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Finally Got a Tablet

Tim Dietrich — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:13:26 +0000

So, I finally broke down and got myself a tablet. I decided to get an ASUS Transformer Prime. So far, it has been an absolutely fantastic. I’m sure I’ll get better at the whole typing thing, but I have to say that i am very pleased.

I’ll keep you posted.

-Tim

The Wonderful World of Spam

Tim Dietrich — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:55:21 +0000

Just something to think about – I logged into my WordPress account, and saw that:

Akismet has protected your site from 41,999 spam comments already.

That just seems crazy to me. I can’t believe that my little blog has had that many spammers/bots visiting it. Just mind-boggling!

Finally on .NET 4

Tim Dietrich — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:40:43 +0000

It took many, MANY months, but my web host finally made the move to .NET. I have been using another provider for the past few months so I could still develop new and exciting apps while waiting – it’s just nice to know that I can use the same host for all my needs!

Moving to the newer server was a major pain, but it did give me a reason to clean house before uploading all the content over again.

I’ll keep you posted on how things go!

The Home Stretch

Tim Dietrich — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:41:04 +0000

I know that it has been ages since I posted on my blog, but that is for a good reason. Things have started to get so busy with our little man on the way – I can’t believe it is getting so close. Less than two months to go!

Other that a few minor meltdowns, my wife has been an absolute trooper. It is amazing how well she is doing with the whole thing. I hope to be posting more in the next few days, but I did want to touch base, confirm that I am still alive, and commit to more posting soon.

I have been working on a few really cool projects lately, so I hope to be able to provide some source code / tutorials soon.

Cheers,

-Tim

Facebook Feature – Download Your Content

Tim Dietrich — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:01:15 +0000

Did you know that you have the ability download all the content you have uploaded to Facebook? I didn’t realize they had such an option until I was looking around Facebook this morning (trying to find little hidden gems that aren’t always advertised). For those of you who would like to know how to do it, here goes – I have listed the steps below with pictures to walk you through as best I can (although it’s pretty straightforward):

Log in to Facebook (duh)
Go to Account > Account Settings
Under the Settings tab, look for Download Your Information, and click the Learn More link
Enter your Facebook password in the box provided
Wait for the email, indicating that your download is ready – click the link in the email (could take a while!)
Click Start to begin the security check
The security check shows you pictures from your account, which have been tagged. Simply tell Facebook which person is highlighted (just like tagging) from the 3 pictures provided. You will have to complete this step several times to verify your identity.
Click the download button, and download your profile information (mine was about 200MB)

That’s it. All the information comes to you in a zipped archive. When you expand the archive, you will see that there is an HTML index page. Open it in your favorite browser, and check out all the stuff you have posted to Facebook!

What’s downloaded? Well, in a word, EVERYTHING! You get your videos, photos, wall posts, messages, events – I was amazed with how much I have actually posted, and saddened to know how much time I have clearly wasted on Facebook!