Scott Golightly's Blog

Zune 3.0

Scott Golightly's Blog — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:27:35 GMT

When I fired up the Zune client this morning to listen to my podcasts I was told that there is a newer version. I updated the client software first on my machine and then upgraded my Zune. There were several things that I liked: I think the new interface...(read more)

I'm a PC

Scott Golightly's Blog — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:43:25 GMT

So if you haven't been living in a cave you have been hearing about the Microsoft ads with Jerry Seinfeld. I have even blogged about it. Well with the news that Jerry wouldn't be appearing any more there was a lot of talk about the campaign failing...(read more)

UCNUG Meeting Next Week

Scott Golightly's Blog — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:22:35 GMT

This is a reminder that next Wednesday we will be holding out monthly meeting of the Utah County .NET User Group (UCNUG). It will be held at the NuSkin building at 1175 S 350 E in Provo. Aaron Zupancic will be speaking to us on the design time experience...(read more)

New Windows Video

Scott Golightly's Blog — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:11:10 GMT

There was a lot of comment about the Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld commercial. There are now two more "yet to be aired" commercials posted at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/windows/ . You can also see them as one big commercial (4:33) at...(read more)

Followup on the Google Browser "Chrome"

Scott Golightly's Blog — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:48:11 GMT

I posted yesterday on Google's new browser named "Chrome". Today I have see a lot of news articles and blog posts about the browser. In general the feeling seems to be that the browser is fast, has a lot of good features, and is squarely...(read more)

Google Browser

Scott Golightly's Blog — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:33:05 GMT

It seems that yesterday Google leaked information about a new browser named "Chrome" they are building. The blog announcement and comic book with details are interesting. Some of the things I see are also in IE 8 and some seem to be a little...(read more)

Good Sites with Bad Content

Scott Golightly's Blog — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:02:39 GMT

I have been getting more phishing e-mail lately that points me to "bad" files on what would normally be "good" sites. Last week I got a message that pointed to index1.htm on a site. Index.htm was the valid home page and appeared to...(read more)

Reset Password Link as a Security Threat

Scott Golightly's Blog — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:16:01 GMT

I read the article at http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/08/almost-everyone.html about the "Forgot your password" link to reset your password as being a possible attack vector. I think they discussed the security issue quite well and also pointed...(read more)

PDC Early Bird Discount Extended

Scott Golightly's Blog — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:11:57 GMT

I got an e-mail stating that the PDC 2008 early bird registration deadline had been extended to Monday, September 8. That means that you still have time to save on registration. Here is a snippet of the body of the e-mail with more details on the Professional...(read more)

Get a Word Cloud at Wordle.net

Scott Golightly's Blog — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:45:16 GMT

I ran across an application at http://wordle.net that will allow you to paste in a bunch of text, the URL to a RSS or ATOM feed, or a del.icio.us user name and it will read the text, remove common words, and then create a word cloud. I created one for...(read more)

August UCNUG Meeting

Scott Golightly's Blog — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:11:05 GMT

Join us on Wednesday, August 20 for our monthly meeting. The meeting will start at 6:00 at the NuSkin NOC located at 1175 S 350 E, Provo. Our topic will be continuous integration and the speaker will be Craig Berntson. Here are some more details on the...(read more)

PDC Plans Coming Together - Register Soon

Scott Golightly's Blog — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:05:33 GMT

Microsoft has been busy planning for PDC. Some important things that you may need to know. 1. The early bird discount ended yesterday so if you were counting on that to persuade your boss you need to come up with some other justification. The registration...(read more)

I'm Back Blogging Again

Scott Golightly's Blog — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:12:28 GMT

It has been almost a month since I posted last. Part of it has been that I have been busy but the biggest part was that the computer that I was hosting my blog on decided to die. I am still not 100% sure what the problem is but the machine would only...(read more)

BizTalk Services "R12" CTP Released

Scott Golightly's Blog — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:24:54 GMT

Here is the body of an e-mail that I got announcing that the latest CTP of BizTalk Services has been released and is ready for us to start working with and providing feedback on. Announcing the BizTalk Services "R12" Release We're thrilled...(read more)

Detecting Phishing E-mail

Scott Golightly's Blog — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:20:59 GMT

Yesterday I got an e-mail saying it was and open letter from United Airlines to its "best customers" about the high cost of fuel and how it is causing problems in the industry. The gist of the e-mail was that speculation on the cost of oil is...(read more)