Mac-based Photoshop Elements users who have enviously eyed the automation capabilities of Photoshop CS2 now have access to a free set of automation tools that will let them batch process their images using Photoshop Elements. (posted by Jennifer Apple)

A photo conntest with a $1000 cash prize. (posted by Jennifer Apple)

A simple tip on working around CSS incompatibilities across browsers without relying on CSS parser bugs... Read More... Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!...(read more)

Nikhil recently posted a nice blog post that includes a new ASP.NET AJAX-enabled control called "HistoryControl". When added to a page it allows developers to programmatically add logical views into a browser's history list. This enables you to make AJAX enabled sites much more useful, and to follow the standard back/forward navigation paradigm that traditional web apps follow. For example, the below code could be written by a developer in response to a selection change within a list to to add the previous list selection to the browser's history via Nikhil's "HistoryControl": privatevoidContentList_SelectedIndexChanged(objectsender,EventArgse){history.AddEntry(contentList.SelectedIndex.ToString();} Once you add entries into the history control,...(read more)

I am developong a WebService Client ..The webservice we are accessing requires that we use SOAP 1.2 for all communications.

Can you please

I needed a good laugh tonight, and this James Blunt parody was it! ? It's only 2 minutes, so listen to it all, the ending is worth it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjhi_FHxY8k

Power toys for developers are always in demand... here are a couple of lists to check out... Read More... Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!...(read more)

My Dad recently got the Animusic 2 DVD for us and... wow! Not only is this thing amazing to watch, but it's completely hypnotic for the kids. And they want to watch it over, and over, and over...

The whole thing is 3-D animation of robots and machines playing synthesized music -- there are robots playing drums, balls of light shooting into musical blocks, 2-string guitars that bounce around and play their own strings. It's all just mesmerizing.

My recommendation on where to start is the Pipe Dreams 2 video, and if that catches your interest you can follow up with Pogo Sticks.

The YouTube clips don't even come close to doing it justice either. You've really got to watch these things on a DVD hooked up to a stereo system to appreciate what's going on. Trippy and fun.

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Ugh - I sit down almost every day and say "oh that's cool, I need to blog on that". Then the end of the day comes it doesn't get done. The next day comes...rinse and repeat. The worst part about it is that there is so much cool stuff to blog about! By now I'm sure most of you have seen ScottGu's blog post about Atlas naming, etc, and how that will affect the Toolkit's naming. But beyond that, we're readying new Toolkit release with just a ton of great stuff in it, much of which deserves its very own post, some which I'll get to, I promise. Why is this release going to be great? Three new controls - NoBot, Slider, and UpdatePanelAnimation Integrated profile support - see my previous blog post Customizable animation framework - this really needs...(read more)

One of the upcoming features planned for the next version of Domino is the ability to recall an email you sent in error. ?Until that time, you still have a few options, and a few best practices you can follow to minimize the "Opps, I did not mean to send that!" syndrome.

Cut #7: Unsending e-mail is short 4 minute podcast that I encourage you to listen to. ?Also listen to the other topics if you have not already!

Discover how you can set row colors to different categories in a Lotus Notes view, even when the categories are unknown or dynamic, using Formula and LotusScript.

Scott just announced the naming and roadmap for Atlas going forward:http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2006/09/11/_2200_Atlas_2200_-1.0-Naming-and-Roadmap.aspx Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Read More... Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!...(read more)

Lotus Notes allows you to look at your calendar in many different formats. ?The options are divided up into groups based on Day, Week, and Month.



To switch to a different view, click on the underlined word "Day", "Week", or "Month" in the tabs at the top of the calendar view.

If you want to choose a specific type of view from one of the groups, click on the triangle next to the word, and you will be presented a list of choices that you can select from.



My personal favourite is the two-day view. ? It lets me know what I have to do today, as well as allows me to think ahead about what I have coming up tomorrow. ? I can also see multiple time zones. ? I sometimes switch to the 5 day work week view to get a quick glance at what my entire week looks line, and for longer term planning (booking trips, looking at my weekends), I switch to the month view.

In case you are a new reader to this site, or if you just need a refresher, I thought I'd link back to a few previous topics which provide details about how you can configure what the various views display: Calendar Preferences - Display Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. ? Similarly, here are some posts which will help you navigate around your calendar: Navigating Your Notes Calendar - Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.

Which is your favourite calendar style and why? ?Is there a format missing that you would like see?

As you saw from ScottGu’s blog, we gave Atlas an official name and, in response to strong customer feedback, have it on a plan to ship 1.0 around the end of the year on top of VS2005 and ASP.NET 2.0. The team is super focused on this goal and I am very pumped to be able to deliver it! Read More... Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!...(read more)

Just a little public service announcement for you: the Firefly DVD box set is on sale at Target this week for only $18.99. Retail price is $49.99, and normal Amazon.com price is around $35, so that's a great deal.

The Serenity DVD is also on sale at Target this week for $10, so if you (or one of your friends) have been holding off on buying either of these videos, now's a good time.

Not sure if this is in preparation for the Hi-Def Firefly release coming later this month or not (thanks to Jess for that link), but either way it's a good price.

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Over the last year we’ve been working hard on “Atlas”. It has evolved, changed, and grown because of the amazing amount of feedback and early adoption that we’ve seen. We’ve had an unbelievable amount of interest and excitement around the product, with more than 250,000 downloads this year alone. Shipping “Atlas” 1.0 Many people have asked us to deliver a fully-supported 1.0 release of “Atlas” before the next release of Visual Studio. “Fully supported” means that Microsoft product support services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and that any customer can obtain hotfixes if they encounter a bug affecting their application. It also means that the product...(read more)

Over the last year I’ve been fortunate to be deeply involved in our “Atlas” project to bring rich AJAX support to ASP.NET; easily enabling developers and designers to deliver powerful, expressive experiences on the Web. Demands for amazing UX have increased over the last year and I’m extremely excited to announce our moves into the “Atlas” end game. This includes announcing details about the roadmap and final “Atlas” naming. All the details of this are posted on Scott Guthrie’s blog here. Highlights We will be shipping a fully-supported version of the software that works on top of ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005 We will continue to ship CTP’s to enable agility and ensure that every amazing feature of “Atlas” exists in either a “core” set...(read more)

I was glad to have the opportunity to write the forward for Accelerated C# 2005. Trey asked me to write with a bit of a historical perspective on the platform and I was happy to do that. I just got my copy this week and I have already had fun looking through it…. Do grab a copy and let me know what you think of the forward, and let Trey know what you think of the rest of it ;-) Read More... Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!...(read more)