Thursday, May 13, 2010

New Chart Control in Visual Studio 2010

There is a lot of excitement around the imminent release of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0. Amongst many new features is the ASP.NET Web Charting Control. In this video, Max Adams introduces the control and demonstrates just how easy it actually is to create visually appealing statistical or financial analysis tools in a browser using the Chart control.
Video Here.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Comic for April 24, 2010

19 Tips Every Windows 7 User Needs to Know

Twist cap carefully. Only pour into Maximum PC-approved computer tanks.
After installing a new OS, most people just jump right in and start driving it through all their favorite applications and games. Makes sense, right? The operating system, after all, should be a background player in the computing experience—a means to an end, with the end being web surfing, content editing, and wanton destruction in the first-person shooter of one’s choice.... More

Keyboard Shortcuts for Committed Mouse Abolitionists

Windows + Up and Windows + Down
Windows + Shift + Up and Windows + Shift + Down
Windows + + and Windows + -

Track Your Actions with Problem Step Recorder

Launch Games with Keystrokes 

Take Control of UAC

Calculate Your Mortgage and Other Math Tricks

and many more....

 

 



LUXURY???

Found this image Here.

Flowchart: Let’s Grab a Beer!

Chart layout by James Norton / Heavy Table
This chart, of course, just scratches the surface and — due to space and organizational concerns — omits many other worthy establishments (Stub & Herb’s, Acadia, Groveland Tap, etc. and so forth). We hope that this is the beginning, not the end, of many a quest for a great local pint or bottle.

Populate an ASP.NET ListBox from JSON results using jQuery

In this example, we will see how to consume an ASP.NET Web Service (EmployeeList.asmx) that is JSON Serialized. The data source for this web service is List in the Employee.cs class. The class can be downloaded from the source code available with this article. Here’s a snapshot of what the class looks like.
Original post Here