No synths today. Had a so-so Italian lunch. They served an odd tasting potato salad as an appetizer. I also learned that Subway is not very good in Tokyo. BTW, there’re only 6” subs. Miyazaki-san’s “Really Big Clock” was really frackin’ cool. Video below.

		Shiodome Adventures, Sept. 29 VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

And here’s the synth (3D-ish walkthrough): http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=8cfcdabe-c3ff-4b1e-9352-e40436bd1fce

		Tsukiji Fish Market VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

Videos

Last batch of photos for Sept. 28 in Tokyo…

		Dinner in Shidome, Rock & Roll in Ginza VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

Didn’t make it to the fish market today… gotta hit that in the morning. Ended up at Advertising Museum Tokyo, or ADMT. It was freakin’ sweet.

		Afternoon Photos–Shiodome, Sept. 28 VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

This is part 1… I’m going to the fish market tonight (I hope), so I’ll upload more photos when I get back…

And here’s the synth from lunch: http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=3de2706b-a97a-4b9d-b8da-08b0e1e9723a

		Pre-CEATEC Day 2: Shiodome & Roppongi VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

Ok, the first synth is ready to view… Enjoy! This is a beautiful hotel and building!

http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=fca6e9db-0e41-4870-8f51-b46f15d30b5e

Ok, the first batch of photos is up. Only a few from Day 1, but many more are coming! Enjoy!

Best,

-Auri

		Shiodome, Tokyo, Japan VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

This is like an Android + Palm Pre + LG eXpo + KDDI’s Ply Phone…

http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/09/23/mozillas-stunning-seabird-mobile-phone-concept-this-is-what-dreams-are-made-of-video/

Everything shown could be done today, but the battery life would be a joke (today).

Please don’t laugh at the Windows 7 Firefox projection

If you have a small business, you know corporate antivirus can be very expensive. Illegitimately, you could just use the free, or “personal” versions of great products like Avast or AVG, as well as Microsoft’s own Security Essentials (MSE). But we should do the right thing, which can be hard in a recession. Well folks, Microsoft has come to our rescue once again. Starting in October, Microsoft Security Essentials will be free for installation on up to 10 PCs in your biz. That’s right, no licensing hassles, no trialware issues – just pure antimalware goodness. Details from Microsoft’s post are below:

As we continue to evolve security and privacy at Microsoft, we are doing more than securing our own products and refining our own processes – we are continually responding to the growing and changing threat landscape.  Despite the proliferation and increasing impact of threats in the environment, many consumers and small businesses, both in mature and emerging markets remain unprotected. There are several reasons for this: 

• Performance Concerns:  Customers worry that antimalware software can impact the performance of their machines and degrade their computing experience.
• Customer Confusion: Many customers are confused by trials and annual subscription renewals, in many cases believing their PCs are covered when in fact their subscriptions have expired and they are at risk.
• Payment Method Barriers: Traditional online subscription and payment models do not work in emerging markets where customer and small business credit is not always readily available.
• Cost: Many consumers and an increasing number of small businesses are either unwilling or unable to pay the ongoing subscription costs for the security suite solutions that come on their PCs.

It is for these reasons that we are announcing that in early October Microsoft will make Microsoft Security Essentials available to small businesses for download and installation on up to 10 PCs. This new availability will allow small businesses to take advantage of Microsoft’s no-cost antimalware service that will help them save time, save money and remain productive while protecting them from viruses, spyware and other malicious threats. With Microsoft Security Essentials, small businesses with less than 10 PCs can feel safe knowing they are using an industry certified antimalware that utilizes the same core malware protection engine that drives Microsoft’s enterprise solutions solution and is backed by Microsoft’s leading Security Response resources.

For more information on the news, check out the Microsoft SMB Community blog and the feature story on Microsoft.com

We run a lot of mojoPortal-based Web sites. Unfortunately, upgrading mojoPortal between the hundred releases per month is difficult and often unnecessary. Unfortunately, .NET 4.0 appears to break mojoPortal. It’s not a big deal to fix the issues, but they can take a while to find. Below are the changes we had to make, hopefully saving you hours or days of lost time

If you’re having issues getting mojoPortal to run under the .NET 4.0 Runtime, please try the following:

• Bring your project into VS2010, convert it, and recompile.
• This will likely require you to check your references – System.Web.Services will likely have a broken reference. Just remove it and add it again.
• Compile the projects separately.
• In the web.config, uncomment the httpRuntime config item and make sure it looks like this:

<httpRuntime maxRequestLength="2097151" executionTimeout="3600" useFullyQualifiedRedirectUrl="true" 
requestValidationMode="2.0" />

• The requestValidationMode is the big deal. Otherwise you’ll get errors whenever you post on your site.
• For the most part, the above changes worked. Once you have mojoPortal compiling (in case I left something out <grin>), the change above may be the only other change you need to make.

Please ask additional questions in comments.

Good luck!

-Auri