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Custom Envelopes From Google Maps

Looking for a great way make your invitations stand out from the rest? Then use this mashup from mapenvelope.com.  This simple little application allows you to input a location that it looks up in Google Maps and will then print out the map with cut and fold lines so you can fold the sheet into an …

Find and Replace in SQL ntext Columns

Normally, doing a search and replace in SQL is not radically difficult. You basically do an update using the replace() function. For example: 1: Update Product 2: Set Description = replace(Description, 'old text is this', 'new text will be this') 3: where Description like '%old text is this%' However, if the Description column in your …

Google Puts Nail in Coffin of IE6

Google announced today that many of the elements of Google apps will no longer support older browers; most notably Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6. They are determined to not let lack of support for faster Javascript processing or support HTML5 get in the way of providing a great interface for their customers. As such, after March …

Chrome's Got Extensions

Yes, the developer’s version of Chrome has extensions for some time now but the latest stable release now includes not only support for extensions but also new HTML and Javascript APIs. The Google Code Blog today announced that Extensions would now be available far and wide. If you want to learn more about extensions for …

AD2USA Website Goes Live Today

Our client Advanced Dental Designs (AD2USA.com) went live with their new AspDotNetStorefront website today. A hearty congratulations go out to the AD2USA team! Advanced Dental Designs is the leader in dental articulation devices. Following the principles of the Roth-Williams Center for Functional Occlusion, AD2 is challenged with creating affordable yet durable precision dental instruments. For …

Google Personalized Search Results Got You Down?

So, you’ve spent all this time, money and effort on optimizing your site so that it gets the exposure it deserves in search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing. And then Google announces that personalized search results are really the wave of the future. You see from first hand-experience that no only are search engine …