This is something I've been looking for, and just found.
We all know FireFox has multiple tabs, and I wanted FireFox to start up with multiple pages at startup (i.e. Gmail, Hotmail, and Slashdot).
Here is how it is done: In FireFox, go to Tools->Options, General settings, Choose Home Page.
Enter in all of the pages you want to start, separated by a | (pipe).
So mine looks like this: http://www.google.com/ig|http://www.hotmail.com|http://www.slashdot.org
Honestly, I'm sure this feature has been there for ages (like 0.9x), I just never saw the blasted thing.
July 26, 2005
July 22, 2005
July 21, 2005
What I'm reading now
Coder To Developer by Mike Gunderloy.
Amazon
So far so good. Right now it is mostly a rehash of the things that I know I should be doing -- but dont.
Nice thing is I was able to pick it up used for $8 from Amazon.
Amazon
So far so good. Right now it is mostly a rehash of the things that I know I should be doing -- but dont.
Nice thing is I was able to pick it up used for $8 from Amazon.
July 20, 2005
High tech gone wrong: Terminal Services + VirtualPC
OK, I'm living the life of high tech.
I can use Remote Terminal Services (rts) to connect to a server.
I can use Virtual PC to run Win2k with SQL Server 2005 Beta on that server.
I cannot get the mouse to behave inside of that virtual os. That slippery sucker is jumping all over the place right now! I move the mouse an inch to the left, the mouse jumps kamikaze style to the far edge of the screen and goes straight down! Why? I guess the little mouse felt like it.
I think what I will have to do is run rts to the machine, start Virtual PC, and then rts into the virtual OS. Then, maybe-hopefully, the mouse wont act like a Jack Russell Terrier on acid.
Sheeze, the stupid things we try to do with technology these days...
I can use Remote Terminal Services (rts) to connect to a server.
I can use Virtual PC to run Win2k with SQL Server 2005 Beta on that server.
I cannot get the mouse to behave inside of that virtual os. That slippery sucker is jumping all over the place right now! I move the mouse an inch to the left, the mouse jumps kamikaze style to the far edge of the screen and goes straight down! Why? I guess the little mouse felt like it.
I think what I will have to do is run rts to the machine, start Virtual PC, and then rts into the virtual OS. Then, maybe-hopefully, the mouse wont act like a Jack Russell Terrier on acid.
Sheeze, the stupid things we try to do with technology these days...
July 15, 2005
Great quote
2 posts in one day!...but I couldn't resist this one.
This is from The Code Project in an article by Chad Z. Hower titled Developers are from Mars, Managers are from Venus.
If it will take you 4 weeks, 4 of you can do it in a week, right?
What a manager means:
4 weeks = 4 developers x 1 week = 4 weeks x 1 developer. Why not? It computes! Algebra does not lie.
What a developer hears:
I guess he thinks 9 women can make one baby in 1 month.
This is from The Code Project in an article by Chad Z. Hower titled Developers are from Mars, Managers are from Venus.
If it will take you 4 weeks, 4 of you can do it in a week, right?
What a manager means:
4 weeks = 4 developers x 1 week = 4 weeks x 1 developer. Why not? It computes! Algebra does not lie.
What a developer hears:
I guess he thinks 9 women can make one baby in 1 month.
Google Earth tryout
I finally got the chance to check out Google Earth for the first time last night. Of course all of my comparison will be against NASA World Wind, but that is to be expected.
On the whole, Google Earth is a nice competitor to World Wind. I can't really say one is better than the other though. They are just different.
World Wind seems to be more responsive, better looking, has more satellite feeds, and has a better documented plug-in model. Also, you can pan or tilt in any direction.
Google Earth, while sluggish, has more features. It seems to integrate with Google Maps so you can find your house, find the nearest restaurant, golf course, super market, and directions. But, many of those features only work in America (I also tried them in The Netherlands -- didn't work as well). Also, you can only tilt in one direction. One cool thing that Google Earth does let you do is set bookmarks on locations. You can then "fly" between those marked points. It is a really cool feature.
But, Google Earth did seem to have better close up pictures of places like Boise. I could see my house, and my trailer parked in the driveway. Or was it my car? I don't know, it was still kind of fuzzy -- but that is Boise for you. I had a slightly harder time with World Wind.
The part that I'm not sure about yet is the sluggishness. I know World Wind is written in C# using DirectX, while Google Earth can use either DirectX or OpenGL (default). The Google Earth UI has a smell of Java to it, but I'm not certain yet.
Lastly, when mapping from real world locations to virtual ones, things will be slightly off at times. Google Earth was defiantly off, by over a mile at times. World Wind seems a bit more synced up correctly.
On the whole, Google Earth is a nice competitor to World Wind. I can't really say one is better than the other though. They are just different.
World Wind seems to be more responsive, better looking, has more satellite feeds, and has a better documented plug-in model. Also, you can pan or tilt in any direction.
Google Earth, while sluggish, has more features. It seems to integrate with Google Maps so you can find your house, find the nearest restaurant, golf course, super market, and directions. But, many of those features only work in America (I also tried them in The Netherlands -- didn't work as well). Also, you can only tilt in one direction. One cool thing that Google Earth does let you do is set bookmarks on locations. You can then "fly" between those marked points. It is a really cool feature.
But, Google Earth did seem to have better close up pictures of places like Boise. I could see my house, and my trailer parked in the driveway. Or was it my car? I don't know, it was still kind of fuzzy -- but that is Boise for you. I had a slightly harder time with World Wind.
The part that I'm not sure about yet is the sluggishness. I know World Wind is written in C# using DirectX, while Google Earth can use either DirectX or OpenGL (default). The Google Earth UI has a smell of Java to it, but I'm not certain yet.
Lastly, when mapping from real world locations to virtual ones, things will be slightly off at times. Google Earth was defiantly off, by over a mile at times. World Wind seems a bit more synced up correctly.
July 14, 2005
Free eBook on OLAP
Just found this, a free book on Business Intelegence called A Jump Start to SQL Server BI.
130 pages, lots of authors, including Russ Whitney and Tim Ramey (discloser: I used to work with them)
More books can be found here.
130 pages, lots of authors, including Russ Whitney and Tim Ramey (discloser: I used to work with them)
More books can be found here.
July 12, 2005
The business of software
One topic that I am finding more and more interesting is the business side of software development. Outside of reading business books, Eric Sink is one of the best writers on the topic there is.
His latest is a beauty: The Game is afoot.
Background: software developers, however smart they might be, are not always the best business people. Eric is trying to help them (me) out. How? By explaining some of the basics of business by using games for analogies.
His latest is a beauty: The Game is afoot.
Background: software developers, however smart they might be, are not always the best business people. Eric is trying to help them (me) out. How? By explaining some of the basics of business by using games for analogies.
July 07, 2005
You WANT to be flamed?
OK, so how desperate to you have to be to beg people to start flaming you?
That is where Carl Franklin or DotNetRocks is at. Is this desperate cry for help, or just attention?
I think attention. Why else would you what Carl does if not starved for attention?
My opinion: if he wants it, let him have it. Email him at dotnetrocks@franklins.net
BTW: if you haven't listened to DotNetRock and you are a .NET developer. You should. It is really good show, fairly wide topic coverage, and entertaining.
Well, there are worse ways of wasting an hour.
That is where Carl Franklin or DotNetRocks is at. Is this desperate cry for help, or just attention?
I think attention. Why else would you what Carl does if not starved for attention?
My opinion: if he wants it, let him have it. Email him at dotnetrocks@franklins.net
BTW: if you haven't listened to DotNetRock and you are a .NET developer. You should. It is really good show, fairly wide topic coverage, and entertaining.
Well, there are worse ways of wasting an hour.
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