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- How do I... Implement the Soundex function in C#?
- For years Microsoft SQL Server has provided developers with a method called Soundex that is used to retrieve an encoded string. Words that sound alike have similar encodings, so you can use this functionality to provide some flexibility in searches. This How do I... blog post shows application developers how...
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- How to enter a tab character in a Word table
- I've been using Word tables for years. They're efficient and easy to insert and format. Recently, I wanted to enter a tab character between phrases in a single table cell. But when you press Tab in a table, Word positions the cursor in the next cell. At first, I thought,...
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
- Sorting character strings using SQL Server
- You are probably familiar with the built-in sorting abilities of SQL Server for columnar data, but what if you need to sort character strings stored in SQL Server fields? Even though this may not be a common need for most users, this issue may come up from time to time. I'll demonstrate...
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Create your own special characters in Windows XP
- If you've ever wanted to create your own font or maybe just a special character -- for example, a character showing your initials for when you wish to approve documents with your "signature" -- you can easily create your own special characters using a hidden Windows XP tool called the...
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- How do I... Reject alpha characters in a SQL Server character column?
- Enforcing your data's integrity is probably the single most important issue you face when designing a database. Validating user input is one way of keeping bad data from making its way into your analyses and reports. It takes only one piece of bad data to throw everything off. It's...
- Blog posts 2008-01-25
- A little more about passwords
- By now, you've probably heard about ElcomSoft's patent application for a procedure used to crack passwords 25 times as fast using a GPU instead of a CPU. The parallelization that goes on in the modern GPU is to blame for this kind of accelerated password cracking -- what we call...
- Blog posts 2007-10-25
- Ensure your Web site displays properly with character encoding
- I was recently teaching a class, and a student asked about the character encoding used in a Web page. This led to a good discussion of the topic, and it got me thinking about the myriad options available to Web developers. This column examines why developers use character encoding for...
- Blog posts 2007-09-24
- Southern Fried Horror
- It is a rare treat to see a low-budget movie made in the South that isn't total crap. The Long Way Home: A Bigfoot Story won “Best Narrative Feature†for the entire New York International Independent Film & Video Festival 2007. Glenn Brackin of Columbia, South Carolina's film has all...
- Blog posts 2007-08-19
- Hillary -- loyalty or ambition?
- [b]Please note .. The highlighted portion of this article is the topic for discussion.[/b]Breaking from NewsMax.comBy Susan EstrichJust who was Hillary Clinton talking about when she summarized a question about her ability to deal with America's enemies with: "What in my background equips me to deal with evil and bad...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-01
- Book Review: 'American Gods'
- Neil Gaiman has something of a reputation in geek circles, but ironically it has little to do with his Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel American Gods. That's a shame, because setting aside Gaiman's well earned acclaim as the writer of the exemplary fantasy comic series Sandman, American Gods is a...
- Blog posts 2007-01-16
- What do you think is interesting about you?
- What do you tell people about yourself when meeting new people in social situations? What is the first thing you generally ask people about themselves when you meet them?
- Discussion threads 2007-01-16
- Geek Trivia: Name of the game
- What was the original name of the Nintendo video-game character Mario, and what was his occupation? Editor's note: The Trivia Geek is on extended leave, but he did get off his slacker butt long enough to pull this Classic Geek, which originally ran on Sept. 13, 2005, from the...
- Technical articles 2007-01-03
- Practical illustration for the computer-inclined: Part 5--Sequence
- Now that you've created your first full-frame illustration in Part 4--Coloring, it's time to think about telling a story using your new skills. Think about what story you're going to tell. According to John Lee of Suburban Tribe fame and provider of all these illustrations, "Whatever you decide your comic...
- Blog posts 2006-12-11
- Globbing wildcard characters with zsh
- Vincent Danen explains globbing with wildcard characters, and how using globbing in the z shell zsh yields powerful results. Globbing is a way of expanding wildcard characters in a non-specific file name into a set of specific file names. Shells use globbing all the time. For instance:...
- Technical articles 2006-12-01
- Quickly access special characters in Windows XP
- The keyboard attached to your Windows XP desktop is merely a starting point for the many, many other characters out there. If you use any special characters on a regular basis, here's how to access them quickly and easily without using menus. Do you often use special characters...
- Technical articles 2006-11-15
- JavaScript Object Notation: An alternative approach to data interchange
- JavaScript Object Notation JSON is a very simple way to describe and transport text based on JavaScript's object notation. Find out why Tony Patton says JSON is a viable alternative to XML. XML was developed and introduced as a vehicle for data interchange, but not all developers embraced...
- Technical articles 2006-11-13
- 8 ways to open a story: 5 good, 3 bad
- Sherwood Smith writes at DeepGenre a a lengthy article on the best and worst ways to open a story, especially as applies to genre fiction. The methods are rated based on the difficulty of "pulling it off" with effect and style. I've blatantly ripped off large chunks of the article...
- Blog posts 2006-09-29
- Gender-bending or good game play?
- If you play video games, do you choose men or women avatars? Well, two-thirds of the 920 players who responded to an About.com poll last summer said that they play characters of the opposite sex in online role-playing games. Check out this news story, "Female impersonation tarts up online games." According to the article, "When...
- Blog posts 2006-07-31
- You can dance from the comfort of your own computer
- Have you ever taken the afternoon off of work and gone to a dance club? Well, today I "virtually" did just that. Check out this News.com story: "Virtual nightclub offers teens alter egos" and the accompanying photo gallery: "A fantasy nightclub." According to the story, "[Andrew] Littlefield is the architect...
- Blog posts 2006-05-15
- Help users create complex passwords that are easy to remember
- Passwords are only as good as the policy that enforces their use. That's why it's imperative that organizations employ a written password policy—and that they take steps to enforce it. In this edition of Security Solutions, Mike Mullins discusses how to create an effective password policy, and he offers a...
- Technical articles 2006-01-19
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