Bringing ASP.NET MVC to Market
The changing face of microsoft
On January 27th Microsoft’s issued RC1 (release candidate) of their new web development framework ASP.NET MVC (Model View Controller). Not a replacement for Web Forms, MVC is billed as an alternative option when building ASP.Net web applications.
GTD in the Cloud
Connecting my tech with GTD and the cloud
I’ve implemented Getting Things Done across all my daily tech using inexpensive (or free!) solutions. It’s crosses the Mac – PC boundary (I’m sure Linux could be accommodated too) and is simple, elegant and efficient.
OS X Server & Vista
Windows 7 & Vista with OS X Server Shares
I’ve been fighting on and off for a couple of weeks to get Windows 7 to see, and authenticate, against an OS X Leopard Server Open Directory Master. Well I found a fix today that works! Most of the following also applies to Vista as well and there is a little bit at the end for Vista Home Premium users who don’t have access to the secpol.msc snap-in.
W7-1: Windows 7 Beta
Killed the crapware with a fresh install
In my previous post I bemoaned the amount of value added software crap that Toshiba installed for me on a new Satellite-Pro U400. Straight out of the box and after a good hours worth of installing Vista. the machine was taking 4 minutes to boot from cold to a usable desktop.
Crapware Maddness
Far to much rubbish on a new laptop
My brand new laptop’s clean install comes with a sea of desktop shortcuts, shed loads of taskbar services and plugins that have taken over my browser. AND it’s left me with a PC that takes longer to boot than the hubble telescope.
Carbonite Online Backup
Ever so nearly a great service
After finding out by chance that Carbonite and Windows Home Server don’t play well together it’s time to look for another online backup solution. I’d love to hear your suggestions – please leave a comment.
Exchange Email Accounts For The Individual
email heaven for less than a tenner a month
Hosted Microsoft Exchange accounts are now so cheap if you have more than a couple of computers/devices it really makes sense to get yourself hooked up with one.
Switching to Wordpress
From CMS to Blog engine
After deciding which way I wanted to take odd: and restructuring the web site to match it was obvious I did not need the complexity of a fully blown CMS. Wordpress seemed like the best choice.
Take a Peek at this!
User Interface design for mobile email client
Back in February this year (2008) odd: was commissioned to produce the UI (user interface) design for an unnamed mobile email device. Well, the unnamed device is called Peek, and is now on sale in the US!
The Bill Hill Experience
Reading on Screen and cleartype
Web typography is still in its infancy and still leaves a lot to be desired. Bill Hill is working hard on improving the experience of reading type on screen. A great set of interviews from Channel9.
Incidentally...
FREE! ASP.NET MVC eBook Chapter
Scot Hanselman (and others) have a download link to the first chapter (more of a section at 1850 pages long!) totally free and totally cool. Get the NerdDinner.com walkthrough here.
ASP.NET MVC RC1
Scott Guthrie made the announcement that ASP.NET MVC has reached Release Candidate 1. Go grab the bits at http://www.asp.net/mvc/
EverSave for OS X
You should be saving your work on a regular basis in case of crashes, but for those who forget to cmd+s like clockwork EverSave seems like a great idea.
DNS is hard
Setting up DNS on an OS X Server is bloody hard! One step forward two steps back.
Wordpress for iPhone
It's free and it does exactly what it says on the tin.
Party!
Father of the brides 60th last night. Great party, not so great hangover.
Fantastic!