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Writing "Micro" Articles?

Philip Laureano — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:08:00 GMT

I've been thinking about writing a few more articles for CP, but the problem is that I can't seem to find enough time to write full-length articles. Given my time constraints, I only have enough time to write articles that are two to three pages long. The articles aren't short enough to be just code snippets, and they might not be long enough to get past a "2" or "3" rating. So anyway, my question is this: should I just wait and clump everything together into one big article, or would writing these "micro" articles be a sound strategy? p.s. I could just post these articles on my blog, but I doubt it will get nearly the same amount of exposure as a CP publication. Anyway, what do you guys think?

Do you know...LinFu?

amazon kindle

wolfbinary — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:53:00 GMT

Has anyone used this before or something like it? It's some kind of electronic book reader.

New ASP.NET Charting Control and Dundas

Joe Woodbury — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:25:00 GMT

"Microsoft has rolled out a software package for the .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 users that allows developers to quickly setup interactive charts and graphs for applications without writing any code.... "Microsoft acquired the chart control technology in June of last year from Dundas Software, a Toronto, Ontario-based provider of data visualization technologies." http://visualstudiomagazine.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=10419[^] http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/11/24/new-asp-net-charting-control-lt-asp-chart-runat-quot-server-quot-gt.aspx[^] So, what happens to Dundas now? Or is this a very limited subset of what Dundas offers?

Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

Vista wireless issue [modified] --> SOLVED!

Joan Murt — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:33:00 GMT

Hello all, Last week I was in a customer enterprise and I was capable to connect to his wireless network to get internet connection without any problem... Today I'm back at his facility and even I can connect to the wireless, I can't connect to internet through it... One coworker with an XP laptop can connect to the internet using the same wep password and I don't know what can happen here... Any idea? As always thank you in advance... PS: I've sent this post using the phone internet connection... I've solved it by using a tip in a geek web page I've found using the other laptop... The solution has been: netsh int ip reset reset.log netsh winsock reset catalog RESET And it has made the trick... Let's work properly!

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Hang by the MSSQL Until Death

Brady Kelly — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:38:00 GMT

I just foolishly tried to delete 7M records, and after ten minutes, tried to cancel the operation. Everything on my PC got sucked in by the gravity of that transaction log.

Apple suggests installing an Anti Virus program

Steve Mayfield — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:11:00 GMT

I guess they finally realized there are Mac viruses [^]

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FYI: Google Chrome Users - Design Goals for Extensions

Kevin McFarlane — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:57:00 GMT

Google's Design Goals for Extensions[^]

Kevin

awesome 3d display

thrakazog — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:35:00 GMT

This might be the coolest display idea ever.[^]

GRE General exam

Mustafa Ismail Mustafa — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:52:00 GMT

Out of curiosity, has anyone attempted the GRE general exam recently? How was it? If you don't mind me knowing what are your scores? Mine is tomorrow.

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Its official [modified]

Mustafa Ismail Mustafa — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:43:00 GMT

I have found the ultimate time waster. Period. All competition has been dropped down the drain. ULTIMATE TIME WASTER: BEWARE, ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK. by clicking or right clicking here or reading the url address by hovering over this link or tabbing to the link through one or more key presses or through any other way to the link and from said link to the web page it points to or if you receive the link through another direct source making you indirectly receiving this from this page here posted by none other than Mustafa Ismail Mustafa aka Steve Mustafa aka Abu Ismail aka The Worm Father aka MIM automatically absolves him of all consequences that you the clicker/receiver of the link might incur such as loss of time, appetite, spouse/significant other, job etc. Oh and you owe me a pint [^] *UPDATE* MIM reserves the right to add clauses at his own discretion that makes your life much more difficult. Any other means that are not mentioned explicitly but are implicitly implied automatically renders the "Clicker"[1] indebted to MIM by a pint of the finest brew to be chosen by MIM at his discretion; the debt, if not fulfilled during the lifetime of MIM or the Clicker, will be inherited by their respective descendants for all eternity until the debt is absolved by the owed party. [1] Whatever poor soul that clicks or achieves the destination web page defined by the web link aforementioned in the discussion of rules and regulations and laws governing this "document".

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modified on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 11:18 AM

Reporting Frameworks

moon_stick — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:37:00 GMT

I've been tasked with researching some alternatives to SQL Server Reporting Services and was wondering what experiences and recommendations anyone out there has? I've also seen a couple of add-ons for reporting services, some of which look quite promising - has anyone got any experience of these? PS Ideally not Crystal Reports - I had to use this in an old job and *hated* it!! Cheers

It definitely isn't definatley

Stupid auto-quotes

Steve_Harris — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:34:00 GMT

I was in the Co-op (more-ethical-than-most supermarket for non-UKians) yesterday and saw that they had new signs up all over the shop: 'Tis the season writ large on both sides. The problem was that the apostrophe was a "6" style and not a "9" style. I am sure that it is because they used some too-clever-by-half software which second-guessed, incorrectly, that the apostrophe was a single open quote, and the person editing it, and the morons who proof-read it didn't spot it, so now hundreds of stores all over the UK have grammatically incorrect signs hung all over them, and it'll bug me every time I see it.

going back to the darkages...

1.21 Gigawatts — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:18:00 GMT

I fear we're regressing back to the darkages... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7540427.stm[^] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_Society[^]

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Stupid sizes

Simon Stevens — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:16:00 GMT

Why is the DateTimePicker control 20 pixels high, but the Combo box control is 21 pixels high. And, why is the text in the DateTimePicker control offset by 1 extra pixel downwards, so not only are they not the same high, but if you want the text aligned, you have to raise the DateTimePicker up by 1 pixel.

Simon

Vigilante Grandma

Mustafa Ismail Mustafa — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:26:00 GMT

This is old[ish], but is this real? [question is directed to our Ozzie members] Rambo Granny[^]

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IPOTD

Mustafa Ismail Mustafa — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:20:00 GMT

[Inspirational Posters of the day) http://villageofjoy.com/25-motivational-posters/[^]

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WD Leckey

Baconbutty — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:03:00 GMT

Turner Prize winner - Leckey[^] Maybe not CP's Leckey though.

My new favourite phrase - "misdirected leisure activity"

Tues CCC

Dalek Dave — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:38:00 GMT

After my victory yesterday, I am generous. Uncommon word, but easier clue! "Man, second rate, act insane before Mr Gore every week." (10)

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The reasons why I love StumbleUpon

Mustafa Ismail Mustafa — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:58:00 GMT

Ah, Stumble, I truly do love thee! Reason 1[^] Reason 2[^] Reason 3[^]

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Sig history "dad" Ishmail-Samuel Mustafa Unix is a Four Letter Word, and Vi is a Two Letter Abbreviation "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance" Ali Ibn Abi Talib

MS Word 2007 does not support transparent PNG? WTF?

leppie — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:27:00 GMT

xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
IronScheme - 1.0 beta 1 - out now!
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