Month: August 2005

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XML in New Genesis portal framework

Yesterday I did a little more work on the Data layer of the framework. It compiles now (finally) though it is just entity type classes and a few related functions. I added some XML serializer code so that any type of object can be saved into an Item.  I have to work out some details with the ItemType class though.…
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A New Gadget

I got a new gadget last Friday!    A Samsung i730 and a 1gb SD card. It is a phone/PocketPC with bluetooth, WiFi, and all the little stuff you’d expect to find on something like this. The only thing it doesn’t have is a camera, but phone cameras usually have horrible quality anyway so I don’t consider it a huge…
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IP Cameras

Anyway, while I’m browsing through this XSLT tutorial and samples I’m thinking of playing with some IP cameras that we (my company) are going to be offering with our other products and services. They have a lot of uses from security to just plain playing around. Some of them have SD card slots to record short clips and motion detection. A…
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The Interview

I interviewed for a position at Microsoft on Tuesday. I must say it was an experience and I’m not going to spoil it for any of you who haven’t done it yet.    I must say it wasn’t exactly what I expected, but close. At the end of the hour and a half I left knowing I needed to learn…
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Espresso Connection

I went to dinner the other day with a friend of mine and we were joking around about how we eat out so much we should start a restaurant review. So, here’s the first one.   Espresso Connection is a drive-thru espresso and snack shop chain in the local area. We often visit the one on College Way in Mount…
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Item Types

As well as those basic types, Items in this new framework can be anything you like. Take files for example since I mentioned the file system was where I got the idea. A class called File could be derived from Item and expose custom properties that are just hooked up to the Attributes and Properties Dictionaries/Lists of the Item type.…
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Call For Help With The NewGenesis Portal Framework

Last week I pushed some updates to the database script and a base set of classes that require some attention. Many of the problems in the current Rainbow Portal project v1.5/beta will be cleared up by use of this back end. The first steps to the future will be DAL and business class layers that replace all data access methods for module developers.…
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Hot Summer In My Apartment

This last week has been hot…  Outside it’s been sunny, something I’d thought wasn’t common here after a few years of the gray. I just got a new monitor last week, a ViewSonic VP191b, which so far is very nice compared to the dinosaur of an old NEC Multisync XP21 that was growing far too blurry to read. I have…

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