http://www.thoughtblog.com I think, therefore I use a Mac! - The random Thoughts of Niels Hansen Thu, 08 May 2008 21:14:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been a long time coming but I'm proud to announce Business Intelligence Studio (BIS) from Orange Peel Corporation (OPC).  I've been developing BIS for the last 2 years with the best set of Developers.  I personally want to thank my two core developers: Freddy Castro and Irvin Gomez.  Thanks ... http://www.thoughtblog.com/2008/05/08/173/ OK, yes I've become a Apple Fan-boy but it's only because they continue to exceed my expectations.   This week is no exception.  They have gone way beyond my wildest dreams when it comes to making things right! I just had the company purchase me a new iMac 24 inch, 2.8 GHz a few ... http://www.thoughtblog.com/2008/04/29/172/ Part 1 of AJAX Demystified we discussed what is AJAX and gave a high level overview of how it all works. Part 2 we discussed in more detail on how to use the xmlhttprequest object and how to dynamically load content onto the web page without the round trip. Part ... http://www.thoughtblog.com/2008/04/28/162/ One of the features I remember using in Visual Source Safe was the ability to put in custom keywords within my comments that would automatically be updated each time I did a check-in. I thought this feature was not available in Subversion, but I was wrong!  Subversion uses Properties! Subversion Properties One ... http://www.thoughtblog.com/2008/04/25/163/ Part 1 of AJAX Demystified we discussed what is AJAX and gave a high level overview of how it all works. Part 2 we are going to get into more detail and actually show you some examples of how it all works. No more reloading the page! Let’s say we have a ... http://www.thoughtblog.com/2008/04/24/157/ What is AJAX? If you think that AJAX is a cleaning product then you your reading the wrong article and you should stop immediately. However if the people you talk to on a regular basis keep using words like AJAX and web 2.0, then this article is for you. The acronym AJAX ... http://www.thoughtblog.com/2008/04/22/154/ of those cool applications that I've found on the internet is a product call Commit Monitor.  It's a great little tool that runs inside your task tray for Windows.  When ever a commit has happened you'll be notified (based on the time you set to check the Repository) This is very ... http://www.thoughtblog.com/2008/04/21/148/ One of the things that I don't like about youtube sometimes is the quality of the video when it is encoded.   I have a HD camera and the quality is pretty good for the most part.  However when its encoded on youtube the quality goes south.  The other day I was ... http://www.thoughtblog.com/2008/04/18/147/ I've had my iPhone for about 8 months now and there was an issue with the side buttons on the phone that controlled the volumne and the mute.  They stopped working one day for reasons unknown. So I headed down to San Diego to the Apple store fearing the worst. I'd ... http://www.thoughtblog.com/2008/04/17/146/ Microsoft internal video on Windows Vista SP1  What I was laughing my ass off about this video is a few months back I was chatting with a Microsoft Employee who happens to be in Sales.  He said the almost the exact same line as the video.  He said in so many words ... http://www.thoughtblog.com/2008/04/16/145/