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I’ve been writing a slurry of code to return list item XML so that it can be parsed and consumed by AJAX components on the client side. Since Lists.asmx does not work in anonymous access scenarios, I’ve been creating many proxy .ashx Http Handlers installed in the LAYOUTS directory, to query via the object model and return the XML of the list items, using the .Xml property of a SPListItemCollection. Continue Reading →

I have a new version of xPollinate waiting in the wings, with new support for HelloTxt. With this new feature, you won’t have to choose between Ping.fm or HelloTxt – you can use one, the other, or both (just try not to spam the hell out of your friends with duplicate posts!).

I’ve submitted my application for approval at HelloTxt, and hopefully it’ll be a quick approval process. I can’t release the version for testing yet, because it only works with my own user key right now until it gets reviewed and approved (sort of a chicken and egg thing if you ask me).

In the meantime, I thought I’d post a quick screen shot of the new tab and highlight some features:

New xPollinate tab for HelloTxt

After entering your API key, xPollinate will pull in your Tags, and all of your defined services (networks). You can either choose a tag to post to (which will select only those networks in the tag), or you can choose All Networks and then individually select the networks to post to.

Notice that the account name of each service is posted next to the service name. This is because HelloTxt support multiple accounts with the same service (i.e. more than one twitter account).

Account names 

Just like Ping.FM, you can choose to post either as a status/microblog update using a template, or post as a blog entry.

Blog or status options

I’m excited to get this release out, and hope the application gets accepted soon.

I installed eight 5″ recessed can lights in my living room about five years ago. I haven’t yet had to replace a single one of the bulbs I first installed. The GE Reveal R30 flood lamps have lasted a long time, and provided a really pleasant, pure white light.

GE BR30 Reveal Light Bulb

In my new kitchen can lights, a cheap contractor pack of Sylvania 65W flood lights didn’t even last one year before all 13 bulbs burnt out. I’ve replaced them all one-by-one with the GE Reveal bulbs, and none have burnt out, over one year later.

I’m sure the performance has a lot to do with having dimmers. I’ll bet it’s a lot more gentle on the filaments when you turn on a light with the dimmer down to begin with. Even still, these Reveal bulbs are great.

So I don’t forget it, and lose it when reimaging my machine, I’m posting my mp3tag file rename script. It takes the audio files that I have tagged, prefixes with a padded track number, formats as 001 – album – title.ext and shortens the name if it starts to get too long and nears the windows 256 file/path character length limitations.

$num(%track%,3) – $validate($replace(%album% – $iflonger(%_folderpath%nnn – %album% – %title%.%_extension%,256,$left(%title%,$sub(230,$len(%_folderpath%nnn – %album% – ))),%title%),.,-),-)

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