AOL Mail now has a RIA application built in Silverlight 2. From what I have seen so far, it is pretty snazzy. Signing up for email there is free, and you can even reactivate your old AOL screen name for free. Check it out at: http://ria.webmail.aol.com
FYI: The above screen shot is from the Mac OS, showing off Silverlight’s true platform independence.
Hat Tip: April Russo
For all of you fans of “The Big Bang Theory,” I am sure you have enjoyed some of the T-Shirts that Sheldon and Leonard wear, or the fancy gadgets such as the Flipboard Clothing Folding Board. And even more, I am sure you have thought “WHERE CAN I GET COOL STUFF LIKE THAT?” Yep, I know you have, do not deny it. Well, someone has gone to the trouble to look up all the different T-Shirts and linked to where you can get it. So if you just HAVE to have that Caffine Molecule T-Shirt, then you know where to get it. The website is located at: http://www.sheldonshirts.com.
Enjoy!
The following steps are what I followed to get WSS 3.0 successfully running on my Windows Server 2003 Virtual Machine.
Administrative Tools –> Manage Your Server, click on the Add or remove a role link, and follow the instructions to add the two roles above.
For me this took a few steps, because ASP.NET didn’t even show up in the list for me in Web Extensions. To fix this, open a command prompt (Start –> Run), then navigate to the v2.0.50727 directory under C:\Windows\Microsoft .NET\Framework. Once you are there, type the following command.
aspnet_regiis.exe -iru -enable
After you get the successful message, go back to Web Extensions under IIS and refresh. You should then see ASP.NET v2 in the list and allowed. If it isn’t allowed, click to allow it.
Today I was searching for a free mind mapping tool that I could use on my MacOS and ideally one that I could use on Windows as well and sync between the two. In my searching, I came across this gem. It is 100% web based, and free. I was very skeptical of how good it could be given its pricetag as well as the fact that it was completely web-based, however after using it, I am very impressed. The tool is called wisemapping, and the following is a screenshot:
WiseMapping.com
If you are into mind mapping, you really need to give this one a try!
Over at FriendFeed.com, one of the best ideas I have seen in a while is taking place. The idea is that everyone has spare time during the week, and we all have our areas of expertise. What if we all help each other with issues in those areas during that “spare hour.” each week? I must say, I joined without any thoughts of asking for time, and I have already found 3 people that are going to help me with some areas that I need help with.
So join in on the Do-Goodery! (Thanks Anna for the great phrase)
http://friendfeed.com/rooms/freehour
If anyone is interested, my friendfeed.com url is: http://friendfeed.com/robertlair
Yes, you can have a multiline TextBox in Silverlight 2. Naturally you would look for the Multiline property, but it in Silverlight 2 it is AcceptsReturn. Here is an example:
<TextBox
VerticalScrollBarVisibility=”Visible”
HorizontalScrollBarVisibility=”Auto”
AcceptsReturn=”True”
BorderBrush=”Black”
BorderThickness=”2″
Margin=”5″>
</TextBox>
Today I was saddened to see that Google Chrome does not support Silverlight 2. It appears to “want” to display it, and in some cases it even renders it, but there is no interaction at all. Then, on a page that needed SL1, I got the Install Silverlight icon. So I figured, what the heck, I will give it a try. Here was my result:
No SL2 Happiness for Chrome Users
