Rails 1.1 Released

April 26, 2006

The biggest upgrade in Rails history has finally arrived. Rails 1.1 boasts more than 500 fixes, tweaks, and features from more than 100 contributors.

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Learn CSS Positioning in Ten Steps

April 26, 2006

This tutorial examines the different layout properties available in CSS: position:static, position:relative, position:absolute, and float.

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How to get songs off of your iPod

April 26, 2006

Hard drives can melt down. Computers can be stolen. Music folders can be deleted by mistake. Whenever the only copy of your music exists on your iPod, you need a way to get that music off of the unit and onto another computer.

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Configuring a free VPN solution in your home

April 26, 2006

A very nice and easy walkthrough/screenshot article on configuring an XP machine as a VPN server, configuring a linksys router and windows firewall to allow the VPN and configuring a VPN client to connect to the server. Great for anyone needing secure file sharing capability from their office to their home.

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How to create a torrent

April 26, 2006

Bittorrent is great, But surprisingly enough, not many people create torrents when they need to share something although it can save a lot of time and even bandwith.

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How to Have a 36 Hour Day

April 26, 2006

10 ways to get more time out of your day. Covers topics like polyphasic sleep and GTD and software applications that you can use to save time. Interesting stuff since time is the one thing we all want more of.

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What Is That File?

April 26, 2006

A simple help tool for you to identify any unknown files on your computer. You can enter a filename and see if this file is a dangerous trojan, malware, or simply a standard Windows file.

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iPod Diagnostic Mode

April 26, 2006

A list and description of ways to further run diagnostics on your ipod. All the way from testing your scroll wheel to Scanning your ipods hard drive

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Rails for Designers

April 26, 2006

This is for designers who are going to be working with Rails and is intended to give them a good starting point to jump into work with a Rails developer. This is all introductory material. Basics are covered (MVC, locations of files) as well as a code example and more advanced topics (partials, ActionView helpers).

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