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  1. Just had a funny thought...

    I was just thinking how much I love JavaScript and how it has been my favorite language/platform for years. People who consider themselves 'real' developers have always given me a hard time because of it. That and "you can use it just…

  2. Targeting Firefox, IE 7, and IE 6 (and older) browsers via CSS

    The tip for today's post is applying different styles to IE 7, IE 6 and older, and all the other browsers out there without having custom script or changing out style sheets. It’s simple too! There you have it! Now you can target the…

  3. How many blogs are you subscribed to?

    Reading blogs take too much time. There have always only been a few that I actually read, frequently. But, most of them, even long time favorites (such as Scobleizer) just seem to take too much time to read. I have found myself…

  4. Getting things done!?

    I recently purchased the book Getting Things Done, by David Allen. I've just started reading it and I'm surprised how similar my own personal method is to GTD. I have done some things for many years because they worked. This book is…

  5. Google Maps stopped working a few days ago

    We ran into a problem this last Monday (7/9/07) where the Google Maps stopped working on some of our page. After figuring out why some pages were working and some weren't it turns out that Google made a change to their API. Basically,…

  6. Great quote from Ann Coulter

    Although, I'm always irritated by good bloggers posting their own feelings regarding politics, because they are usually wrong, I just couldn't resist posting one myself. This is from Ann Coulter at…

  7. Output name/values of an Enum

    I took the time a while ago to figure out the best way to output each name and value in an Enum. I just keep using the code and have been looking in recent projects looking for the code to re-use in a new project. So, I thought I’d…

  8. The Windows Vista UAC

    Everyone has probably already turned off the UAC, but I hadn't until today. I left those annoying popup dialogs, because I actually like the features it provides; not for me, but for when my kids are using my computer. And, let's be…

  9. Saving as Drafts instead of Posts

    I keep saving my blogs as Drafts on accident instead of Posting them. Sorry about that. I've got about a dozen recently that I'll go through and post them. Some of them are pretty cool!

  10. Windows Vista Command-Prompt from Here

    I stumbled upon a nice feature of Windows Vista Explorer. If you right-click on a folder in Explorer, it will provide you with a different set of options. One of them is "Open Command Window Here," that opens a DOS prompt with the…

  11. Visual Studio File Comparison Settings

    .. In other words, how to set Beyond Compare as your file comparison tool in VSTS. I finally got tired of the default comparison tool in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition and went poking around to find out how to set Beyond Compare to the…

  12. Use Reflection to compare Class properties with Enum element names

    The following code demonstrates how to use Reflection to simply your code; making it easier to read and understand, and remove code for potential bugs. The "normal" way of assigning/comparing Enum elements with class properties. In this…

  13. Universal Charging Pad

    I was thinking how nice it would be to get rid of all of my power cables and USB cables that are being used to charge up all of my devices. That would be very cool, indeed! So, I was thinking why not make a "Universal Charging Pad" that…

  14. Wish list for Google Docs & Spreadsheets

    To build upon my previous post about why Google Docs & Spreadsheets doesn't work, here is a short list of features I would like to see implemented. Custom Font Selection: I just gotta be able to change the look and feel of my documents…

  15. Why Google Docs & Spreadsheets doesn't work

    After playing with it in the past and over the last couple of days I have become very familiar with its features and capabilities. However, I've become even more aware of what it doesn't do. First off, I can't change the fonts and…

  16. Visual Studio clipboard ring and other keyboard shortcuts

    Visualstudiohacks.com is always my first choice for getting the low-down on Visual Studio. On their site I found a great shortcut key to cycle through the VS clipboard ring. In doing so, I remembered that VS actually had a clipboard…

  17. Top TV Shows

    I found a list of the most popular TV shows of any era here. I was looking at it to find out how Smallville is doing in the ratings and realized that I haven't seen even a few minutes of most of the shows listed. So, I thought I'd have…

  18. Word 2007 Blogging

    I really liked the possibilities presented in Microsoft's Live Writer, but it just wasn't all there. While reading Eric Nelson's recent entry about his first post from Word 2007, I just had to give it a go. It is working so far. I'm…

  19. Disable those annoying UAC popups in Vista

    Life Hacker has great articles. Nuff said.

  20. New UI formulating..

    I think it's time to create a new UI for wasatchwizard.com, what do you think? I've had the current version the longest, by far, of any others. I'm pretty sure it has lasted so long because it is so plain. Any ideas?

  21. The url CSS property and other frequent CSS pitfalls

    I noticed that I have been using the url CSS property incorrectly in a lot of our pages. The correct syntax includes single quotes around the image path. For instance: <td style="background:url(/Controls/images/rel_calc_chooser_b.gif)…

  22. The search for the Kim family and Google Maps!

    I would like to help find the Kim family, but being about 800 miles away makes that almost impossible. Why not allow me to help on my lunch hour and during breaks at work and when I get home? Why not provide a way to help, for the…

  23. IRS wants to tax online gaming virtual assets

    I was reading cnet news when I saw this. http://news.com.com/2100-1043_3-6140298.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-5&subj=news It is an article about the IRS and taxing online games such as Ultima Online, EverQuest, and undoubtedly World of…

  24. The $100 crack for BlackBerry is Crap

    I have subscriptions to several technology magazines, mostly digital of course. I’ve always considered eWeek and InfoWorld a little different than the rest of the technology magazines and therefore those two were the ones I’d almost…

  25. Google Stars!

    I was working with the Google Maps API again today and was thinking what other things could be done with the same technology. And, I came up with a great idea for it. Presenting Google Stars It would be totally cool to be able to…