February 2006 - Posts

• Viagra, Levitra, or Online Gambling anyone?

  I suppose I should consider myself lucky that I've not been a victim of comment spam until now...but when the spammers decided to hit me, they held nothing back. I'm guessing its because my feed now support rss comments since the site upgrade a few days ago, but I could be wrong. So, in attempt to combat this, I've enable some of the included spam blocking features that ship with CS 2.0 and I'm hoping that will alleviate most of it. My only concern is that it doesn't inhibit legitimate posts, so hopfully finding a balance wont be too difficult. If anyone else has suggestions on this feel free to let me know. Posted Feb 28 2006, 03:43 AM by Chris Kirby with no comments Filed under: Blogs, CommunityServer, Internet, Rants, Software, Wookie

• OSS Socket Library for .net

  I just came across this really cool open source socket library for .net, mono, and Delphi called Indy.Sockets. I've been looking for an easier way to work with telnet, pop, and others without having to pay for an expensive solution like IPWorks, and Indy.Sockets appears to cover all of those needs and then some. The only minor issue I've run into so far, is that all the source and examples are written in Delphi. Its not too hard to muddle my way through the syntax, but Delphi is no C#. A great way to work around that, just to view the code, is to open the compiled assembly with Reflector and have it decompile the IL to C# for you...and, since I have no need to modify the source anytime soon, that method works quite well for now. I've also come across a few articles and demo projects written in C# over at Code Project and Atozed Software if your interested in checking it out. Posted Feb 27 2006, 09:36 PM by Chris Kirby with no comments Filed under: .Net, OpenSource, Coding, Reviews, Software

• New dotNetWookie.com

  The new site and domains are now live! Be sure to check out the new Files and Roller sections, and for users, the new Reader, Control Panel, and a whole lot more. ** update - Forgot to mention the cool new blog skins that were added during the upgrade. BlackSun, ClearSky, FoggyValley, and WhiteNight. And, a new source code highlight module was added...Just select Rich Editor for Developers as your default editor in your user profile. Posted Feb 24 2006, 11:57 PM by Chris Kirby with no comments Filed under: Blogs, CommunityServer, Gaming, Internet, Software, Wookie

• CS 2.0 Release

  Community Server 2.0 is due for RTM today! I will be migrating dotNetWookie.com over to 2.0 later in the week and will be changing the primary url to http://dotnetwookie.com (vs. dotnetwookie.com/cs); the /cs will still work for existing references. In addition to the url change, I've added two new domains which will soon alias the site, dnwookie.com (nice and short) and dotnetwookie.org The most notable change after the upgrade will be the look of the site. The default skin that is being used now will no longer be compatible, but the skin author is working on, and has released a beta for cs 2.0, so hopefully he will have an rtm this week as well. There are so many other exciting changes, so I'm really looking forward to the upgrade....All other dnwookie bloggers, make sure to check out the beta site for some the migration changes your in for...that means you Hamaze ;) ** The beta site is now running CS 2.0 Final Posted Feb 20 2006, 06:11 PM by Chris Kirby with no comments Filed under: .Net, CommunityServer, Internet, Software, Wookie

• The complete collection

  The complete Stoneage Jackass video collection is now up on Google Video! Rob posted an additional 7 videos, including the infamous Super Geek starring Hamaze. Posted Feb 04 2006, 02:31 AM by Chris Kirby with no comments Filed under: Humor, Internet, Jackass, Movies