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Unofficial Firefox 1.1 changelog
Unofficial Firefox 1.1 changelog
Full Firefox 1.1 release plan on the Firefox Wiki
Firefox 1.1 (Preview Release) scheduled for April 2005
Firefox 1.1 Release scheduled for June 2005
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[wish] "CREATE TABLE ... LIKE" in SQL Server 2005
My friend Dave recently told me about the "CREATE TABLE ... LIKE " SQL statement. MySql and DB2 both support it, and it's apparently part of the SQL99 spec. It's not supported by T-SQL (SQL Server).
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Tracing Enhancement in ASP.NET 2.0 - MostRecent
Back in June 2003 I posted a wish for wrapping in ASP.NET the Trace stack:
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LogParser and WMI: separated at birth?
LogParser: a cool tool that supports SQL-like queries against "text-based data such as log files, XML files and CSV files, as well as key data sources on the Windows® operating system such as the Event Log, the Registry, the file system, and Active Directory®." [via MSDN]
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[tip] Use WinMerge for compare / merge in StarTeam
We use StarTeam for source control at my work. I'm not a huge StarTeam fan, and I think the compare / merge portion is pretty much unusable. Fortunately, you can pick your own alternative merge and compare utilities. I like WinMerge . Here's how to set it up:
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[tools] Log Parser 2.2 is out
Log Parser 2.2 is out (via Bernard at Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0\r\n). Download it [here]. If you aren't familiar with Log Parser, check out www.logparser.com.
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[sql] T-SQL Quiz
A user executes the following two queries in SQL Server Query Analyzer. Query 1 returns no rows; Query 2 returns one row. Why?
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[OT] Horses and monkeys
Yesterday evening I wanted to take a quick catnap after dinner. That's not too easy with a 1 year old and a 3 year old who want to play with Dada, but I can sometimes get away with it if I convince them we're playing.
"I'm going to play 'nap on the couch' now. I'm the little baby and you can put me to sleep."
"What will you dream about?" Rosemary, the three year old, asked.
"Um... horsies and monkeys and that kind of stuff," I mumbled as I drifted off.
I woke up about 10 minutes later. I learned to appreciate even tiny doses of sleep when I was in the military.
Rosemary was standing a foot away from me, smiling. "Did your dreams come true?" she asked.
"Um... I don't know... uh..." I was groggy. I rarely remember my dreams, and usually when I do they're utter nonsense. How to answer this one?
"Wait a second, Dada." She scurried out of the room. I glanced around and noticed I was surrounded by a huge pile of stuffed horses - she'd obviously been gathering and arranging them the whole time I slept. When did we get so many stuffed horses? Rosemary returned with her only stuffed monkey, a tiny little sock monkey.
"Did your dreams come true, Dada?" She asked again, expectantly.
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New Google tag... rel="nofollow"?
Scoble mentioned this morning that Google would be announcing a new tag today, so I've been keeping my eyes peeled. Anne van Kesteren just blogged about it - it looks like it's rel="nofollow".
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[OT] Half-Life back story, mods
I'm a fan of the Half-Life thing. I stink at it - unlike my little brother who finished it 4 days after it was released and is now literally lapping me, I'm still slogging through. I play for the love of the game, though, and because I really enjoy the storyline.
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[fyi] Known bug in RSSBandit 1.3 Alpha - OPML Import
Managing a big feed list is a pain in the neck. The weblogs.asp.net group feed continues to add new posters (good), but the only mechanism I've found to add them in RSSBandit (or any of the other aggregators I've used) is to
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[link] How to Script SQL Server User and Role Object Permissions
I needed to copy user permissions between two SQL Server environments; this script did the trick: http://www.sql-server-performance.com/bm_object_permission_scripts.asp
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Patches and Reboots
Alex Campbell talks about the pain of keeping servers patched since most patches seem to still require reboots:Web Hosting Nightmare - Windows Update
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[tool] w.bloggar - Version 4.00 Released!
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[update] URL's with offsets - deep links in audio files
I previously posted [URL's with offsets - www.sample.com/interview.mp3#time=32:05] about how I thought it would be very useful to link to a specific portion of an audio resource. As podcasts get bigger, I see that as a huge usability feature.
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[OT] Riddle Me This, Google, Part Three
Eric Lippert has posted his third installment of answers to Google queries that seemed to have reached his blog in error. No matter, Eric Explains It All:Riddle Me This, Google, Part Three
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[wish] Community code namespace standards
I'm happy to see the huge growth of community contributed code - things like RSS.NET, sharpziplib, ftp classes to tide us over 'til .NET 2.0, etc.
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[link] mFeeds - Podcast feeds from any page with media links
I got a 30GB MP3 player for Christmas so this Podcasting thing is getting more interesting to me. I'd previously wanted a Podcast feed from the Pitchfork Media MP3 page. I'd even started building an application to build the RSS for me based on Roy Osherove's Site-To-RSS code.