Well take all the above items and mix them up and you have what I have been up to. I have been coding a lot more lately, trying to get a new version of iisreporter out and also working on some custom dev software for a friend. Work has been very stressful. We have a lot going on and a few …
Well I have been extremely busy at work, so my posts have been a bit out of sync. I would like to get another pod cast out. I have a lot of material. I keep an ongoing journal of things I want to research, test, and write about. I can use a lot of that information to fill both a podcast …
This week I have been able to see and test a lot of new programs. 1. google earth (earth.google.com) Essentially it is keyhole (a program google purchased) on crack. They added all the great features of google maps to this sat image program. If you have not tried it, go download. It’s free. 2. Google Video player. I had heard about …
Well I have many ideas on how to update and modify the IIS reporter application I have written. I have finally got VS2005 up and running on my machine and will try to migrate IIS reporter over to 2.0. I have a few releases I need to get up to the source server. I also have a web service version that …
Well I finally got around to looking at google sitemaps (googlesitemaps). If you don’t already have a google account (gmail acount also) just register for one. I have been wanting to test this service out. So I embarked on creating a simple xml (sitemap based file) for this site. I downloaded the python script and started to run it. I do …
I had a great week at teched. Here is a quick summary of some interesting things I learned. Architecture program from microsoft. Microsoft has an architecture advisory board. I met a member of that board at TechEd – Jim Wilt. You can read more here http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/ IIS 7.0 – Is too long in coming and has all of us Admins waiting …
One of the great sessions I attended was about ASP.Net 2.0 and Master Pages. The idea is that you can create a master page that all other pages bind from. This concept is similar to a tempate design but with a master page you can lock in certain page variables and attributes that you would like an entire site or area …
I have been so busy here in Orlando, I have not been able to post any more info. I have attended so many sessions and Cabana’s that I am overwhelmed. First things first, IIS 7.0 will rock. They have taken a modular approach to how you can configure and extend IIS. This allows an administrator to either lockdown a server by …
Here is a link to the google factory tour . They talk about a lot of the new services they will be offering and some that I have mentioned before. They have screen shots of the customized home page, RSS feed adds, and even some info on translation. I really do like google (I know I have said this before). Their …
It seems to me that there are a ton of IE tool bars out there. And every program you install tries to add another. I understand the functionality of a toolbar and how useful they can be, but come on. How many do we need. So I started thinking of what I use. And wanted to see what others thought. I …
May 21st, Digital Grand Rapids Podcast Click here for the Direct Link You can subscribe here You can get the show notes here (shownotes)
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There is a fantastic document over at Microsoft about the updated security features of IIS 6.0 vs IIS 5.0. It is a very good read and has some great information. You can find the document here (www.microsoft.com). I admin many IIS boxes at work and frequent many IIS user lists and sites to add information about security and hardening. This document …
It looks like one of my favorite PodCasts is going to be available on Sat radio. Adam Curry is working with Sirius radio to deliver a Podcast channel – You can read the news release here . Or visit Sirius Radio for more info and a free 3 day trial. I was playing with getting Sat Radio for a while. I …
I am a command linke junkie. I have always been, both a linux and windows user and find it is difficult to switch from linux to windows when using the command prompt. In particular, the ls command on linux is similar to the dir command in windows. I found myself always typing ls on a windows machine and getting the “unknown …