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Posted by on 30th November, 2004

Multiple IIS Virtual Servers on Windows XP

Multiple IIS Virtual Servers on Windows XP

Although you can theoretically create a new Web site under a new virtual root (a child path under your default Web server) this presents a big problem: the new Web site would have to be aware of this path offset when referring to itself with absolute or relative paths. The advantage of having a new and independent virtual server is that it only recognizes its own virtual roots and paths. In other words, in any of your virtual folders in the default web server, a path of "/images/…" would point to the root of your Webserver's (wwwroot) folder and not the root of the virtual folder! While you cannot create a new virtual server through MMC, the ability to create multiple virtual servers is only hidden, not stripped out completely. Steven M. Cohn explains how…and it works. [button link=”http://weblogs.asp.net/stevencohn/articles/59782.aspx” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...

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Posted by on 25th November, 2004

World statistics meter

World statistics meter

Clever approach of providing pseudo-real-time statistics on world metrics such as Population, Environment, Economics and many more using Javascript. This is an interesting and very sobering site to visit and to realize truly how good we (or some of us) really have it. [button link=”http://www.worldometers.info/” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...

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Posted by on 23rd November, 2004

ASP.NET Popup Control

ASP.NET Popup Control

This article describes a popular ASP.NET popup control that imitates the MSN Messenger alert (when a user logs on/off a tiny windows slides into the bottom right of your screen with a messages), but it is designed for use in an ASP.NET web page. Graphical appearance of this control can be completely changed by using one of predefined styles or by modifying all colors used on the control. The control works with latest version of Mozilla, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera. You can also use HTML in the control properties, in order to include graphics or anything else. [button link=”http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/asppopup.asp” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...

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Posted by on 23rd November, 2004

1001 free fonts

1001 free fonts

1001 free fonts is a popular free fonts archive online. They receive more than 35,000 visitors daily and we have been visited by over 25,000,000 visitors since 1998. Over 350,000,000 cool fonts have been downloaded since 1998. If you need a font, look here first. [button link=”http://www.1001freefonts.com/” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...

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Posted by on 18th November, 2004

Neighborhood statistics

Neighborhood statistics

While doing research on cities and neighborhoods to live in before making my decision to move to the Seattle/Puget Sound area, I visited many sites that help you with the weather conditions, traffic problems, school statistics and much more. But there is one site that really stood out above the rest, giving a complete report on a certain city or neighborhood including, demographics, crime, housing, family facts, education, economy, health and climate. It is free and you can use it to find out how your neighborhood ranks or to compare it with another one. You can even define your ideal place to live in by indicating the importance to you in each of the categories. The server then runs through thousands of calculations and displays a ranking of the cities which best meet your criteria. [button link=”http://www.bestplaces.net” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...

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Posted by on 18th November, 2004

Screen Recording Tool

Screen Recording Tool

On occasions, I come across a software tool that merits mentioning and recommending. I have used in the past several well-known screen capturing/recording tools to do this job, but I have to say I am quite impressed with the ease-of-use and set of features of BBFlashback. It enables yu to capture the screen at different resolutions, compress at different compression modes in several popular formats such as .wmv, .avi, .swf and standalone .exe. The files are much smaller than with other tools. It is not cheap, but you get what you pay for. If you need to do software demonstrations, presentations, tutorials or training, this is a good tool to consider. The other tool I will be trying shortly is a very interesting one that caught my attention: BBTestAssistant. It is used to capture movies of bugs during testing and includes continuous mode to trap intermittent bugs. [button link=”http://www.bbsoftware.co.uk/BBFlashBack.aspx” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...

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Posted by on 17th November, 2004

How to Learn a Language

How to Learn a Language

I have had the tremendous luck of growing up in Europe and at age 17 be fully fluent in four languages, and that without making the slightest effort. As a kid, you seem to learn everything with no effort at all. Older now, I have always wanted to learn more languages, or at least able to understand the basics, but realize it is not as easy as it used to be. I have bought books, tapes and even looked for foreign language clubs. Many books and tapes later I discovered that determination is the key ingredient. Recently I stumbled upon this article from a linguophile who has some interesting tips to share if you are interested in learning a new language. [button link=”http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/11/9/195744/646″ color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...

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Posted by on 9th November, 2004

Recommended literature

Recommended literature

I recently got Object oriented Programming with Actionscript from Branden Hall and Samuel Wan and highly recommend it. This is a must have for any Flash developer that wants to get serious with OOP and reusable code in Actionscript. Worth every penny! Also here are some designer related books: MTIV: Process, Inspiration and Practice for the New Media Designer by Hillman Curtis Publisher: New Riders Fresh styles for designers by Curt Cloninger Publisher: New...

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Posted by on 8th November, 2004

GMail Drive shell extension

GMail Drive shell extension

GMail Drive is a Shell Namespace Extension that creates a virtual filesystem around your Google GMail account, allowing you to use GMail as a storage medium. Ever since Google started to offer users a GMail e-mail account, which includes storage space of a 1 Gigabytes, you have had plenty of storage space but not a lot to fill it up with. With GMail Drive you can easily copy files to your GMail account and retrieve them again using Windows Explorer. When you create a new file using GMail Drive, it generates an e-mail and posts it to your account. [button link=”http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...

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Posted by on 8th November, 2004

The Standalone Programmer: A question of quality

The Standalone Programmer: A question of quality

Excellent article on writing quality code. The author describes simple and straightforward rules to prove false the presumption that it takes teams to develop quality software. Read the article, follow the rules and you'll be inspired to write code that will earn you the full respect of your colleagues as a solid coder. [button link=”http://www.codeproject.com/gen/work/standaloneprogrammer3.asp” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...

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