iPhone SDK has its 4th Birthday

There are many birthday's that are not worth celebrating. But this one has changed the way we all interact with information. Apple releasing an SDK was a huge moment for the smartphone industry, and the computing industry as well. I cant think of the number of times I pick up my phone (android) to look up something over my desktop.
There is of course be many people that would want this credit to go to Palm & Microsoft etc. But apple brought it to masses, and have put the desktop computer on notice for retirement over the next decade or two.

Now if only I could use all these devices without storing them on a cloud.  

Ummmm Raspberry Pi

I have recently been following Raspberry Pi for its potential to change the way we view computers. It is at its core a computer for 25/35$. It runs Linux, Fedora & Debian. It will run XBMC. It is small, size of a credit card. It will be quiet, and uses 3.5 watts of power.

For once they aren't expensive systems, they can be used as single task machines. It is going to be my HTPC. Who knows I may get one to be my file server, web server, and at 35$ might even get one to be a paper weight. 

Windows 8 Tablet

I am eagerly awaiting Windows 8, and hoping that it can match what my iPad does for me, and hopefully solve all the issues I have with my iPad.

The iPad over the last 1.5 years has been my companion to every meeting, every trip, and been one of THE most useful devices. But I am tired of syncing notes manually, not being able to edit my word documents, and not use what is in essence a computer as a computer.

Finally I wont need a laptop, and an iPad when I travel. Lets hope they don't disappoint.

WoW rolls

There Adone was his hands were glowing green and Deathbringer Saurfand was lying dead at his feet. There was a drop, a conqueror's mark of sanctification. His history with rolls had been troublesome, and marked with streaks of such low rolls that would have made Thrall cry. Yet he knew it was a good day since he had walked out of the softball battlefield without getting hurt. Then he noticed the other rolls coming in, 19,74,92, 83.... everything seemed to slow down as he typed out /roll.... and there it was a 97. The warlock let out a houl that could have been heard miles away.... and is now a proud owner of a Sanctified Dark Coven Hood. :D

Application Pool Custom Account

So IIS7 I have been having an issue with the following Exception.

Exception Details: System.Security.SecurityException: Request for the permission of type 'System.Web.AspNetHostingPermission, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' failed

However the exception would go away when I used the Network Service account versus a custom account running the app pool. After a bunch of prodding with ProcMon (Systernals tools) turned out it was writing to a temp profile folder in windows.
The solution...
Run any executable with runas as the user, which created a profile for the user. This solved the problem.