I’m kicking off my Python journey once more, hopefully, now with depth. And came across this website - thanks to Anton Sipos - called ShowMeDo, that I believe can enhance your learning through videos.
Take it easy.
Microsoft today released details about the upcoming first service pack (SP1) for Vista. They say it features security upgrades, improved performance, and support for emerging (read: new) hardware and standards.
It doesn’t look like it will be released to the general public yet, but only to a moderate sized audience. They say it will be available in the first quarter of 2008. Here’s what Nick White, a MS program manager said about the release:
“A small group of testers has been putting a preview of the SP1 Beta through its paces to help prepare for broader release,” as he wrote in a Wednesday blog post. “We made the choice to start with a very small group of testers because we think it’s better for both our customers and for Microsoft to keep the beta program small at the start.”
And added:
“A later pre-release of SP1 will be available to a larger group of testers via MSDN and TechNet subscribers.”
Additionally, Vista SP1 will be available in three forms: express, stand-alone, and slipstream. For more details on SP1, go here.
I was tasked to develop a proxy-like web interface wherein our company’s Marketing group didn’t have to go to Fogbugz directly. To facilitate this, I wrote an ASP.NET Web Application that submits/POSTs to Fogbugz’s supplied ScoutSubmit.asp.
FogBugz is a complete project management system for software teams. Designed by Joel Spolsky of Joel on Software fame, FogBugz helps you make better software by tracking, prioritizing, and coordinating the thousands of small tasks a development team has to do. FogBugz is web based, so everyone on the team always sees the whole picture. Feature requests, customer email, bugs, even high level design discussions are instantly searchable and trackable.
Just in case you need to develop one yourself, here’s the link [on Fogbugz's website] on how to do it.
9/6/07 1:34 PM Update: For software-only unlocking, all features will be available except for Visual Voice mail (which is an exclusive AT&T feature).
You’ve probably read or heard about the race [of many hackers] to unlock the IPhone…well, interestingly a 17-year old named George Holtz of Glen Rock, NJ
confirmed that he did unlock it. He says the phone is now usable on the T-Mobile network - one that I’m bound to myself.
This is pretty cool, but I don’t know if I would crack open the IPhone (at $499 or $599, mind you), and do some soldering. If you’re curious, check out Holtz’s instructions here.
Another team from iPhoneSIMfree.com, found a software-only technique (for free) that will “unlock” the phone - without having to void the warranty. Check it out at their website.
(Click on the image to the left and look for the T-Mobile logo on the top left.)
Then another [third] team from Belfast accomplished the “software-only” technique as well. It will basically allows IPhone owners to run the device on any GSM-based SIM card system. They do charge a fee for the “unlocking” software, however. Go here for more details.
I wonder what Apple and/or AT&T will do now…Odd that I haven’t seen any news/comments/legal battles ensuing in the cyber world. Hmmm…go figure.
Have you ever wondered how to do this, well…look no further as I’ll show you. It’s simple really. All you have to do is download AddressBook2CSV Exporter from Antonio Lore’s website.
After installing it, simply do the export, and then import into Gmail, which basically needs a CSV file; however, be forewarned…if some fields are empty, it may not look pretty after the import. It’s easily fixable though.
“Till the next.