There is a "buzz" in the internet about this Busby SEO World Cup Challenge sponsored by Busby Web Solutions based in Australia. The key phrase is "BUSBY SEO CHALLENGE". No I'm not joining, read along More...
Came across this Foundations of Programming Book by Karl Seguin (ebook actually) when I looked into CodeBetter.com
It contains articles that were previously posted on the site and I had the chance to scan/skim over it and wow, I'd have to say this is a must read for developers at any level (probably even the "guru"s need to have a look at it).
The book is 79 pages short. More...
Here's an interesting I came across in the recent Simple Talk Newsletter (by Red Gate Software).
It talks about issues with new SQL 2008 data types (date/time related) and it's effect on .NET 2.0 datetime data types when SP1 is installed or not. Something to be aware of and one of those times that you're glad you have a web rather than a desktop application. (you only have to install SP1 on the server(s))
SQL Server 2008 has introduced a few new data types, among others the
new date types, like date, time, datatime2 and datetimespan. Because
.Net 2 was released before SQL Server 2008 has introduced these data
types, there are no classes that map to these new types in .Net 2.
But this has changed with .Net 2 SP1, which introduces the DateTimeOffset structure.
Read full article from the following link :SQL Server 2008: new data types and .Net 2 with and without SP1
I was going thru some pages for my current project today when I ran into the said error "Sys.ArgumentException: Value must not be null for Controls and Behaviors". It was the first time I've encountered it and since it was working the last time I browsed it I didn't have a clue what was causing it so had to dig around. More...
A few weeks earlier I decided that I should get my personal Oreilly Safari Books Online subscription so I did. Although it does cost something (what doesn't) and something that might not be a good idea for others I'd have to say that I find it very useful and effective. Let me share my thoughts More...
I do have an idea about SSL, certificates and related security concepts but in my previous works, it was someone else (client IT) who did the preparation, request and installation of SSL certificates until lately when I had to do it myself. I also had experience with trial and self signed certificates but still some things are not the same of course (including the risk of messing something up).
It's not as difficult as it sounds but want to share a few things. More...
Firefox 3 now available
Download and help set a record
Download Day is here!
Set a Guinness World Record
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Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do to help us set the record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours is get Firefox 3 now – it’s that easy. We're not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind of awesome.
Please download Firefox 3 by 11:16 a.m. PDT (18:16 UTC) on June 18, 2008. That's 11:16 a.m. in Mountain View, 2:16 p.m. in Toronto, 3:16 p.m. in Rio de Janeiro, 8:16 p.m. in Paris, Madrid, Berlin, Rome and Warsaw, 10:16 p.m. in Moscow, and June 19, 2008 at 2:16 a.m. in Beijing and 3:16 a.m. in Tokyo.
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