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How Facebook API Handles DateTime

Facebook gives away Datetime as Long (number of seconds since 1970/01/01). In GMT. Wanted to mention that this caused a bug in Fosimo, apparently fixed [ ... ]

posted @ 06/23/2007 4:46 AM (by Anatoly Lubarsky)

Unique Ideas and Blogging

Speaking of blogging - I believe there is some sort of ideas market. Some people or we may call them "early adopters" go and buy good ones. Others manage to get the rest until there is no single unique idea left [ ... ]

posted @ 06/23/2007 4:27 AM (by Anatoly Lubarsky)

How to Insert DBCC Output into MSSQL Table

DBCC can be used with WITH TABLERESULTS hint that outputs the output in the table rowset format. So - here is a small code sample that demonstrates the technique [ ... ]

posted @ 06/23/2007 2:54 AM (by Anatoly Lubarsky)

Fosimo (Facebook Client) 0.7.2 Released

Fosimo (0.7.2) - Facebook client for windows released. In this release: Some fixes :), Stacked organization of notification windows, Pictures (Faces) of your friends shown within notifications [ ... ]

posted @ 06/16/2007 6:50 AM (by Anatoly Lubarsky)

Fosimo - Facebook Client for Windows (renamed)

It turns out that Facebook Developer Terms of Service has problem with applications which have the word "face" in their name. Whatever... The new name is Fosimo [ ... ]

posted @ 06/15/2007 5:13 AM (by Anatoly Lubarsky)

Introducing Fosimo - Facebook Client for Windows

Fosimo 0.7 is the initial release of Facebook Client for windows therefore the number of features is limited. Actually the tool currently knows to connect to Facebook in a secure way and provide Friends statuses changes Notifications (style GMail Notifier). However many features on stack so stay tuned [ ... ]

posted @ 06/11/2007 2:28 AM (by Anatoly Lubarsky)

Fosimo Goes Live Soon

I just registered fosimo.com. What is fosimo? It is a codename I give for for some piece of facebook application (currently under development) [ ... ]

posted @ 06/09/2007 11:04 AM (by Anatoly Lubarsky)

How to Monitor Network Connectivity in .NET

There is a common problem with smart client applications that need to monitor network connectivity. Common scenario - if the computer is connected - send data to the server, otherwise - serialize data to disk, then wait for network connectivity becomes available and when the network is available - send serialized data to the server in the background [ ... ]

posted @ 06/08/2007 8:07 PM (by Anatoly Lubarsky)

Facebook Object-Oriented Diagram

Facebook is growing 3% per week currently (6th most trafficked site in the U.S.). I guess it will not be long before Facebook would catch Myspace traffic and leave it behind. A week ago (05/24/2007) Facebook launched Facebook Platform. I've made a bit of reverse engineering through Facebook business entities and created a class diagram [ ... ]

posted @ 06/02/2007 5:47 AM (by Anatoly Lubarsky)

Michael Moog — That Sound

The following is Michael Moog's mix (That Sound) from 2000 which samples The Spinners' I'll Be Around. Very nice and relaxing track - that's pretty much all I can say [ ... ]

posted @ 05/31/2007 2:21 AM (by Anatoly Lubarsky)