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February is already here and I've been meaning to write this for quite a while. This year I want to have tried some new tech by the end of the year, it's very common for me to want to try different technologies but a little less common that I actually give myself a goal with a deadline. So I...
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I have created a windows forms application for my own use a long time ago, since then I have added some features every now and then when needed. A little while ago I decided to give these utilities away for free on my website . At current the Utilities are some rudimentary tools which can be compared...
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Dreamhost is Beta testing something called: Dreamhost Apps Which means that you get to get some free stuff for your domain: WordPress / Drupal / Zen Photo / phpBB / MediaWiki / Google apps. This without having to set anything up, this will be done for you by dreamhost. Because of the beta, its all free...
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If there is one blog your should read at the moment it's the 4 hour workweek The blog is pretty diverse it covers things like how to travel better, doing more with your money while traveling. It's about personal productivity: personal outsourcing, doing things more efficiently, getting a better...
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Aptana is a free / open source project built on the eclipse RDT environment. It's main focus is on javascript. For which it brings a nice code completion / information interface and delivers hints and code completion for: Javascript CSS and HTML There are also quite a few videos about how well it supports...
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2 Articles about Django from 2 different people: Django: first impressions - overview with links Django: first impressions - technical overview The first one covers a lot of ground through it's links and is a pretty good starting point for Django. The main upside of Django is that it gives you a very...
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I've known for some time now that it's possible to use Ado.Net to read from Excel files, I didn't know it was also possible to write to them. At least I have found a workaround by using SQL server and registering Excel files as an external resource. Reading and writing from excel . Other Ado.Net tutorials...
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Ruby's star is rising fast at the moment. It's star is rising fast it even has the thought leadership at the moment according to Don Box. IDE support is rising for it as well in the form of free editors and paid editors alike. RadRails is going strong in the Eclipse camp, this isn't really a Ruby perse...
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Rob Howard is doing a series of video blog items ... Below are the links to the videos, they look to me quite inspiractional... Tips & Tricks #1 - Inline Editing and Content Parts (very cool features shown off here, that many people don't know about) Tips & Tricks #2 - Blogging By Email (Yes...
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Anthem.Net v1.0 has just been released a while back. For those of you who are using Ajax.Net Pro. You might want to have a look at this: http://sourceforge.net/projects/anthem-dot-net
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One of the big things in stopping people from adapting Ruby on Rails is it's lack of a good editor. Now it seems that this is a thing of the past. Some people have made it possible to make Dreamweaver mx 2004 into a good Ruby on Rails editor. The howto for rhtml files . The howto for intellisence on...
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Usually Joelonsoftware.com produces some interesting points of conversation around the blogospere. His latest posting is a really good (IMHO) post about setting priorities in a project. One of the good things in having a time based schedule and not a feature based schedule is that you can usually drop...
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Ok what do you do when you have a bit of time when not going out and partying with friends, when your a lazy programmer. You check out ways to be even more productive when programming. So that when you start a programming again you will be even more productive and in a more fun environment. First thing...
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This is a great way to add search to a website, and it's so simple that you will probably love it. The code needed: string search = string .Format( "http://beta.search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=site%3yoursitehere.com+{0}&format=rss" , HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(SearchText.Text)); RssFeed1.DataSource...
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Ok fast overview, you want to go from: www.bla.com/bla.aspx?id=12&year=1999&month=2 to: www.bla.com/123.aspx or www.bla.com/123 or www.bla.com/123/id/12/year/1999/month/2 Here are your options: URL Rewriting engines: Simple + Regex through httphandlers: (Article) http://www.15seconds.com/issue...