mysql odbc connection string configuration options

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/myodbc-configuration-connection-parameters.html

Content Aware Image Resizing

new indie artist to check out

Vedera -- singing "For a friend"

http://www.myspace.com/vedera

NSIS development on Eclipse

For some time I've been developing my NSIS installations for Appian using Notepad++ and the NSIS code completion library for quick dev. It turns out there is a handy NSIS development plugin for eclipse that I should be using...

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/EclipseNSIS_-_NSIS_plugin_for_Eclipse

Complete with a visual tool for InstallOptions custom dialog screens for user interaction with the installer itself.

Overall, I think that NSIS is a very good alternative to the mainstream Installshield and Installaware applications. Hopefully the foreign exe's that NSIS generates don't get targeted as a minority that Vista or further MS OS's target as bad installation implementations. They are pretty "gung-ho" with their windows installation services msi directive...

Setup steps:
http://eclipsensis.sourceforge.net/index.shtml#download
(need to install this plugin on Eclipse 3.3 or later..)

PayPal credit card errors

Processing credit cards with PayPal

https://www.paypal.com/IntegrationCenter/ic_api-errors.html

Just about everything should be handled through a client side javascript validation. Stuff like

The next router I will buy..

The Linksys WRT350N

I used to do strictly Netgear products, but I've had some issues with the WNR854T Netgear router in a client's office.

Newegg's got them for 150 right now..