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I just got this mail from the Windows Live Mail team:
Thanks so much for your interest in Windows Live™ Mail beta
This is kind of embarrassing to admit, but we have a bug that won’t allow us to make the Windows Live Mail beta available to you at this time. We know it stinks but, if we set you up with this beta, there is a risk that you might lose some of the best stuff that comes with your MSN® Hotmail® Plus account. We are working hard to get this bug resolved and once it is, we will send you a mail and move you to the beta.
Best regards,
The Windows Live Mail beta team
I haven´t been posting for a while, and the reason is that I have moved from Stockholm to Umeå (700 km) to study at the university.
I will start posting ASAP. :-)
I have 50 GMail invites, so if you are interested, just post your e-mail as a comment here.
The clock is 4:35 am at the moment and I´m sitting here at my computer, installing WinFX SDK again because I just formatted my hard drive while I´m drinking my 7th cup of coffee.
While sitting here I have been thinking about the Windows Presentation Foundation and all the amazing stuff you can do with it such as 3D images flying around. Well, it´s a really nice feature, but how will that affect the application designers? The ability to use 3D in the applications can be nice, but what if it will be abused?
I really hope that I don´t have to go nuts because the menu in the application is flying away when I try to click on it, or if I they (the designers) put some videos in the application that is flying around just because they
can.
*getting my 8th cup of coffee*
By the way, before I formatted my hard drive, my computer was a mess. Nothing worked, so I felt I really had to do it.
After I reinstalled Windows XP I could finally test Windows Codename (btw, how should I write it? Code-name, Codename, Code Name? :P) Max. It´s a really nice application that is done with XAML. It´s clean, good looking and is easy to use, great job!
*getting another cop of coffee*
Am I a caffeine abuser? I have been drinking 9 cups of coffee the last 2 hours, that can´t be good.
Thats all for now. Finally done with the worst blog I have ever done. I must be the most boring man on the world.
Just found this picture:
Sad, but true. :)
Googles has released Google Blog Search which let you search after blogs with a special keyword. Looks very interesting!
http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch
Microsoft has released a new web site for the new gadgets they are providing.
Gadgets come in three flavors:
- Gadgets for Windows Sidebar will run on your desktop or dock into Windows Sidebar, an upcoming feature in Windows Vista alongside other applications. Desktop Gadgets can developed using Windows Presentation Foundation, DHTML/Atlas, and even ActiveX controls. The beauty of Desktop Gadgets is that they are visually and programmatically rich – scaling from vector-based graphics and managed code to standard techniques you’d use for the Web. You’ll be hearing more about Windows Sidebar over the coming months here as we approach release around Beta 2 of Windows Vista.
- Gadgets for Start.com (a.k.a. Web or Server-based Gadgets) provide a fast, customizable homepage with a clean user interface – putting the user in control of more of their online experience. Currently in incubation/public preview, Start.com is a place where consumers can customize the web to their liking by adding their own sources of content including RSS web-feeds and web-based Gadgets that extend functionality of their site- anything from custom calendars to service integration. Start.com demonstrates the use of DHTML and ASP.Net Atlas, which separates the data from the UI resulting in significant performance improvements. In addition, Start.com Gadgets can easily support docking into the Windows Sidebar.
- Gadgets for Windows SideShow(tm) (a.k.a. Auxilary Display Gadgets) allow users to view their information on devices. Users can view their data where they want it, whether it is for instant access on the lid of a laptop PC, for notifications on a keyboard display or for convenience on a detached device like a cell phone. Gadgets for Windows SideShow run on the PC and use COM interfaces to send data to devices. This Windows SideShow platform combined with the power of desktop applications allows for new scenarios and opportunities.
Take a look at it at http://microsoftgadgets.com/.
Finally the Start.com Developer Center is here.
Today's preview of the Start.com Developer illustrates fundamental shifts in web programming patterns:
- DHTML-based Gadgets
Start.com consumes DHTML-based components called Gadgets. These Gadgets can be created by any developer, hosted on any site, and consumed into the Start.com experience. The model is completely distributed. You can develop components derived from other components on the web.
- Adding Behavior to RSS
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an incredible platform for sharing content and information. Today all RSS feeds are treated equally by aggregators. Start.com integrates the world of RSS with Gadgets enabling any feed to optionally be associated with a rich, interactive experience. Some feeds present information that may be better presented in an alternative format. Other feeds leverage extensions or provide extra semantics beyond standard RSS (e.g., Open Search, Geo-based coordinates, etc). By enabling a feed to define a unique experience or consume an existing one, the richness of the aggregator experience can improve organically without requiring a new application. Of course, we also allow the user to control whether a custom experience is displayed for a feed.
- Open-ended Application Model
An open-ended application consumes Gadgets and provides core application services and experiences. This is and has been the Start.com model since its inception (that's how we stay so agile). By opening up Start.com, we have removed the boundaries around Start.com features and experiences. The community of developers and publishers can now define and control the richness of the Start.com experience.
The Start.com Blog
The Microsoft Gagdgets Blog
I just read on CNN that there was a black out earlier today. Maybe it´s done by someone upset for not getting a ticket to the PDC? ;)
We have released CZ Stats API which allows you to show your visitors in different ways.
Take a look here: http://www.czstats.com/api
Go to CZ Stats
Is Bill Gates satan?
Converted to ASCII:
MS-DOS 6.21
77+83+45+68+79+83+32+54+46+50+49 = 666
WINDOWS95
87+73+78+68+79+87+83+57+53+1 = 666
A coincidence, don´t think so!
Bill Gates real name is William Henry Gates III. If you convert his name now and add 3 (his III) you will get the following answer:
B 66
I 73
L 76
L 76
G 71
A 65
T 84
E 69
S 83
+3
———
666
Have a nice day! ;)
Today, we released our new counter which you can use for your web site if you want to know how many users your site has, what web broweser they are using, where they come from and much much more.
The best of all - it´s free!
Please take a look at this demo for more info: http://www.czstats.com/Stats.aspx?id=e7d89a17-c38d-4aef-94c6-4b3fea513b86
Visit CZ Stats now!
I was just checking the stats at the ASP.NET Forums and that made me realize that I really needs a life. ;)
By the way, if there are someone out there in the world who is looking for an experienced .NET developer with very good knowledges about C# and Visual Basic .NET, please contact me!
Warning: If you are playing the game, you´ve got 30 minutes to forget you read this.
If you were not playing the game, you are now...
Rules
- To know The Game is to play The Game. One can never stop playing.
- To think of The Game is to lose The Game.
- When one loses The Game, one must announce to all present that one has lost. (For example, “I just lost The Game!")
- To hear about a loss is to earn thirty minutes to forget about The Game.
More info about the game
Now you can personalize google with news, weather, economics etc.
Visit google
Well, first of all I want to say that I´m not as active here as I thought I should be. The problem is that I´ve got alot of school and I also got some important customers, so I´m busy all the time.
But now I´m back! ;)
I have decided to write a book about ASP.NET 2.0 and want some ideas of what I should write about.
This is what I have now:
- Master pages
- Personalization
- Web parts
- New web controls
- Security
- ADO.NET
- Some new features in VB.NET/C# (like My, generics etc)
Any ideas?
My blog is up and running - again.
A big hug to DotNetJunkies for hosting it!
I´m going to blog alot about .NET 2.0 and Longhorn (including Avalon, Indigo etc.). :-)