Since I’ve been creating Web 2.0 interfaces I always need some kind of graphic to indicate that I’m waiting on a response. Usually I just use Google Image search, but today I found this cool site: http://ajaxload.info Will make customizable graphics for your Web 2.0 applications.
read moreStarted searching around for a good CSS editor plugin for Eclipse. I’ve used Aptana in the past, but was very disappointed. Mostly due to Aptana’s intrusive takeover of my Eclipse IDE. I wanted something simple that provided some code highlighting. Enter Project Amateras. An Eclipse based HTML editor. Has all the usual charactaristics of a […]
read moreWent digging around for ways to view the active connections in Microsoft SQL 2008. To my surprise Microsoft moved the Activity Monitor. Apparently they did this way back in SQL 2005. I skipped 2005 so I missed that. To view the open connection: Open Management Studio. On the standard toolbar is a little graph icon. […]
read moreI don’t know if this has changed since Flex 3, but I couldn’t find any information about how to access Flash vars from within a Flex 4 application. Since the beta was only recently released it’s no surprise that documentation is lacking. One thing that I couldn’t find was how to access flash vars passed […]
read moreI was trying to decipher a user agent setting and stumbled across this handy website: http://www.useragentstring.com Give it a browsers USER-AGENT string and it will parse it and give you some helpful information.
read moreI’ve been using IE8 since it’s official release. Microsoft recently started pushing it as a recommended update. For me the most compelling reason to upgrade is the new interactive Javascript debugger, included in the Developer Toolbar. Anyone who is doing web development understands just how difficult it can be to debug javascript code. A debugger […]
read moreSubversion can be hard to setup and manage. Luckily the good people at Visual SVN provide an MMC like interface for Windows. Visual SVN Server is a free download. It provides quick Windows based install program to get Subversion and Apache up and running. Also included is an MMC like interface which will be familiar […]
read moreI finally got a small project that allowed me to utilize the Ruby language. It was a simple script to pull information from an Access database, put it in a flat file, and then upload it to an FTP site. Normally I write jobs like this in Coldfusion. I know it’s better suited to web […]
read moreI recently bought a new Dell D630. I maxed out the memory (a mere 4GB). I wanted to be able take advantage of all that memory so I installed Vista Ultimate 64-bit. When I rebooted I got this nasty bluescreen before Windows started. After much dismay and very little help from Dell, my good pal […]
read moreI’ve been offically bitten by the “testing bug”. Meaning, I’m sold on unit testing. I’m always a johnny come lately when it comes to development tools and processes. Usually it’s a real pain to switch tools or add something to my development process. So I’ve been hearing about this thing called “unit testing” for a […]
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