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Posted by on 6th December, 2004

High-Performance Web Applications

High-Performance Web Applications

Writing a Web application with ASP.NET is relatively easy. So easy, many developers don’t take the time to structure their applications for great performance. This article presents 10 tips for writing high-performance Web apps. It is not the definitive guide for performance tuning Web applications; an entire book could easily be devoted to that. Instead, think of this as a good place to start. [button link=”http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/01/ASPNETPerformance/default.aspx” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...

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Posted by on 6th December, 2004

High IQ test

High IQ test

There are many sites that offer IQ tests for a fee. This one has decent tests and gives you a score right away. If you score higher than 126, you are allowed to subscribe to be a member of the club. Update: I scored 127 and (barely) managed to go on to the members page. Well, it turns out that you have to pay $65 dollars to become a life-time member. I wonder the prestige it has to be a member of this society and if it will actually help with a job-hunt or something similar. I think I am going to pass for now… [button link=”http://www.highiqsociety.org/flash/nonmembers/iqtests.htm” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...

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Posted by on 3rd December, 2004

Aerial photography with RC models

Aerial photography with RC models

As a kid I had several Radio-Controlled models; a speedboat, an electric car, a gasoline powered car and an airplane that flew 50 meters and never flew again… I guess it is one of those toys that is neat for kids but really cool for adults. It has been a while since I picked up a new hobby, but this site made me seriously consider getting back into it. Gravityshots.com makes photography and video of anything that needs to be shot from a different angle. With camera-mounted helicopters, the views and imagery is truly breath-taking. They have an archive of almost 3000 images (watermarked). [button link=”http://www.gravityshots.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Recent_Images&reference=ALL&model=&location=ALL” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...

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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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