Radical Development | 2010

November 30, 2010
by Steven Swafford
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T-Mobile And AT&T 4G War Is Never Dull

Sit back, grab the popcorn and prepare to be entertained. I am a T-Mobile customer and I waited to hear from others before upgrading to the MyTouch 4G in the event this new phone was not as good as the marketing made it out to be. I must say that so far this phone has exceeded my expectations and the only negative thing that I have to say is about the preinstalled software it comes with, I personally do not like my electronics jammed packed with applications that I do not like. Now there may be a way to uninstall …

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November 29, 2010
by Steven Swafford
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Sending Emails Via A Windows Service

Should you require a mechanism to process email notifications either as a service on its own or to compliment a web site you may find this tutorial just to be exactly what you are seeking. There are a number of approaches you could take such as HTTP Modules, but here I am going to focus on a Windows based service. Assume you have some type of data store that maintains your user details and you wish to notify these users of a given action they they need to take or possibly sending out newsletter, product alerts, or more. A Windows …

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November 28, 2010
by Steven Swafford
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Create A Polaroid Style Photo Gallery With CSS

Creating a simple Polaroid style gallery is much easier than you many think just using CSS and HTML. For the purpose of this example, I must say that the gallery works best with a small number of pictures. Basically you could add a high volume of pictures, but you will need to modify the CSS to account for the volume you want to work with. In my example I have six photos in order to best demonstrate the concept. If you’re just starting with CSS then be sure to check out the WC3 Cascading Style Sheets reference and you may …

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November 23, 2010
by Steven Swafford
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Easily Capture Streaming Media

Are you looking to add your favorite television show or movie to your collection? If so, then I have a solution that you may be interested in. Now it is important to say that I do not advocate violating copyright laws, so be sure what content you are interested in capturing is legal to do so. During my search for a product that would capture media content that I was interested in many came at a cost and did not allow a trial run. I for one typically do not pay up front for something that I am not entirely …

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November 20, 2010
by Steven Swafford
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VMware Player Makes It Possible To Stand Up Sandboxes

As a software engineer I find that I want the capability to run several operating systems such as Windows XP , Windows 7 , Windows Server 2008, Ubuntu and others. The problems from my point of view is I do not want to dual boot into any operating system and I want to keep my primary host operating system as clean as possible. Typically I use my host operating system for task such as email, document generation, and web browsing. By doing so, I am able to prevent many issues that could arise from installing the latest and greatest software …

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November 14, 2010
by Steven Swafford
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Free Windows Active Directory Tools

An Active Directory structure is a hierarchical framework of objects. The objects fall into two broad categories: resources and security principals (user or computer accounts and groups). Security principals are Active Directory objects that are assigned unique security identifiers (SIDs) used to control access and set security. Each object represents a single entity — whether a user, a computer, a printer, or a group — and its attributes. Certain objects can also be containers of other objects. An object is uniquely identified by its name and has a set of attributes — the characteristics and information that the object can …

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November 11, 2010
by Steven Swafford
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Internet Ready TV And Digital Media Devices

There are so many media devices on today’s market that I wanted to take time to look at a handful that I find interesting. Before looking at these devices I recalled a few days ago that I heard statistics concerning the traditional cable providers and how they have begun losing customers in high numbers during the second half of 2010. Now one may argue the economy and unemployment rate may be a key factor for individuals cutting the ties to traditional cable television providers. While this may be true, I believe people are becoming much savvier when it comes to …

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