I recently completed the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge run by Darren Rowse, the problogger (@problogger). I took away a lot of ideas that I will use to improve this blog and other blogs that I will create in the future. What I thought of the challenge A lot of what was said in the daily challenges are great reminder. I know what I ought to do at the back of my mind but to actually put them into action requires reminding for my part. For example when I created my blog, it was a... Read Full Story

This is the 2nd part to my post entitled Getting Joomla excited! In this post I will write about the popular Community Builder extension and how to install the extension. In Part 3 I will look at implementation of the extension and how to add Community Builder plug-ins and finally I will also showcase what I have done on my website with the Community Builder extension. All of this was done without a line of extra coding so Joomla enthusiasts can implement the Community Builder extension w... Read Full Story

I’ve been able to save hours of reading time by listening to audio books while I drive to work. This is made possible by hooking up my iPod Touch to a FM Transmitter and when tuned to an unused FM frequency, you can listen to your music or audio books through your car stereo system. This is not new technology but it was previously illegal in the United Kingdom to use a FM Transmitter in your car. Since the law changed, I finally got around to buying a FM Transmitter to use in my car... Read Full Story

I discovered a new Malaysian cafe had opened beside my dentist so I decided to check it out. Food was good but not excellent. 3/5 # Just a thought-could you live without yr mobile phone. I probably couldn’t and shouldn’t. Alright I’ll look for a new mobile 2mrow # It’s almost 1am in London and I am reading about World of Goo, a physics based puzzle and construction game. # Implement Ajax CollapsiblePanelExtender in ASP.NET page http://ff.im/2×80d # After some ret... Read Full Story

It has never been easier to add Ajax controls to ASP.NET using Visual Studio. There are two approaches to implementing Ajax controls in an ASP.NET page. The first approach is to add the control and its properties to the aspx page. The second approach is to add the control to the aspx page and then write the code in the code-behind page. The example which I am going to show you will use the first approach and the Ajax control that I will implement is the CollapsiblePanelExtender. Here is... Read Full Story

In C# programming you may come across instances where you have to compute numbers especially division of numbers which will return a NaN (Not a Number) or Infinity, when dividing by zero. You can use two methods to check if a number is NaN of Infinity. The two methods are IsNaN and IsInfinity. Here are the examples: IsNaN if (double.IsNaN(per)) { per = 0.0; } IsInfinity if (double.IsInfinity(per)) { per = 100; } Read Full Story

RT @guardiantech: The secret ingredient in Windows 7 is … Windows XP http://bit.ly/FfaBf # RT @bbcworld: UK’s 1,000 richest people have seen their fortunes shrink by £155bn, says the Sunday Times Rich List.http://tinyurl.com/dawrdk # Time to get started on the OO assignment. So much to do but so little time. # Weather’s not too bad today. Going to Lidl to get some butter to make Portuguese cookie cake. # 2.5 hours to service & MOT car and I still have to make another appt. to... Read Full Story

Just watched 1st episode of Aguila Roja (Red Eagle) on http://viikii.net with English subtitles. Great story. # @Darnell LOL maybe Simon Cowell will give her a recording contract. I think she deserves it. in reply to Darnell # RT @izuddinhelmi: RT @ciorici: Anyone interested in buying One-Theme WP Theme MartketPlace? It’s up for sale for $160k http://is.gd/t8Ql # On 2nd thoughts I won’t download ustream viewing app. to my iPod touch. Way too many -ve reviews. Too buggy. # Serious... Read Full Story

So much has been said about Skype for iPhone. Everyone were anticipating the release and finally I read on BBC that it will be available for download from iTunes App Store today. Yes, today. I downloaded and installed it on my iPod Touch this morning. Later this evening after I got home from work, I installed Skype on my friend’s iPod Touch and noticed that there are already over 300 reviews on the application. When I downloaded Skype this morning, no one had left a review but this... Read Full Story

Do you know how easy it is to get a Content Management Software (CMS) website up and running? I’ll tell you how easy it is. Recently, I decided to create a website for my family and I wanted it to be an open source CMS with good user management module, available templates and lots of plug-ins or add-ons. I also wanted to put the site together as quickly as possible with minimum coding. The reason for the website is to create an environment for sharing and staying in touch. My fami... Read Full Story