Wal-Mart to announce the $398 laptop

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 6:00 AM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: General | Comments: 0

Ever wanted a laptop to get you by? Here's your chance.

After looking for a laptop, I ran across this link regarding Wal-Mart releasing a $398 laptop on November 5.

The laptop will have the following components:

The Hacker's Diet

Monday, October 30, 2006 6:03 AM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Developers | Comments: 0

If you are overweight and write computer applications, here is the diet for you.

Everyone has been trying to lose weight and use this and that diet program, but what about us developers who are always under the gun. Nutrition is definitely not one of our top priorities in the game of life.

Someone recommended this to me a while ago (3 years) and I think I may be revisiting this again.

10 Essential Tools Every Visual Studio Developer Should Download Now

Friday, October 27, 2006 12:30 PM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Developers | Comments: 0

An essential list for the hard core Visual Studio developer updated for 2006.

When I looked through the list, I didn't see Resharper (which I think is the cat's meow) anywhere. Then after actually reading the article, I found out they were the free kind of add-ins. Even better!

So here they are: The 10 essential Visual Studio Add-ins that every developer should download now.

Humor: Computer Programming Stupidities

Friday, October 27, 2006 5:00 AM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Humor | Comments: 0

A little humor I found for a Friday. :-)

Rinkworks has a humorous post on Computer Stupidities regarding Programming.

Definitely great to read for developers.

Fireday - Firefox Extensions for October 27, 2006

Friday, October 27, 2006 4:00 AM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0

This week: Submit 'em Now, DataAnalytics, and LinkChecker.

Everyone has heard that Firefox 2.0 is now out and some have been wondering where my posting of it is at. Well, next week, I will be posting a full review of Firefox 2.0 after using it for a week.

I also wanted to tell everyone that since Firefox 2.0 is out, I will be covering extensions from here on out that were built for Firefox 2.0.

Speed Links - Oct-26-2006: AJAX

Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:00 PM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Speed Links | Comments: 0

AJAX links for the day

Accessible AJAX Best Practices
Here's a great article on how to make AJAX accessible to those who are disabled. This may be important considering the consequences.
How to track AJAX applications
If you use the free Google Analytics to track hits on your site and your site uses AJAX, here's a great tip on how to track when someone uses AJAX on your site.
Restricting access to your AJAX services
I've always wondered about this and coincidentally, Greg Murray wrote an article about slapping someones hand who's in the cookie jar. :-)

Dojo 0.4 released!

Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:00 AM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Software Updates | Comments: 0

Dojo has updated their library to 0.4 with a ton of enhancements.

Origin: Ajaxian - After using Dojo for a little while, I've come to learn that everytime I get comfortable with the latest version of Dojo, a new release comes out with a new slew of features and enhancements (I am definitely not complaining).

I am extremely excited about the Dojo 0.4 release because of the following features:

Web 2.0...University?

Wednesday, October 25, 2006 2:00 PM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Web 2.0 | Comments: 0

The first course on how to use Web 2.0.

For those who are fighting the term Web 2.0 or believe it doesn't exist, you better let IBM and the University of Arizona know this.

IBM and the University of Arizona created a course that "will teach Management Information Systems and Marketing students to build online communities and social network systems using Web 2.0 technologies."

How much should a design cost?

Wednesday, October 25, 2006 9:00 AM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Design | Comments: 0

Pearsonified has a enlightening post about how to price a blog design.

What would you say if someone called you this morning and asked you to write up a quote for a blog for their business?

Would you freeze or would you quote a price similar to what Pearsonified charges?

Speed Links - Oct-25-2006: Designers

Wednesday, October 25, 2006 5:00 AM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Speed Links | Comments: 0

Got...to...catch up

Web Design is 95% typography
Good post at Information Architects on how fonts are important and obviously the staples of the web.
10 more CSS tricks you may not know
Think you know all the CSS tricks? Check these out at ITWales.com and find out.
A Handy CSS Debugging Snippit
Speaking of CSS, here is a little piece of CSS code that can visually assist you in laying out you site.
Looking at IE7 through the eyes of a Firefox user
With the latest release of IE7, the people over at The Browser Den gave IE7 a spin for a week. Here's what they found.
Browser Comparisons: IE7, Firefox 2, and Opera 9.
PC Magazine posted comparison review of each browser, along with their pros and cons.

Web 2 point ohhhhhhh

Tuesday, October 24, 2006 10:00 AM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Web 2.0 | Comments: 0

Cartoon from BLaugh!

had to post...absolutely necessary!

Web Two Point Ohhhh

Pimp your house with RSS

Tuesday, October 24, 2006 5:00 AM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: RSS | Comments: 0

Don't believe that RSS is popular right now? Check this out.

I had to laugh when I saw this.

However, I am with Mr. Rubel on this. I do love RSS as well. I may need to invest in some new gadgets.

Cool AJAX UI Templating Trick with ASP.NET

Monday, October 23, 2006 2:00 PM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: AJAX | Comments: 0

Here's a cool way to update non-update panel scenarios with AJAX in ASP.NET

Since Atlas (Microsoft's AJAX implementation) has been released as beta, Scott Guthrie has posted an excellent technique on his blog about how to call the server using AJAX, return a web user control for the UI to render, and update a non-updatable panel.

His method uses a simple web service and he describes that this technique reduces code to about ~20 lines of code. He is basically moving the Web User Controls out of the UI and into the server. The web control's string is passed back to the client.

Free Legal Forms for your business

Monday, October 23, 2006 5:30 AM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Free | Comments: 0

The Internet Legal Research Group (ILRG) provides a number of legal forms for your business.

The Internet Legal Research Group has provided a number of business and personal forms for free. They are so comitted to excellence with the forms that they are offering $50 to anyone who can demonstrate that their forms aren't compliant with state law.

Heck of a challenge. :-)

Songbird: Flipping the bird to version 0.2

Friday, October 20, 2006 7:00 AM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Software Updates | Comments: 0

A new version of Songbird has been released! Extensions have arrived for the Songbird.

Back in September, I talked about Songbird as an iTunes alternative. Since then, I've been waiting for the extensions to emerge.

Now, Songbird 0.2 is released with extensions. Since it builds off of the Firefox extensions architecture, the music extensions should will be familiar to Firefox users.

Fireday - Firefox extensions for October 20, 2006

Friday, October 20, 2006 6:00 AM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0

This week: SeoQuake, Answers.Com, and DealMine

Happy Friday!

I was browsing around and found some good extensions this week. Check these out!

dZone: Digg for developers

Thursday, October 19, 2006 1:00 PM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: News | Comments: 0

dZone is a new home for developers on the Internet.

I have found a new home on the Internet!

dzone.com is exactly like Digg.com, only it's for developers and after looking at a couple of posts today, I am home!

Internet Explorer 7 is now out!

Thursday, October 19, 2006 6:30 AM

Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 0

Microsoft has released IE7 into the masses. Will everyone rejoice or cringe?

Microsoft just released Internet Explorer 7 to the masses, but it has me wondering if we will be seeing a repeat of history (Netscape....mayyyybeeee?).

Will Firefox be able to hold on or will Microsoft muscle in with IE7 and regain it's footing in the browser market?