Archive for January, 2007

Programming.Debugging = Whack-a-Mole

It’s been crunch time lately here at work. We’ve been approaching a deadline for a meeting where we are going to showcase some new software. I’ve heard programming compared to whack-a-mole. You knock out one bug just to have one or two more pop up somewhere else. And that’s exactly how its been!

January 22, 2007 · Dustin · Comments Closed
Posted in: Programming & Internet

Google Analytics Hack

One thing that annoys me about many web analytics packages is that when they report referring sites, they drop the GET request. So if you get a link from a forum you have dig through their search results to find out what people are saying about your site. Reuban Yau has found a little hack [...]

January 22, 2007 · Dustin · 2 Comments
Posted in: Programming & Internet

Populating a Data Bound ComboBox in VB.NET With a Custom DataSource

I’ve had this problem for a couple days and I told myself that if I found the solution I would post it on this blog. Basically, what I have is a ComboBox control which has a data binding to its SelectedValue. I’ve figured out how to populate the ComboBox with my own custom list using [...]

January 19, 2007 · Dustin · 11 Comments
Posted in: Programming & Internet

Local Business on the Net

There are lots of local business on the Internet. I think every business should have a home page. It’s basically like have a really cheap glorified yellow page listing – but so much more. You can share everything about your business and even automate some of your business processes. There was one occasion where we [...]

January 18, 2007 · Dustin · Comments Closed
Posted in: Web Sites

David Beckham & Barry Bonds

I read this article on SI.com this morning about David Beckham coming to America to play soccer. It seems to be all the buzz right now. Personally, I could care less. I wouldn’t care if soccer just went away. I find it extremely boring. That’s okay though. My favorite sport is baseball and I realize [...]

January 18, 2007 · Dustin · 7 Comments
Posted in: Humor, Sports & Stuff

Rocketman Software Scene

My mother-in-law called me last night to see if it was possible to extract clips off of DVDs and then make a compilation of these clips on a new DVD. I had to assume it was, but honestly I’ve never tried. So I spent my morning trying. I found it was possible and even free [...]

January 11, 2007 · Dustin · Comments Closed
Posted in: Movies

Jeff Francoeur & Joshua 1:9

I really like Jeff Francoeur. I suppose he’ll take over as my favorite player after Chipper retires, just as Chipper took over for the gap left by Murph when he won my respect his rookie year. Why Francoeur? I’m not totally sure. I know it has nothing to do with my wife thinking he’s the [...]

January 11, 2007 · Dustin · Comments Closed
Posted in: Sports & Stuff

Humidifiers Soothe The Savage Winter

In the winter, the air can get very dry. I don’t know if it is true in various parts of the country, but it is certainly true here in Utah, where the climate is very dry as it is. This will often lead to extra dry skin and lips, and sore throats. But funny enough, [...]

January 10, 2007 · Dustin · Comments Closed
Posted in: Products

Web 2.0, or Star Wars Character?

I guess I just don’t keep up enough. I only scored a 28 here: http://www.cerado.com/web20quiz.htm Now I supposed after the popularity of this quiz sets in, all Star Wars characters will eventually become web 2.0 sites

January 9, 2007 · Dustin · 2 Comments
Posted in: Humor, Web Sites