Ipod Touch - first impression

I commute a lot, mostly on the train, which explains why my need for entertainment on-the-go is a little bit on the extreme. Over years I used all kind of portable devices, from actual paper books (remember those?) to the wide range of media players and e-readers. Couple weeks ago I got a budget approved to get a new toy and was really torn between [Ipod Touch](http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/) and [Zune HD](http://www.zune.net/en-us/products/zunehd/default.htm).

Don’t make me think!

One of the tools I use a lot on my current project is [ClearCase](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Rational_ClearCase) – fine version control overall, but its Windows client sometimes drives me nuts. The problem is that it is unnecessarily complicated, it exposes all functionality it got in very obnoxious way.

How to switch Commentor from Waegis to Akismet

If you are using Commentor with Waegis like I do, you probably got email about [Waegis suspending services](http://waegis.com/blog/archive/upcoming-changes-and-suspension-of-the-service) for uncertain time this coming Friday (September 4th). Waegis served me well all this time and blocked hundreds of spam comments helping to keep this site reasonably clean.

Managing comments in BlogEngine

The Commentor extension for [BlogEngine](http://dotnetblogengine.net/) got a lot of positive feedback from community and will become a part of standard [BlogEngine](http://dotnetblogengine.net/) install in the next version. As work on moving it under BE umbrella just started and it's not too late to make drastic changes

Web Platform Installer on Windows Home Server

Windows [Home Server](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Home_Server) is a great OS for home users, it does a lot of stuff for you and you can find many [useful plug-ins](http://www.whsplus.com/) if you want more. One thing that it does not do out of the box though it does not work as a web server.

Digsby widget for BlogEngine

I've got email from user having issues with embedding HTML snippet into BlogEngine's page. Not really sure what was wrong with that tag, because I have never get to test it. Why? Because it is sometimes easier to add simple extension or widget than to deal with row HTML when it comes to BlogEngine.

Picasa with HighSlide

If you are using [Picasa extension](http://rtur.net/blog/post/2009/01/15/Picasa-for-BlogEngine.aspx) I published while back you might want to take a look at another choice and try to use [HighSlide](http://highslide.com/) JavaScript library instead of the [LightBox](http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox/).

About Open Source .NET Projects

About Open Source .NET Projects. And why they don’t take over the world. If you ever wonder about it, you probably already came up with perfectly good explanation. I’ve heard and [read quite a few](http://blog.wekeroad.com/blog/what-should-microsoft-do-for-net-open-source/) and agree with most of them, but still want to add my two cents. IMO, in open source there are generally two kinds of approaches.

Package Installer

Attached to this post is a small extension which is really just a proof of concept. To install it, do the regular routine: unzip and install files into corresponding locations. This is what we always do to install extension in BlogEngine. It is not hard, but requires you to have FTP client, opened port for FTP connection and, most importantly, you must have some basic administration skills.

DarkBlog theme refreshed for BE 1.5

Just finished refreshing my old [DarkBlog](http://rtur.net/blog/page/DarkBlog-theme.aspx) theme to run under newest [BlogEngine 1.5 release](http://dotnetblogengine.net/post/Announcing-BlogEngineNET-15-Release-Candidate.aspx). It has been neglected for quiet some time now, I had to add widgets support, nested comments and few tweaks here and there to play nice with new features added to [BlogEngine](http://dotnetblogengine.net/) since version 1.3 when this theme was introduces.

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