How to use Outlook to backup your Gmail account

Site: betapundit
Post: How to use Outlook to backup your Gmail account

Google really needs to provide us with a better way of backing up our email. This article I linked to here is using MS Outlook to backup your Gmail account. You should also be about to use any pop3 enable email program to get the emails from Google. The article is good and detailed enough most people should be able to follow it. Google's lack of a backup methology is lame.

Free Tools to Recover lost data

Site: Ricky's Web Review
Post: Free Tools to Recover lost data

I like the word 'Free'. Does anyone have any experience with any of these tools?

Regular Expression Site

Site: www.regularexpressions.info

A couple of years ago I was introduced to the power and time saving ability of Regular Expression. Since then I have preached the value of Regular Expression to other people. It always peaks my interest when I come across others preaching Regular Expressions. Jan Goyvaerts has put together a site on Regualr Expressions. I have found some information that I did not know before.

.NET Languages

Site: dotnetpowered.com
Post: .NET Languages

Brian Ritchie has put together a large list of programming languages that use the .NET framework. I don't if this a list of all the .NET languages or not.

How to Create a Bonsai Tree

Site: WikiHow
Post: How to Create a Bonsai Tree

wikiHow has a little posting about creating your own Bonsai tree. The steps seem simple enough. Has anybody tried this? What were the results?

Mono and its many facets screencast

Site: ComputerZen.com
Post: Mono and its many facets screencast

Scott Hanselman has an interesting demo of Mono and .NET. Scott writes a bit of demo code then he runs it through the .NET and Mono compilers. Scott finishs by comparing the IL code from programs.

I think I will have to start taking a closer look at Mono now.

Service Orientation

Site: ServiceOrientation.org

For the last few days I have been doing some light reading on Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). One of the greatest resources I have found so far is the site ServiceOrientation.org.

Doane Paper

Site: Doane Paper

Doane paper is a combination of grid paper with legal pad ruled paper. This looks like it can be a really useful way to take notes, to plan projects or to brain storm.

St. Louis Code Camp!

Site: Brian Button - One Agile Coder
Post: Announcing the St. Louis Code Camp!

Brian Button is putting together a Code Camp in Saint Louis. Details are still light but the process is underway. There is a call for volunteers and speakers. Mark your calendars and sign up to help or attend early. I think seats will go fast.

DevX: Install and Run Your ASP.NET Applications on Systems Without IIS

Site: DevX
Posting: Install and Run Your ASP.NET Applications on Systems Without IIS

This vary short posting is about using the Cassini Web server in your Visual Studio .NET projects. The article has only three steps.

How To Do Stuff: How To Make a Secret Hollow Book

Site: How To Do Stuff
Post: How To Make a Secret Hollow Book

I just could not help myself. Have fun and happy cutting.

Scupedia: Scuba Encylopedia

Using the same technology that brought us Wikipedia, a new ambitious site Scupedia.com now brings us the Scuba Encylopedia.

Scupedia is a new project just getting off the ground. It will take some time for the site to get up to speed. The information that I have seen so far looks good. If you have the time please help them out.

Wall Street Journal: Blog Epitaphs? Get Me Rewrite!

Site: Wall Street Journal
Post: Blog Epitaphs? Get Me Rewrite!

I would really like to know what you think about Jason's posting. My first thought was outrage. How could he be saying that blogs are dying? I then realized that I miss read his opening. Jason starts off with some of the rumors. Many of which I have never heard because I am just not plugged into the main stream media. Of the 470 feeds I track only about 30 of them are main steam news organizations. I really hope that blogs are not dying. I love being my own editor and reading posting on topics I find interesting and not being force feed that the editors at some large news organization thinks I would like.

Taunton Press: Set Up A Miter Saw To Cut Crown Molding

Site: Taunton Press
Posting: Set Up a Miter Saw to Cut Crown Molding

This video clip walks you through the process of setting up a miter saw to cut crown molding. Gary Katz also gives a couple of quick tips to make the whole process a little easier. On Ask this Old House, Tom Silva demonstrated many of the same steps Gary used.

Kuro5hin: Something Every Java Programmer Should Know

Site: Kuro5hin
Post: Something Every Java Programmer Should Know

According to the posting every Java programmer should know about Java Modelling Language (JML). JML uses annotations to provide concise descriptions of behavior in your code. After reading the article, I am going to have to spend some time researching annotations and JML. This could realy help out with documeting my code.

Lifehacker: Benjamin Franklin's 13 personal goals

Site: Lifehacker
Post: Benjamin FranklinÂ’s 13 personal goals


I always look foward to reading the postings on lifehacker. The posting on the Feb. 25 about Benjamin Franklins 13 personal goals struck a cord with me. Since the 25th I have re-read the posting three times and everytime I read it I am struck by three main ideas. The first is what a great way to start a personal improvement program. The goals can be anything I want. The second idea is to combine this goal tracking with a personal journal. I am thinking this combination would really help me focus on my goals. The last idea is goal tracking chart like this would be fairly easy to create for my PDA.

Harding University: Java (J2SE 5.0) and C# Comparison

Site: Harding University
Post: Java (J2SE 5.0) and C# Comparison

Back in April of 2005 I posted about VB.NET to C# comparison chart. It turns out the chart was originally by Frank McCown. ASP Alliance posted the chart under the GPL. Well Frank has another posting that compares Java and C#. I found the VB.NET/C# chart to be useful. I am also expecting the same out of this chat.

MSU: American Sign Language Browser

Site: Michigan State University Comm Tech Lab
Post: American Sign Language Browser

Michigan State University (MSU) offers a great tool for learning American Sign Language (ASL). The site requires either Navigator or Internet Explorer plus the Quicktime plug-in. I had no problem playing the quick time video in Firefox. This site runs a quicktime video showing you the proper hand movements for a word. You will need more then just this site to learn ASL.