Posted by Miguel Moreno on 8th December, 2006
Analogy is either the cognitive process of transferring information from a particular subject (the analogue or source) to another particular subject (the target), or a linguistic expression corresponding to such a process. In a narrower sense, analogy is an inference or an argument from a particular to another particular, as opposed to deduction, induction, and abduction, where at least one of the premises or the conclusion is general (Wikipedia). Anyways, those are the serious ones, if anyone is interested. Here are some of the funniest analogies I have ever read… [button link=”http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/12/the-25-funniest-analogies-collected-by-high-school-english-teachers/” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...
Posted by Miguel Moreno on 6th December, 2006
When needing a particular Javascript function, I know where to find it….usually Google it or any of my many reference books. However, Googling it may not return the most accurate results and my reference books have many other topics, which may make it difficult to find. I keep a collection of links to many topics with useful tips, tricks and frequently used functions. This here is a large collection of quick How-To’s of you most common Javascript questions. [button link=”http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/index.phtml/fid/130″ color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...
Posted by Miguel Moreno on 1st October, 2006
Very clever way to multiply any numbers by using lines, single digit numbers and their intersections. It is quite interesting and easy to use. It will make you wonder, how did they do that and why didn’t anyone think of this before? [button link=”http://www.glumbert.com/media/multiply” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...
Posted by Miguel Moreno on 28th July, 2006
With so much information to search for and somehow wanting to squeeze it all between 1400 and 1050 pixels, it is becoming hard to find an application or site aggregator that does it well. I had been using My Yahoo for a while and although I wasn't necessarily thrilled with it, it did the job and did it decently. I have tried others as well, such as My MSN and even blogged about Google Personalized and Microsoft's Start a while back. I started using pageflakes for a while, but noticed it would lock up and its performance was less than satisfactory. The other competitors I found were: Goowy and...
Posted by Miguel Moreno on 5th May, 2006
Google SketchUp is a free, easy-to-learn 3D-modeling program with a few simple tools to let you create 3D models of houses, sheds, decks, home additions, woodworking projects, and even space ships. You can add details, textures, and glass to your models, and design with dimensional accuracy. You can place your finished models in Google Earth, share them with others by posting them to the 3D Warehouse, or print hard copies. Google SketchUp is a great way to discover if 3D modeling is right for you. [button link=”http://sketchup.google.com” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...
Posted by Miguel Moreno on 12th March, 2006
Google Mars allows you to view Mars three ways, by elevation, by "visible" and by infrared. Google has plotted points by Regions, Mountains, Plains Spacecraft, Canyons, Ridges, Stories, Dunes, and Craters. They have plans to add a Google Earth like desktop feature for Mars in the future. [button link=”http://www.google.com/mars/” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...
Posted by Miguel Moreno on 22nd February, 2006
I am having my site moved to a new .NET 2.0 server. I will be posting some ASP.NET 2.0 experiment shortly, but in the meantime I have to pack everything up and prepare for the move. Some experiments may be offline for a while, while I figure out how I got them to work in the first place and modify whatever I need to do to make them work again… note: some experiments may cease to work all together since I used to have ColdFusion on the old server and did some CF experiments several years...
Posted by Miguel Moreno on 17th February, 2006
I Stumbled across this article by Ali Khan with some good guidelines for developing fast and efficient ASP.NET applications. Some I knew, others I did not, but nonetheless a comprehensive guide to things to keep in mind writing your next web application. [button link=”http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/ASPNET_Best_Practices.asp” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...
Posted by Miguel Moreno on 27th January, 2006
Guy Kawasaki has some excellent tips for when you ever need to demo a product or software feature and you "think" you know how to do it, but deep down you really have no clue… He has some other good advice for getting a standing ovation and and for writing a business plan. [button link=”http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/01/how_to_be_a_dem.html” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...
