I downloaded the Windows 8 Developer Preview from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/home/ and tried to install on Virtual PC, but got the following error. Your PC ran in to a problem that it couldn't handle,and now it needs to restart. You ca ...
jQuery Image SlideShow
So to get started you're going to need jQuery and the Orbit plugin (make sure jQuery is attached first). <script src="js/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="js/jquery.orbit.min.js" type="text/javascript"></s ...
Xdebug in WebMatrix
Xdebug is a very popular PHP extension that helps with debugging and profiling of PHP scripts by providing a lot of valuable debug information. Microsoft WebMatrix is a development tool for building web applications. When WebMatrix is used ...
Windows Live Writer
I installed Windows Live Writer today to see how it works with my WordPress blog. So, this is a test post using Windows Live Writer. I’ll post a new blog entry if I find any useful feature of it. Well it has one good feature at least. To add a Bing map to ...
How to delete your Facebook account?
1) Click on the following link: http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account 2) Login with you UserID and password 3) Click "Submit" 4) You’ll be asked to confirm, Type in your Password, and then Solve the Captcha. Click Okay t ...
Using Response.Redirect in try…catch block
Use overload Response.Redirect(String url, bool endResponse) if using in try catch block.
To get better results, change your Approach!
If you’re not getting results, change your approach. The best way to get unstuck is to change your approach. You learn the most from trying something different. Sometimes this is uncomfotable, but that’s what growth feels like. (MSDN Patterns & Practices Blog)
REST Web Services calls with C#
It's really easy to call REST based web services from C#.Net. Let's see how to do it. We'll be calling Yahoo Web Services as an example here. Make REST Calls With C# The .NET Framework provides classes for performing HTTP requests. This HOWTO describes ...
XML with C#
The .NET Framework provides excellent support for XML. Combined with the databinding support of WinForms and ASP.NET applications you have an easy and powerful set of tools. ASP.NET 2.0 takes databinding another step further by providing the DataSource control which lets you declaratively provide data access to data-bound UI controls.
Why job satisfaction is important for growth?
There are factors which results in job satisfaction, like environment, work type, opportunities, colleagues, management, etc.
Overqualified employee is an Asset, don’t lose them
Overqualified Employee: A Liability Or An Asset?
How to improve quality of your standard?
Develop a consequence for each quality standard and evaluate it as a regular part of your project postmortem.
How change can bring motivation?
Bringing change is one of the key factors which develops team’s interest and keep them motivated.
What is success?
Allah has mentioned several times in Quran who successful people are? Those who follow path of Allah and his Prophet.
How to kill your time by hardcoding?
Spend some time to make things configurable in start of a project to save hours of troubleshooting later in the project.
Installing IBM WebSphere MQ Client on Linux
Install IBM WebSphere MQ Clients just in few steps. Download, extract, and install the RPM.
Installing IBM WebSphere MQ Server on Linux
Installing IBM WebSphere MQ just in few steps. Download, extract, accept license, and install RPM. Done!
Hidden Reasons for slipping project deadlines
There are so many factors due to which project deadlines are slipped. Not planning well ahead, not hiring skilled resources or not paying good to skilled resources, not providing professional environment and sufficient resources are very basic reasons which people ignore and underestimates. In short, having a good PLAN summarizes all this. So, plan well, ahead of time, and plan for everything.
Setting up a CVS repository
Create a directory and initialize with the cvs init command to setup your CVS repository.
What processes are using a particular port?
Use the lsof command to see which processes are connected to particular port.
Threads in Perl without using thread module
Perl threads are not good. If you need threads in Perl, try coding your multi-threaded part in C/C++, and wrap that in Perl.
MySQL Installation and Configuration
A step by step guide on how to install and configure MySQL on the Windows Operating System.
XMS.Net Consumer Application for IBM WebSphere MQ
If you are also trying to run XMS.Net application and want to subscribe to some topic with selector string to filter messages, remember to run the application in ‘unmanaged’ mode.
Useful vim options for techies
Vim is very useful tool for editing files, especially for techies to edit configuration and code files. There are some useful options for them in vim. You can set them in the vim configuration file vimrc usually found in /etc. Here are some of those optio ...






