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Terrence,
I really enjoy these 'Coder Interview' articles. However the questions are a little mudane and a little repetitive. I would suggest that you guys put a little more variety into the weekly interview. I have been very impressed with some of the mathematical insights of John D. Cook and I actually follow his personal blog. I was really excited when I saw the interview and then disappointmented when I read the content. Unfortunately there is nothing in the interview about his math background. It would be great if the interview questions were less generic.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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Overcoming the New Visual Studio UI (source: Telerik)
A good Metro implementation focuses on content.
"Personally I love the new UI. Sure, its not perfect, but it is a huge improvement over where Visual Studio has been for the past ten years. But is the new UI really that bad?"
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It's not just limited to Visual Studio. We have been talking about this for years. The human factors experts are to blame! HMI's (Human Machine Interface) have been going 'Cool Grey' (as it is often referred) for a while now.
It has even leaked into this forum message from your original post!
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This is worse, isn't it?
I AM A CONSOLE!!!
Attempting to load signature...
A NullSignatureException was unhandled.
Message: "No signature exists"
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Completely disagree with the post.
Terrence Dorsey wrote: But is the new UI really that bad?
Yes!
Kevin
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How to install Windows 8 from a USB drive (source: HEXUS.net)
All Tomorrow's Partitions.
"For many enthusiasts there's nothing quite like getting your hands on a shiny new release of Microsoft's Windows operating system. Here's an easy way to run Windows 8 without alongside your existing systems."
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Alternatively, don't bother installing this rubbish OS. Seriously, on a desktop, what is the point!
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Which One: Responsive Design, Device Experiences, or RESS? (source: LukeW)
Coder's creed: Leave no man - or device - behind.
"As more organizations realize they need to invest heavily in multi-device Web designs, the inevitable question of “how” comes up. Responsive Web design, separate sites, or something in between?"
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What I do matters. Yours is bull****. (source: Karen McGrane)
Making great digital products takes people. Lots of talented people.
"Recognizing the various skills and roles that go into our work is a sign of respect. It is inherently harmful to think you can point at a job title, a profession, a whole class of people, and claim that their work isn’t valid."
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"Director of Content Development". Let's be honest. You just sit around all day at work on your iPad watching Netflix, right?
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I wish. Actually, I don't even bother going in to work. 
Director of Content Development, The Code Project
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If you ever decide to quit, feel free to pass on my resume to Chris. I'm so good at fabricating nonsense developing content that I did so for my own resume.
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The History of Enterprise Software (source: IT History Society)
From punch cards to the Googleplex.
"Software Advice has published a four-part series on the history of enterprise software that investigates how hardware and software evolved from punched cards all the way to the Internet and social applications."
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Introducing Windows 8 Consumer Preview (source: Windows Experience Blog)
A reimagined Windows for tomorrow's devices.
"The Windows 8 Consumer Preview, available to download now for anyone interested in trying it out. It’s designed to work on a wide range of devices , from touch-enabled tablets, to laptops, to desktops and all-in-ones."
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Windows Consumer Preview: The Fifth IE10 Platform Preview (source: IEBlog)
IE 10: one HTML5 browsing engine that powers two different browsing experiences.
"With IE10 in Windows 8, we reimagined the browser. We designed and built IE10 to be the best way to experience the Web on Windows. Here's what you'll see in the Windows 8 Consumer Preview."
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview: One Step Closer to the PC’s Future (source: TIME)
Here's what you can expect when you boot up Windows 8.
"One glance at the operating-system upgrade – heavily influenced by the company’s inventive Windows Phone – was enough to tell you that it was the most radically new version of Windows since Windows 1.0."
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Here's what I'm going to do................
Absolutely nothing. Don't know what all the fuss is about!
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Why Is There a Leap Year? (source: Wired)
If your SLA is 24/7/365, you just got a day off.
"Really, the question should be: why aren’t there even more leap years? Let me start with the basics."
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Good question.
365 days per year is not exact but it will be approximatly 365.25 days in a year. The 0.25 days means that after 4 years, we need to add a day to the year.
Due to this we are getting the leap year for every 4 years. But here is another calculation. 2000 is a leap year and 1900 and 2100 are not whay?.
Please see the folloing link for the answer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_year
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http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/28/opinion/mobile-frankenstein-keen/index.html?hpt=hp_bn6[^]
I left the house for a 5 minute excursion without my phone the other day. I felt this overwhelming compulsion to go back and get my phone...I did. However, before cell phones became standard issue, this was not an issue.
We have made mobile phones a "can't live without" technology in our lives.
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
"It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
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Plain Old JavaScript (source: Ode to Code)
Frameworks have always been a part of JavaScript programming, but they grow more intrusive all the time.
"Once upon a time there was a pure JavaScript model. The model sang songs about simplicity in a land full of complexity and confusion. Then framework dragons descended on the land, enslaving inhabitants and ravaging models."
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Someone Save Us From REST (source: Rob Conery)
We will consume ourselves slowly into RESTful madness.
"REST is a fascinating and illuminating set of ideas and, as it turns out, is a handy guideline for effectively preparing an API. And you're probably doing it wrong. So let's argue about it."
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Network App Macroeconomics (source: Tim Bray)
The category of “things you can do on a PC but not a tablet” is interesting.
"There was a time when any piece of work you could offload from server to client was a win. It might still be; you can’t run an XSLT transform on a phone. It will be interesting to see how this plays out as mobile devices mature."
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