CoolTools!!
Tools that I have found to be handy...
Here is a nifty little example of how to pipe console output to Microsoft LogParser, in this case the results of a ping against Google. ping -n 15 www.google.co.uk | "%pathTologparser%\LogParser" "SELECT TO_INT(REPLACE_STR(EXTRACT_... (Text,'time',' '),'ms','')) AS Response INTO Ping.gif FROM stdin WHERE Text LIKE '%%Reply%%' GROUP BY Response" -i textline -legend off -chartTitle "Ping Times" -view Note: I have inserted line breaks for readability, this should be written as one line. Replace %pathTologparser%...
Just found out today that Daniel Bartholomew is using SharpSTS to implement a Secure Token Server for DotNetNuke. He announces... Soon, you'll be able to issue your own managed cards through DotNetNuke, which include all the users personal information. I'm also going to write a new provider for DotNetNuke that will allow webmasters to declare what information they should save in their databases. As a webmaster you'll be able to offer your customers all the personalisation they expect, while offloading...
I am happy to announce the launch of a project that anyone involved in Identity, WCF or CardSpace will find exciting. It's called SharpSTS. Working alongside (more learning from) two of my very intelligent friends Barry Dorrans and Dominick Baier, we have launched a comprehensive C# .Net library that aims to simplify the involvement for everyone that wants to develop Information Card security token services. The releases for SharpSTS live at CodePlex. We also have set up a demo site / 'play' area...
Thanks to your friend and mine Barry Dorrans for a video on this lovely little feature inside your HP MediaSmart Video: Christmas with the HP Media Smart Server...
I have updated the ever popular developer script that adds a 'Command Line Here' option to your context menu upon right clicking a folder. Enjoy! Technorati Tags: visual studio 2008...
A context menu for Team Foundation Power Tool Online command The Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Power Tool (formerly known as Power Toys) is a set of enhancements, tools and command-line utilities that improve the Team Foundation Server user experience. This release includes two new command-line tools for the developer and three non-command line tools: a process template editor, a set of custom check-in policies, and a test tools build task: The command i use the most is tfpt...
Very handy tool for those of us that rightly develop under the 'least privileged' user context. MakeMeAdmin -- temporary admin for your Limited User account
Not one to typically laugh at Microsoft when they screw up (??) but today an article on news.bbc.co.uk heralds http://beta.search.msn.co.uk/ as the latest significant rival to google and yahoo!. All fine and well, and it's never a bad thing when a new comprehensive search engine comes on-line, but cummon guys... it doesn't make life for the marketing team easy when potential 'client' receive... This site is temporarily unavailable, please check back soon. ...after searching for Microsoft. I'm hoping...
[Larkware]USB Sushi Drive - The folks at Dynamism come through as a US importer of these. You definitely pay a premium for cool, though
Well it's new to me... http://webmessenger.msn.com Just discovered webmessenger from MSN which provides web based instant messaging to those unfortunate enough to be on a PC without the windows app, or like me, work for an tightly firewalled corporation. The project is still in Beta so who knows what's going to happen but for now I'm back online chatting during office hours for the first time in years...work related chat of course :...
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