Vista quick how-to's

great vista guide on getting rid of pointless crap in vista

howtogeek.com

a little happier with vista

I have been unable to get all of my data off of the vista install on this laptop I work on, so I've tried to make do temporarily..

I turned off the windows search service in the services manager and I noticed an almost immediate increase in performance. I have a newer dell (a latitude d620) and I'm liking where I'm sitting now.. Might have to get the dvd burner to work, and then we'll be sitting very nice..

The next step is to get eclipse working correctly. I downloaded the callisto distro and loaded up jseclipse. I might just need to figure out how to work with eclipse more, but I am unable to get syntax completion working correctly. (the ctrl + space drop down listings...)

Yes, once this is all done, then I might be a happy man on Vista.

firebug console commands

command line API

The Firebug command line provides these special functions for your convenience:
$(id)

Returns a single element with the given id.
$$(selector)

Returns an array of elements that match the given CSS selector.
$x(xpath)

Returns an array of elements that match the given XPath expression.
dir(object)

Prints an interactive listing of all properties of the object. This looks identical to the view that you would see in the DOM tab.
dirxml(node)

Prints the XML source tree of an HTML or XML element. This looks identical to the view that you would see in the HTML tab. You can click on any node to inspect it in the HTML tab.
cd(window)

By default, command line expressions are relative to the top-level window of the page. cd() allows you to use the window of a frame in the page instead.
clear()

Clears the console.
inspect(object[, tabName])

Inspects an object in the most suitable tab, or the tab identified by the optional argument tabName.

The available tab names are "html", "css", "script", and "dom".
keys(object)

Returns an array containing the names of all properties of the object.
values(object)

Returns an array containing the values of all properties of the object.
debug(fn)

Adds a breakpoint on the first line of a function.
undebug(fn)

Removes the breakpoint on the first line of a function.
monitor(fn)

Turns on logging for all calls to a function.
unmonitor(fn)

Turns off logging for all calls to a function.
monitorEvents(object[, types])

Turns on logging for all events dispatched to an object. The optional argument types may specify a specific family of events to log. The most commonly used values for types are "mouse" and "key".

The full list of available types includes "composition", "contextmenu", "drag", "focus", "form", "key", "load", "mouse", "mutation", "paint", "scroll", "text", "ui", and "xul".
unmonitorEvents(object[, types])

Turns off logging for all events dispatched to an object.
profile([title])

Turns on the JavaScript profiler. The optional argument title would contain the text to be printed in the header of the profile report.
profileEnd()

Turns off the JavaScript profiler and prints its report.

mod_ssl explained

mod_ssl
- Intro
- Project HomePage

silverstrip

SilverStripe has a content management solution and javascript solutions galore..

http://www.silverstripe.com/home/

asp.Net tree control

I need a cross browser solution for a custom tree control. Right now I've found the asp.Net web controls for IE has something, but I am not sure if this will only work in IE or if it actually generates JavaScript. I might have to just start working with some ajax on this one..

msdn ie web controls

JavaScript options:

yahoo treeview - good to base off of a standard

silverstripe - because the demo looks good..

Ext -- Another good framework
download

my next monitor

A Samsung from newegg.com

I just want some more real-estate on my screen for coding..

Great resolution at 1650 x 1050, and with 5ms response times. Oh my..

X over ssh

Remote desktop over ssh is getting better and better..

thembid.com