March 24, 2008
Lots of cool stuff took place last week while I was in Redmond, which I’ll be posting throughout this week.
I also got a chance to put the newest addition to the official Funcave utility belt, the Aiptek A-HD camcorder, through its paces.
Remember how I said I was in the hunt for a converged digital camera/camcorder that wouldn’t break the bank, and was available. Well, this Aiptek model certainly fits the bill.
I’ll be posting a more in-depth review of the A-HD later, including example footage shot with it, and a full-on rating.
But here are a couple of quick teaser stats…
- Captures high-definition video at 30 frames per second
- Captures 8 megapixel still pictures
- Uses MMC or SD memory, including SDHC
- Saves up to 4 hours of high-definition video on a single 8GB SDHC card
- Available for $130
Nearly everyone who saw it last week was jotting down the make and model, saying I am ordering one of those tomorrow!
There’s only one thing I wish was different about mine…
Totally digging that red version. And here in Crimson Tide country, choice of color is a big.damn.deal sometimes.
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February 25, 2008
Don’t forget to prime your Windows Mobile device for remote wipe.
Otherwise, you just might find that when you need Mobile Admin to wipe a lost device in the worst way…
It won’t.
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February 25, 2008
It’s good to see so many folks getting serious about securing their Windows Mobile devices. Or at least realizing they need the ability to put a hit out on their mobile devices remotely.
So with all these new installs of Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration Tool AKA Mobile Admin, I’ve been seeing more incidents of 403 errors being reported when trying to use it.
Specifically, if you see the following error when clicking Wipe inside Mobile Admin…
Server Error in ‘/MobileAdmin’ Application.
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The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
Stack Trace:
[WebException: The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.]
System.Net.HttpWebRequest.CheckFinalStatus() +680
System.Net.HttpWebRequest.EndGetRequestStream(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +74
System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetRequestStream() +234
Microsoft.Exchange.AirSync.Admin.Mailbox.propFindRequest(String deviceUri) +240
Microsoft.Exchange.AirSync.Admin.Mailbox.getDevices() +194
Microsoft.Exchange.AirSync.Admin.Devices.refreshDevicesTable() +135
Microsoft.Exchange.AirSync.Admin.Devices.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) +190
System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +67
System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +35
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() +750
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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.2407; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.2407
Here’s the way to permanently fix that…
- Uninstall Mobile Admin using Add/Remove programs
- Backup the IIS metabase
- Right-click servername in IIS
- Navigate to All Tasks->Backup/Restore Configuration
- Click Create Backup
- Type backup name, then click OK
- Click Close
- Open the properties of Default Web Site
- On the Web Site tab, note the current IP address setting for Web site identification
- Set the Web site identification IP address to All Unassigned, if needed
- Run MobileAdmin.exe to install
- When finished, reset the Web site identification IP address of Default Web Site back to its original settings, if needed
- Disable SSL directory security on the ExAdmin virtual directory
- Open the properties of the ExAdmin virtual directory
- Click the Directory Security tab
- Click Edit in the Secure communications area
- Uncheck Require secure channel (SSL)
- Click OK twice.
- Restart IIS Admin service
You should be able to uninstall and reinstall of Mobile Admin without any interruption of service.
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January 18, 2008
I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and I’d like to get some confirmation on this. So post up your thoughts. Don’t be shy.
Windows has a big problem.
No, it isn’t Vista.
No, it isn’t Apple.
No, it isn’t Linux.
I think that Windows biggest problem is…Windows.
Or more specifically, windows.
Even in this Amazing Technicolor Dream World of 24” widescreen UWXVGA+++ screens x 2…
I still find myself spending an inordinate amount of time shuffling layer upon layer of windows!
It disgusts me the sheer amount of time I literally waste in a given week moving/resizing/minimizing/maximizing windows.
But I have an idea. A pretty good idea I think. About a way to totally and completely erdicate that. Well, at least knock it down by roughly 95%.
So I guess this is my first big huge massive vaporware announcement.
If you want to beta-test this when it reaches that stage (sorry, no timeline yet), then post a comment or shoot an e-mail to truckfullofninjas AT chrisrue.com. I can’t guarantee everyone a spot, but I’ll do the best I can to get every one in who wants in.
And in case you just missed it right there…
TruckFullOfNinjas = the official codename.
Just wait’ll you see THAT t-shirt!
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January 9, 2008
So Nathan, better known as the dude who ripped the covers off Windows Mobile 7 AKA Photon recently, asked…
I love the hover comments you put on links! Is that a plugin, and where can I get it?
I’ve heard from folks before that they dig the hover comments too, which also appear on pictures as well. I thought it was a good qestion, and that other folks might be interested in the answer.
Firstly, there’s no plugin required.
Secondly, the actual text of the hover comments for both pictures and links come from the ol’ noggin of yours truly. So the text isn’t auto-generated. That level of wiseacre is 100% natural.
Thirdly, it’s a very simple bit of HTML code. For each link, I add a title attribute, which comprises the text of the hover comment. It only works that way because most browsers render the title attribute on mouseover as a hover.
Fourthly, BlogJet AKA The Parliamentary Funkadelic of Blogging Tools makes it dead simple to add the title attribute because, well…it’s right there in the box when adding a new link. Check it out…
Fifthly, for pictures it’s a bit different. Rather than using the title attribute, BlogJet embeds the alt attribute.
This makes a whole lot of sense, because alt specifies text that shows in place of actual graphics if the browser can’t or won’t support rendering them. If it does render the graphics, then the alt text hovers on mouseover the same way as the title attribute for links. Sexxay, huh?
Sixthly, here’s the actual HTML from a couple of examples in this very post. Here’s a link…
<a title=”Yo Nathan! This link’s for you, bud…” href=”http://microsoft.blognewschannel.com/archives/2008/01/06/exclusive-windows-mobile-7-to-focus-on-touch-and-motion-gestures/” target=”_blank”>
And here’s a pic…
<img alt=”You really didn’t think I’d pass up an opportunity to include a hovercar pic, did you? Notice the superfuture with the hovercars, but the dude is still using paper? How quaint.” src=”http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/graphics/jeanietakeamemo.png” border=”0″ />
Seventhly, some audio assist browsers and enhancements will actually read the title attribute aloud while rendering the page. Which rocks! And encourages me to become even more smart-aleck.
Eighthly, it seems to me that it would be even more helpful for the alt attribute to be read aloud. Well, maybe not my comments. I’m not sure they would adequately describe a graphic well enough to be of much help.
Ninthly, did I mention yet how I prolly wouldn’t have started doing this without the hypersonic assist from BlogJet?
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