Archive for July, 2006

Javascript Prototype Library for AJAX - Synchronous Request

I am a big fan of Prototype library and using it for a while with excellent results for most of my AJAX work.
Most of the time i was making asynchronous request to get the response. Today i was trying to make a synchronous request using the following in my request page

<HTML><HEAD><TITLE> New Document </TITLE><script src=”./src/js/prototype.js” […]


Ruby on Rails

I found this short and succint but complete presentation of what Ruby on Rails is. For beginners this is very useful to give them a head start.


Hellodeo - Voice message with expression

Hellodeo is an online video recorder with voice.
It is very simple to use. You just need a webcam and go to their homepage. It will detect your webcam and get permission to use your system resources (mic and USB port i.e. webcam) and then you record your video. Start recording and see it there […]


Fix for z-index bug for IE 6.* (Select box is always on top)

Select boxes in IE are always on top of any other div or pop up windows or other elements. Even after setting z-index for select box as -1 and z-index for div tags which holds pop up window as 100 it does not work for IE.
Here is more about this bug.
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/01/17/514076.aspx
They have fixed this […]


Fix for VBScript Error: Invalid procedure call or argument: ‘Mid’

After long long time i have touched VBScript and was trying to traverse string character by character. I came across some weird error or may be i have not read VBScript for long long time.
When you try to traverse string character by character, never start with index 0 otherwise you will get the above error […]


India’s march to become developed country

Tonight i came across this article by Michael Parekh a well known figure in blogosphere.
If above article interests you then you can read more about it here