A few weeks ago, Christopher Vaugn from the IE7 dev deam contacted me asking me to update FreeTextBox to support IE7’s new user agent string. After first, I was embarassedContinue readingIE7 and FreeTextBox (install error)

This week, I needed to get read the duration of a few hundred Windows Media Video files for a project. Since I started my development code in ASP and thenContinue readingRetreiving the duration of a WMV in C#

A few weeks ago I went a little crazy with the new Google Maps API. I also hooked it up to some pictures in Community Server to see what wouldContinue readingGoogle maps and Community Server :: Galleries

Our home-grown online education platform has been localized! We recently had a visit from the Chinese Bureau of Religious Affairs and they loved it. English Chinese (traditional) The current versionContinue readingLocalization of Online Education

Originally, my Google Maps church search page was finding the nearest churches by making an approximate square around the zip code's latitude and longitude. For large distances (over ~25 miles),Continue readingLatitude/Longitude Distance Calculation in SQL Server

Our little Google Maps experiment was featured on a few websites this week: Google Maps Mania SonSpring Design Google Maps API discussion group Update: Church Marketing Sucks This morning thereContinue readingMore on Google Maps

Over at CommunityServer.org there’s a discussion about tagging. I’m trying to figure out what technorati.com picks up. They say you can add <category> entries to your RSS (CS info), but that doesn’t seemContinue readingPost tagging in CommunityServer

For my first use of the newly released Google Maps API, I hooked up our database of churches with Dallas Seminary grads. We've had a "Find a church" list forContinue readingGoogle Maps (gmaps) :: DTS Church Search

Slashdot is reporing on Microsoft’s promise to release a new ASP.NET AJAX framework that will add existing functionality to the Callback features already present. Scott Guthrie also talks about it.Continue readingASP.NET & AJAX

Simply awesome: Ultimate Developer Tools List The one thing I’d add is Candy Lab‘s AppRocket. I use it to launch almost everything and I uninstalled all desktop search tools inContinue readingHanselman's updated "Ultimate Developer Tools List"