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Saturday, August 21, 2004 #

...that someone was picking up the slack for me while I was gone. Ryan Farley has put together a neat list of RSS resources. Thanks, Ryan!

Check it out!

http://ryanfarley.com/blog/archive/2004/08/20/980.aspx
posted @ 11:43 AM

A Windsor Knot


Proof that there's a website for everything. Photo Matt found a site that steps through how to tie a tie - whether it be a Windsor Knot, Half Windsor Knot, a Four in Hand Knot, a Pratt Knott or even a Bow Tie Knot. It's a good thing that I don't have to wear a tie to work anymore - it's been over 5 years since I've had to tie one on a regular basis and I'm afraid my skills have gotten rusty.

http://www.tie-a-tie.net
posted @ 10:44 AM

UPDATE 2/12/05: The file is back and available for download. You can find it in Nino Bilic's post by vising - http://blogs.msdn.com/exchange/archive/2005/02/11/371134.aspx

UPDATE 2/1/05:  Looks like the link to download the ZIP is dead.  No XBOX OWA lovin' for you!  (or me, or us...)

One of the improvements in Outlook Web Access (OWA) in Exchange 2003 was what I refer to as the ability to "skin" the look of the interface. In Exchange 2000, OWA was made up of some javascript pages that also contained most of the design settings for things like color, font, images, etc. You couldn't modify it without modifing the code - a nasty proposition. Exchange 2003's OWA is built on ASP.NET and CSS. That's right, you can customize just about any part of OWA interface using simple CSS. An administrator can configure additional themes for OWA beyond what's "in the box" and an end user can then customize their OWA experience to their liking. It's a great feature.

Adam found that the Lee Derbyshire (www.leederbyshire.com) has been up to a little skinning of his own...building a XBOX-themed OWA interface.

XBOX Skin for OWA

http://blogs.msdn.com/exchange/archive/2004/08/13/214250.aspx

posted @ 10:11 AM

I've not blogged for 9 days. Thanks to the two people that read this blog for noticing. I started this blog last October and I wanted to take some time away to figure out why I was blogging and whether or not I would continue to do so.

The answer? I missed it. I don't know why, exactly. It could be some sort of wierd psychological condition. I started blogging for no reason other than to learn a little CSS, play around with ASP.NET and see what the phenomenon what all about. I have succeeded in doing all three of those things, I believe. I built some
.Text skins, dabbled with some simple ASP.NET controls and shared a few of my experiences with the blogging community.

While I was gone, I kept a list of things I wanted to post when I got back, so expect some frequent posts over the next several days as I catch up. And in the process of taking several days off I found that the less I post, the more people visit my site. Go figure - I went from about ~1000 unique visitors a day to ~1200. ;-)
posted @ 7:46 AM