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Hunting the StackOverflow Badge named Unsung Hero

Find the StackOverflow questions best suited for you to get the Unsung Hero badge Recently I’ve been hearing lots regarding the new-ish StackOverflow badge “Unsung Hero”. Its formal description is: Zero score accepted answers: more than 10 and 25% of
DevTxt - Phil Campbell
 
Aug 20 2010 09:15 PM
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PHP Tutorials: Creating a Guestbook (Part 1)

Create your own guestbook using PHP and a MySQL database. Video Rating: 4 / 5
PHP Tutorials
 
Andy
tags: php creating guestbook part
Aug 06 2010 11:52 AM
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Today (8/31) is last day to enter 2010 Community Coding Contest for chance to win an MSDN Ultimate Subscription!

Today is the last day to enter the 2010 Community Coding Contest for a chance to win an MSDN Ultimate Subscription plus a total of approximately $20,719 worth of prizes!! All you need to do is write some source code to do something, and enter it into the
Chris Pietschmann
 
tags: general
Sep 01 2010 09:49 AM
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Reading from C:\ProgramData without requiring UAC elevation

When trying to read some user settings from C:\ProgramData in my .NET app, I was getting an Access Denied exception, even though I was only attempting to read the configuration file, not write anything: System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the
Try, Catch... Finally.
 
Aug 16 2010 09:24 AM
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Refactoring some Factor code

Most of the software I work with is very practical. At Oasis Digital we mostly create line-of-business enterprise software, and even when I step away from that, I usually pick up a tool or language that has a good likelihood of mainsteam adoption.
Kyle Cordes
 
Kyle Cordes
tags: technology factor
Aug 28 2010 07:31 PM
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Discussion with a Java switcher

discussion with an ex-java developer about why the Ruby community is not as he wish it was and why code is not focusing on what he thinks is important.
Merbist
 
Matt Aimonetti
tags: misc rails ruby
Aug 23 2010 06:54 PM
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Xara Web Designer 6: the Review

Craig reviews Xara Web Designer 6 - an application which promises total page design freedom without any HTML or programming skills. Related PostsXara Xtreme 5 Review: A Developer’s PerspectiveXara Xtreme Pro 5: A Designer’s PerspectiveGuess which
SitePoint
 
Craig Buckler
tags: web tech review xara
Aug 05 2010 01:41 AM
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Best of MSDN blogs - sys.dm_os_sys_memory

The current set of DMVs and DMFs is staggering; I counted I think 170 maybe in SQL Server 2005, and I'm sure that we're approaching the 1 million mark for SQL Server 2008 R2.  A smart DBA probably has a nice library of them now...I"m not smart
Lee Everest's SQL Server, etc. weblog
 
tags: the best of msdn blogs
Aug 30 2010 05:44 PM
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Visual basic mysql login

As requested many times this is a Mysql login tutorial, Links: Mysql driver: dev.mysql.com Mysql admin: dev.mysql.com Code: deadcore.co.uk A continuation of the coffee cup form builder tutorial showing how to create a mysql database for a form. Making a
PHP Tutorials
 
Andy
tags: 10 basic login mysql
Aug 27 2010 11:41 AM
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Create Your Own Website, Forums With Hpage

Hpage is a innovative website that allow us to create free website easily. You do not need to have any HTML or other coding knowledge to create free website. It’s just take 2 minitues to create webiste. they offers many advanced feature to the
blogfreakz.com
 
Mufti Ali
tags: tools web design
Aug 21 2010 01:16 PM
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What can YOU do with a kilobyte of JavaScript?

Louis spotlights the new JS1k coding competition, and has a look at a few of the more interesting entries so far. Related PostsServer-side JavaScript Will Be as Common as PHPJavascript and SecurityImplementing Event Latency in JavaScript
SitePoint
 
Louis Simoneau
tags: web tech canvas contest javascript
Aug 10 2010 09:59 PM
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Website update for Safari Reader

One of the things that I have been doing as I have been updating my blog template is making sure that it works and looks good in the popular browsers: Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3.6 and Safari 5 (yes, I need to test in Chrome as well).  In doing
Eraser and Crowbar
 
Larry Clarkin
Aug 05 2010 05:49 AM
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Links for August 29th

Calculate distance and bearing between two Latitude/Longitude points using Haversine formula in JavaScript - A very handy JavaScript library for performing all sorts of calculations with GeoLocation information.Tags:
boogdesign blog
 
delicious
tags: delicious
Aug 29 2010 03:00 PM
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Forums Downtime

Quick public service announcement: The CSS-Tricks forums will be unavailable starting now as the undergo awesomeness upgrades. I’ll update this post when they are back!
CSS-Tricks
 
Chris Coyier
Aug 22 2010 07:50 AM
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jQuery London 2010 Postponed

The jQuery Project Operations Team has been forced to postpone our planned London event this year. We were unable to secure a suitable venue that would allow us to keep ticket prices low enough. We are actively working on planning a European event for
Official jQuery Blog
 
Mike Hostetler
Aug 14 2010 07:39 AM
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Books and Blogs

Rant follows. Reading is taking up much of my free time these days. Of course I am not talking about the reading online. Spending time online has been a huge time sink for me (and as I can imagine, for millions of other people like me) over the years. I
Diovo
 
Niyaz PK
tags: general blogs bools internet
Aug 05 2010 10:19 AM
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Interface vs. Implementation Dependencies in Java

I often use the notion of interface and implementation dependencies, where interface dependencies are mostly always smaller. I think this is a very important concept to understand for Java developers, and although it seems obvious and self evident, many
Code Monkeyism
 
stephan
Aug 26 2010 02:21 AM
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Productivity Tip: Google Contacts Keyboard Shortcuts

Google Contacts has some useful new features, including sorting contacts by last name, custom labels and keyboard shortcuts. Long-time readers of WebWorkerDaily will know that I'm a big fan of web applications that provide keyboard shortcuts, so it's
WebWorkerDaily
 
Simon Mackie
tags: apps productivity gmail google contacts
Aug 12 2010 06:08 AM
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Java File Copy Benchmarks Update

I’ve made an update of my benchmark about file copy methods in Java. I’ve been asked for new informations about this benchmark and for new test, so I’ve included more results and informations. This new version include two new complete
@Blog("Baptiste Wicht")
 
Baptiste Wicht
tags: java benchmarks i/o performances
Aug 05 2010 06:49 AM
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Java Interview Question: Synchronized

I’ve written already about Java Interview Questions here, here and here. Another question I sometimes ask is about Javas synchronized keyword. Can you tell me in which different ways one can use synchronized in Java and which are the pros and cons?
Code Monkeyism
 
stephan
tags: java
Aug 05 2010 06:49 AM
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Fixing ERROR 1396 (HY000): Operation CREATE USER failed

I got bitten by this several times already, here is what usually works if this error happens for user foo delete from mysql.user where user=foo; delete from mysql.db where user=foo
Nothing to say
 
cournape
tags: uncategorized
Aug 31 2010 12:30 AM
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Phusion Passenger – Deploying Rails on Mac OS X Apache

I’ve been working on learning and developing Rails.  One of the features I enjoyed while doing Grails was the ease in which it took to deploy and run my Grails app in Apache. I’m sure there are other ways to do this, most were, quite honest way over
{ null != Steve }
 
Steve Gentile
tags: ruby on rails
Aug 29 2010 07:36 AM
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Mindscape at TechEd New Zealand

The signs of spring are here — lambs frolicking in the fields, occasional glimpses of the sun, and of course TechEd New Zealand. As always, Mindscape will be there in force! We don’t have a stand this year, but you’ll be able to find us
Mindscape Blog
 
Ivan Towlson
tags: news
Aug 25 2010 01:51 PM
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Adsense ad units have been revamped.

New versions of the Google Adsense units will soon be available. Related posts:Improve the quality of Adsense ads. Easy Adsense inclusion with WordPress shortcode. Automatic inclusion of Google Adsense ads in WordPress content. Most Performing Adsense
WebDesign Bureau of Mauritius
 
Web Design Mauritius
tags: adsense business design marketing
Aug 11 2010 05:14 AM
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Logon Editor: Advanced Login Screen Editor for Windows 7

We all know that Windows 7 allows us to change login screen background using a simple method which is mentioned in following tutorial: Customize Windows 7 Login Screen Without 3rd Party Software You can also customize login screen text and button set
Tweaking with Vishal
 
VG
tags: software zone windows 7 7 change
Aug 11 2010 01:08 AM
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Connect Access / OOBase to MySQL Using ODBC Part 1 of 2

This video demonstrates how to install and configure the MySQL ODBC driver on a Windows-based PC and then use it to connect either Microsoft Access or Open Office Base to a MySQL database. Part 1 of 2.
PHP Tutorials
 
Andy
tags: 10 access connect mysql
Aug 05 2010 12:59 PM
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Phone to Chrome with Android2Cloud

Being able to send information to your phone from Chrome is nice, but what about being able to do this process in reverse? That’s the purpose of the Android2Cloud application for your Android 2.2 smartphone. That way you don’t have to go
The Chrome Source
 
Daniel Cawrey
tags: news tips videos android
Aug 05 2010 07:13 AM
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Foundation Six

Best Web Gallery - Flash + CSS Gallery
 
Nick (BWG admin)
tags: portfolio
Aug 05 2010 06:47 AM
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5 Reasons Every Designer Should Carry a Great Camera

An often unrecognized tool in a designers arsenal, a high quality digital camera can provide benefits for the designer willing to take the time to use it. This post looks at 5 reasons why designers should not only own a great camera, but use one. Related
Visual Swirl
 
Chris Thurman
tags: articles photography tools
Aug 05 2010 04:08 AM
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Better Configuration Files

Over the years I have seen many configuration files. Most of them were unusable. There are many reasons for unusable configuration files. What I’ve learned from looking at large configurations are those main points: 1. Values Often configuration
Code Monkeyism
 
stephan
tags: java
Sep 02 2010 06:07 AM
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Hardware Acceleration: Chrome 7 vs. IE9 vs. Firefox 4

In a previous post, I wanted to ensure that the hardware acceleration feature in Chrome 7 was a boost over Chrome 6. Now, here is a video shot by DownloadSquad that shows all of the current hardware accelerated contenders and which one is currently the
The Chrome Source
 
Daniel Cawrey
tags: videos browserm hardware acceleration chrome 7 hardware acceleration chrome 7 vs firefox 4 vs ie9
Sep 01 2010 07:08 PM
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I did it for the lulz

If you have never listened to Cake this won't make much sense.Extra points if you can count all the memes in this post... I know... Excess ain't rebellion:)
Blog
 
Sep 01 2010 06:48 PM
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i4i Wins Again In XML Patent Infringement Case

A patent infringement case against Microsoft continues to go well for a Canadian company called i4i. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has confirmed the validity of an XML-related patent i4i was granted in 1998. To provide a little background
DevWebPro
 
Doug Caverly
Aug 18 2010 04:25 AM
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How Oracle might kill Google’s Android and software patents all at once

Daniel Eran Dilger Another major war is exploding in the tech world, but alliances have shifted in interesting enough ways to ensure that this will be one of the most fascinating events ever to hit the technology world. . At issue is Oracle’s
RoughlyDrafted Magazine
 
danieleran
Aug 15 2010 02:44 PM
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How to create a forum in PHP from scratch

In this tutorial we'll see how to make a forum using PHP and MySQL. We have to cover a lot of different things, so let's start!
CSS Globe | Web Standards Magazine
 
Aug 14 2010 11:59 AM
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Don’t Build from Scratch. You Now Have an HTML5 Boilerplate to Work With

The HTML5 love continues to be doled out by Paul Irish. First, he offered up Modernizr and now, he’s teamed up with Divya Manian to create an HTML5 boilerplate which leverages best practices to get your started. It’s essentially a good
Ajaxian » Front Page
 
Rey Bango
tags: front page html5
Aug 12 2010 08:12 AM
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Double Click in CSS

With the recent proliferation of touch devices, the web designers of the world are losing our beloved mouse pointer. There has been some interesting talk about how we essentially lose the :hover pseudo class in CSS as well as…
CSS-Tricks
 
Chris Coyier
Aug 12 2010 06:09 AM
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Clear Testing 20 Mbs Wireless Service

AndroidandMe is reporting on a quarterly conference call with wireless operator Clearwire, commonly marketed as simply “Clear” on their products. The company has been hard at work spending billions building out new 4G wireless infrastructure,
The Chrome Source
 
Daniel Cawrey
tags: news chrome os chrome os netbook chrome os tablet
Aug 07 2010 02:51 PM
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Fix Inserted HTML5 Content with HTML5 innerShiv

--> Credit for that to Remy Sharp, Jon Neal, John Resig and anybody [...]
CSS-Tricks
 
Chris Coyier
tags: article
Aug 06 2010 07:43 AM
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Craft An Irresistible Price By Focusing On Your Users

  Price influences behavior. In order to craft an excellent user experience, the price — and how your users interact with that price — must be central to the development of the product, especially applications. No user will welcome
Smashing Magazine
 
Nathan Ford
tags: design
Aug 06 2010 05:30 AM