Month: April 2007
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Fine Tuning an LCD Monitor Connected to an Analog Port
Quite a while ago, I discovered the joys and productivity of using multiple monitors. On my current system, I have two identical Samsung 19″ LCD monitors connected to an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro. Unfortunately, the video card only has a single DVI connector so my second monitor is hooked up through the analog SVGA port.…
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Exception Handling 101
I hate buggy software. However, as a developer, I know how difficult it is to write bug-free software and so I am always looking for new ways to learn how to write better software. One of those ways is exception based programming. Sadly, exceptions are often glossed over in samples and books so exception anti-patterns…
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Eye Nutrition
A few years ago, I got a Mac. It started when I read about Apple jettisoning their entire operating system core and starting over with the UNIX-based NeXT operating system. Every day after work, I stopped by CompUSA and just explored all the OS X systems there. This all happened in late 2002 and, at…