A Blog for Graymad

I'll be speaking next week (Tuesday the 18th, to be precise) at the Fort Worth .NET User Group, run by fellow blogger (though he's been slacking since summer), Stephen Swienton. I'm following on the heels of Rob Howard's kick-off of the ASP.NET RoadShow, which is a tough act to follow, but I'll let the technology do the talking, with an overview of some of the new features coming in ASP.NET "Whidbey".

If this works, then good job, Jim!

If not, BAD JIM!!!! ;-)



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A bugfix release for SharpReader has been released. If you downloaded 0.9.3, you want to get this fix ASAP (it was too late for me, and I lost some archived posts from a number of feeds, but you may have better luck!):

Changes in 0.9.3.1 - released November 9 2003

• Fixed a bug that could potentially delete all items in a feed upon refresh.
• Fixed a NullReferenceException.

I'm currently working on a new article for the MSDN ASP.NET Developer Center on building a registration and login server control for ASP.NET v1.1. Sure, Whidbey will have controls to do this baked right into the framework, but for now, the control I'm showing how to build will provide some of the same functionality, and you can use it right away.

First, I'd like to say that whoever came up with the idea of using removable (and transferable) SIM (subscriber identity module) cards for storing account information for phones is brilliant, and the implementation works great. I know this because in response to the problems I've had getting my MPx200 smartphone activated by AT&T, I researched techniques for removing the SIM Lock (most phones are locked to the SIM card provided by the phone company from which you bought the phone), which would enable me to move the phone to a different wireless provider. Using a code purchased online, I unlocked the phone, removed the AT&T SIM and replaced it with the one from my Pocket PC Phone. With no additional configuration, I was able to make and receive calls using my existing service (T-Mobile). With the addition of a data connection to T-Mobile's proxy, I was also able to browse the web using the MPx200. The fact that the process was that simple is a testament to the sound planning that went into the SIM card and phones.

I think perhaps Julie is onto something with this post:

Luke writes:

S. Srinivasa Sivakumar notes an exerpt from a semi-autobiographical book on Larry Ellison. Right from the start, you can see why Oracle has been losing market share and stock value: