FireFox plug-ins that saves my career
These are all the great FireFox plug-in that makes my software development life much more easier:
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Tamper Data : to view and modify HTTP/HTTPS headers and post parameters.
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Download Embedded : Downloads all or selected embedded objects on a webpage.
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FlashGot : Download one link, selected links or all the links of a page at the maximum speed with a single click, using the most popular external download managers
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Adblock : to filter elements at their source-address
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NoScript : NoScript allows JavaScript, Java (and other plugins) only for trusted domains of your choice (e.g. your home-banking web site).
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de.lirio.us - use de.lirio.us easier than never before
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Add Bookmark Here - Allows you to add bookmarks to any folder in the bookmarks menu like in Opera.
Great Web 2.0 Mashup resources
If you are into the whole web 2.0 thing, you definitely need to check out the
programmableweb site. It provides a great springboard for you to access all great web service API.
Also check out I
nside The Web podcast about Mashup.
Reboot issue seems to resolved
Finally found an easy way to reboot a Windows Server 2003 with a trace left in event log:
Simply create a .bat file, with the following command line in it:
shutdown /r /c "Scheduled System Reboot (For refreshing memory)" /t 0
The following two articles will discribe everything in detail:
- How to: Disable the Shutdown Event Tracker in Windows 2003- What is the Shutdown Event Tracker on a Windows Server 2003?
Problem with restarting Windows Server 2003 with Smart-UPS 3000
It's seems like a Windows Server 2003 system with a APC Smart-UPS 3000 RM has problem restarting the server properly. However, someone mentioned that the hotfix called WindowsServer2003-KB819760-x86-enu.exe file can fix this problem. You can download the Hotfix from here. However, after the hotfix, it seems like I also need to do a step on "Group Policy Object Editor". Read the above hot fix link for detail.
Since the patch is already is Windows Server 2003 SP1, it seems like the fix is already there and all we need is turn on that switch in "Group Policy Object Editor". However, my user told me that he already tried it and still failed. So I was like .... Errr... more research.
By the way, I was trying to get more insight on this UPS thing by reading the setup manual and installation manual. Nothing useful was found it them.
eBook and magazine site for nerds
Here you go.
eBook and magazine site for nerds
Here you go.
eBook and magazine site for nerds
Here you go.
Sometimes Windows Terminal service ignores me
When I tried to connect to the Windows Server 2003 living in a VMWare on our fileserver, and the server was a bit busy at the same time, the Terminal service on the Windows Server 2003 (in VMWare) will simply ignored me. But after I left the machine there for a night, and then tried it again this morning, it worked without making any alterration at all. Strange.
AJAX on ASP.Net 1.1
The site that my development team created was written in ASP.Net 1.1, so in short run I cannot jump to any funky ASP.net 2.0 technology. Thus this kind of AJAX for ASP.Net 1.1 article is a good news to me:
- Implementing AJAX Using ASP.NET 1.1
Tired. Cannot create portable version of Web Dev Express 2005
I think I did this a few time before, but I did it again anyway, and it still failed: you CANNOT create a portable version of Microsoft Visual Web Dev Express 2005. See I am always obsess with having a totally removable harddisk friendly version of Visual Studio .Net 2005 or just the Express version. But I guess my dream will never come true.
AJax on ASP.Net, and more on .Net space
There's just so much going on in .Net space.
First there's a
ASP.NET 2.0 Webcasts for C# Developers. I don't think I can attend since there's a time zone problem. But I will definitely download the webcast later to learn more.
And then in the Microsoft Code for Fun Section, I found a series of video about writing 3D application using C# . That got me a bit excited too.
But the most shock part to me is that the Atlas January 2006 Release has been out . In case you didn't know, Altas is Microsoft implementation of Ajax in ASP.Net . The downloadable seems to be here , but then I am not sure if I should just in now since they are still in beta stage. But one thing for sure is that other Open Source community effort done to making ASP.Net AJaxable, like MagicAjax, may start to shrink. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, though. Nevertheless, here's the Ajax ASP.Net realted pages:
- An Ajax example using Altas - A Code Project example of using Altas.
- MagicAjax - a free open-source framework, designed to make it easier and more intuitive for developers to integrate AJAX technology into their web pages
- Ajax.Net for ASP.Net 1.1
- Hand code Ajax in ASP.Net
- ASP.NET Spiced: AJAX -
Microsoft's old Ajax article back in Sept 2005
Also, a series of How Do I video related to ASP.Net 2.0 has been released, and all the videos are downloadable.
Code for fun with KPL
KPL is Kid's Programming Language. It comes with tutorial and let you create simple but interesting game like application. It's also featured in
MSDN site and I was told that the 2.0 version is even faster.
Braindead on ArcServe
I strongly suspect that my brain is not working as great as it used to be. I was able to fiind a very friendly list view of log status on ArcServe Scheduled task, but today I tried and tried and still couldn't pull out that screen. sigh .....
