A patch to fix the ASP.NET Sec…
A patch to fix the ASP.NET Security Vulnerability is being released tomorrow. Scott Gu just blogged details: http://bit.ly/axbzw4
WordPress.com and Windows Live partnering together
This is amazing news, particularly when one's blog is based on WordPress. 🙂 WordPress.com and Windows Live partnering together link
“Azure in Action” eBook for $15
As it was announced by Joey de Villa yesterday, the "work-in-progress" eBook "Azure in Action" can be bought for $15.00 USD, using coupon code dotd0926. It was supposed to only work on September 26th, but I just tried, and it seems to still be valid. Hurry up and take advantage of this promotion. I did……
Home Energy Monitoring on Windows Phone
Interesting article on how to create a C# project to monitor energy in your house, based on the "Standard Envy Kit" USB interface. Good example of how to create a Web Service and consume / display information on a Windows Phone application. I will report results once I have tried it myself. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/coding4fun/archive/2010/09/27/10068304.aspx
Talentica: 10 things to do while migrating an ASP.NET App to Azure
Great tips on what to check before uploading an ASP.Net application to Windows Azure. http://talenticaservices.blogspot.com/2010/09/10-things-to-do-while-migrating-aspnet.html
Windows Azure Domain Name System Improvements
When you publish an application to Windows Azure, it gets its own subdomain in cloudapp.net. In order to make name resolution even faster (particularly outside the USA), the Domain Name System (DNS) used by Azure is moving to a new globally distributed infrastructure. As the article mentions, there is no customer action required. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2010/09/24/windows-azure-domain-name-system-improvements.aspx
Web Page Image Capture using a Windows Azure app
Good example on how to capture web pages to an image using an Azure application, incuding how to use local storage, as well as combining the responsibilities of a web and a worker role in a single one. http://blog.smarx.com/posts/web-page-image-capture-in-windows-azure
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Explained
Excellent blog entry describing options for Claims authentication. The required sign-in flow is sometimes hard to follow, and this was a great reference for me. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alikl/archive/2010/09/23/windows-identity-foundation-wif-explained-web-browser-sign-in-flow-ws-federation-passive-requestor-profile.aspx
Hundreds of Microsoft Press ebooks now available in the Kindle Store
I don't have a Kindle – yet -, but this is great news. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2010/09/23/hundreds-of-microsoft-press-ebooks-now-available-in-the-kindle-store.aspx
Introducing my new blog…
The idea of starting a technical blog has been in my head for quite some time… and now it’s happening. I like to research and apply new technologies, and this is where I will post about my journey in web development, cloud computing, enterprise architecture, and coding for fun. Thanks for reading!