AppDev: Something You Should Know by Irena Kennedy

Answer: Sofia, Bulgaria. It was named after the church of Saint Sofia in the 14 th century. Source: 2007 Calendar ‘The 365 Amazing Trivia Facts’

The other day I came across the following article by Eric Meyer -- http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/popups/demo.html . Basically, instead of using JavaScript, you use CSS to change an element style that results in some other element(s) appearing...

Check out this demo for an overview of new messaging, device management and security features in Windows Mobile 6 -- http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fba4e943-9b9f-48c8-8195-1000d3398f3f&DisplayLang=en

That’s easy -- just run the SQL statement below… select session_id , request_id , start_time , status , cpu_time , er . total_elapsed_time , substring ( st . text , ( er . statement_start_offset / 2 ) + 1 , (( case er . statement_end_offset...

A cross between a zebra and a horse. Here is a quote from http://www.geocities.com/zedonknzorse/basics.html : “Zebras, donkeys, and horses are all members of the family equus - Equines. They are all slightly different in genetic makeup...

Yesterday’s post described three ways to extend an existing type. It occurred to me that there is one more, slightly different mechanism, for defining a prototype function… you can think of it as Method 2-b. Consider the following: function...

Q: In England, what’s the difference between a vest and a waistcoat? A: An English vest is what Americans call an undershirt; a waistcoat is what Americans call a vest. And I thought ‘football’ is the only word with different meaning in US...

Since I haven’t seen a clear and a relatively concise explanation on this topic, I decided to create this blog post… If you want to add a function (i.e. extend) to an existing type, there are three ways that I know of to accomplish this. For example...

Note : If you know of the source or author, please let me know so I can give proper credit. Special thanks to Gabe Brown for forwarding this image.

Ever wonder what are the circumstances of when Windows blue screens? To my knowledge, if an unhandled exception occurs in kernel-mode code (e.g. a privileged device driver or the OS kernel itself), Windows considers it too unsafe to keep running, so it...

Apparently… yes! W. H. Thorpe (University of Cambridge) was the first to demonstrate learning in birds by performing what is now considered to be a classic experiment, involving the isolation of male chaffinches (European songbirds) in soundproof...

http://whois.domaintools.com/ has been my long term favorite domain lookup tool for things like blacklist status, IP location, registrar information, etc. , but now it has a lot more information including search engine optimization (SEO) score, number...

Did you know that http://maps.live.com/ now provides up-to-date traffic information shown using different colors (green, yellow, and red) to indicate traffic conditions along your route? Of course, you can remove it by clicking ‘Hide traffic conditions...

It’s well known that, to improve performance, SQL Server caches query execution plans in memory. But would you like to know what query execution plans are currently in the cache? The following query will yield that information: select substring...

Answer: Int egrated el ectronics. Source: The 365 amazing trivia facts calendar from www.pageaday.com

Did you know that since .NET 2.0 you can define register directives in the <pages> element in your configuration instead of using @Register directive on every page? It’s especially useful if you’re using a custom control(s) in multiple web pages...

… is to see it for what it is: a dissatisfaction with the self.” – Joan Didion Source: 2007 Calendar ‘For Women Who Do Too Much’

Consider the following scenario – you create your own calendar control and you’d like to raise an event when a date is selected (e.g. OnDateClicked)… and you’d like for the users of your calendar control to process the event using JavaScript on the client...

The results of several studies on affects of synthetic antioxidants such as beta carotene, vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and selenium were published in American Medical Association journal. In summary: “We did not find convincing...

If you’re creating a custom client-side control by deriving from System.Web.UI.IScriptControl, you may want to embed the .js files into your assembly instead of having to deploy them to every web site that uses those controls (this is especially valuable...

Each letter stands for a 1-digit number. No two letters may stand for the same number. Using pen and paper (i.e. not writing a computer program), find a value for each letter from the following set: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. BAD + LET --...

Not going to MIX 07 this year? You can still download a number of videos, PowerPoint slides, scripted demons and hands-on labs on a variety of web development topics at http://visitmix.com/university/ .

Answer: Either by gulping air into their stomach and intestines and floating across, or by sinking to the bottom of shallow water and using their claws to walk across. They can hold their breath for about six minutes. Source: The 365 amazing...

If you just open SQL Server Management Studio and expand the System Databases node, you’ll see four databases – master, model, msdb and tempdb (just like in SQL 2000). However, SQL Server 2005 has a new system database called the ‘Resource’ database...

Did you know that on the tiny Taquile Island in Lake Titicaca (on the border of Peru and Bolivia), you can quickly figure out who’s OPP without sneaking sidelong glances at ring fingers. It’s all on the head, in the form of bright, complexly patterned...