Author Archives: Robert S. Robbins

Some people are quite fearful of programmers and web developers. When a company has to let go of a developer there is usually a lot of fear that the disgruntled employee will hack their network or web site. There will … Continue reading →

I have upgraded to Visual Studio 2005 Professional and I now have the XML menu with the Show XSLT Output and Debug XSLT submenu items. Unfortunately, it does not appear to work. I get an error. I searched on the Internet … Continue reading →

Yesterday I created a web part to show video comments using the LiveVideo API. The API returns XML so I had to format it using XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) which is a stylesheet for XML. I used Visual Studio 2005 … Continue reading →

Today I investigated several other mashup sites to get an idea of how this technology can be used. I was impressed by the range of content you can include on your start pages. You can even submit your own content, … Continue reading →

I really like the new web portal applications you can create in ASP.NET 2.0 so I have used this technology to create a custom mash up for myself. A mashup is a website or application that combines content from more … Continue reading →

I have finally begun to study ASP.NET 2.0. I am currently reading ASP.NET 2.0 For Dummies by Bill Hatfield. I am up to chapter 13. Unfortunately, everything I have read so far has been really basic review of ASP.NET. So … Continue reading →

I have updated my Client List to reflect the current state of my business. I have severed my business relationship with Car Accessories because they owe me a lot of money and refuse to pay it. I had to sic a … Continue reading →

I’ve discovered a new social networking site today, Newsvine, which is based on news rather than video. Newsvine allows you bookmark any newsworthy content you find on the Internet which then becomes part of the news gathered on the site. … Continue reading →

I have completed the first three chapters of Creating Motion Graphics With After Effects Volume 1: The Essentials. I read about keyframes and compositions and explored many features of the program. I also jumped ahead and read chapters 25, 26, … Continue reading →

I’ve been too busy to blog but earlier in the week I had an opportunity to work on a web site design using Photoshop. I did not create a new design from scratch. I had to modify an existing web … Continue reading →

Today I installed DotNetNuke 4.4.0 on my local web server. DotNetNuke is a web application framework written for ASP.NET. The installation gave me considerable problems because the installer could not establish a SQL Server database connection. Then I created a second … Continue reading →

Today I received my boxed copy of Adobe After Effects 6.5 Standard from eBay. I was really glad to get this because the book I am reading Creating Motion Graphics With After Effects – Volume 1: The Essentials was written … Continue reading →

I’ve upgraded to Microsoft Office 2007 and discovered that Outlook 2007 can export emails to Access 2007. I don’t think this was possible before. It is certainly useful because a lot of data comes in via email. When you export … Continue reading →

I’ve found a few interesting web sites that are taking Internet video in new directions. Podzinger attempts to index the audio of YouTube videos so you can search for a word that has been spoken by a video blogger. This … Continue reading →

My hosting company finally upgraded my WordPress version to 2.0.4 after I complained about the old version I was forced to use. This was important to me because I have done some work creating custom WordPress designs and I wanted … Continue reading →

Video bloggers are abandoning YouTube in favor of a new video sharing site, LiveVideo, which can be found at: http://www.livevideo.com/. YouTube users have been frustrated by problems with the site’s messaging system. Many people have had problems posting comments on … Continue reading →