Omar Shahine
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Dying Thread on Trackbacks, Referrals and Pingbacks
Part 2 of 2 Bug 2: TrackingHandler Thread Dies Another problem that Scott Hanselman informed me of...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 01/06/2005
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Recently I found the answer to two very hard questions about bugs in dasBlog. They were kinda tricky...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 01/06/2005
Enclosure support in dasBlog
Well, thanks to some encouragement from Jeff Sandquist, I just recently added Enclosure support to...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 01/03/2005
Do Not Deliver Before
My buddy Reeves just pointed me to a sweet Outlook feature that I never knew about called Do not...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 12/31/2004
Windows XP File Association Fixes
The other day I was unable to open a .cab file on my PC. I had no idea how the file association got...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 12/29/2004
RSS in Outlook and Newsgator
I've been using Newsgator Outlook Edition for over a year now and generally think it's a rock solid...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 12/24/2004
Outlook Folder List Weirdness
Sometimes software just baffles me. A few days ago, my Outlook 2003 decided to quit remembering the...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 12/24/2004
dasBlog 1.7 progress
Well I plan on spending the next few days getting together a beta of dasBlog 1.7. I've been slowly...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 12/24/2004
Outlook Wish List
Since it's almost Christmas, here is what I want from Santa. A button that will prevent people from...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 12/08/2004
Microsoft DigitalPersona (Biometric Fingerprint Reader)
Who ever said Microsoft doesn't innovate is just full of it. I just picked up the Microsoft...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 12/07/2004
When ReleaseComObject is necessary in Outlook
Some might tell you that you never need to call Marhal.ReleaseComObject when writing managed code in...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 12/07/2004
Programming iTunes vs WMP in .NET
I find it creepy that it's a million times easier to write managed code against iTunes than Windows...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 12/03/2004
Spaces posting API
Folks have been complaining that there is no posting API for Spaces. Not so fast. There is a very...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 12/03/2004
Hitachi Media Center VFD updated
I've update my Hitachi Media Center VFD. If you happen to be one of the folks using it, this version...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 11/09/2004
dasBlog feature: Search Result Referrers
I have to admit, one of the more fascinating aspects of having a blog are the ways that people find...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 10/31/2004
dasBlog support for Newsgator Ratings
I uploaded a patch for dasBlog 1.6 that allows you to utilize the NewsGator ratings system. This...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 10/31/2004
Mouse goodies
This past weekend I picked up the new Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse. This thing is very cool. Has...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 10/13/2004
Favorites Synchronization Software
For the longest time I wanted a program that would easily and seamlessly synchronize favorites...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 10/11/2004
.NET Compact Framework Essentials
One very frustrating thing about programming with the .NET Compact Framework is that it's quite...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 09/19/2004
KlipFolio
I've been playing around with a program called KlipFolio for a few weeks now. Not to long ago they...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 09/19/2004
RAW Windows Shell Integration
A few months ago I posted about a little piece of software that let you view Digital RAW thumbnails...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 09/18/2004
dasBlog Security Update
If you are running dasBlog, make sure you install the security fix available for all released...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 09/05/2004
System.Drawing.Imaging performance fix in .NET 1.1 SP1
A few months ago I encountered a significant performance problem with System.Drawing.Imaging. I...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 09/01/2004
Portable Media Center Review
If you've been wondering about PMC check out this excellent review by Corey Gouker. I've been...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 08/27/2004
Vonage
So I bit the bullet and got service from Vonage. Last week my modem arrived and I proceeded to lay...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 08/08/2004
Send to OneNote from Outlook PowerToy Released
At long last, my PowerToy is live! Send to OneNote from Outlook lets you send Mail, Post items and...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 07/28/2004
Hotmail, now with less ads
If you have a paying relationship with MSN (you are an MSN subscriber or Hotmail Extra Storage user)...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 07/21/2004
Outlook Security Dialog and Palm
Now let me tell you, I loath this dialog as much as the next guy, however, I just discovered...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 07/21/2004
Tiny USB Flash Drive
I just got a SanDisk Cruzer Micro 256MB at Amazon.com last week, and I can't believe how small it...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 07/19/2004
Nikon RAW image thumbnails in XP Explorer shell
I've been mildly annoyed by the fact that I can't see thumbnails of my Nikon NEF (RAW) image files...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 07/19/2004
Portable Media Center
Amazon now has Portable Media Centers available for purchase. Creative Labs 20 GB Zen Portable Media...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 07/09/2004
Explorer Status Bar fixed in XP SP2
Holy cow, how did I miss this gem? [Tony Schreiner] New Pet Peeves Fixed The disappearing status bar...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 07/09/2004
Hotmail Tips
Reeves has some great Hotmail tips. One of them is very important. I just started forwarding all my...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 07/09/2004
MCE vs Tivo
Paul has a great write up on MCE and Tivo. I ditched my Tivo 2 years ago for my custom built MCE...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 07/08/2004
OneNote Managed API
Donovan has posted a preview of the managed OneNote API that I collaborated on. Donovan did most of...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 06/18/2004