A guide to shutting down a VMware virtual machine using PowerCLI, including how to wait for the shutdown to complete in a script.
Explores the SEO and accessibility implications of using the CSS display:none property, including best practices and potential pitfalls.
Discusses the prevalence of Game Center score hacking via jailbreak apps and criticizes Apple's lack of enforcement.
Introduces Powify, a command-line gem for managing the Pow local Rack server for Mac, simplifying app and server management.
MyGet adds command line push support for private NuGet feeds and expands website authentication options.
Speaker shares slide decks from NDC2011 Oslo conference presentations on Windows Azure architecture and internals.
A web developer shares her experience speaking about CSS3 at two London tech conferences, Web Directions @media and Standards.next.
Explores JavaScript mixins as an alternative to classical inheritance for code reuse, detailing various techniques and their performance.
Explains how to use scaffolders and packaging tools in the Windows Azure SDK for PHP v3.0 to streamline Azure project deployment.
Release of MvcSiteMapProvider 3.1.0 RC, a NuGet package for ASP.NET MVC with performance improvements and bug fixes.
Microsoft releases version 3.0 of the Windows Azure SDK for PHP, featuring a management API, logging, and autoscaling capabilities.
An in-depth guide to Python's super() function, explaining its capabilities, practical use cases, and best practices for effective inheritance.
A guide to setting up a personal, automated paper-free document system for $220, focusing on scanning, OCR, and secure backup.
Argues against using Oracle's automatic optimizer statistics collection in data warehouses, advocating for manual stats management as part of ETL processes.
Guide to disabling the pointing stick (TrackPoint) on a Dell Latitude E4310 laptop to prevent cursor jumps while typing.
A guide to correctly extracting URL hash values in JavaScript, addressing common pitfalls and naive approaches.
Compares traditional .htaccess redirects with Rails' application-level approach, highlighting cleaner code and server independence.
A defense of CSS hacks for browser targeting, comparing them to conditional stylesheets and classnames, and introducing the concept of 'safe CSS hacks'.
Article on optimizing OBIEE performance by pushing data processing to the database layer instead of the application server.
The author questions the term 'mobile' in web design, arguing it's outdated and doesn't reflect today's diverse device landscape and user contexts.
