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by Matthew Mombrea

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Software engineer, founder of Cypress North, technology enthusiast.

How to use an Apple TV as a presentation device, and why you should

Posted Feb 07, 2013 - 09:00 am

Get ready to ditch the cables in your conference room. The business world has suffered long enough at the hands of the video cable for presentations. No more being tethered to a finicky VGA cord, no more panic attacks when you're missing a DVI adapter, it's time to evolve.
The best home backup plan options - Part 3: External drive backup

Posted Dec 13, 2012 - 09:17 am

This is the third post in a series of posts describing a variety of home backup strategies and options. External drive backup has been the primary method used for proper backups for the past two decades.
AJAX requests not executing or updating in Internet Explorer - Solution

Posted Oct 15, 2012 - 08:00 am

Here’s the situation, you’re building a modern web application with all the AJAX-ey goodness users now expect, when suddenly you realize that some of your AJAX calls are not returning current data in Internet Explorer.
How to create a session timeout warning for your web application using jQuery

Posted Jan 16, 2013 - 09:00 am

If you've got a web application or SaaS project which requires a user to be logged in, chances are their login will expire at some point.
Adding keyboard shortcuts to your web application

Posted Feb 15, 2013 - 09:00 am

Keyboard shortcuts might seem kind of old school since they’re mainly associated with desktop applications, but bringing some basic shortcut functionality into your web application can easily enhance the user experience.
Automatic conversion of web form submissions to AJAX with jQuery

Posted Feb 27, 2013 - 09:00 am

If you’ve got a data heavy web application, chances are you’re doing a lot of form posting. Here is a quick solution to automatically convert all of your full form posts into quick and user friendly AJAX posts.
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- ajax, jquery
How to process and accept credit cards on your website

Posted Jan 24, 2013 - 09:00 am

There are a lot of misconceptions around how credit cards are processed on the web. The reality is that it is fairly complicated to set up the first time if you have no guidance, and it's probably more costly than you'd like.
How to work in a branch under Subversion source control

Posted Nov 16, 2012 - 09:00 am

A common cause for headaches when dealing with version control is the process of merging a branch of code back into the trunk. When a developer branches off from the trunk, they are creating a copy of the trunk at the point in time that they chose to branch. From there, they can work on and test the new feature in this separate copy of the code.
Nebula - A turnkey private cloud brought to you by NASA

Posted Apr 12, 2013 - 08:00 am

What began as a NASA cloud computing project, and in partnership with Rackspace resulted in the OpenStack project, has now become a turnkey private cloud system for the enterprise. What this means is you can now buy an all-in-one solution to your organization's server needs and be up and running in no time.
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- Nebula, OpenStack
Should you build and host your own server using a co-location?

Posted May 03, 2013 - 12:00 am

If you’re leasing server equipment in a hosting provider’s data center, you’re likely paying through the nose for antiquated technology. There is peace of mind that comes with that service in the form of care free hardware maintenance, but is that really enough to keep you paying for that same 4GB of RAM every month for life?

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