From the monthly archives:

July 2008

Windows Vista and Windows XP Articles

July 29, 2008

WE’VE GOT 4 REALLY GREAT ARTICLES on Windows XP and Windows Vista on the site. Check them out! Written by Chris Dolliver, they are:
Downgrading From Windows Vista to Windows XP
While this article addresses the general topic of downgrading from Windows Vista to Windows XP, it also covers some of the issues revolving around problems incurred by Windows [...]

PHP to ASP Code Convertor

July 28, 2008

NEED TO CONVERT your PHP code to ASP? Or maybe are you a PHP programmer who wants to learn ASP? Well, you can Just paste your PHP code into the textbox at ME-U.com, press the Convert PHP to ASP button, and voila! You’ve got ASP.

Google’s Knol – Share Your Knowledge

July 26, 2008

Google is starting a program called Knol – which is short for a Knowledge unit. They say it is Wikipedia-like, in that readers can add or edit content, but my first impression of Knol was that it is Squidoo-like.

DIY MIT Classes For Free?

July 25, 2008

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has 1800 courses available to you online – free, under the Creative Commons license – in their OpenCourseWare Program.

Murach’s Visual Basic 2008, Chapter 2

July 21, 2008

Chapter 2 How to design a Windows Forms application. IN THE FIRST CHAPTER, you learned the basic skills for working with Visual Studio, you toured a Windows Forms application, and you tested an application with three Windows forms. Now, in this chapter, you’ll learn how to use Visual Studio to design the user interface for [...]

Keyword Analysis with SheerSEO

July 19, 2008

HOW MANY HOURS have you put in on keyword optimization? And how often do you check the search engines to see where you are ranking for those keywords? And how many times have you waded through page after page, looking for your site, only to give up after about 20 pages?

Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant for Access (SSMA)

July 16, 2008

For those of you who have an Access database, but would like to migrate it to SQL Server 2005, this handy, free little utility from Microsoft will do the job.

The Power of One Person and the Internet

July 14, 2008

Bill Urell is a guy who once had an addiction problem, and has been “in recovery” for 16 years. He now works as an addictions therapist, and publishes an excellent blog that helps others overcome their addictions. He has shared his utter surprise at receiving a story of from reader who is using his information to help others in a remote corner of the world. Isn’t the Internet a marvelous thing?

Sex on the Net?

July 14, 2008

SHOULD A GUIDE TO INTERNET SEX be on the shelf of a computer book store? Is it immoral, and do we booksellers have a social responsibility to keep this kind of book off the shelves? Or do we have the right to read it, and sell it, if we so desire?

The Human Genome – Got Yours?

July 14, 2008

IN 2003, THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT was completed, after 13 years and at a cost of $2.7 billion. Now, for just $999.00, a company called 23andme can decode your DNA.
Founded in 2006, by Linda Avey and Anne Wojcicki, 23andme will run your genotype, which can tell you the genetic markers you have for various diseases, traits, [...]