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Unobtrusive Ajax Guestbook

Unobtrusive AJAX Guestbook.XML is easy to use ajax and php guestbook application. Guestbook.XML is crossbrower, skinnable guestbook and web 2.0 script. Guestbook.XML features Skinnable script Easy to use admin panel Uses flat file for storing guest
 
alyaspk
Nov 02 2009 02:59 PM
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Introducing MooTools ScrollSidebar

How many times are you putting together a HTML navigation block or utility block of elements that you wish could be seen everywhere on a page? I’ve created a solution that will seamlessly allow you to do so: ScrollSidebar. ScrollSidebar allows you
Nov 30 2009 08:05 PM
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Open Source Software - A Free Puppy?

Two weeks ago while attending LISA (the Large Installation System Administration conference), I heard many times that open source software is the way to go; after all, "you can't beat free". During one of the classes, someone from a university IT
Nov 25 2009 05:37 PM
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SQL SERVER - Fix : Error : Invalid object name 'sys.configurations'. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 208)

As you all know that SQL Azure CTP has been released; here, I have included a step-by-step guide for how to configure the CTP: SQL SERVER - Azure Start Guide - Step by Step Installation Guide. For pricing and introduction, please read SQLAuthority News -
Dec 08 2009 07:11 AM
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SQL SERVER - Interesting Observation - TOP 100 PERCENT and ORDER BY

Today we will go over a very simple, but interesting subject. The following error is quite common if you use ORDER BY while creating any view: Msg 1033, Level 15, State 1, Procedure something, Line 5 The ORDER BY clause is invalid in views, inline
Nov 24 2009 10:11 AM
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Cloud computing and the build vs. buy question

Cloud-based, SaaS, outsourced - although the barrier to entry for outsourced services seems to be lower than it was in the past, Scott Lowe wants to make sure that due diligence and complete analyses are performed before jumping in with both feet.
 
Scott Lowe
Nov 24 2009 12:16 PM
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jqGrid missing search codes

Recently, I've had a need for presenting tabular data in my MVC-style web application, and I figured this is such a common task that I might as well ask around. Thus I posted this question on stack-overflow about presenting tabular data, and was told
 
Admin
Nov 27 2009 07:18 AM
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Fix WordPress CRONs on Media Temple (dv) Servers

When I switched from Dreamhost shared hosting to Media Temple (dv) server hosting, I had a hell of a time trying to figure out why CRONs weren’t working correctly on the website. I had database backups being sent via CRON jobs so making sure CRONs
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Nov 13 2009 01:16 AM
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Visual Studio 2010 roadmap: final release dates now known

Visual Studio 2010 is yet to become full beta 2, but employees already saw the preview and the final release date is announced. In a few days, it'll finally hit the market. Be ready to download this cool new version packed with new features. A little
 
Abel Braaksma
Nov 14 2009 09:04 AM
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Automatically test your Wicket panel HTML markup

Are you testing your HTML markup automatically yet? If your markup does not match the Java code, your Wicket panel does not work. It's easy to get early feedback when your panels are broken: just unit test them! In this blog post I describe a way of
 
Daan
Nov 02 2009 03:11 AM
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JPolite - Ajax Lightweight Portal Framework

JPolite is a Lightweight Portal Framework based on jQuery – (Ajax Modules) JPolite is a pure front-end portal framework based on jQuery & BlueTrip CSS, with a handful of jQuery plugins integrated. It provides a compact yet powerful foundation
 
alyaspk
Nov 27 2009 06:58 PM
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ÜberProf and Continuous Integration

One of the features that keep popping up for ÜberProf is that people want to use that in CI scenarios, usually to be able to programmatically check that they don't have things like SELECT N+1 popping up, etc. With build 562 of ÜberProf, this is now
 
Ayende Rahien
Dec 04 2009 12:28 AM
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Oredev Keynote - Information Overload and Managing the Flow: Effectiveness and Efficiency

I am by no means an expert on being effective or doing things efficiently, but I do OK and I get some stuff done. Most importantly, I think, I am attempting at least to be conscious as I do work. Recently I was in Malmo, Sweden presenting at the Øredev
Nov 24 2009 04:35 AM
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Adobe Flash 10 Just Sent me Through the Roof

I just got the latest security fixes for Firefox 3.5.3. Finally, the browser warns me about outdated and insecure plugins. I like it! Top of the list? Adobe flash player. Hm. The page needs JavaScript. Guys, other people managed to build click buttons
 
digulla
Sep 17 2009 04:07 PM
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Fun with Channel 9 Videos - Live at PDC and Live to Tape

One of the things I was lucky to do at PDC 09 a few weeks ago was host a "talk show." The folks at Channel 9 hooked up some amazing equipment and a great team and had basically 8 solid hours of live television streaming (over Silverlight and
Dec 08 2009 05:39 AM
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(down)Loading JavaScript as strings

The Gmail mobile team and Charles Jolley from SproutCore have recently published some interesting techniques for loading JavaScript in a deferred manner. Anyone building performant web apps is familiar with the pain inflicted when loading JavaScript.
 
Steve Souders
Dec 08 2009 01:09 AM
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jQuery pageSlide Script

As web developers, we spend precious time laying out our pages, using every UI concept in the book to conserve space, while trying to maintain a user’s focus on the task at hand. There are many techniques to use - Lightbox, Carousel and Tabs to
 
alyaspk
Nov 27 2009 09:04 PM
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Native Retweets

Users of Twitter created the idiom "RT @suchnsuch said sumfink", and as with @ replies, RT's have been rolled in to Twitter's architecture. Now we have, what I think should be called, the native retweet. It was turned on for early users and more of the
 
Remy Sharp
Nov 19 2009 08:42 AM
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The Haskell Platform: Status Report: Haskell Symposium 2009

At the future of Haskell discussion, at the Haskell Symposium 2009, Duncan Coutts and I gave a status update on the Haskell Platform project: the project to build a single, shared distribution of Haskell for every platform. Tagged: community, package
Sep 06 2009 01:11 PM
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12 Flash-like jQuery Effects

One of the brilliant things about jQuery is the ease in which you can implement animations. A few years ago anything that looked even the smallest bit impressive would make you think of Flash. But now with all these new javascript libraries it makes
 
Ben Shelock
tags: jquery
Aug 18 2009 01:47 PM
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Standard "Distributed" Database Issues

Here's a quote "standard issues associated w/ a disitributed db". And "There is the push versus pull of data. Say you use push and..." and more stuff after that.First, by "Distributed Database", the question could mean almost anything. However, they
Nov 25 2009 08:21 AM
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A better Twitter search

If you've not noticed already the search in Twitter has been downgraded to 7 days history. In fact, that changed some time ago. I've had the good fortune to be able to ask Twitter employees directly about the history via attending Devnest and I've been
 
Remy Sharp
Sep 16 2009 06:30 PM
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VS 2010 Code Intellisense Improvements (VS 2010 and .NET 4.0 Series)

In this article, you will master the improvements made to the Intellisense in Visual Studio 2010. Scott initially provides a side-by-side comparison of Intellisense support between Visual Studio 2008 and 2010. He also examines the new filtering mechanism
Dec 09 2009 11:27 PM
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Overriding generic component’s resolution in Castle Windsor

Few months ago, a user asked the following question on the Castle users discussion group. A friend asked me about the same thing today, so I thought I'd blog this so that's easier to find than the discussion group thread. Anyway, here's the question: say
Dec 08 2009 04:02 AM
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Building a recommendation engine in NHibernate

Well, it isn't really a recommendation engine, it is a sample of one, and I strongly recommend not using it, but I am getting ahead of myself. In the 6th episode of the TekPub's NHibernate webcast, me & Rob worked on creating statistical queries with
 
Ayende Rahien
Dec 07 2009 06:08 PM
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Linq to Sql Profiler is now on public beta

Well, after talking about it quite often recently, I think it is just about time to make this public. The Linq to Sql Profiler is now on public beta, and it is even more awesome than you could imagine. We are able to get a tremendous amount of
 
Ayende Rahien
tags: l2sprof
Nov 14 2009 01:41 AM
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Video: Top CIOs speak out on hottest IT trends and 2010 spending

At SIMposium 09 this week I asked six of the world's best CIOs about the hottest IT trends and 2010 spending. See what they had to say.
 
Jason Hiner
Nov 12 2009 02:30 AM
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Video: Five qualities to seek in hiring great employees

Great leaders are absolutely diligent about hiring only the right people. Here are five innate qualities you should look for when hiring.
 
Jason Hiner
Oct 20 2009 06:30 PM
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SQL SERVER - White Papers - Consolidation Guidance for SQL Server - Consolidation Using SQL Server 2008

What are the considerations when creating a consolidation plan for my environment? What are the key differentiators among the three consolidation options? How can I use these differentiators to choose the appropriate consolidation option for my
Dec 06 2009 07:45 AM
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SQLAuthority News - Airline Review - Paramount, Kingfisher, Go Air, Indigo, Jet Airways, Indian Airlines, Spicejet

First of all, this is a totally different article that I have ever written on this site. As the regular readers of my blog are aware that I am always traveling due to my different assignments at work. In last two months, I have been on flight for 36
Dec 03 2009 08:07 AM
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SQL SERVER - Remove Bookmark Key Lookup - 4 Different Ideas

I quite often get request to summarized my ideas about Removing bookmark lookup on this blog post. Bookmark lookup or key lookup are bad for any query as they force query engine to lookpup corresponding row in the table or index as it does not find
Nov 22 2009 08:01 AM
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Twitpic API for getting pictures out

I've been using Twitpic either via TwitterFon on my iPhone or Tweetie from my desktop for Twitter, but one thing struck me last night: Twitpic doesn't allow me to get my content back out. So here's my fix: http://twitpicapi.appspot.com/ Twitpic JSON API
 
Remy Sharp
Jul 20 2009 10:25 PM
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Why Mac Google Chrome is Better

I’m so excited to hear that Google finally released a beta version of Chrome for Mac. I've been using it for a day now and I like it so far. In fact, I have replaced my default browser setting with Chrome. Here are the reasons why I prefer Chrome
Dec 10 2009 04:53 AM
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Localizing ASP.NET MVC Validation

This is the fourth post in my series on ASP.NET MVC 2 and its new features. ASP.NET MVC 2 Beta Released (Release Announcement) Html.RenderAction and Html.Action ASP.NET MVC 2 Custom Validation Localizing ASP.NET MVC Validation In my recent post on custom
Dec 08 2009 11:47 AM
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SQL SERVER - Comma Separated Values (CSV) from Table Column

I use following script very often and I realized that I have never shared this script on this blog before. Creating Comma Separated Values (CSV) from Table Column is a very common task, and we all do this many times a day. Let us see the example that I
Nov 25 2009 07:20 AM
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SQL SERVER - A Common Design Problem - Should the Primary Key Always be a Clustered Index

In SQL Server, whenever we create any key, a Primary Key automatically creates clustered index on the same. I like this feature and I use this feature every now and then. The question is does the change of any column as Primary Key should also create a
Nov 23 2009 07:43 AM
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Would you just take my money please?

I just finished doing my reverse bills. Unlike doing my bills (which are usually handled automatically), this is tracking down who I owe money to that haven't been paid. I just had three different incidents where I had to call up people and remind them
 
Ayende Rahien
Nov 12 2009 03:47 PM
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Video: The five best smartphones for business 2009

TechRepublic wants to help IT leaders sort out the best smartphones, so we're counting down 2009's five best smartphones for business.
 
Jason Hiner
Nov 11 2009 05:14 AM
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What does it takes to get me drunk?

I.. "run an experiment" today (yesterday?) to figure that one out, and the result is: 2 wine glasses 1 white Russian 1 double bourbon 6 long island iced tea (probably) 1 bear The way to get me drunk is Long Island Iced Tea. Up until the 6th drink, I am
 
Ayende Rahien
Nov 07 2009 02:43 PM
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Awesome F# - Decision Trees - Part II

In my previous post I went over the theory behind the ID3 algorithm. Now that we got all that painful math out of the way, let's write some code! Here is an implementation of the algorithm in F#. (It is also attached to this blog post, download it via
Nov 03 2009 09:45 PM