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Tens of thousands of you have downloaded my Simply Weather gadget. It’s time now for a the sequel, Simply Weather the web site. SimplyWeather.net gives you the current conditions and forecast in a simple, no-nonsense,...

Note: My colleague __Brian Genisio_ deserves much of the credit for this work. He urged me to consider a functional approach during a code review and then later contributed significantly to the code and this...

Programming Computers Implementing a jQuery-Datepicker ASP.NET Control - Rick Strahl’s Web iPhone gets .Net app development | Developer World – InfoWorld Silverlight tip – Dynamic TextBlock | Corey Schuman NArrange - .NET Code Organizer/Formatter/Beautifier Take...

I’ve received feedback about the icons being a bit to colorful. I’ve converted most of them to monochrome, which tones them down. Several of you have also told me that using “Enter” key to send...

Programming Computers Free Internet Explorer debugging tool: Microsoft Expression Web SuperPreview for Windows Internet Explorer Sara Ford’s Weblog : TechEd Australia – 25 Visual Studio 2008 IDE Tips What’s New in Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)...

Well, after a week of living with my minimalistic design and feedback from users, I’ve gone back to the older look with icons and dividers. Here’s a peek. The icons do seem to make it...

It’s a common problem. You’re handed a collection of strings or numbers and you need emit a comma separated list. The usual approach I’ve seen (and done) is to resort to a loop and some...

Programming Computers Automatically generate table of contents using jQuery Creating a polaroid photo viewer with CSS3 and jQuery Clean Web.Config Files (VS 2010 and .NET 4.0 Series) - ScottGu’s Blog Fun With Method Missing and...

I think I started to lose site of what this gadget is about. As it often seems, gadgets are more about the gadget than the content. I was starting to lean towards “The Dark Side”...

I’ve been running the RTM version of Windows 7 for about 2 weeks now and I have to say it works so smoothly as to be boring. I’m actually having to “just use” my computer....