Google Maps totally rocks!!! Google shows one more time that today it is possible to build web applications that look the same way as a desktop one. Some of the features: Map dragging to locate better region Tooltip label for each found object (hotel, etc.) Shadow for tooltips Ruler for zoom in and zoom out […]

This one rocks. I have participated in discussions whether business logic can reside in data tier, or both in middle and data tier, or it should only be in the middle one. But I am really happy that I have never argued about this one. I have to pull my hair off if I have […]

I have uploaded the pics from New Year’s day. They are marvellous. You can find them at my MSN Spaces.

Microsoft released today its new tool Malicious Software Removal Tool codenamed “TITAN”. There is online version that installs an ActiveX control on your machine. I tried it and it said that I am not infected. That’s good. I am little surprised that it took so little time to scan my system. It definitely did not […]

I have always thought that spyware gets to your machine only when you browse xxx or warez sites. Because of this I did not thought for installing the Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta 1 when it went online. However the voice inside told me “what if …” so I finally installed and run this marvelous application. The […]

I found this little gem in a presentation of Sam Guckenheimer. He explains how each problem can be solved with VSTS. Also from this presentation: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Tolstoy, Anna Karenina 13 Symptoms of Unhappiness It’s the code, stupid! Actually it’s the requirements! No, […]

These days I rediscover Outlook Express as a newsgroup client. I was using a not so smart program that created a database on my hard disk of about 350MB. Silly me. The program even did not handle Bulgarian language well. Outlook Express is not so feature rich client but it works and it is light. […]

LOL :)))))))))) A Bulgarian software company recently posted a job offer for position “Thread Analysis Engineer”. A brief look at the products they develop and you will see that what they meant was “Threat Analysis Engineer” instead. This is absolutely ridiculous. Few weeks ago another company was looking to hire developer experienced in Indigo and […]

Today I just started to use an email box that has been inactive for about two years. I mean it was disabled and no mail was delivered to it. I setup my Outlook and downloaded all email received for about two days. This is when my box was enabled again. At my surprise in total […]

This is the first time I see a message like this. The strangest thing is that the browser actually does nothing at the very moment.