Jonel Rienton's Blog

Ping!

2008-10-18T14:05:00.001-05:00

Waterfall approach.

Posting from my Blackberry

2007-12-01T18:00:00.001-06:00

This is just a sample post using email to post to blogger.

Important News:

Visual Studio.net 2008 RTM has been released
MVC Framework for ASP.net to be released next week according to Scott G.
LINQ (Language Query Language) has been released as part of .Net Framework 3.5

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Is iPhone worth the $3000+ in 2 years?

2007-06-29T21:03:00.000-05:00

Yes, that's right, in two years if you buy the $599 iPhone with the $99 monthly payment plan. I was telling my co-worker, if iPhone came out 10 years ago, I would have gotten it in a heartbeat without doing the math. With the cost of living in here in the states, I don't see the cost justifying the need for an iPhone. Don't get me wrong, I love Apple products, I switched back in 2004 and my loyal 12" powerbook is still chugging along really well.

Another worthless post...

2007-06-17T23:43:00.001-05:00

It's been another long while since my last post, I just thought I'd publish something about the recent things I'm working on. I'm currently reading about WCF and it's applications to the day to day projects/task I'm working on. A colleague of mine once told me that WCF is nothing but enhanced web services and remoting with a unified API. It's too early to tell but it seems like WCF has been part of the .Net 2.0 when it first came out, it just hasn't been branded WCF yet. I remember I have already used channels and bindings even before the whole documentation about WCF came about. I'll add more to this later. It's late and I have to get up early tomorrow.

Posting from Word 2007

2006-10-15T22:52:00.000-05:00

Wow I haven't blogged in a while, been really busy with my new job. I'm writing this using the Beta 2 technical refresh of Microsoft Word 2007 installed in Vista RC 2. What's new? Well, I'm now a Senior Web Developer.

I've been working mostly with ASP.Net 2.0 on a day to day basis. I'm pretty much spread out these past few months so I'll try to write more often.

Till then.

mod_mono.conf howto

2006-04-14T10:43:00.000-05:00

I have always use this configuration for my vhost and it works great
in my Solaris mod_mono installation

1) I have renamed mod_mono.conf to mod_mono_edison.conf (edison being
my hostname), you can always use a different name. I do this to avoid
my custom conf being overwritten if I upgrade my mod_mono package

2) Include mod_mono_edison.conf in my httpd.conf (or your apache.conf)

Include /path/to/mod_mono_edison.conf

3) Add MonoApplicationsConfigDir "/path/to/your/mod-mono-config-dir"
to mod_mono_edison.conf

MonoApplicationsConfigDir "/path/to/your/mod-mono-config-dir"

4) Create <appname>.webapp inside the mod-mono-config-dir for every
vhost webapp:

example.webapp

<web-application>
<name>example</name>
<vpath>/</vpath>
<path>/path/to/example.com</path>
<vhost>www.example.com</vhost>
</web-application>

example2.webapp

<web-application>
<name>example2</name>
<vpath>/</vpath>
<path>/path/to/example.com</path>
<vhost>example.com</vhost>
</web-application>

5) In virtual-host.conf, add

<Directory "/path/to/example.com">
SetHandler mono
</Directory>

I think this approach is more flexible since I can just add another
<appname>.webapp in my mod-mono-config-dir, add vhost entry and
restart apache and it will be picked up.

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Daily build of Mono, xsp and mod_mono

2006-04-09T20:14:00.000-05:00

I have created a daily build page for mono, xsp and mod_mono for Solaris 10 x86. You can view them here. These packages are for testing purposes only and should not be rolled to production until fully tested in a staging box. Please view disclaimer.

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Road14.com has found a new home

2006-04-03T23:49:00.000-05:00

Road14.com is now powered by Solaris + Mono :-)

I have managed to build an Apache 2.2 mod_mono module package for Solaris but I need to make it a little rounder. I'll let you guys know more of this later.

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Updated tips for building Mono in Solaris 10

2006-04-01T12:46:00.000-06:00

http://blogs.rientongroup.com/jonel/2005/04/solaris-10-x86-and-mono.aspx

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CSWmono 1.1.13.6

2006-03-30T19:16:00.001-06:00

Trivial news:

I've just built a new set of packages of CSWmono and are now available at http://www.blastwave.org/testing.

Enjoy.

CSWxsp and CSWmodmono

2006-03-19T11:07:00.000-06:00

I've recently submitted 2 new packages to Blastwave. They are CSWxsp and CSWmodmono. CSWxsp is an ASP.Net webserver while CSWmodmono is an Apache module that supports ASP.Net pages. They are also available in http://www.blastwave.org/testing.

More information about xsp and mod_mono at http://www.mono-project.com

I have also managed to get my mac to run xsp and mod_mono with the help of fink

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New CSWmono packages available

2006-03-04T20:39:00.000-06:00

I have just submitted a new set of CSWmono packages at Blastwave.org. As always, this set consists of packages for both sparc and x86. Current version is 1.1.13.4.

Time to pkg-get

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Ghost bootable cd for tcp/ip backup

2006-02-11T20:45:00.000-06:00

If you're a person who owns a notebook and wanted to create a backup or image of your harddisk, Ghost is a life saver. However, most recent notebooks doesn't come with a floppy drive installed, only a cdrom. The answer is to create a bootable cd with the necessary files needed to do the backup.

Ghost only allows you to create bootable diskette so what I did was install Ghost in a computer with a floppy drive. After I've created the bootable diskette with the TCP/IP option(2nd from the list) enabled I then modified the config.sys to include:

DEVICE=oakcdrom.sys /d:cd

and include in the autoexec.bat:

mscdex /d:cd /l:e

What this does is load the cd driver using the device loaded in config.sys and use drive letter e: as the mounth point.

The bootable diskette that Ghost created doesn't include the oakcdrom.sys and mscdex.exe so you have to include it in the diskette before creating the bootable cd.

We're halfway there, the next thing to do is to create a bootable cd using the diskette we just created. I've used Nero to create the bootable cd, it should be straight-forward, just make sure when ask to use which boot files to use, make sure to use the floppy we just created.

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Mono maintainer at Blastwave.org

2006-01-27T18:43:00.000-06:00

Hi guys,

I'm now officially the maintainer of Mono packages in Blastwave.org. Mono packages can be downloaded here.

What is Mono?

Mono is the .Net runtime and compiler port of Microsoft's .Net Framework. Mono supports a lot of platforms. More info here

What is Blastwave?

Blastwave is a collective effort to create a set of binary packages of free software, that can be automatically installed to a Solaris computer (sparc or x86 based) over the network. Blastwave has a substantial build server farm for the use of the software developers and maintainers in the Solaris community. All software is built and tested in a standardized build environment using Sun ONE Studio 8 and Sun ONE Studio 10 tools as well as GC.

Download.com updated Noteform

2006-01-27T18:36:00.000-06:00

Download.com has updated my Noteform application page and called it Noteform 1.

More information here

Manny Pacquiao made me proud

2006-01-23T11:19:00.000-06:00

For those of you who doesn't know who Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao is, he's the Filipino boxer who has made a name for himself by defeating Eric Morales on the 10th round of their fight on a TKO.

The fight was great from the get go. Punches were thrown by both boxers but Pacman proven himself more worthy of the title.

Congrats Manny!!!

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My NoteForm application has been added to CNet's Download.com

2006-01-19T11:19:00.000-06:00

It finally got approved. You can view my listing here

Of course, you can always get the latest version here

Road14.com is now powered by Mono

2006-01-19T11:12:00.000-06:00

Yep, I have finally made the transition of my linux box to run Mono's mod_mono. All the pages are still being generated by Google's Blogger.com. With a little modification in my Apache's configuration and some renaming script, I have made the 2 great product mesh.

Fresh baked Mono packages for Solaris x86 and sparc

2006-01-19T11:08:00.000-06:00

I have created new set of packages for Mono 1.1.13 for the Solaris x86 and sparc platform.

You can get it at http://www.blastwave.org/testing/

New Mono 1.1.13 Package for Solaris 10 x86

2006-01-17T17:27:00.000-06:00

I have finished creating a Mono package for Solaris 10 x86. It's an unofficial package for CSW.

Download i386 version here

Download sparc version here

Updated Tips for building

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May you have a Wonderful New Year!!!

2005-12-31T16:15:00.000-06:00

NoteForm, my own post-it note application for Windows

2005-12-14T23:48:00.000-06:00

I have always been looking for something like a post-it note in Windows and none has really measured up to what I'm looking for so I decided to write one.

Hopefully, other people will find this app helpful in keeping track of their notes.

You can download it here

Requirements:

WindowsXP SP2 (I haven't tried it with any other version of Windows)
.Net Framework 2.0 runtime
Microsoft Jet 4.0 Database Engine

Enjoy.

White Sox and the World Series

2005-10-16T23:27:00.000-05:00

White Sox has made history tonight, they're going to the World Series!!! Proud to be a Chicagoan...

Is this Apple?

2005-09-23T18:03:00.000-05:00

SMS Widget

2005-09-22T18:18:00.000-05:00

A new widget i'm fond of. It's called SMS. It allows me to send text messages to my friends phone for free.