Color of Validation Text

You may have noticed that the color of the validation text is black in framework 4.0. To make it red again I found the following solution but some users say that it doesn’t work always. <?xml version="1.0"?> <configuration> <system.web>...

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Singularity

The statistician I. J. Good wrote “Intelligence Explosion” where he suggested that if a machine is created to be more intelligent than humans, it will be able to create a better machine. This process recursively creates an increasingly intelligent machine, which leads...

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Sequestration Sickens Me

I thought working for our government is rewarding in itself. I am sorry to say that our legislatures love to belittle us every chance they get. We were deprived of any pay raise for the last two years when living and insurance costs went up. We already got 2% pay cut...

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Library Time

I try to take the kids to a library once in a week to spend some times with the books and bring some books home, so they can read them during the next week. Hopefully, they will build a habit of going to the library on their own. May be one or both the kids will be...

In Loving Memory of Michael Brown: A Neighbor’s Unforgettable Smile

I was shocked to hear that our neighbor, Michael Brown, passed away on May 2, 2024, and even more so to find out only after thirty days had passed. I had gone to see him because I noticed his house was up for sale. I assumed he was moving to Florida or somewhere else...

Displaying Formatted Text

Dynamically displaying formatted text is a pain. A label control can’t keep the format. People suggest to use multiline texbox but that doesn’t look good in a web page for announcement. Some suggests to use RichTextBox but that requires a great deal of coding. I...

My worst experience with doctors

It was December 2015, my second son was playing with colored cotton balls and I thought I saw him putting one small cotton ball in one of his nostrils (he was 1 year+ at that time). We saw something red in his nose but we weren’t 100% sure because the inside of a nose...

Amazing

Recently, I had an opportunity to work with a vision impaired employee of our agency. I was amazed by his ability to work almost at the same speed and accuracy of a sighted person. Of course he uses a special software in his computer but he mastered the skills of...

Silent Treatment

We have a comedian at our workplace. One day, during the beginning of my carrier in this place, I asked him if I could check my e-mail from my work computer. He responded, “Go crazy, just keep the pants on”. I didn’t laugh, so he said it again. I just smiled and went...

Hosting Company Changed

Just changed my web hosting company. It was a time consuming task. Export from old hosting company and import to the new one using Word Press menu doesn’t really export/import everything. I had to add some widgets and change the default Settings of Permalinks. Also,...