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Atlanta Code Camp

I must say I am looking forward to Atlanta Code Camp.  My main man Paul Lockwood is going to give a lecture on the MVC stuff he did recently.  That was pretty intense, and I’ll be glad to finally see what he did.    I’m also looking forward to a presentation on Ruby by  Chris Rauber.   And an introduction to Amazon S3 by Doug Ware.

In all, it promises to be a fun-filled, geeked out kind of day.

Sysinternals Live from the Web?

Sysinternals Live is a service that enables you to execute Sysinternals tools directly from the Web without hunting for and manually downloading them. Simply enter a tool’s Sysinternals Live path into Windows Explorer or a command prompt as http://live.sysinternals.com/<toolname> or  \\live.sysinternals.com\tools\<toolname>.

You can view the entire Sysinternals Live tools directory in a browser at http://live.sysinternals.com.

Go here.  All the latest tools are online.

Google Notebook put to pasture

So I’m a little late, but I see that Google has discontinued development on its Notebook product (Official Google Notebook blog). I am very disappointed in this news. I use it for:

  • a Work Journal – it’s how I know what I did and when I did it. This works out especially well as a software contractor.
  • a Diary – Sometimes, I just want to rant, but really don’t want anyone to read it. And I figure whenever I get famous, it’ll make the autobiography that much easier.
  • a Tech Manual – I’ve got all my crib notes on various technologies organized here. Things like how to install ASPNet membership services correctly, SQL Server 2005 database performance and tuning tips, and Apache /Subversion setup instructions. This is extremely useful.
  • A Client journal – I have a Notebook specifically for client information. I write down all the crazy ideas that clients have dreamed up, and cross them off when I complete them.

After Gmail and Calendar, Google Notebook is probably the most important app that I use. I’m sorry to see it shelved.

I am trying to give EverNote a chance, but their interface doesn’t really impress me thus far. I do like the fact that I can download an app for my PC and edit notes offline (a whopping 54Mb download). But when am I ever offline? And why would I want more software cluttering up my PC?

On Menus

I’ve been fighting with trying to put together a cool menu system for our website. I wish I knew of a nice open source one. I’ve tried several javascript ones, but to no avail. I ended up with out-of-the-box ASP.net, but I really don’t like it. I’m going with the old-school tried and true background color changes onmouseover. works well for text.