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A task in process. Please see the Mini-lectures and various Challenge Labs for more programming links.
General
kbAlertz Web Service that emails Microsoft Knowledge Base articles to you
Visual Basic Development
Auto File Save Add-in for Visual Studio 6.0 From Itay Szekely's Visual Studio add-ins and macros
.NET
Visual Studio Messenger Add-In Chat on MSN Messenger w/o leaving Visual Studio; written in C# and .NET
Active Server Pages/ASP.NET
15 Seconds More than just ASP
1 ASP Host Free 100MB ASP Web hosting account
asp.netPRO Good magazine
Codefixer Tutorials for beginning to intermediate ASP developers
.net Playground Free ASP.NET and ASP Web hosting (for development testing only - currently not accepting new free accounts) - check out their list of ASP.NET links
Web Samba Another free ASP Web hosting service (requires ads)
HTML
Cynthia Says Portal - great place to check for compliance with Section 508 standards and the WCAG guidelines on Accessibility.
AutoCompletion in Internet Explorer 5.0 Autocomplete attribute - works for 5.5 and 6.0, too
Security
Panda Software ActiveScan Free online scan for viruses
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If you like the free online scan, Panda offers some you can buy, as well:
Panda
Antivirus Platinum 7 | Panda
Titanium Antivirus 2004
Shields UP! NanoProbe Technology Internet Security Testing for Windows Users
Symantec Security Check for Home Users Another free online scan for viruses and security risks
Non-Programming
Altavista's Babelfish Free translation service
The Animal Rescue Site - click daily and help feed animals in shelters/sanctuaries (also has links to other "click-daily-and-help" sites)
Bat Conservational International Save the Bats
Bob and Ray's Road Trip Page Traveling elasmobranchs
Evanescence Way cool music!
Carmina Gadelica Collection of old Gaelic/Highland prayers and stories)
DotPhoto Web photo albums plus prints and other nifties from digital images
The Encyclopedia of Arda Painfully slow even on broadband, but a very neat Tolkien site
iGive.com Shop online and help your favorite charity
The Internet Archive Lets you go back in time to find old web pages
Penguin Mints caffeinated mints - great stuff!
Tolkien Sarcasm Page Check out the interesting movie version of Lord of the Rings
Veggie Tales at Big Idea Productions If you like Monty Python, you'll like Veggie Tales
Vulcan Language Guide "Ina, wani ra Yakana ro futishanai"
Yuko Ohigashi Plays Solo Piano Young Japanese pianist - buy her CDs and help her pay for music school
Current Issues
Daniel Peng's Legal Fees and $15,000 RIAA Settlement Daniel is one of the "famous" college students targeted and fined by the RIAA (a recording industry political action lobby). He's a very gracious young man who is seeking donations to help pay the fine and his associated legal fees. IMHO, the case against him was wrong and should have been thrown out - see this legal analysis written by Joseph Barillari for why.
Another student, Lorraine Sullivan (and her cats), has also been Sued By the RIAA. You can help her out with PayPal donations, as well. She is speaking out against the RIAA to the US Congress.
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And, while you're fuming at the RIAA's antics, check out Downhill Battle's Peer-to-Peer Legal Defense Fund (also PayPal-enabled) created to help other folks being sued by the music industry for file sharing. |
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