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August 7, 2007
by justin
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New home

So I have move my blog to a new home here at KodedKreations.net. My old blog, mythoughtsaboutcode.blogspot.com should be pointing here but just in case, there’s the news. I feel like I have more freedom with WordPress and especially on my own hosting account. Let me know what you think. I’m in the process of getting my own design in here but until I can get it how I like, I’ll be playing with a bunch of themes that I have found online.

July 10, 2007
by justin
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User Roles in ASP.NET 2.0

So today I was working on a project where I needed to allow for certain users to access a site but no one else. Seems simple enough but logic goes out the window with this.

I had this which made sense to me. Deny everyone first, then add the roles that I wanted to have access:

<system.web>
   <authorization>
      <deny users=”*” />
      <allow roles=”Role 1″ />
      <allow roles=”Role 2″ />
      <allow roles=”Role 3″ />
      <allow roles=”Role 4″ />
      <allow roles=”Role 5″ />
      <allow roles=”Role 6″ />
   </authorization>
</system.web>

Turns out that you have to allow the users first and then deny everyone. So next time I come across this, I will throw logic out the window and get it done faster. This one is the one that works:

<system.web>
   <authorization>
      <allow roles=”Role 1″ />
      <allow roles=”Role 2″ />
      <allow roles=”Role 3″ />
      <allow roles=”Role 4″ />
      <allow roles=”Role 5″ />
      <allow roles=”Role 6″ />
      <deny users=”*” />
   </authorization>
</system.web>

June 11, 2007
by justin
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Safari for Windows

Today Apple announced that they were releasing the Safari 3 Public Beta to everyone, Windows users included. Now all of us Windows users can see how our web sites look in Safari without having to go to a Mac and open Safari. Plus just reading about it, it seems to preform pretty quick and I will be downloading it soon just to check it out.

This of course is just a Beta but I already like the fact that I can get it on my Vista machine.

May 29, 2007
by justin
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Microsoft Surface

A few hours ago, Microsoft announced a new product called Surface and I am amazed at its capabilities. Basically it is a interactive table top that in the demo videos had me in awe. By the touch of a finger to its interactive display, users are able to map out routes on a map by just touching the places they want to travel to. They are able to look at photos and movies but simply touching them and dragging them around the screen. They can even be resized.

But the best feature I saw was its ability to interact with other devices and items placed on its surface. Someone could set his/her camera down on the screen and it know what it was and showed thumbnail images from the camera that could be saved onto the Surface or dragged into a phone or other portable storage device. They also had an example of two people placing their Zunes (it’s Microsoft remember) onto the Surface and they were given the ability to share songs with each other simply by dragging the songs over from one Zune to the other.

Another favorite feature was one that I would really love to use. The example had the Surface set up at a restaurant and the menu was interactive so you could order anything you wanted whenever you wanted just by the touch of your finger. Also interesting was when a drink is placed on the Surface, it recognizes that and circles the drink and gives little messages such as “Getting Thirsty?”. Cute and people will love it. But the part that got me was that users are able to place their credit/debit cards on the table and drag what they want to pay for on each card and have that taken care of for them without the hassle of having to give the waiter 4 different cards.

The Surface’s ability to know what is placed onto its surface is amazing and I would love to see one of these in person. According to the web site, it will be available this Winter. I see a lot of uses for this and think that this is one of the best ideas that Microsoft has introduced in quite a long time. I personally see this is something that will become a part of daily live much like the iPod’s have today.

April 12, 2007
by justin
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Tapefailure: Part 2

So I mentioned the other day about Tapefailure and still am waiting for an invite from them. I am really interested in their service. If anyone knows anything more, let me know. Or if you have an invite or way for me to get in to check them out, that would be cool too.

I did receive an e-mail from them the other day talking about different features they have and changes to the service. Hopefully the next one that I receive from them will be an invite. I guess I’m not the only one who signed up when they hit the Digg homepage. But like I said before, I’ll let you know when (if) I get invited to check them out.

April 2, 2007
by justin
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Tracking Users with Tapefailure

Today I came across this site that has a different way of tacking the users that visit your site. It is called Tapefailure and they will apparently let you play back user sessions like an old-school tape. It sounds interesting aside from the name. Wouldn’t think putting the word “failure” in your start-up is a good idea but what do I know?

I signed up to be in their beta so hopefully I’ll get in. If so, I’ll post about my experience here.