I just noticed a few new things that Google is giving me with the google toolbar.  Not sure how long they have been around. Perhaps it just popped up because someone suggested I look at my page ranking and when you do that, the control becomes more interactive with Google. Though I think I had the page ranking collector turned on since day 0 (by default), even though I never exposed it on the toolbar.

Anyway, Spell Checking! It will spell check anything  you type on a web page. I’ve tried it out, though not pushed the envelope with it, and found it to be pretty cool. That will be great for writing comments on people’s blogs or if you blog directly online.

Another thing I noticed only yesterday was that when I was highlighting a word in a web page and right click for the context menu, Google Search is an option on the menu. That is really handy to.

www.acehaid.org

Larry Osterman has a pet peeve that I have ranted about in the past: the use of the word “ask” as a noun that has proliferated at Microsoft when people are talking about budgets and more.

There is a really fun discussion going on in the comments of this blog post – up to 42 comments at the moment. So if you like language, you will definitely enjoy reading or even participating in this conversation.

www.acehaid.org

I miss “whidbey” but I still use that fond old nickname for Visual Studio 2005.

I really like “avalon” [Windows Presentation Foundation]

And where will we be without “indigo”? [Windows Communication Foundation]

After those light, airy, winsome names, these new ones are like sitting in a dark cigar smoke filled room with big leather chairs and a lot of fat old men chuckling about the stock market.

Boo hiss.

www.acehaid.org

Casey Chesnut: citizens arrest

www.acehaid.org

oh duh! (thanks Bliz)

I think sharepoint has just worn my poor old brain out today!

www.acehaid.org

I ran into the worst of all Sharepoint problems – impersonation and permissions.

Example:

When using the regular WSS UI, login as John Doe Contributor. John Doe can check in and check out files, etc. Looking at SQL Profiler, you can see all of this is being done as the apppool account (NT Authority/Network Services) which has all of the necessary permissions.

Cut to a custom application which uses Windows Authentication and impersonation. Even in the same site, John Doe Contributor no longer has the right access permissions. Logging in with an admin account, all works fine.

I have been at this since yesterday. Now I am dangerously close to my deployment date (and of course a few new wrenches – including a biggie – have been thrown into my week). I have been reading blogs and articles galore and have gone down many paths.

Pros & Cons:

Web Services: This will most likely get me my Network Services account access. They are easy to write, but a little bit of a PIA to implement for Sharepoint.

Stored Procedures: most were okay to work with but checking in a file is a bear!

Mucking with Impersonation: dll hell, anyone?

Congrats to Dr. Neil for launching ViaVirtualEarth, which will tap into the power of MSN’s Virtual Earth.

www.acehaid.org

There was a sneak peak of virtualearth.msn.com this weekend, but it’s not quite ready yet. Hopefully tomorrow. Chandu Thota, on the Virtual Earth team, explains.

www.acehaid.org

“‘ctrl-alt-del’ will now be known as : ‘hasta la vista’”

From Inside Microsoft (by way of Alex Barnett)

www.acehaid.org

Microsoft Press, gimme a search, please????

I am trying to find a link to a book, and have to drill into subject area and make guesses as to where it would be. I have already drilled in to about 5 levels and still don’t konw if I”m on the right path to find the book.

Why not do a search at least by author and book title in addition to the “categorical drill down”?

I give up. I’m going to just link to it on Amazon.