A guide to configuring ASP.NET session state for load-balanced web servers using the ASP.NET state server.
A new PHP OpenXML API project for creating Word documents is introduced, with updates on PHPExcel repository synchronization.
Explores the philosophical debate on whether 'perfect code' exists, comparing OS development philosophies and the role of stable interfaces.
Dan Weinreb's rebuttal to Richard Stallman's account of the Symbolics and LMI Lisp machine companies, arguing Stallman's version is biased and inaccurate.
A developer shares a positive experience with automatic printer setup on Ubuntu Linux, praising its ease compared to Windows and traditional Unix methods.
Explores the historical link between Rene Descartes' algebraic notation and modern computer science concepts like variables.
A guide on capturing command output into a variable in Windows Batch scripts using FOR /F, with a practical example for path conversion.
Explains how to use ASP.NET's CacheItemRemovedCallback delegate to centralize and log cache item removal events for better cache management.
A 2007 analysis of Linux power management on laptops, highlighting successes with Powertop but criticizing manual driver workarounds needed for optimal battery life.
A PHP implementation for extracting custom XML data from OpenXML Word documents in a healthcare data processing scenario.
A user details their troubleshooting process for upgrading Ubuntu from 7.04 to 7.10, including fixing package errors and display issues.
Explores methods to implement generic-like arrays in PHP using inheritance and custom validation functions, as the language lacks native generics.
A developer shares their experience learning and migrating a project to the GTK 2.0 GUI toolkit, including version history and tooling.
A technical guide for deploying Jabberd2, an XMPP server, covering installation, dependencies, and configuration for instant messaging and conferencing.
A technical overview of migrating Linux device drivers from kernel 2.4 to 2.6, focusing on API changes and device node registration.
A critique of object-oriented inheritance, arguing it forces problematic 'is-a' relationships and promotes using composition (has-a) and the Strategy pattern instead.
A guide to enabling HTTP proxy with authentication for .NET SOAP web service clients by overriding the generated service class.
A developer reflects on becoming a Linux kernel geek, noticing a shift in daily habits towards kernel-specific news and mailing lists.
A guide to improving ASP.NET application performance by removing unnecessary HTTP modules from the pipeline via Web.config.
