advantage of ASP.NET Built-in Read More...
Posted Saturday, January 29, 2005 11:07 PM by Brianjo | 1 Comments
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Baseball Tryouts Today

It seems like we just finished last season. :) Oh well, it was nice to get outside today, even if it was raining a bit. Read More...
Posted Sunday, January 23, 2005 4:58 AM by Brianjo | 2 Comments

InfoPath Blogging Tool Issues

I'm having a bit of trouble with the InfoPath SimpleBlogger tool I mentioned the other day. I'm having a problem with the time stamp on the postings. Maybe I missed something when I first ran the template? In any case, I really like using this tool for Read More...
Posted Saturday, January 22, 2005 3:54 AM by Brianjo | 0 Comments

Moleskine and OneNote

The funny thing about using this Moleskine to take some of my notes... I've become a much better note taker in OneNote . Here's what I think is going on: I don't write a ton of stuff in the Moleskine. I usually write "To Do:" and then I add a date and Read More...
Posted Friday, January 21, 2005 11:40 PM by Brianjo | 7 Comments

Digital Black Belt Webcasts: Defend Your Code from Attacks

This series looks absolutely great. I've signed up for the first session on the 4th. The complete list is on the page linked below. Digital Black Belt: Defend Your Code from Attacks Hackers are busier than ever. Do you know how they attack? Is your code Read More...
Posted Friday, January 21, 2005 4:54 PM by Brianjo | 2 Comments
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DirectX 9.0 SDK Update - (December 2004)

I meant to link to this in December and I forgot about it. The DirectX 9 SDK Update for December 2004 is available for download. You can download it from here: DirectX 9.0 SDK Update - (December 2004) Download the complete DirectX 9.0 SDK Update - (December Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:41 PM by Brianjo | 9 Comments
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Best Pen for Moleskines

In answer to Steve's question about the best pen for a Moleskine, I was going to mention these great pigment pens that I used to get in the scrapbooking section of the hobby stores. (The idea being that pigment will last forever, where the dye in inks Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:35 PM by Brianjo | 8 Comments

InfoPath Blogging Tool

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that w.bloggar 4.0 was my favorite blogging tool. It's taken me half a year to discover a pretty cool InfoPath based tool called SimpleBlogger. I'm going give this a shot for a while and see how it works out. I use InfoPath Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 20, 2005 4:31 AM by Brianjo | 0 Comments

Scriptomatic 2.0 Available

Scriptomatic is a very cool and useful utility that lets you generate all sorts of useful WMI scripts. This version lets you gen your scripts in VB, JScript, Python, and Perl. Give it a go here: Scriptomatic 2.0 A completely new version of the famous Read More...
Posted Monday, January 17, 2005 7:18 PM by Brianjo | 4 Comments
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Portable Media Center Impressions

I got my Portable Media Center (PMC) last Friday and I wanted to play with it for a few days before I talked about it too much. I bought the Samsung YH-999 because that one seemed to be the smaller of the two availalble right now. So far, I'm really liking Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:47 PM by Brianjo | 7 Comments

Chat: Visual C++ Editor and IDE Features

(Took this off the C++ feed.) Sorry for the late notice. There's a Visual C++ chat tomorrow (January 12, 2005) at 1:00 PST. Visual C++ Editor and IDE Features Chat with the Visual C++ Editor & IDE team to talk about new Whidbey features such as Code Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 11, 2005 11:24 AM by Brianjo | 3 Comments

Windows Security Updates Summary for January 2005

New security bulletins for 2005. Get the details here: Windows Security Updates Summary for January 2005 The Windows security updates for January 2005 include several important updates for Microsoft Windows and some installations of Microsoft Internet Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 11, 2005 11:07 AM by Brianjo | 1 Comments
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Malicious Software Removal Tool

Today, Microsoft released the new Malicious Software Removal Tool. The link below contains information about the tool, along with links to the scanner and downloads: Malicious Software Removal Tool The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 11, 2005 10:59 AM by Brianjo | 1 Comments
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MSDN Magazine: Big C++ News

Great news. MSDN Magazine is expanding their Visual C++ coverage. MSDN Magazine Executive Editor Joshua Trupin expains it all in his latest Editor's Note in the February Issue of the magazine: Editor's Note: C++, Plus... ...Since along with Visual Studio Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 11, 2005 10:36 AM by Brianjo | 6 Comments
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MSN Video Downloads

I was reading Russell Beattie's blog and I found a link to MSN Video Downloads , and a few other very interesting things. I did end up picking up a Portable Media Center last week and so I subscribed right away. This is pretty cool stuff. I'll do a bigger Read More...
Posted Sunday, January 09, 2005 4:49 PM by Brianjo | 1 Comments

Snow in Redmond

We woke up to snow on the ground this morning. I usually have to throw on a bunch of clothes to go out and take pictures when this happens. Today, I stayed inside and shot these pictures through the living room window. They turned out pretty well. :) Read More...
Posted Sunday, January 09, 2005 4:34 PM by Brianjo | 1 Comments

My First Moleskine

The other day, I was in Borders and I discovered this little notebook. It had a story printed on the wrapper and I found it really intriguing. I didn't buy it, but I did go home thinking about it. I then saw a post in Danny Gregory's blog where he mentioned Read More...
Posted Friday, January 07, 2005 9:31 PM by Brianjo | 7 Comments

w.bloggar v4 available

Version 4 of my favorite blogging tool is available here . I'm tring it out now. :) Read More...
Posted Friday, January 07, 2005 9:12 PM by Brianjo | 1 Comments

Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware Beta Available

Check out the new Microsoft Windows AnitSpyware (Beta) Home page. You'll find all sorts of inofmation about the beta there. Here's a link and some information from the overview page. Microsoft Windows AnitSpyware (Beta) Home Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 06, 2005 9:14 AM by Brianjo | 6 Comments
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WhiningDog.net reviews the Samsung YH-999 Portable Media Center

WhiningDog.net has a good review up of the Samsung YH-999 Portable Media Center. I looked at one of these at Best Buy and I fell in love. I'll probably pick one up soon. Read the full review here: Review of the Samsung YH-999 Portable Media Center ...From Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 05, 2005 7:34 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments

Xbox Media Center Extender Video

I spent most of my vacation this holiday rebuilding my computer systems and network. I installed Windows Media Center Extender on my living room Xbox and on my Media Center 2005 PC. The results have been absolutely amazing. I'm demoing the finished system Read More...
Posted Monday, January 03, 2005 11:06 PM by Brianjo | 6 Comments
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