Yearly Archives: 2011

Absolute vs. Relative Path URLs in HTML

So you’re building a website for a class project or for your job and you’ve finished creating all of the content. Everything looks nice and orderly, just as it should. Then you go to upload the pages onto your web server only to find out that the links on your webpages don’t work. What could be wrong? A little bit of background on relative and absolute addressing could be helpful.

In the world of web design, you can create links to other pages in one of two ways: use absolute path URLs, or use relative path URLs. These concepts may sound complicated, but they’re really simple.

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Useful keyboard shortcuts in Excel 2010

Keyboard shortcuts are typically an alternate means for invoking one or more commands. Keyboard shortcuts generally expedite common operations.Below are few keyboard shortcuts for Excel 2010

Key combination Action
Worksheet navigation
PgUp / PgDn Move one screen up / down
Alt-PgUp / Alt-PgDn Move one screen to the left / right
Ctrl-PgUp / Ctrl-PgDn Move one worksheet tab to the left / right
Tab Move to the next cell to the right
Shift-Tab Move to the cell to the left
Home Move to the beginning of a row
Ctrl-Home Move to the beginning of a worksheet
Ctrl-End Move to the last cell that has content in it
Ctrl-Left arrow Move to the word to the left while in a cell
Ctrl-Right arrow Move to the word to the right while in a cell
Ctrl-G or F5 Display the Go To dialog box
F6 Switch between the worksheet, the Ribbon, the task pane and Zoom controls
Ctrl-F6 If more than one worksheet is open, switch to the next one

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Ever wanted to create your own xBox game?

Now is your chance Sandbox-ers and gaming enthusiasts. We are going to show you how to create your very own xBox game using XNA Game Studio.

Now it might sound intimidating, but don’t fear! We will have Edwin Guarin in our midst. Edwin is a Senior Academic Developer Evangelist for Microsoft and will be our fearless leader for this night.
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Why I Prefer Android to iOS

Forgive me if the timing of this post isn’t quite right. In no way, shape, or form should this take away from the legacy of Steve Jobs.

I, however, am biased. I have been an Android user for the last 18 months, and I love it. As with most competing technologies, there is an ongoing debate as to which mobile operating system is better: Android or iOS. I can’t answer that question. Realistically, nobody can answer that question. Each operating system has its strengths and flaws. In the end, it all comes down to what you, as a user, want from the experience.

Here are a couple of things I like about Android:

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