Connecting a MACBOOK to a large monitor and turning off it's screen.

To do this, simple connect a keyboard to the macbook, connect it to
the display and then shut the lid of the macbook - works really well..

posted an update to todayamerican

Would you believe it??

Today american mobile news portal is more popular than Google News!!

Adobe AIR is better than MS Silverlight

For all the hype around Silverlight, the simple truth is that AIR
works better. I have tried Silverlight and AIR on Windows and Mac. AIR
works better than Silverlight. Silverlight works as if something is
dragging its performance down. It could be windows, but it does not
matter, because AIR seems to work better.

weird sql server deadlock error

"Transaction (Process ID 58) was deadlocked on lock resources with
another process and has been chosen as the deadlock victim. Rerun the
transaction"

If you get this error, it could be solved by ensuring that the where
conditions in query you are firing have indexes in the database table.

get ipv4 address using windows ping command

It has been frustrating to me that I always get the ipv6 address when
I do a ping. To get the ipv4 address simply type in: ping -4
<host_name> Similarily, use -6 to get an ipv6 ip address.

The new facebook app

It is pretty good!!

sql server is acting up nowadays

I am not sure whether this is a bug or something else altogether. SQL
Server behaves weirdly, losing connections for no reason... I wonder
whether this is normal, or I am thinking that this is abnormal because
I never faced this issue the past 4 years using Oracle.

The last I used SQL server for a high transaction database (SQL Server
2000), it did hold up well. Now 2008 is screwing my life and making it
miserable.

tivo is good

While I am waiting for comcast to setup my home, I can watch recorded
programs on my tivo.

easiest way to remove sim card from the iphone

You may not always find something very small to plunge into the iphone
to open it. The easiest way is to use the small metal point of the
cable wire (which you use to watch tv). It fits perfectly within the
sim card slot and is long enough to pop it open.