ASP.Net and PHP on IIS 7

Great set of articles upon building, deploying and running both ASP.Net and PHP applications on IIS 7 can be found here...

Building and Running ASP.NET Applications
Running PHP Applications on IIS

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10 Annoying Habits of a Geeky Spouse

Everyone has annoying habits, and a sizable part of every successful marriage is learning to live with those things each other does that annoy you. I think it’s safe to say, too, that geeks have some habits that we think are awesome, but that non-geeks find a little…less awesome.

10 Annoying Habits of a Geeky Spouse (GeekDad Wayback Machine)

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Improving CSS With .LESS

Write regular CSS with your .NET apps, then add a few variables, mixins and nested rules. .less (pronounced dot-less) is a .NET port of the ruby LESS library ported by Christopher Owen, Erik van Brakel and Daniel Hoelbling.

LESS (and .LESS, by extension) is a parser that allows web developers to create style sheets using new and improved language features, including variables, operations, mixins, and nested rules. Behind the scenes, .LESS converts the enhanced CSS rules into standard CSS rules. This conversion can happen automatically and on-demand through the use of an HTTP Handler, or done manually as part of the build process. Moreover, .LESS can be configured to automatically minify the resulting CSS, saving bandwidth and making the end user's experience a snappier one.
This article at 4guysfromrolla shows how to get started using .LESS in your ASP.NET websites.
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Hella number: scientists call for new word for 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Scientists are lobbying for a new word to help them describe numbers larger than 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, amid concerns that the current system of units is insufficient.

Hella is North Californian slang for "very" or "a lot of". Mr Sendek and his supporters argue that its adoption would be a fitting honour for the state's impressive record of scientific research.

FULL LIST OF SI PREFIXES
10 = deca
100 = hecto
1,000 = kilo
1,000,000 = mega
1,000,000,000 = giga
1,000,000,000,000 = tera
1,000,000,000,000,000 = peta
1,000,000,000,000,000,000 = exa
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = zetta
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = yotta

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iPhone Tips for a better battery life

Paying attention to just a few commonsense pointers will pay off with a longer battery lifespan and battery life for your iPhone. The most important thing is to keep your iPhone out of the sun or a hot car (including the glove box). Heat will degrade your battery’s performance the most.

iPhone Temperate Zone.Your iPhone works best from 32° to 95° F. You should store it in environments of -4° to 113° F. That’s 0° to 35° C and -20° to 45° C for the metrically inclined. Keeping your iPhone as near room temperature as possible (72° F or 22° C) is ideal.

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Arabic Symbols Font

King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex, released Arabic Symbols Font.  KFGQPC already released two fonts, Uthman Taha Naskh Medium and Uthman Taha Naskh Bold. These fonts are free for everyone.

• Home Page
• Download Link for Arabic Symbols Font
• Downlaod Link for Naskh Fonts

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