In joining the rest of the eco geeks in contributing small or little ways to help the environment I switched to a black background for my desktop for a start and sharing a few steps here. More...
I don't need to be telling this to geek sbut for those who needs a refresher, Stroustrup is no other than the creator of C++ which undeniably is still very influential (could be an understatement) up to this day and the future. Ohh yes, the creator of such a legendary language is still very much alive and kicking.
It's always interesting to know what legends have to say so read from the following link : MSDN Magazine Inteview with Bjarne Stroustrup
This brilliant guy has humor. Quoting "I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my
telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how
to use my telephone. - Stroustrup"
In my previous post Firefox Bookmarks Location and Moving it I mentioned about browser.bookmarks.file in about:config to save your bookmarks in a different location.
I just wanted a short mention of a caveat that if by any chance you have it pointed to a removable disk (eg. external hard drive/disk) and being careless you could loose those bookmarks More...
For those of you not subscribed to MSDN Magazine blog but viewing this, I just found this SQL Server 2008 "All For You" SweepStakes
All you have to do is download SQL Server 2008 CTP (you have to be signed in with your Live ID for identification) and you get to win these:
Grand Prize: One Massive Media Makeover, including: More...
March 29, 2008 00:07 by
Ryan
SearchMe is a new search engine still in its beta phase but offers categorized results and visual search (thumbnail/preview) of the resulting site/pages?
Since its still in beta, you have to register an account. My last count was like 900+ left. So go try out the link above.
I found this from First alternative to google that I actually liked
March 27, 2008 06:45 by
Ryan
I was getting some annoying intermittent timeout exception on my personal site (see My Site in top nav)
timeout expired.png (56.21 kb) (screenshot of the error)
As I didn't have time I figured it must have been something in my hosting setup but it became pretty annoying that I figured I should have a short look.
Turns out the More...
March 23, 2008 22:58 by
Ryan
The new and improved Microsoft Connect v3.0 (a way to share and connect with Microsoft regarding their products) is up as of Saturday, March 22, 2008. More...