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The Ultimate Guide to USB Flash Drives: Part I
Friday, March 30, 2007 10:01 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: General | Comments: 0
What kind of USB Flash Drive do you want?
USB flash drives are what I consider to be the floppy drives of the millenium. Most everyone is using a USB drive for either transporting documents from one location to another or they are using it for a utility of some kind.
As I see everyone carrying their USB drives around their neck, in their pockets, and on their wrist watches, I sometimes wonder if they use them for storage or a utility for booting into your own operating system. But enough about everyone else...why do you need one?
The Ultimate Guide to USB Flash Drives
Friday, March 30, 2007 10:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: General | Comments: 0
This three-part guide will take you through what to look for in a USB Flash Drive, where to buy one, and what kind of software to install.
USB Flash Drives are what I consider to be the floppy drives of the millenium. Most everyone is using a USB Flash Drive for either transporting documents from one location to another or they are using it for a utility of some kind.
This series will cover as much as possible about USB Flash Drives. I'll break the series into three parts.
Fireday - Firefox extension reviews for March 30, 2007
Friday, March 30, 2007 3:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
This week: eBay Buddy and FireDoodle
Yes, I missed last week. I'm sorry folks, but it's amazing when you have a ton of projects on your mind and need to focus on just one.
Also, make sure you vote for the top add-on reviews at the Firefox Add-Ons Reviews Contest. Tomorrow is the last day to vote.
Google Notebook gets a facelift
Thursday, March 29, 2007 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Google | Comments: 0
I use the Google Notebook on a daily basis and this is definitely a welcome addition.
Every day, I look through my RSS feeds, check my email, and start jotting down my ideas for future posts and thoughts into the Google Notebook.
This morning, Google Notebook put on a new face. I opened my set number of tabs and was frantically looking for the "Google Notebook" title. Ahh...Found it. Google now sets the title to your current notebook you were previously working on. Nice.
Mastering AJAX Series
Wednesday, March 28, 2007 6:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: AJAX | Comments: 0
Part 10 is here.
IBM started a series on Mastering AJAX way back in January and I reported on it rather quickly.
I just wanted to keep everybody up to speed on the series and that they were on Part 10. Wow, long series.
Microsoft Vista sold 20 million copies in February
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 9:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 0
Mr. Gates is becoming richer and richer and richer...
Ref: New York Times
According to reports from Microsoft, they have sold a total of 20 million copies of Windows Vista in the month of February alone.
Guitar Hero Alternative: Frets On Fire!
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Entertainment | Comments: 2
Rock On, Man! Even without a Playstation or XBox.
Guitar Hero is one of those games you have to try just to see if you can. Just make sure you don't have anyone else around you. It's hilarious.
I have to admit that I liked playing Guitar Hero on the Playstation at my friends house and yes, I did look silly playing that guitar, swinging my arms and the guitar into the air.
Speed Links - Mar-22-2007: Programming
Thursday, March 22, 2007 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Speed Links | Comments: 0
Speedy links for Thursday
- Adobe Apollo is released
The newest "AJAX killer" alpha has been released and shows great potential when dealing with Rich Internet Applications (RIA) - Vista's Bounty: Going beyond 3.0
DevX.com has a great report on what's included in Microsoft Vista and how it takes you beyond .NET 3.0. - Coding secure Web 2.0 Applications
Want to keep your Web 2.0 code secure? ComputerWorld: Development has the steps on keeping your app under control. - Passing information between Master and Content Pages
This is where I've had issues with master pages and content pages. Of course, 4 guys from Rolla straightens out everyone. - Detecting USB Removal in C#
Jay Dolinay writes about detecting whether a USB drive was removed or not.
Microsoft finally joins the OpenAjax Alliance
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 10:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: AJAX | Comments: 0
The OpenAjax Alliance has added some new members to their group. Guess who?
Back in October, I wrote about a group called the OpenAJAX Alliance who are establishing a standard JavaScript functionality across the board, but certain companies either didn't participate or wasn't interested in this alliance.
Well, it's a new year and Microsoft and 30 additional companies are joining the Alliance (Ref: Ajaxian) to keep the AJAX/JavaScript functionality standardized.
Primary Keys: IDs versus GUIDs
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Developers | Comments: 0
Every wonder if you should create primary keys in a database as IDs or GUIDs?
Developers share a lot of building duties when building applications for users including create database structures.
If you've been building databases for a while, you may run across developers who create primary keys as IDs or GUIDs, but which is better?
Fireday - Firefox extension reviews for March 16, 2007
Friday, March 16, 2007 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
This week: CSSMate and TabGroups
It seems the Firefox Add-ons Promotion Contest is about over (End of month). Make sure you head over and check out all of the excellent reviews that users have submitted.
Its definitely worth it.
Mind mapping software...online
Thursday, March 15, 2007 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Tools | Comments: 0
Offline Mind mapping software is great, but online may be better
I know I've talked about mind mapping software in the past with various posts, but those were particularly offline applications.
MindMeister is one such online application where you can create online mind maps and share them with your friends.
When to use AJAX programming?
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: AJAX | Comments: 0
AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is being used almost everywhere, but when should you apply AJAX programming to your own applications?
For most developers, AJAX web development is a rush, because it's a relatively new way of creating web applications. It actually blurs the lines between a desktop application and a web application.
Bu when should you use it? and why?
Top 10 Technology Comics on the Web
Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Humor | Comments: 0
Everyone wants a good laugh once in a while. Here is a compilation of the 10 best technology comic strips on the web.
Looking for that specific humorous computer comic strip for the office?
I bet you'll find one in here...
Speed Links - Mar-12-2007: Design
Monday, March 12, 2007 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Speed Links | Comments: 0
Top Links for Designers
- Top 10 Design Blogs you have to read
An excellent list of sites who know how to stimulate the eyeballs.
- How to create a cool tab menu with a Web 2.0 flavor
A great tutorial for Adobe Fireworks for creating very cool tab navigation for your site.
- Which Browsers to care about?
If you are a beginning designer or seasoned veteran, you always want to make sure your site looks great in whatever browser your audience uses. Here are some guidelines as to what browsers to focus on.
- Top 10 tips for a successful Intranet
It's even in PDF format for easy printing.
- Web Browser Design Guide for Nokia phones
A great downloadable guide for designing pages for Nokia phones.
- The Best Fonts of 2006
Now being free is another story... - 28 Free Illustrator Brushes for making Swooshes and Swirls
- More Brushes for swooshes and swirls
- 6 tools for better Web Design
Most are electronic, but some aren't, like a moleskine notebook.
- How to detect a lemon web designer
Some guidelines on how to determine if your web designer is a lemon or not. Too bad we don't have a lemon law that applies to web designers.
Fireday - Firefox extension reviews for March 9, 2007
Friday, March 09, 2007 4:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Fireday | Comments: 0
This week: WebCards and StatusBars
WebCards
Rating: 3/5
Microformats seem to be the big rage lately. Microformats provide a quick and easy way for someone to view and optionally extract data from a site to include into an external application such as Outlook or a calendar application.
Can a Commodore computer make a comeback?
Wednesday, March 07, 2007 8:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: News | Comments: 0
"Commodore" is generating quite a buzz lately and starting to focus on gaming machines.
Ahh..the good ole days.
The Commodore Gaming company is preparing to sell new gaming machines under the old name Commodore. The company is creating high-powered machines similar to Alienware. Ars Technica has more details.
No comment...for now.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: News | Comments: 0
Comments are disabled for the moment.
For a brief time, comments are disabled for three reasons:
- I'm testing out the new design of the site which uses a new method of adding comments to the site.
- The office is slowly being upgraded (hardware-wise) and work is backing up.
- Just because I'm really tired of comment spammers.
In a couple of weeks, I'll reveal the new site. Everything should be back to normal and I'll turn the comments back on.
Speed Links - Mar-5-2007: Web 2.0
Monday, March 05, 2007 10:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Speed Links | Comments: 0
Speed links regarding Web 2.0
- MiniAJAX
A small, very useful collection of AJAX utilities that use AJAX on a number of server models. - ColorJack
Visualize the color theory through a AJAX interface. - Dojo Toolkit has offline support
One of the best Javascript toolkits out there now has offline support. - Commodore Amiga emulated in JavaScript
Enough said.
- Gaming with AJAX
Here are some JavaScript/AJAX games that popped up over the past couple of weeks: Scrabble (Wabble); and Crosswords in JavaScript (Select a link to start). - AJAX Online Whiteboards
Two awesome online whiteboards: Doodleboard and Thinkature. - AJAX Queue Class
An excellent queuing class written entirely in JavaScript.
Songbird 0.2.5 is set free!
Monday, March 05, 2007 6:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Software Updates | Comments: 0
An iTunes Alternative called Songbird releases a new version.
Songbird has definitely caused some waves with the audio community and produced some excellent extensions to help users organize their song collection.
A new version of Songbird is released. Version 0.2.5 of Songbird has the following features:
