Google Closure is a Knock off of Dean Edwards Packer Java Script Compressor

Google Closure is a Knock off of Dean Edwards Packer Java Script Compressor by Brandon Wirtz

Java Script isn’t Compiled until it runs, as result if is often in efficient.  Uncompressed Java Script contains comments, friendly variable names, and white space.  Dean Edwards created packer and made it available as a Java Script Compressor. ( dean.edwards.name/packer/) While there has been a lot of fan fare around Closure it is just Google’s [...]

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Update to Java Forces Users to Install Bing Toolbar or Not Get Security Fixes

Update to Java Forces Users to Install Bing Toolbar or Not Get Security Fixes by Brandon Wirtz

I didn’t want to believe it, but on both of my Windows 7 Build 7100 (RC not RTM) machines the latest Java Update for Sun Java is presenting the Update and forcing me to install the Bing Toolbar.  Supposedly there is supposed to be  check box and text to allow me to choose otherwise, but [...]

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Creating Single and Cut Openwork

Creating Single and Cut Openwork by Brandon Wirtz

The above heading comprises every sort of needle-work, to which the drawing out of threads is a preliminary. By sewing over the single threads that remain, and drawing them together in different ways, an infinite variety of patterns can be produced. Many pretty combinations also, can be made of open-work, cross-stitch, and other kinds of [...]

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Recipes for Beverages

by Brandon Wirtz

BEVERAGES. “The cup that cheers, but not inebriates.” “Polly, put the kettle on.” COOLING DRINK FOR INVALIDS.  MRS. RETTA LUCAS. Two teaspoonfuls arrow root wet with a little cold water, threetablespoonfuls white sugar, juice of half a lemon, and a small pieceof rind; stir quickly while you fill a quart pitcher with boilingwater.  This is [...]

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How to Remove the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) from Windows Vista, XP, 2000, and Server 2008

How to Remove the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) from Windows Vista, XP, 2000, and Server 2008 by Brandon Wirtz

Often one of the easiest ways to remove certain virus infections from you PC is to first remove Java’s Runtime Environment which many of them use to execute on your system.  You may also wish to remove JRE to increase your performance, or test web page experiences with out the JRE. To uninstall the Java [...]

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ZillionTV Jobs: Quality Assurance Manager

by Brandon Wirtz

ZillionTV is looking for a Quality Assurance Manager who will be directly involved in ensuring the quality of revolutionary TV experience for the company. This person will work closely with our development, operations, customer support and product management teams to establish systems and processes that ensure that software is tested thoroughly and effectively. To meet [...]

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SEO when updating your resume on Monster.com is good for the ego.

by Brandon Wirtz

Phone not ringing off the hook with the ladies?  Not feeling appreciated at work? Just not satisfied with your job?  You should update your resume at Monster.com Here are some phrases to include in your resume to get extra hits. Want to get found on Monster? you need the top Searches to be in your [...]

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Microsoft denies that Lite-On is making an Xbox 360 Blu-Ray Drive, NOT that no one will

Microsoft denies that Lite-On is making an Xbox 360 Blu-Ray Drive, NOT that no one will by Brandon Wirtz

Microsoft said that they Lite-on is not manufacturing an Xbox 360 Blu-ray drive, but if you read their words carefully they don’t say that there isn’t one in the works. “No. Lite-On is not manufacturing Blu-ray drives for Xbox 360. As we have stated, games are what are driving consumers to purchase game consoles and [...]

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Metaplace Unveiled: Raph Koster Brings Virtual World To The Web

Metaplace Unveiled: Raph Koster Brings Virtual World To The Web by

Call it Second Life on the web, call it an MMO markup language, call it the most powerful open-standards, web-driven game platform ever made public — however you end up describing it, we finally have the main details to go on. After a year of rumors and terse venture funding announcements around Raph Koster’s new [...]

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Promoting your user group

Promoting your user group by

The following post was written by Rodney Lake.  Rodney runs the .Net User Group in Tauranga, and recently had 54 people attend one of his user group meetings due to smart promotion.  He shares his tips for you here. Promoting a user group  One way to recognise a healthy user group is to see how [...]

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Microsoft, Eolas settle big patent dispute (Updated) (Todd Bishop/Todd Bishop’s Microsoft Blog)

Microsoft, Eolas settle big patent dispute (Updated) (Todd Bishop/Todd Bishop’s Microsoft Blog) by Brandon Wirtz

Microsoft, Eolas settle big patent dispute (Updated)  —  Microsoft and Eolas Technologies Inc. have settled their high-profile patent dispute over technology in Internet Explorer, according to a letter to Eolas shareholders from Mark Swords, the company’s chief operating officer. Source:   Todd Bishop’s Microsoft Blog Patents are often cheaper to settle than win.  The Patent [...]

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