Category: Generic

I recently came across some real amusing/humorous/sad (depending on your context) answers from a candidate; please don't try these in your interview as it's quite difficult for interviewer to bite the tongue and try not to laugh.What is the difference between HTTP GET, POST and SOAP protocols?Answer:When you visit a web page, it's GET. When you click the…

My BIL Ken Nign once said that everything which makes you smart is usually pretty expensive; it was in context of prices of documentaries, history channel tapes, Mythbuster DVD's and such. However, with Google video, things are getting better. A friend recently recommended this documentary which I found to be very interesting and thought provoking. The Power of…

I usually try to mimic the ideology of "If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space" while our architects are mostly like "If there is no SP1 yet, no way it's going to production" so you can see the difference of opinion here. Recently in order to follow the cutting edge…

One of Neal Hardesty's Friend (NHF) gave a raving review about Hamachi when we were attending San Diego .NET developers group summit so I decided to try it out. NHF (sorry, I can't seem to remember your name, so you are NHF from now on) is using it for gaming but I found Hamachi to…

Microsoft Anti Spyware beta is a cool product; however, as usual I found something to complain about. This is about a key-value change issue I encountered last night. To reproduce, do the following steps. Tools ->Advanced tools ->SystemExplorers->IESettings Select the start page and click on “Change URL/Page” Type a new URL and press OK   …

Via Scott Guthrie's blog "Microsoft Learning Online Course Available on ASP.NET 2.0 Brad from the Microsoft Learning team just pointed me at a cool offer.  Basically it allows you to take a 3-hour ASP.NET 2.0 Training course for free if you register for it before January 4th (note: you then have up to 90 days after you…

Yahoo mail got a new look; not just a face lift but more like a major organ transplant!. Equipped with DHTML and AJAX providing an outlook style interface, looks and works really neat. Gmail, you're on. What's New With Yahoo! Mail Yahoo mail beta gets mostly rave reviews | News.blog | CNET News.com

Dr. Phillip A. Laplante, Ph.D., associate professor of software engineering at the Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Studies, expresses the need for software professionals to have a similar oath as doctors and nurses. Following is his recommendation. "I solemnly pledge, first, to do no harm to the software entrusted to me; to not knowingly…