Want to use AJAX in Classic ASP 3.0 web application?

You have a Classic ASP 3.0 web application and would like to utilize the latest web technology AJAX. How? Here a good tool: ajaxed. It's not only good but it's great since it's free and is open source.

Make sure you're using "include virtual" instead of "include file" when you got this error message like below. For security reason, do not use parent path.

Can Visual Studio 2010 Express connect to Team Foundation Server 2010?

Yes. Since Visual Studio 2010 Express does not include the Team Foundation Server or Team Explorer, you need to download its client version, Microsoft Visual Studio Team Explorer 2010, from  Microsoft web site.

I had a hard time in install Microsoft Visual Studio Team Explorer 2010 on my Windows Vista machine that already had ASP.Net MVC3. After installed VSTE2010 successful, it asked me to re-apply Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1. When I ran VS2010 SP1 Maintenance, it looked for Microsoft® Silverlight™ 4 SDK. Microsoft® Silverlight™ 4 SDK alone did not work, it must be Microsoft Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010. The whole process was really time consuming and frustrated.

My second installation on Windows 7 64-bit was much easy. Straight forward. This machine did not have ASP.Net MVC3 and VS2010 SP1.

Further readings:

• How to install and configure Visual Studio Team Explorer
• Team Explorer Included in Visual Studio 2010 Installation
• Using Team Foundation Server and Team Explorer with CodePlex

Back to Android

After  more than six months away from Android programming, I'm back. During the past few months, I put my personal project: Develop an Android application, on hold in order to take care other high priority projects at work and family matters.

One of my resolution last year was develop a mobile application. It will be a show case of my skills. I'm moving from web applications to mobile applications. I spent a lot of time to read whatever related to Android programming. Reading is not enough. I need to practice and do a real work in order to master in something. Get your feet wet. Get hand-on experience. So, while I'm waiting for my car at dealer, I open my laptop, launch the Eclipse IDE and start programming. I switch back and forth between the Eclipse IDE and Google Chrome browser. Each time, I'm stuck with the code, I search for solution on the web. Developer.Android.com is a huge resource for Android programming.

I hope I will have my app ready to release to Android Marketplace in next few months. Yes, I'm hope. :)

64-bit Operating System

I'm not pay much attention to 64-bit operating system until few months ago. At that time, I needed to evaluate  Windows Server 2008 R2 Operating System and tested our applications in that 64-bit operating system.

After I downloaded a trial copy from Microsoft site, I could not install it as a VirtualBox virtual machine on my 32-bit Ubuntu 10.10 desktop. So, backed up my stuff before installed 64-bit Ubuntu 11.04 beta on my laptop to host 64-bit guest operating system. It still not work. I did some research on the internet, someone said need to enable virtualization in BIOS. My BIOS did not have it. According to the specification from Intel web site, my CPU did not have Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT). Too bad. I could not install 64-bit guest operating system on my current 64-bit PC.

Let not quit yet. Try VMWare Player. Same problem. I could not install Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit  as a guest virtual machine.

This experience taught me a lesson: Your next PC should have virtualization technology. As I mentioned in my blog last month, my next PC will be a Mac. 15-inch MacBook Pro using quad-core Intel Core i7 processor. This CPU supports Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) along with many advanced technologies.

While waiting to acquire a new PC, I loaded Windows Server 2008 Standard (32-bit) on my 64-bit PC running 64-bit Linux Operating System to evaluation and test our applications. Below is the picture of my desktop:

Two virtual machines: Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Standard run on Ubuntu 11.04 desktop.

Worms in Fish

Few days ago, I received a forwarded email from a friend. It's a scary story. To learn more about worms in fish issue, I googled and found a lot entries regarding to "warning worm found in fish". It is an old news but new to me.

Here are some my findings:
An article from New York Times twelve years ago, May 1989: Raw Fish Warning
http://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/02/science/science-watch-raw-fish-warning.html

An article from Seafood Network Information at UC Davis in 1990: Parasites in Marine Fishes
http://seafood.ucdavis.edu/pubs/parasite.htm

A document from FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations): Round Worms in Fish
http://www.fao.org/wairdocs/tan/x5951e/x5951e01.htm
A video posted in YouTube in 2007:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny65i307Rs0

So, I will say good bye to one of my favorite: raw sushi from now :(

My Next PC

My next Personal Computer (PC) will be a Mac. The first PC I used was an Apple computer, Apple II, when I was in college. After a quarter of a century using Microsoft Operating Systems (DOS, Windows), I'm switching to Linux. I'm so happy with Ubuntu and Open Source applications. I pick Mac not because it's better than Microsoft Windows PC or Linux PC. Mac is so expensive! The lowest MacBook is $999 while the you can get the Microsoft Windows PC for about $400. With a MacBook Pro, I can program or test number of difference projects: iPhone mobile applications, Android mobile applications, PHP web-based applications, Python programs, mySQL,... Using VirtualBox on MacBook Pro, I can run Windows and Linux applications on guest machines. I must buy a Mac machine because Mac/OS license is not allow to run on virtual machine. It must run on Apple hardware.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

I just read this article "Cybercrime Easier Than Ever" from SecurityNewsDaily.com. Here is some excerpts:

Today, people can buy credit- and debit-card information for as little as $2 per card. To learn the size of a card’s available credit line or attached bank balance, it’ll cost you $80 for smaller amounts, more than $700 for accounts with balances of at least $82,000.
... (snip) ...
So how can you avoid becoming a victim? The first step is to install antivirus software on your computer, no matter which operating system it runs, and make sure that virus definitions are automatically updated. Free antivirus software can be downloaded from reputable sources such as CNET.

Second, create a separate administrator account for your computer, and use it only for installing software. Do everything else using limited accounts that can’t affect the computer’s operating system.

Lastly, use common sense. Don’t open e-mail attachments you’re not expecting. Don’t buy unusually cheap software. Check the URL — or Web address — whenever you go to a website. And remember that banks will always call you, never e-mail you, if there’s a problem with your account.

If you're interesting in reading complete the article, visit http://www.securitynewsdaily.com/making-money-from-cybercrime-easier-than-ever-0506/