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A Not So Fond Farewell…

Shane — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:46:13 +0000

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IE7.js Beta 3

Shane — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:19:19 +0000

I somehow failed to notice that Dean Edwards’ IE7.js was bumped to beta 3 back in February. IE7.js is a javascript library which, when included in your web page, makes MSIE 5-6 behave like MSIE7. I found it to be extremely useful, particularly when dealing with png images.

I’m looking for a change log to find out what has changed from the original beta version to the beta 3 version. Does this exist?

Technorati Tags: IE7, MSIE, Internet Explorer, png, web standards

Busy Day at the Office for Mozilla

Shane — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:33:03 +0000

The much publicized release of Firefox 3.0 and the goal of setting a world record for the most downloads in 24 hrs has the Mozilla servers on the ropes.

Here’s a direct link to the setup file: Firefox Setup 3.0.exe. Good luck!

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ASP.NET MVC Presentation Notes

Shane — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:25:41 +0000

This post contains notes, links and a .zip of the project I built in my presentation to the Lubbock .NET Users Group. Requirements for this project include the following:

ASP.NET 3.5 Framework
ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions CTP
ASP.NET MVC Toolkit
Visual Studio 2008

Sites with Tutorial, Tips, Help, etc..

Scott Guthrie Intro and Tutorials:
MVC Forum
MVC Quickstarts
Tips from Mike Bosch
Creating Client and Server-Side Form Validation (sample project)
Ajax with the ASP.NET MVC Framework
Roadmap for MVC Framework

Sample Project

The sample project is a very basic issue tracking system. The database is not included, but can easily be built according to the following diagram:
(click to view)

Have fun! [Download project files]

Technorati Tags: ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET 3.5

How to Become an Email Processing Ninja

Shane — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:14:16 +0000

Merlin Mann recently addressed Google employees and advised them to become email processing ninjas. “Inbox Zero”, based on Getting Things Done by David Allen, he advises that your email inbox should be empty when you have finished checking your email. “Checking your email” shouldn’t consist of simply scanning your inbox for new messages and opening the few that catch your eye—it should be an actionable event. Each message has a place—often that place is the trash. Make that event happen as soon as possible. He further suggests turning off your email application for the majority of the day and only checking your email a few times per day. This will help you avoid the constant interruptions of new mail and actually focus on real tasks!

Technorati Tags: GTD, getting things done, email, Merlin Mann, Inbox Zero, Email Processing Ninja, productivity

iPhone Instant Messenger

Shane — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:54:21 +0000

So, apparently there are some complaints about the lack of an IM client for the iPhone. “Sure, it has SMS…but we want the real deal!” I think the existence of Meebo makes this a virtual non-issue. Early reports claim that it will work because the iPhone’s browser is reported to be a full version of the Safari browser—history will tell though.

UPDATE (7/3/07): Meebo appears to be officially supported on the iPhone now. (via MacRumors)

UPDATE (7/5/07): More on this topic—Using multi-network Meebo chat service on your iPhone.

Technorati Tags: iPhone, SMS, IM, Instant Messenger, Apple, Safari, Meebo

Safari Getting Closer

Shane — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:00:09 +0000

Following up on this post…

Andrew Dupont mentions some of the improvements to the next version of Apple’s Safari web browser rapidly approaching release.

Meanwhile, the Webkit development team is focusing on stabilization.

Technorati Tags: Safari, Webkit, Apple, Leopard