A technical guide on implementing a custom ModelBinder in ASP.NET MVC to bind complex objects like Person directly to action method parameters.
A comparison of early social aggregators FriendFeed and Socialthing, analyzing their strengths for tech conversations versus personal social updates.
A critique of common pitfalls that hinder success in Silicon Valley's tech startup scene, focusing on mindset and behavior.
An analysis arguing Google's future is at risk if it doesn't focus on its core search and advertising business, instead of diversifying into other products.
A guide to creating effective presentations using LaTeX, Beamer, and KeyJNote for clean design and stylish delivery.
A developer's introduction to the ASP.NET MVC framework, highlighting its advantages over WebForms and providing a basic sample photo album application.
Microsoft releases ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions CTP preview, featuring AJAX improvements, MVC framework, Dynamic Data, and Silverlight support.
A 2007 analysis of Linux power management on laptops, highlighting successes with Powertop but criticizing manual driver workarounds needed for optimal battery life.
A PHP implementation for extracting custom XML data from OpenXML Word documents in a healthcare data processing scenario.
A user details their troubleshooting process for upgrading Ubuntu from 7.04 to 7.10, including fixing package errors and display issues.
Explores methods to implement generic-like arrays in PHP using inheritance and custom validation functions, as the language lacks native generics.
A technical guide for deploying Jabberd2, an XMPP server, covering installation, dependencies, and configuration for instant messaging and conferencing.
A technical overview of migrating Linux device drivers from kernel 2.4 to 2.6, focusing on API changes and device node registration.
A critique of object-oriented inheritance, arguing it forces problematic 'is-a' relationships and promotes using composition (has-a) and the Strategy pattern instead.
A guide to enabling HTTP proxy with authentication for .NET SOAP web service clients by overriding the generated service class.
A developer reflects on becoming a Linux kernel geek, noticing a shift in daily habits towards kernel-specific news and mailing lists.
Overview of recent OpenXML developments, including Microsoft's SDK, PackageExplorer 3.0, Altova XML Spy support, and libraries for Java and PHP.
Explores using asynchronous programming in ASP.NET to build scalable applications, based on a session by Jeff Prosise.
Introduces Munin, a PHP-based web application firewall similar to mod_security, for securing websites on IIS and Apache.
