BlogJet 1.5 Final was released today. Go get your update now. Note, that the pricing structure was changed from previous, it now costs $39.95 instead of $19.95…man am I glad I purchased it a LOONG time ago. Anyway, does look they’re having some troubles with Firefox support on the website (its a mixture of new and old) so be forwarned. Nevermind, just refreshed my page and the new CSS file came down - thats twice Firefox has cached something that should have been updated.

So the television show that most of us enjoyed between the years of 1991 and 1998 was way ahead of their time. In the episode that’s currently on, the parents were talking with their brainiac child, Mark, and trying to find a good hobby for him. Most of you may remember, that he likes science, math, and probably D&D (he quite possibly would have scored high on the nerd test we’ve all taken recently).

So, what was his interest – well, it was to start playing with the new 64–bit processor motherboards that was just discussed in a magazine. Heh, so its possible this episode was from 1995, which makes it 10 years ahead of its time as far as 64–bit processors actually starting to make their mainstay within the product lines now. Gotta love it.

I’ve just decided that from now on, the only links that will be found within my blog posts will be links of interest or personal intent. In other words, if I mention Microsoft – you won’t find that it’s linked to their website. However, don’t get pissed off if you see statements like “my custom controls” or “via Scoble” as those will contain links pertaining to my interest or personal intent.

Argue if you must that this breaks the blue-thumb (I figured blue was an appropriate color rather than green, as that indicates gardening) of blogging and providing linking. But dagnabbit, I’m tired of mentioning a company name then linking it, or mentioning a product, and linking it. You’re all bright people, if you really want to know the URL to a dLo product (previously mentioned), you know how to use Google.

This statement conforms with my own thoughts recently and doesn’t reflect anyone’s comments or anxieties towards me not linking within the last few posts. In reality, I just figured I’d post something that would spark some interest in people and possibly start a flame war – bring it on! However, I reserve the right to ignore the heck outta ya

So what’s the big news going around the blogosphere other than the fact that at CES the demo gods hated Bill & Conan? Or the fact that TiVo and Microsoft is partnering up yet still be competitors? (All info can be found at Engadget) Well, how about the Beta 1 release of the Microsoft AntiSpyware (downloaded here) that is probably just a quick naming change from its previous hostile takover of GIANT software.

Anyway, I downloaded and installed on my home computer and the thing works great. Found a spyware that Ad-Aware missed. Now, I wonder how much changes are going to come from this, but if MS wants to ultimately include this in versions of windows, they’re going to have to get something right – like not have it run in the notification area, but as a service that alerts us of stuff. Otherwise great, I have it running but like any other computer crazed person, we don’t want 5 gajillion things within our notification area because it generally indicates that too much stuff is running.

So, its pretty good for a beta (though was it a beta when MS took it over from GIANT? I doubt it), try it out for yourself.

I guess thats good? Does that mean I have a somewhat social life? I mean I answered that I only had less than 4 good friends – why is that social. Probably because I didn’t spend my childhood enjoying D&D or watching Star Trek – or the fact that I hated science and could care less about the periodic table. At least I’m not as nerdy as Kent (no hard feelings man, but it does show ).

So really, this isn’t a post on my angst against iPod or Apple, but dLo – the company that produces iPod accessories. So for Christmas, my parents got me the iPod along with the dLo TransPd FM All-In-One Car Solution – this thing is big & bulky, but works great for having it right there next to you in the car. So, besides the FM transmitter, what is the most desired accessory next – why the silicon protective cover of course (I mean, who in their right mind would have a iPod without a protective cover! – shame on you if you don’t).

Ahh, so my bi-weekly trip to Best Buy finally amounted into them having the dLo Action Jacket – sweetness I told myself. I promptly returned home cracked the package open and slipped on the silicon wrapper (which my girlfriend so kindly stated “it looks like you’re putting on a condom” – and it felt like that too (side thought – I now know why they call these “Action” Jackets – they’re iPod condoms)).

Ahh, so the iPod condom has finally been snapped into place and so I go for its maiden voyage into the insertion point of the dLo FM transmitter do-hickey. WHAT! It doesn’t fit! You gotta be F’n kidding me! What company in their right mind would make 2 products (both great I might add) and then have no one ever test them together! Where’s the integration folks – what kind of product testing team did you have? I mean, if someone purchases only your stuff (like me), why do you think they would not try and use it together!

So, now I have a decision to make – ditch the condom or the fm transmitter…I think I just made up my mind – the fm transmitter is gone – condom, you’re going into my pocket. I’ll just have to make another trip to Best Buy in the next few days (ohh, 3 times to Best Buy – I’m so lucky) to go and purchase a competing brand of a FM transmitter – and one that isn’t so darn cool because it just sits there. Man, this sucks – rather, dLo sucks!

[Via ScottCate]

Here’s a listing of some of the undocumented fixes…one in particular that I found most annoying was:

“ASP.NET Session State Service settings are not preserved when you upgrade” – in reference to any hotfixes or patches applied to .NET. This bug drove us crazy after doing upgrades because we’d have to remember to turn the state server back on. Oddly enough, .NET 1.1 SP1 reset the state server settings…maybe its for the future?

The other day I purchased myself a new Dell server for home, and when checking out my order status on their .NET Web App, I noticed this nice piece of information under the section of viewing all previous orders by my customer number.

Being this close to Christmas, the only possible solution is that Jesus must have bought my server for me. Heh, beat that Santa!

You mean, it was conceivable that the information could be captured by another webpage with your hooks into the API to produce the webpages…you don’t say…

Link

So I’m working on a side job, and I’ve been using the great & wonderful Test Driven .NET, but thats not the point of this post. What the point is, is that for the first time since I’ve started doing TDD (which – I might add, is very short), running my tests proved to me that a bug existed in code as I modified it. Yes, thats right – 3 tests failed, so I spent about an hour digging down in my buisness logic to try and find out why. Alas, I finally did find out why, and it was because of a change I had made.

Thank you TDD, it stopped a bug that I probably wouldn’t have noticed from being deployed and my client seeing!