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Here’s a another cool tool from Google I just discovered. Google Mobilizer makes any web page mobile friendly. Simply go to the page, enter the URL and you’re surfing mobile style. Handy indeed!

If you haven’t seen the movie “Who Killed the Electric Car”, then rent it, buy it, steal it or borrow it and watch it. I own a GM vehicle. My Dad worked for GM for...

System.IO.MemoryStream is one handy little class. One of my favorite uses for memory streams is serialization. I typically serialize to a memory stream first and then copy the stream to a file or other backing...

I’ve been using Vista on my new laptop for 3 months now and still like it. I’m puzzled why there is such hatred leveled at this operating system. CNet in fact called it one of...

I seem to be using the Windows beta of Safari more and more. I can’t say exactly why. Some how it just feels right to me. One thing I do miss is the excellent Firebug...

Everyone has a list of gadgets they want. I’m not what you would call a “gadget boy” and yet here I am with a list of gadgets as long as my sleeve. Guess my inner...

The error message below appeared on our corporate intranet site the other day. While I can empathize with the programmer’s frustration here it was not a good choice. Especially since it is likely offensive to...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/pdc Announcing PDC08 October 27–30, 2008 Pre-conference October 26, 2008 Los Angeles, California PDC is the definitive Microsoft event for software developers and architects focused on the future of the Microsoft platform. Beg, steal or...

I know, I’m an OpenDNS fanboy. It really is a great service. First, you get to enjoy the brief, funny video Chris put together explaining the benefits of OpenDNS to his skeptical father. If you’ve...

One of my favorite all time web applications, Logmein.com allows you to remote into your desktop using only your browser. I’ve blogged about this tool in the past. It’s absolutely fantastic. Mac users can now...