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Friday, May 17, 2013

APress Deal of the Day 17/May/2013 - Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2012


Today's $10 deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/9781430246381 is Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2012

"Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2012 is written to help ASP.NET developers make the leap to the inevitable and exciting world of HTML5. "

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

APress Deal of the Day 25/Apr/2013 - The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7


Today's $10 Deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/9781430231356 is The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7

"The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7 is the most comprehensive book for getting sites done using the powerful and extensible Drupal content management system. It offers everything you need to know about Drupal in one book."

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Check your browser plug-ins!


We should be used to:
  • Keeping Anti-Virus signatures up to date
  • Running Windows Update
  • Keeping other programs up to date

However you should also keep your browser plug-ins up to date. For Firefox, see https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/

Is your browser HTML5 compatible!


Well the HTML5 specification is not finalised yet, but for the moving target that is what has been agreed, here are the results of some testing I did today using http://html5test.com/.

In fourth place was the Safari browser with 278 (+2 bonus) points out of 500. This surprised me!

In third place was Internet Explorer 10 with 320 (+ 6 bonus) points out of 500. Well good try Microsoft and keep up the good work.

In second place was Firefox with 394 (+10 bonus) out of 500.

In top place was Chrome with 468 (+13 bonus) points out of 500!

Friday, April 19, 2013

O'Reilly Deal of the Day to 23:59 PT April 19 2013 - Reader Favorites from Microsoft Press


At http://shop.oreilly.com/category/deals/msp-readers-favorites.do?code=WKMSFAV Microsoft Press are offering a 50% off deal on the top 25 E-Books until 23:59 PT April 19

Here are some the many excellent books on the list:

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Review of Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML


I wish this book had been available to me years ago when I was learning CSS. It is an excellent book for getting an initial grounding in the use of CSS. I would therefore recommend it to all starting out with HTML/CSS.

It is not a complete manual of CSS but it does provide the essential initial understanding. Any IT team wishing to retrain people into web applications, should use this book as a first step in the training process. By following the exercises, any developer should get the initial experience in the use of CSS to style HTML.

There are some typographic errors acknowledged in the errata and the published would be well advised to produce a corrected edition.

For further details about this book and to buy a copy, please see http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596101978.do

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APress Deal of the Day 19/Apr/2013 - Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2012


Today's $10 deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/9781430246381 is Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2012.

"Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2012 is written to help ASP.NET developers make the leap to the inevitable and exciting world of HTML5."

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Monday, April 15, 2013

APress Deal of the Day 15/Apr/2013 - Pro .NET Performance (Optimize Your C# Applications)


Today's $10 Deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/9781430244585 is Pro .NET Performance (Optimize Your C# Applications)

"Pro .NET Performance teaches .NET developers to measure the performance of their applications. You will see how Windows and the CLR affect your application, and improve your code’s performance guided by a set of case studies and tips."

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Saturday, April 13, 2013

New Horizons is at 26 Au and still going string!


Today the New Horizons spacecraft reached 26 Au from the Sun on its way to Pluto, yet it has another 821 days before its closest approach!

New Horizons is now far from the Earth that the round-trip time is over 7 hours.

plot of New Horizon's position

Thursday, April 11, 2013

APress Deal of the Day 11/Apr/2013 - Expert C# 5.0 with the .NET 4.5 Framework


Today's $10 Deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/9781430248606 is Expert C# 5.0 with the .NET 4.5 Framework

"Expert C# 5.0 discusses the familiar C# language in forensic detail. Examining familiar elements closely and revealing how they really work. By referencing Intermediate Language (MSIL) code and the Windows Debugger (Windbg) we’ll give you an unparalleled depth of understanding so that you can truly claim to be a master of the C# language. "

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