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12/28/09--10:14: Health: Maybe Its Time to Get Rid of All The Technological Junk in Our Lives… (chan 2638680)

27 December 2009 by Yair Amichai-Hamburger Go to Article Source… “THE age of melancholy” is how psychologist Daniel Goleman describes our era. People today experience more depression than previous generations, despite the technological wonders that help us every day. It might be because of them. Our lifestyles are increasingly driven by technology. Phones, computers and [...]


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01/26/10--11:13: Tools & Code: The Black Art of Installing PHP under Microsoft IIS (5.1, 6.0, 7.0) (chan 2638680)

You would think that one of the most popular dynamic languages in the industry would have a rather straight-forward process of being installed in a Windows environment with the capability of running under IIS. The disappointing news is that PHP is a literal brain-crushing, mind-blowing, nightmarish experience when it comes to this implementation scenario. Why? [...]


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02/07/10--11:15: Tools & Code: Installing DotNETNuke From The Source-Code Package (chan 2638680)

  DotNETNuke (DNN), is probably one of the best complete CMS frameworks developed for the ASP.NET platform. Yes, there are others, but in my research none of these alternative frameworks combine the capabilities and extensibility that the current DNN platform does. Unfortunately, the success of DNN has had a detrimental effect on their ongoing documentation [...]


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02/14/10--11:24: Software Engineering: Writing Client Proposals for DotNETNuke (chan 2638680)

  One of the most critical aspects of writing a document for a new client regarding the installation of the DotNETNuke (DNN) platform is to tell the client what features he or she could expect to get from such an installation. Here you are preparing such a proposal and you want a simple, well outlined [...]


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06/12/10--08:41: Black Falcon Software: ORAHelper – Easy To Use .NET Oracle Database Access Layer (chan 2638680)

“ORAHelper” is the latest release from Black Falcon Software in its “Data Access Layer” project at Microsoft’s CodePlex. With the many new database provider “factories” appearing on the market both in commercial and free open-source form, one would wonder why add to the fray with a new DAL for Oracle. The reason is simple, “KISS” [...]


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07/20/10--08:09: Tools & Code: Organizing ASP.NET Application & Session State… (chan 2638680)

When developing ASP.NET applications, one of the most important aspects of that development is the management of application or session-state for an application or a user. A variety of techniques have been implemented, all of them good. My personal favorite is to use the built-in ASP.NET database for such purposes since it allows me to [...]


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07/20/10--10:16: Database: A Paging Stored Procedure For SQL Server 2000 (chan 2638680)

Every developer knows that both the Microsoft Datagrid and the newer Gridview controls are quite versatile when it comes to displaying data. They both offer a raft of capabilities that makes it far easier to provide tabular data displays than was easily possible with “Classic ASP”. One of these capabilities is the capability to page [...]


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08/01/10--10:31: Tools & Code: Making Sure Web.Config Parameters Exist (chan 2638680)

If you are working on an assignment as a single consultant, independent, or even an employee singularly responsible for his or her project, moving your project’s code base to the server environments whether it be development, user-acceptance, or production is always a stressful situation since no two server environments are ever the same and no [...]


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08/03/10--13:58: R&R: Polish Cosmoligist Claims Universes Could Exist Inside Black Holes (chan 2638680)

A universe could exist ‘inside every black hole,’ claims scientist A hidden universe could exist inside every black hole, a Polish cosmologist has claimed. By Amy Willis Published: 4:25PM BST 02 Aug 2010 Go to article source… hidden universe could exist inside every black hole, a Polish cosmologist has claimed. Photo: PA Using an adaptation [...]


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10/24/10--11:12: Software Engineering: The ASP.NET (Web Forms) – ASP.NET MVC Debate; A Software Engineer’s Perspective (chan 2638680)

Now that ASP.NET MVC is headed into its third release version there is enough information out and about as to whether it is a viable platform for developing production implementations as compared to its more mature sibling, Web Forms. For any developer who decides to do such comparative research, he or she will find a [...]


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