March 2009 Blog Posts
Couldn’t afford Mix? Didn’t like the idea of Vegas? Prefer the bright lights and stunning architecture of Reading, Berks, but want to see web content? Then WebDD on the 18th April is for you. Like all Developer Days it’s free, packed full of community speakers (including yours truly) Features include Get an independent view of Microsoft's new stuff Time with other web community types - it's run by the community for the community Choice of two tracks of technical content running throughout the day ...
The UK .NET Community’s favourite redheaded step child Phil Winstanley just emailed me to say I’ve been picked to talk at WebDD. I’ll be presenting “P0wn3d! (Or how to redirect your friend's website to katyperry.com)”. This takes the outings of my OWASP Top Ten Web Vulnerabilities talk to 5 outings over the next couple of months: WebDD09 18 April 2009 DDD Scotland 2 May 2009 VBug London 26 May 2009 DevEvening Woking 4 June 2009 Vista Squad London 17 June...
Recent updates to Silverlight meant I had to install the latest Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio. This has had an annoying side affect – when you press F1 in Visual Studio on a keyword that exists in both Silverlight and the .NET framework and you are using local help the Silverlight topic is displayed. If your primary development target is not Silverlight this is a royal PITA and is acknowledged on the Silverlight SDK blog.. In order to fix this right click on the VS2008 icon and run as an administrator. Choose the Index option from the Help menu....
This morning Click, the BBC’s “magazine” programme about technology proudly announced it had created its own botnet. In a new twist on “allegedly” (an infamous phrase used to skirt libel laws on Have I Got News For You and other satirical programmes) Click believe they’re legal because If this exercise had been done with criminal intent it would be breaking the law. But our purpose was to demonstrate botnets' collective power when in the hands of criminals. Tosh. The Computer Misuse Act (1990) states that deliberately obtaining access is...
I was emailed the second draft of the book cover today, which makes it scarily real. But not half as scary as what Oliver did with it. Ah the MVP community – we’re a tight bunch of nits … Technorati Tags: Wrox,Book Cover,Books,ASP.NET,Security,MVP
How may of you practice what you preach? Run as a non-administrative user? Use separate, strong passwords for all your internet accounts? I’ve been guilty of doing neither – I blame Visual Studio for not being able to run as a limited account, but not using strong passwords and individual usernames has been done to laziness and a bad memory. lastpass.com to the rescue. lastpass is a browser plugin and web site that replaces the “Remember username and password” functionality of Firefox and IE, on Windows, Mac and Linux (there’s even alpha support for IE 64-bit). This is nothing...
I have email alerts configured so when Dell add or update new drivers for my laptop it emails me. Not that I ever get the updates I want (video drivers please Dell). Instead I got this recommended update just now: So tell me, why would I install an update that adds “passive marketing” as it’s number 1 feature? Technorati Tags: Dell,Marketing,Too Much Honesty
Ok so Scotland beat us to it by about 12 hours but we’ve pushed the agenda and DDD Belfast registration is now open! Remember it’s free – go sign up and prepare for a geek out Saturday … Technorati Tags: DDD Belfast,DDD,Techprechaun
MacDDD registration is open and you can register for a place right now. Oh and yes, I will be presenting … Technorati Tags: DDD Scotland,MacDDD