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Google Search Shortcuts

Charles Boyung — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:01:00 GMT

I found a nice little easter egg on Google the other day: Type in a file extension (like 'doc') followed by 'mime type' and hit enter. The search results give you this: Very...

Var is Bad

Charles Boyung — Thu, 27 May 2010 04:29:00 GMT

C# 3.0 added LINQ, which is a great feature for working with data. Okay, so maybe Entity Framework is going to make it obsolete (depending on who you ask), but it still served a great purpose for a...

Simple Cost-Benefit Analysis

Charles Boyung — Thu, 13 May 2010 03:36:30 GMT

I've been thinking about this for a while, and the catalyst for me to write about it was a short, simple post that Scott Watermasysk put up. It's so short, in fact, that I'm going to...

Warnings Need to be Cleaned Up Too

Charles Boyung — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:27:00 GMT

Quick show of hands - how many of you developers reading this clean up compiler warnings in your projects? Every one of you that raised your hand, good for you for following directions, but bad for...

Web Applications are Still Web Sites

Charles Boyung — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:29:00 GMT

I was recently working with another developer that admittedly did not have a lot of web development experience. But he really wanted to use Ajax on the business web application we were working on. He...

Funny Code

Charles Boyung — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:49:00 GMT

Today, I’m just going to share some of the funny code that I have come across over the years. With most of these, I still fail to wrap my mind around the logic of how the code got into the...

Graffiti CMS Plugin - Events and Event Calendars

Charles Boyung — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:59:00 GMT

I am currently building a website for a local magazine using Graffiti CMS. It handles most of the things that the site needs, with two notable exceptions: Show profiles for the various writers,...

Email for Your Small Business

Charles Boyung — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:46:00 GMT

Having email for your small business is nearly as important as having a website. In fact, in some ways, it may even be more important. And just like it looks really bad to your customers...

Fixing Registration Forms – Country Selection

Charles Boyung — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:04:00 GMT

A few months ago, I wrote about how to fix passwords in registration and login forms. Now, I’m going to discuss some ideas on how to improve country selection. This isn’t...

How to Get More Comments

Charles Boyung — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:18:00 GMT

Every writer on the web wants to get as many comments on what they write as they can. I’d personally love to see more comments on the things that I write here. Whether it’s...