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May 2007 - Posts

• Error: Mailbox unavailable 5.7.1

  Problem I am attempting to send email using the localhost mail server in IIS. However I receive the following error message: Exception type: SmtpFailedRecipientException Exception message: Mailbox unavailable. The server response was: 5.7.1 Unable to Read More... Posted Thursday, May 31, 2007 3:44 PM by Tod Birdsall | 27 Comments Filed under: knowledge base

• Purchased: Acer 22" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD Monitor Model AL2223WD

  BestBuy had a smoking deal on an Acer 22" 2223WD monitor for $189.99 over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. I ordered one from BestBuy.com since there were none available at my local BestBuy store. It will replace my old 19" Samsung CRT monitor. I have Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:16 PM by Tod Birdsall | 2 Comments Filed under: Hardware

• Article of the Week: Small is Essential

  Title: Small is Essential Author: Jeremy Caplan Summary: Yet another article about 37 Signals. Those guys are a PR powerhouse. Favorite Quote: '"We are growing in the same way a lot of our customers are, so we build products that we need to run our own Read More... Posted Thursday, May 24, 2007 9:12 AM by Tod Birdsall | 2 Comments Filed under: Article of the Week

• Bloomington, IL .NET User Group Leadership

  I have volunteered to lead the local .NET user group for Central Illinois. I see this as an exciting opportunity to learn more about Microsoft technology and network with people that have similar interests. Our next meeting is June 18th. I will post additional Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 22, 2007 2:33 PM by Tod Birdsall | 1 Comments

• Quote of the day: May 14th, 2007

  "Promising to launch something on a certain day just winds up giving people a reason to get pissed off." - Signal vs. Noise Read More... Posted Monday, May 14, 2007 8:48 AM by Tod Birdsall | 1 Comments

• MSDN Subscription Comparison

  Last week I mentioned that I had been given the task of researching the benefits and costs of purchasing an MSDN subscription. After comparing different MSDN subscriptions options, here is what I have come up with: MSDN subscriptions home page MSDN subscriptions Read More... Posted Thursday, May 10, 2007 9:16 AM by Tod Birdsall | 20 Comments Filed under: MSDN

• Hiring ASP.NET/C# Software Engineer

  Kahuna Business Group (the company I work for) has an open position for a .NET Software Engineer. If you are good with C#, have done alot of work with ASP.NET and you are interested in a great work environment, check out our job posting on JobBurner for Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 08, 2007 2:17 PM by Tod Birdsall | 1 Comments

• DotNetNuke: Page content centered in FireFox but left aligned in IE

  Problem I have created a custom skin in for DNN that has several div tags centered on the page using the following CSS: margin: 20px auto 20px auto; This works great in Firefox, but not in Internet Explorer 7 the same div tags are left aligned. Firefox Read More... Posted Monday, May 07, 2007 12:48 PM by Tod Birdsall | 26 Comments Filed under: knowledge base, DotNetNuke

• MSDN Subscription Search

  For the first time in 5 years, I will be researching the benefits of purchasing an MSDN subscription. Then making a determination as to which one to buy and where to buy it from. The last time I purchased an MSDN Universal subscription I got it off Ebay Read More... Posted Friday, May 04, 2007 3:37 PM by Tod Birdsall | 2 Comments Filed under: MSDN

• Article: Recruiting the Top 1 Percent

  Joel Spolsky's article for Inc. Magazine is available online. (via Tim Stall ) Recruiting the Top 1 Percent The organization I am working for will be hiring a software developer soon. I hope this article provides some helpful insights. Update: I read Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 02, 2007 9:16 AM by Tod Birdsall | 2 Comments