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Archive for August, 2007
Handy DNS/domain tools
Aug 9, 2007
Here are two great tools that I use on a regular basis for managing/troubleshooting domains and DNS issues:
http://www.domaintools.com Wonderful WHOIS tool that gives you a lot more information as well. This site can even tell you how many other sites are running on an IP address.
http://www.dnsstuff.com Scroll down on the main page for tools like looking up MX records, verify email configuration, etc.
Umbraco – Content Management System based on ASP.NET
Aug 9, 2007
Joe Stagner at Microsoft has a link today to a Content Management System based on ASP.NET that I’ve never heard of. It’s called Umbraco, and it looks pretty promising. It’s an open source project and looks to have a lot of the content management features that the average web site operator looks for. but more importantly for developers, it claims to allow you to easily integrate any .NET user controls or custom controls. That has some really great potential! One of these days, when I have some time, I’ll give it a try. Maybe it will be a viable option More >
Google Reader – Using it and loving it
Aug 8, 2007
Yet another of the tasks I generally do using a Windows application has been replaced by a web application. I’ve bounced between Windows-based feed readers for a while now, try out the free ones, pay ones, etc. But I never really found one I love because I use a number of machines, as well as my Smartphone, and I want to be able to read my feeds in all of these devices using one unified (and preferrably free) mechanism.
A while ago, I tried Google Reader, and found it clunky and difficult to use. I revisited it this week, and it’s much better More >