HTML5 is a collect of individual features, that currently are either supported or not by the current array of browsers. The best approach I’ve found at this time, is to write for HTML5 and use other tools to downgrade graceful. The following are some detection techniques that are in use today: Input Types: HTML5 defines... Continue reading →

In the previous entry in this series I setup a service using TopShelf. Now it is time to jump into scheduling with Quartz. I’ve started an entirely new service to work through an example of this service functionality. Open up Visual Studio and create another Windows Console Project. …click to read more… Continue reading →

This how-to entry will detail the steps for getting Topshelf installed, running, and a schedule integrated and timed appropriately using Quartz. Once that is complete I’ll go over how to get custom schedules added to the service. Topshelf To get Topshelf up and running open up Visual Studio, start a Windows Console Project, and then... Continue reading →

About two weeks ago I put together an initial list of JavaScript Tools & IDEs. Over the last week at OSCON, talking to a number of people who are into and using JavaScript on a daily basis, I’ve come up with a larger list of tools and IDEs. Browsers On Your Dev Machine Firefox Chrome... Continue reading →

This is pretty cool. A minute and a half time lapse of a data center build out in Colorado. It’s kind of interesting, in a hardware hacker geek kind of way. 🙂 Continue reading →