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There are lots of freebies you can download these days. What you want depends on what your need is. I like to play with my photographs, such as add some…

Arch Linux is a GNU/Linux distribution that started in 2002 with the goal of being simple. Unlike distributions such as Ubuntu, Arch takes the position that the complexities of setting…

I recently worked on a software project that remotely monitored automated industrial machinery. To monitor these devices, it was necessary to learn how to communicate with the machine's Programmable Logic…

As a software developer, when you read another software developer’s code or you share your own, you quickly realize that not everybody writes code the way you do. In fact,…

Several classes on software development practices will tell you that programmers are more productive in a quiet environment undisturbed by external forces. Distractions prevent a programmer from entering “The Zone,”…

New powerful mobile devices have enabled whole new avenues for smartphone software development. There are hundreds of mobile based applications available now, and with all the Blackberries and iPhones in…

Recently I was tasked with having to resolve the mount point of any given USB device. In my case, I wanted to know the mount point of each slot on…

Adobe Flex user interface controls provide a great deal of power for creating beautiful UIs. Of these controls, the DataGrid control can be used to display a formatted table of…

When I bought my first LCD monitor for home a few years back I quickly fell in love with the smaller desktop footprint, the clearer display, and the wide screen…