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Just ignore the stupid title to this article and go read this article at Sitepoint to gain a better understand of the PEAR repository for PHP. I know it has saved me more than once in the past.
Low hanging fruit…ummmm, yeah.
Now this is sweet: an automatic code highlighter. While it does only support .NET languages (C#, VB .NET, J#, and T-SQL), it’s really cool that I am able to quickly and easily get some HTML that produces a code snippet that is all nice and syntax highlighted.
You can not imagine how many times I have gone through the day looking for a syntax highlighting system done in javascript and by some crazy luck I just happened to run across that today. Maybe I should start playing the lottery as well.
Dual monitors mean you get to use more screen real estate to look at pr0n…do web design I mean. But what do you do when you system is sitting idle and you are stuck looking at the wallpaper? I mean, you could use separate wallpapers or if you are really boring you could use the [...]
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The only time I can see this as being really needed is when the stupid client decides that they like the design FIVE DESIGNS ago. However, I guess it would also be quite effective on sites that have some pretty heavy backends.
The Newton FAQ page is an excellent resource for information on your Apple Newton PDA
Forget those Microsoft USB Mouse that you use, move to a XBOX controller if you truly want to gain over your computer! Crazy.
Along with Fortran Resources I think everyone should be set with Fortran. Just get that rusty ol 486 running with some Linux action and you are good to go.
I took a class in undergrad that taught us how to program in Fortran in 2 weeks. Not very exciting so I can’t say that I understand the full potential of the language if there is any potential at all.
Oh well, for all of you Fortran geeks out there here is a nice stop for [...]
WinCheat is one of the coolest little utilities that I’ve come across in a long time. You just point it at the Windows control of your choice, and it gives you all of the information that you could ever want about it – its styles, location, font, text…the list goes on. Plus, you [...]
Ever wanted to be notifed when Microsoft posts a new Knowledge Base article? Well, now you can be notified via RSS. Just search for the product that you want to keep updated about, and just subscribe to the feed. It’s just that easy.
Via Korby Parnell.
Stuff like this only wants me to visit the language even more. Stupid ASP.Net project getting in my way. Maybe I will convert that over to Mono…hmmmm….
When I was just a wee bit younger a major problem that many of my friends had getting a job was that everyone required experience, but none of them could get experience unless they got a job. I was fortunate enough to have a grandmother working at a technology company to get me the inside [...]
Tired of IE’s failure to support alpha transparency in PNG files? Here’s a very easy fix.
What would you do, if you were an Evil Overlord? Evil Overlord, Inc answers that question for us all, 231 times over.

Netbooks and User Satisfaction: It’s All About Expectations
10 Cool Sony Walkman photos – celebrate Walkman’s 30th birthday