Category Archives: General

Yesterday I bought a new used car, a 1994 Pontiac Grand Prix SE. It is the same color, red, and mileage 157,000 as my last car so in that respect it is not much of an improvement. However it has … Continue reading →

This blog post is going to be different from my usual blog posts because I will address the value of creativity. Programmers have to be creative and logical but they are usually given more credit for being logical than creative. … Continue reading →

I recently found an interesting social networking web site where you can list all the books you’ve read so you can connect with other people based on your reading habits. This is very appealing to me because I have read … Continue reading →

I plan to get a lot of work done over the Labor Day weekend. Last night I finished working through a lengthy chapter on Lighting in 3D with After Effects. That was the last chapter I needed to complete my … Continue reading →

I have booked a cabin on the YouCruise, a Carnival cruise for YouTube vloggers. The YouCruise was the idea of YouTube rant comic, Pipistrello. You can download a Word file with all the details at: YouCruise.doc. I frequently watch the … Continue reading →

I’ve been meaning to cut back on the amount of new technology I’m studying because you can’t learn everything. You will have no time for your regular life if you try to keep up with changing technology. However, I have … Continue reading →

At work I am forced to use Visual Studio 2005 as an HTML editor instead of my precious FrontPage 2003. Visual Studio 2005 is better than Visual Studio 2003 for editing a web page but I still have the following … Continue reading →

JavaScript Object Notation is an alternative data format to XML for AJAX. To use JSON you need the json.js script at www.json.org. It contains the JavaScript functions to convert arrays to JSON strings. The JSON strings are parsed by JavaScript … Continue reading →

I have completed the set up of my wireless network using a Buffalo Broadband Router & Access Point with High Gain Antenna. It took less than half an hour to set up my wireless network. Now I can get my … Continue reading →

I’m finally setting up a wireless network in my house. I’ve bought some wireless networking cards and I should get my wireless access point soon. I decided to go wireless because I have a new computer to run Windows Vista … Continue reading →

I have been frustrated with WordPress’s inability to accept my code in my blog postings. I either have to give up on including code in my blog or waste my time struggling with the formatting. Today I have installed the … Continue reading →

Every day I learn something new at work or while doing stuff at home. Today I learned how to add the Application Name parameter to a connection string so the application name will appear in the SQL Server 2005 Activity … Continue reading →