Why Your JavaScript Developed in Firefox Might Fail in IE

Mitchell Pronschinske has a great article explaining js differences between Firefox and Internet Exploder.

Some of those issues can be bypassed by using jQuery but it still is a great read for all js developers.

Samsung Galaxy S2 secret codes

An extensive list of the secret codes for the S2 can be found here
Many thanks to the XDA guys!

how to fix - Excel won't show charts any more!

One day my VBA code in Excel was happily generating charts and the next it wasn't.


It would create the new worksheets, raise no errors whatsoever, but show nothing!

Nothing was changed in the spreadsheet. I even retrieved a copy from my backups.


There is no explanation I can think of for this but here is how I fixed it.

I opened the print preview dialog, went to page settings, changed the paper backwards and forwards, toggled a few other settings, left everything the way it was, closed the dialog and       voila! it now works!

ps: Comments and/or links to this article are most welcome!

Google+ guide

this article has a great multi-part guide to g+.

It describes most of the functions of g+. as well as how to manage g+.

For example, there is mention of 'reading' circles and 'sharing' circles.

You would use sharing circles for publishing info and/or pics to friends.

A person could appear in more than one of your sharing circles.

On the other hand, reading circles are place where you want to consume info from others and you would only have a person in one such circle.

This is a neat way of managing the amount of info that you are faced with.

Viewing your Streams (posts from anyone in any of your circles) can be overwhelming, whereas reading circles make it much more targeted and manageable.


Please note that g+ offers 'circles', period. It makes no distinction between reading, sharing, caring or any other kind of circles.
The distinction and naming is strictly yours.

Read the article for much more info on how to get the best of g+.

Enjoy!

Eclipse Indigo - some useful addins

Here are some useful addins for Eclipse Indigo:

• PHP development tools (PDT):
  Using the Help/InstallNewSoftware menu option, click on ADD and enter the following:
  Name: PDT
  Location: http://download.eclipse.org/tools/pdt/updates/3.0/milestones/
  When presented with a list of choices of components to install, choose All-in-one-SDK
  Done!
• Rockstarapps CSS/JS compressor:
  Using the Help/InstallNewSoftware menu option, click on ADD and enter the following:
  Name: RockstarApps
  Location: http://update.rockstarapps.com/site.xml 
  When presented with a list of choices of components to install, choose all except Amazon WS Tools and WorkBench Branding Feature.
  (Note, this is a personal preference, you can choose to install those too)
  Done!

I started by installing Eclipse IDE for JavaScript Web Developers

How to fix VirtualBox disks after they've been relocated to another drive

Sometimes you may find that you need to move the VirtualBox disk images to another one of your disks.

If you then power up VB, it will complain because it thinks that there are 2 disks with the same ID: The original one (which you have now moved and no longer exists in that location) and the new one.

This article will help you fix this problem.

You can also read more info on VB disk management in this article.

Import Facebook Contacts to Google Plus

Now that google+ is here, you may want to migrate your contacts from Facebuck, oops, I meant Facebook, to google+.


This article explains just how to do this.
Go for it!


ps: Don't forget, if you want an invitation to google+, leave a comment below.