Omar Shahine
To be continued on... https://www.shahine.com/omar/.
I used to get excited about new Mobile Devices...
I remember when I used to see announcements or rumors of Pocket PC and Smartphone devices and I...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/20/2004
Sharing OneNote files across computers
It's probably not obvious that you can do this, but I thought I would let you all in on a little...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/19/2004
Spam is killing me
My personal e-mail account has just gotten hammered with spam. Not sure what to do anymore. I get...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/19/2004
MacBU Innovation
Recently, Peter wrote on his blog: “Why do so few of the great usability features of...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/17/2004
Dan Crevier is blogging
Dan Crevier finally started a blog. I met Dan when I was a sophomore in college on an e-mail list...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/17/2004
Onfolio and IE thoughts
Scoble recently wrote about Onfolio, which is essentially “Favorites on steroids” as he...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/15/2004
Favorite SPOT feature
So, here I am in Boston. I flew here for some customer visits we are going to do as part of an...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/15/2004
Inbox empty, thanks David Allen
Well, part of a book, and some software later, my Inbox has zero messages (you can see the evidence...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/09/2004
Media Center Project
For the past few weeks I've been working on support for the Front Panel Display that my custom build...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/06/2004
Resharper
I've been using Resharper for a few weeks now and I'm impressed with the productivity gains I've...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/06/2004
My Inbox
Lets talk about my inbox for a second. I never let it get over 200 messages, but it's never under...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/06/2004
A new gadget weblog
A must visit site for any gadget loving geek! Paul Boutin points us at Engadget, a new weblog all...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/03/2004
Problem with cell phone reception?
Get your own indoor repeater for $500.
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/02/2004
Lenn and Jeff are new dasBlog users
Lenn Pryor, who has the unique roll of being Robert Scoble's manager, recently switched to dasBlog....
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/01/2004
DOCTYPE switch and web design
A lot of people don’t know that the DOCTYPE switch in your web page can have a profound impact...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 02/19/2004
Referreral spam from John Kerry?
Yep, you guessed it. Seems that John Kerry’s blog is spamming my blog. I can’t think of...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 02/19/2004
IMAP, Thunderbird, and mail clients
For much of my career at Microsoft I’ve owned mail related features. I pretty much designed all the...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 02/19/2004
Tablet PC + Office Internet Fax Service = Cool
In my effort to replace analogue systems in my life with digital ones, my Tablet PC has allowed me...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 02/17/2004
bye bye Gearhost , hello EAServe (ASP.NET hosts)
Sorry to all those folks who signed up with Gearhost on my recommendation. Having been with them for...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 02/14/2004
WMA, AAC, MP3 and ripping audio
Jeff Key recently posted on WMA/AAC/iTunes etc etc. I personally don't care about any of this and...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 02/13/2004
Highlighting .NET code from FreeTextBox
I've always wanted an easy (built into my blog editor) way to take a code snippet like this: //...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 02/13/2004
SBC, ATT and Vonage
I just received my last SBC phone bill today. That's right, no more DSL, no more local and no more...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 02/12/2004
Palm drops Apple
Bad news for Apple I guess. The next Palm OS won't natively support the mac. I bet that Apple will...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 02/12/2004
C# Cookbook
Just got my C# Cookbook. I've already checked out the chapter on Regular Expressions and it's pretty...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 02/11/2004
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-005 (Virtual PC for Mac)
If you are a Virtual PC 6 for Mac user you'll want to read the security bulletin and download the...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 02/10/2004
CSS styles generated in ASP.NET
I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions or advice on how to keep track of custom css styles that...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 02/10/2004
Another MacBU blogger
I think that brings us up to 4-5 bloggers in MacBU? Not sure. Anyway, Rick Schaut has been working...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 02/09/2004
C# coding standards for private member variables?
I've read numerous documents and books and seen various references on how to refer to private member...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 02/05/2004
Post from OneNote
So, I didn't realize this, but it turns out that I can post to my blog using OneNote. Pretty cool...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 02/01/2004
Chris Pratley on OneNote
Chris Pratley started blogging! He's a Group Program Manager on Win Office and owns OneNote among...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 01/31/2004
Web Projects and Source Control
Anyone who has used a Web Project with Visual Studio.NET source control and GotDotNet is probably...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 01/29/2004
MSN Toolbar
Looks like there is an MSN toolbar. However, it's missing two critical features: No forms autofill -...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 01/26/2004
Bill Gates on Orkut.. well not really
Well, no he isn't. But if you look in the Microsoft Community, there he is. Of course it's a fake:...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 01/25/2004
Converting a Short Path Name to a Long Path Name and vice versa
Recently the BCL team posted: Give me the Short Path/File/Directory names, baby! [Kit George] Keith...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 01/20/2004
NewsGator 2.0 is out
If you are a 1.3 user, then 2.0 is a free upgrade. I just wrote on some of the cool NewsGator 2.0...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 01/19/2004
Toshiba Tablet Access Code Logon Utility
A few days ago I found out about the Toshiba Tablet Access Code Logon Utility. This is a product...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 01/15/2004
Got my Wrist.NET Watch
I think this is the first time I've gotten a brand new Microsoft product so close to launch (usually...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 01/14/2004