NSIS - .Net 2.0 check and install

I found this module that will check for and install if necessary the .Net 2.0 runtime..

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/DotNET#Including_the_Script

Looks really great. I will need it for Appian's installers..

Connection test services

I have a client that I need to monitor to make sure they stay online. I will probably need to make a two part application for this:

• A server that will send out something of a heart-beat signal and wait a specified interval to make sure it gets a reply back.
  
• A client that will answer the heart-beat at a specified interval.

If the heartbeat isn't answered, then I think there should be an event that occurs.

• The site downage is recorded to a database
• an email should be sent to parties responsible for the sites up time.
• An email should be sent to aboveSHIFT
  

MediaWiki easier???

I want to start using wiki's more often for internal document structure, but there's really no great solution out there. FCKeditor for MediaWiki

Maybe this could be a good project..

• Internal office information with access levels (you don't want marketing people into common IT passwords..)
• Media wiki would be ideal, but its just too hard to use..
• need something more like a blog interface.
• office document modification would be a plus
  
• open up and edit .doc, .xls, etc...
• Google has an ideal solution, but I do not believe its portable (exists only on their servers..)

On a side note, wordpress is starting to talk about integration with Wordress and PHP Wiki. Looks kind of interesting...

Ideas for Zencart add products structure

Make a full screen application that will allow for multiple tasks...

• Maybe there should be a bar of things to do on the left side of the screen?
• instead of tabs on the top of the window..
  

Reverse Engineering Code

A good reference on all the disassemblers and the like..
http://www.woodmann.com/crackz/Tools.htm

Media Player integration with Firefox from Microsoft's Open Source Labs

Firefox runs into issues when trying to view media requiring windows Media Player in order to work correctly. Microsoft's open source labs, Port 25, has released an exe that will integrate WMP into the Firefox browser.


http://port25.technet.com/pages/windows-media-player-firefox-plugin-download.aspx

CakePHP tutorials

sitepoint - create a notes application

CakePHP manual - create a blog

Grahambird - create an ajax task list

swik.net list of tutorials for CakePHP

CakePHP Useful tips, a blog - 21 things you must know about CakePHP

The Bakery, CakePHP's wiki site

CakeBits.net - 27 Useful CakePHP Tutorials

IBM tutorial over CakePHP

A fondness for Rails

I have been wanting to get into Ruby on Rails for some time now. I haven't really had the time to dedicate to learning the syntax of a new language, however. I've heard all about CakePHP though, and am going to start a new project in it over the course of the next few weeks. CakePHP has borrowed the Ruby on Rails MVC structure for coding projects.


http://www.sitepoint.com/article/application-development-cakephp -- The tutorial I'll be following from sitepoint..

Laptop for Tim

Dell Inspiron 6400 E1505 Laptop - $350 http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/sys/424565737.html

HP Pavilion ZE5600 laptop computer 4 sale - $300 http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/sys/422307713.html

About me: a powerpoint project for my design class

I think I'm going to start with all the places I've lived. (Google Earth)

San Antonio (Converse)
Waco (Lorena)
Dallas (Mesquite)
San Antonio again (Universal City)finished high school
Austin while finishing up high school)
Oklahoma City
Stillwater
Oklahoma City

new bands to check out:

HIJK - groove jet (new indie electro band..)

Annuals - Carry Around (some pleasant randomness)

visual studio 2005 client side script

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816166

vmWare workstation VM to vmWare Server

In order to run a virtual machine made by vmware Workstation, you must first make sure the machine is stopped completely (not suspended). Then you must open the virtual machine's image file with vmWare's Converter utility to convert the workstation to a vmWare Server compatible virtual machine image file.

Then the virtual machine should run fine under vmWare's Server platform.

Grouping .Net elements in web forms

Group all elements for account creation together by using each elements group property. This will force the TAB key to go to the next element in the group.

debian smbfs mount (linux mount windows shares)

http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/165

Eclipse switch files

ctrl + f6 or you can change the next editor function's keyboard shortcut to whatever you like..

Window->Preferences->General->Keys and select “Next Editor”.
Now select the text in “Binding” textbox using mouse and do right Click and “Cut”. Now the Binding box would be blank.
Now, press CTRL key and Tab togather and press “OK”.

sync outlook with google calendar

http://www.jakeludington.com/ask_jake/20060818_how_to_sync_google_calendar_with_outlook_and_smartphones_automatically.html

.Net smtp worker

I started working with an array of custom objects that will each contain information to send to either a cell phone or HTML accessible mail client.. This is going to be the base of the class. Just need to construct the interface for the array of custom objects..

smtp .Net mailer class

I ended up having do some SMTP authentication. In order to do this I had to create a custom Credential Cache object to tie to my SMTPClient object for the email request..

//SMTP CREDENTIAL INFORMATION
//set username and pass for smtp authentications
NetworkCredential netLogin = new NetworkCredential(eMail.SMTPLoginName, eMail.SMTPLoginPassword);
//set authenticated smtp connection network configuration credentials
CredentialCache myCache = new CredentialCache();
myCache.Add(eMail.SMTPServerName, Convert.ToInt16(eMail.SMTPPort), "", netLogin);
//assign custom credentials to this authenticated smtp request
client.Credentials = myCache;

Awn: dock for Ubuntu

I was searching for linux terminal screenshots for a Design Project for class and I came across this dock for linux: Awn

LifeHacker

Looks really promising..

Validation Error Icons

Found these online. Kinda nice..