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Secure Gmail Access

2007-01-18T11:49:00Z

Maybe it's just an old tip but I just want to reiterate it.

Basically, try to use [https] instead of [http] when acessing gmail because using [https] your communication line is encrypted using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) technology. So practically, you can (or perhaps should) access Gmail securely using the following address:

https://gmail.google.com OR https://mail.google.com/mail

instead of

http://gmail.google.com OR http://mail.google.com/mail

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Merry Xmas 2006 and Happy New Year 2007

2006-12-23T12:23:00Z

Merry Xmas 2006

(if you celebrate it)

Happy New Year 2007

May God's love stay restlessly in our deepest heart and mind...

May the peace stay restlessly in this world...

And let's thank God for all He had given to us...

Happy holidays!

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Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger Interoperability

2006-07-13T21:09:00Z

Knowing the fact that Trilian has already done this since several years ago may not thrill you, but it surprises me a lot knowing that the INITIATIVE came directly from the service providers themself: Microsoft and Yahoo!

So, I can clearly see there's no such third parties reside between, like Trilian (and others I'm not aware of).

For now, if you're using Windows Live Messenger 8.0 (I'm currently using version 8.0.0792.00), go directly signing in yourself here:

http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=7adb59de-a857-45ba-81cc-685ee3e858fe

and/or

if you're using Yahoo! Messenger (I'm currently using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice BETA version 8.0.0.506), go signing in yourself directly here:

http://messenger.yahoo.com/partners_msn.php;_ylt=AkkG5kKAwQD3Fq1YKTaOJNtwMMIF

I have tried them myself and they simply work great. I can even Nudge [WLM's term] or Buzz!!! [YM's term]. Just try it out yourself!

Personally, I'd like to say: it's about combining the best of breed!

BTW, I can be contacted through:

Don't forget to remove the underscores.

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WCF Breaking Changes between BETA2 and June CTP

2006-07-08T12:05:00Z

Here's the breaking changes:

http://wcf.netfx3.com/content/BreakingChangesbetweenVistaBeta2andJuneCTP.aspx

and here's the detail API changes:

http://wcf.netfx3.com/files/folders/4097/download.aspx.

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An Old Pad: Notepad

2006-06-15T09:10:00Z

Well, guess: who doesn't know Notepad?

Notepad is such a tiny, yet simple, word processor application, which will lauch itself in less than a second.

Its name is so simple that now, it has a friend: Notepad2. Just try googling it down...

Moreover, it is so tiny that everyone is willing to use it in every simple plain-text-editing session.

A presentation's code session? Of course, it would be very easy to show them up using the Notepad instead of the long-time-taking-to-launch Visual Studio (unless you're trying to debug a complex solution).

But, if you think it has a well-known popularity because it has no bug, then you might be wrong.

I'm now using Windows Vista BETA 2 (5384.4) and STILL be able to repro this “tiny-also“ bug.

I think MS should acquire Notepad2 (and Paint.NET maybe).

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No Query Notification for DLinq v1

2006-04-12T09:12:00Z

So...,

there will be likely NO Query Notification support in DLinq v1, as we used today in .NET Framework 2.0 (using SqlNotification, SqlDependency, etc.).

He...3x. It seems so funny, huh?

Even, for a product that has NOT been in full product life cycle yet, there has been a cut down of one of its POTENTIAL features.

So, what do you think? For me, I would vote on requesting this feature in Ladybug as soon as Linq/DLinq product/technology category is availaible there.

Anyway, see this: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=339956&SiteID=1.

Cheers!

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WPF (Avalon) Bug: Black Window

2006-01-30T13:11:00Z

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF, aka Avalon) has a known bug recently that caused a black window appears instead of a normal Avalon window. The problem occurs because Avalon executing SSE2 instructions on non-SSE2 capable processors and trashing FPU stack!

I discovered this bug when using WinFX December 2005 CTP running on Windows XP. I'm using an AMD Sempron 2500+ which doesn't support SSE2 instructions yet. I thought there's something wrong with my WinFX installation, so I decided to reinstall WinFX but it still happened. When WinFX January 2006 CTP released, I immediately installed it and wondered whether the problem occur. Well, it still!

Later on, I did googling and found this useful post (http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=157983&SiteID=1). According to Microsoft statement posted in here (http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/viewfeedback.aspx?feedbackid=2e26e6c9-b7b1-4a5d-b661-d834330deb73), it will be fixed in February 2006 CTP (the feature complete WinFX).

So, I think I have to wait for a month... :(

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Did You Know: MSDN Forum

2006-01-30T12:45:00Z

Beside reporting bugs through MSDN Product Feedback Center at http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/default.aspx, I think it's a good idea to have a discussion about Microsoft products through a forum.

Well, don't worry, Microsoft has. Check this out at http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/default.aspx?SiteID=1!

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Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows

2005-10-12T07:44:00Z

Hunger on some information about new unreleased-yet Microsoft products?

Windows Vista?
XBox360?
Longhorn Server?
Internet Explorer 7.0?
Or whatever it is!

Check out Paul Thurrotts's reviews on them at http://www.winsupersite.com!

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:: Number2Text ::

2005-06-20T20:50:00Z

Saya baru saja posting suatu artikel tentang aplikasi sederhana dalam C# untuk merubah angka menjadi teks.

Untuk lebih lanjut, silakan dilihat di sini: http://blogs.netindonesia.net/mahara/articles/4216.aspx.

Have fun!

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My Introductory

2005-05-06T17:16:00Z

Salam kenal buat semuanya (.NET Indonesia blogs' readers)...

Maaf, kalau saya baru bisa memperkenalkan diri sekarang, meskipun sudah sering membaca blog di situs ini :-). OK, so this is my FIRST POST and let's get to the point!

Nama saya Maximilian Haru Raditya, biasa dipanggil Max. Nama sandi saya 'mahara' (diambil dari dua huruf pertama setiap kata pada nama), digunakan biasanya untuk user name online (soalnya kalo pake 'max' aja biasanya udah diambil orang lain). Sekarang masih kuliah di departemen Teknik Industri ITB, Bandung, Jawa Barat. Saya kebetulan satu jurusan dengan Adrian Godong, SA-nya Microsoft di ITB, yang juga satu lab. di Laboratorium Sistem Informasi dan Keputusan (LSIK TI ITB) sebagai asisten lab dan dosen, cuma dia masih berstatus asisten magang (angkatan 2002 soalnya); jadi sabar ya Dong, masih lama kayaknya diangkat jadi asisten, he...3x.

Ngomongin tentang status developer, kayaknya most bloggers di sini (kecuali student) sudah memiliki title profesional developer, ya kalo saya masih sangat junior (student developer). Jadi sepertinya saya yang masih perlu banyak belajar dari senior-senior di sini.

Beberapa senior yang ngeblog di sini dan saya tahu/kenal seperti Mas Risman Adnan (the Microsoft guy), Mas Agus Kurniawan (ketemu pas MSDN Chapter Meeting di Bandung), Mas Norman Sasono (tau pas Software Architect Forum), Dondy Bappedyanto yang rada kocak dan selalu bersemangat menjawab pertanyaan audience (tau pas SAF dan Roadshow Imagine Cup 2005), Mas Kunarto (tau pas IC 2005), dan Pak Tahir Tahang (tau pas SAF). Sedangkan teman selevel selain Adrian Godong, saya kenal Umar Ali Ahmad (SA Microsoft untuk STT Telkom) dan Ferry Mulyono (belum pernah ketemu sebenernya, cuma lewat messenger; SA Microsoft untuk Binus).

Masih sedikit sih sebenarnya, tapi saya berharap dapat lebih banyak mengenal rekan-rekan di sini, kalau bisa semuanya. Saya juga berharap bisa belajar banyak dari pengalaman profesional developer yang ada di sini sekaligus sharing knowlegde tentang apa yang saya tahu; try to take and give as long as I can because that's what a community for, isn't it?

Tentang .NET, saya baru tahu setahun yang lalu. Saya termasuk penggemar C# (sama kayak Mas Norman, dan mungkin yang lain). Track record saya benar-benar newbie: baru sekali mengembangkan aplikasi WinForm (untuk kerja praktek), baru sekali mengembangkan aplikasi ASP.NET application (untuk project kecil-kecilan), dan baru akan mengembangkan aplikasi ASP.NET dengan web service untuk Imagine Cup 2005 (software design). Anyway, .NET is really great, but I think (hope) Longhorn is (will be) THE GREATEST...

I think that's all for now (too long I think) and thx for your attention.

Regards,

mahara

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