Posted on November 26, 2008 07:56 by menace
I was browsing through the web the other day and came across ScottGu's blog. There was a post about some coding demonstration and saw how the IDE was different than traditional black and white scheme we used to see (default). I was immediately inspired to take the same approach because for some reason, I tend to like darker backgrounds since it's easier on the eyes. Maybe it's just me? Anyways, I decided to take the same approach and see if I like it. After a while, the black and white theme gets old, dull and boring-- and hence the reason why I decided to make the change. The effect has been immediate and judging by the small screenshot below, you'll notice that the HTML contrasting between the attributes and main tags are apparent. I took the Visual Studio setting from
here and tweaked it a little bit so the colors stands out more. Since I just installed the new
Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1, this also gets me on a fresh start with my setup. The screen shot is a little bit dimmed and slightly different because of the image pixelation.
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Posted on November 10, 2008 18:51 by menace
I've been using Google Chrome ever since it was first released by Google but I don't see it replacing Firefox anytime soon. While the speed is arguably faster, it lacks some strong features to make it worthwhile using. Don't get me wrong, I like the slick UI and all, and for that reason, it is best used for occasional browsing that are somewhat non-functional. I define functional browsing such as bookmarking, blogging, web development testing and debugging, interactive web games, etc. It's simple enough in a sense that it gives you just enough for your typical web browsing needs, but not enough for more advanced browsing. Whenever I use Google Chrome, I always run on scenarios where I say to myself, "Oh yea, this is not Firefox. I wish Chrome can do that too". More...
Posted on November 9, 2008 12:50 by menace
I've been a Netflix subscriber for almost a year now and love the selection that they have over their competitors. Since I run a DSL internet connection at home, the video player determines the connection automatically and plays the best suited quality for my speed. The thing is, since DSL is relatively slower than cable, it puts DSL users (this is arguably depending on your location, and several other factors) in a disadvantage. So if you have a slower connection, the streaming quality of the movie will be poorer. More...
Posted on October 29, 2008 11:22 by menace
Here's a scenario. In this particular case, I'm using a radio button instead of radio button list. However, this fix might also apply to latter since both controls are very much alike. In my case, I have the radio button pre-populated with data from a datasource, for this example, let's say rdo1 is selected. The idea here is to show the textbox depending on what radio button is selected. AJAX was used to enable partial postbacks within each selection of radio button items. More...
Posted on October 27, 2008 17:50 by menace
tsql asp.net yetanotherforum script
I installed YetAnotherForum on one of the site that I'm working on but ran into a few issues while doing an upgrade. I decided that I will start from a clean slate since this is a new installation, so I wasn't worry about data loss or anything of that nature. A lot of users has also demanded for such a function but the YAF hasn't released any yet to drop the tables and clean up the database scheme of any YAF installation. I compile and wrote a script tonight that will delete the YAF database schema so in any case that anybody would like to remove or start from the beginning with a clean DB. More...