Digital Photography Hints and Tips

Just Show Me How is a cool new site with tips for digital photographers.

Done by award-winning photographers – well worth a look.

Web Services Enhancements 3.0 Hands-On Labs Available

Microsoft has released a series of Hands-On Labs to help developers learn how to implement solutions using WSE 3.0.

The first set of labs has examples of how to implement ASMX web services in a console app, how to use MTOM for binary data, and how to build your own peer-to-peer messaging program.

The second set are centered around implementing secure web services.

Microsoft Enterprise Library 2.0 Released

Another item I meant to post ages ago (probably around January)!

Microsoft’s Patterns & Practices Team has released Microsoft Enterprise Library 2.0.

Enterprise Library is a collection of application blocks including data access, logging, configuration, cryptography, exception handling, caching, and security. This version has been updated to work with .NET 2.0 and includes some significant changes.

Windows Clippings

Windows Clippings is a useful little tool for capturing clippings for documentation/blog posting. 

It goes in the system tray and when you double click on it the screen dims. You single click on the window you want to get a screenshot of and just that window brightens. A double-click then will send the screenshot to the clipboard, OneNote, or a Folder. It’s even smart enough to pick a good filename based on the Window’s Title.

It will also create transparency in all the appropriate places, which is very useful when you consider that even Windows Explorer uses irregular regions and curved edges.

Maxivista Undocumented Registry Tweaks

Just dipping back through some older blog posts that I flagged.

Scott Hanselman has some information on some Maxivista Undocumented Registry Tweaks.

Open Source Ruby on Rails Shopping Cart

Just released today - a rival to the likes of OS Commerce, Miva Merchant, and every other old shopping cart script out there.

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List of only the best Windows Open-Source Software

Perfectly simple and great for getting non-techies using F/OSS. Open Source Windows is a ’simple list of the best free and open-source software for Windows.

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Google Tips

A check list for making your site friendly to the Googlebot

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HOW-TO build your own Home Theatre PC

A step-by-step text and picture guide explaining how to set up every aspect of home theatre PC from the hardware all the way down to the software level. If you have been thinking about making your own PVR and you want more power than a Tivo you may want to take a look at this.

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Google Maps API Basic Tutorial

A tutorial to help you create your own interactive maps using the Google API.

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