Archive for November, 2009
Starting with WF/WCF 4 and the new Windows Server AppFabric
Posted by suddenelfilio in .net on 26/11/2009
Heard of these new things yet? Want to work with them but don’t got the overall picture? No problem after watching a day of PDC sessions you’ll be up to speed and excited to get started just like me!
Watch the following sessions:
- What’s new for Windows Communication Foundation 4
- Spice up your applications with Windows Workflow Foundation 4
- Windows Workflow Foundation 4 from the inside out
- Workflow Services and Windows Server AppFabric
- Scaling your data tier with Windows Server AppFabric
- Application server extensibility with Microsoft .NET 4 and Windows Server AppFabric
New greasemonkey script: NoEngadgetTopStories
Posted by suddenelfilio in Uncategorized on 22/11/2009
Since the layout update over at Engadget.com you get this block of “Top Stories” before the actual posts. Personally I find it annoying so I made a script to remove this block. You can find it at userscripts.org: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/62444
Update: NoEngadgetsAds Greasemonkey script
Posted by suddenelfilio in Web & Design on 22/11/2009
I recently updated the userscript to work with the new layout of the Engadget.com website. You should install this new version if you want to get rid of the advertisments on the Engadget site.
Release a new project: Microsoft Tag Java Library
Posted by suddenelfilio in MSTagLib on 22/11/2009
Remember the previous PHP library I released for the Microsoft Tag API, well this time I’m releasing a library for Java development.
Go check it out at codeplex: http://mstagjavalib.codeplex.com/
I love Engadget, except their Ads
Posted by suddenelfilio in General, Web & Design on 06/11/2009
I’m a loyal reader of engadget.com I visit the site several times a day. The only thing I dislike are those annoying ads in between the posts. For that reason I’ve created a small greasemonkey script that can be downloaded at userscripts.org
First attempt to create a typography based logo
Posted by suddenelfilio in MSTagLib, Web & Design on 06/11/2009
I’ve been reading a lot about this thing called ‘Typography’ and I must admit I’ve seen some really nice things out there. I myself am not a pro on this area but for the ms tag library project I recently released I decided to try one out. This is the result:
I used the following fonts from Dafont.com:
- MS text = Ubuntu title
- Tag text = Electro Insanity
- Rest barcode/text = c39hrp24dhtt (I know strange name, but what is in a name, right?)
Release a new project: MSTagLib
Posted by suddenelfilio in MSTagLib on 02/11/2009
I recently started messing around with PHP development. Since I am a loyal .net fan it felt a little strange actually enjoying this newly discovered language php. I knew it existed but I never had an interest into it. Until now of course.
Since there is no better way to learn a language then actually working with it I decided I would create a PHP library to access the Microsoft Tag API. Problem with the API is that it was not really PHP friendly in that PHP soap-client could not parse the wsdl created for the API. I the tried a couple of other soap libraries out there but since I’m a newbie not much success was granted to me.
Also I saw that a REST interface to the MS Tag API was a popular demand over at the community site for MS TAG. I set off to create a REST interface for the API. To do this I used the WCF REST Starter kit preview 2 to create a sort of facade to the actual API service (which is also WCF, but just not REST exposed). It is nothing more than a service that forwards request to the genuine service and returns the result of that service in json. For more information on this facade service go to: http://tag.ws.suddenelfilio.net. The facade is hosted in the Windows Azure cloud.
Along side the development of the REST interface I also started implementing a PHP library that uses the facade service to interact with the MS Tag API. I put this library up at codeplex: http://mstagrestlib.codeplex.com
Currently I’ve implemented support for generating uri, dialer, vcard and freetext tags as well as requesting the generated tag from the MS Tag API. The codeplex project site also has some samples on how to use the library
I plan to implement the entire MS Tag API but the keyword is baby steps 
Feel free to download the PHP library a give me feedback on how to improve it because I’m pretty sure it can be better, but I’m limited by the little php knowledge I posses.