http://www.nwfusion.com/howto/ The latest how-to articles from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2009 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/111709-gearhead.html Mark Gibbs has got his sweaty hands on a Verizon Motorola Droid and he's really impressed (bugs and early termination fees not withstanding). Mark Gibbs 2009-11-17T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/111609gearhead.html A reader comes up with a neat solution for Mark Gibbs' randomization problem, having got his sweaty hands on a Droid he takes a first look, and slices and dices a really impressive SMB NAS solution, the Synology Rackstation RS409+. A busy week indeed. Mark Gibbs 2009-11-13T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/110409-gearhead.html Gibbs suggests a way to tell people they should have tried using Google, finds a workaround to Yahoo Pipes caching, and fails to fix his Mac disk drive despite using a very good utility. Mark Gibbs 2009-11-04T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/110209-gearhead.html Look, I hate to bring this up, but there's something we need to discuss: Why haven't I heard from you recently? (No, not you, you've been in touch. It's this guy over here … ) Really, is it too much to ask that you put pen to paper … oh, all right, fingers to keyboard … and tell me what's on your mind? Mark Gibbs 2009-10-28T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/101409-gearhead.html Continuing his exploration of the Runtime Revolution programming system, Mark Gibbs delves into the language a little further before wrapping up this series. Mark Gibbs 2009-10-15T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/100609-gearhead.html Mark Gibbs continues his review of Runtime Revolution by delving into how Revolution applications are organized and how the event messaging model of the system is structured. Heady stuff indeed. Mark Gibbs 2009-10-06T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/100509-gearhead.html Mark Gibbs ponders the history of HyperCard and HyperTalk and segues (rather elegantly) into the start of an exploration of Runtime Revolution, a direct descendent of those products. Mark Gibbs 2009-10-01T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/microsoft/092909-microsoft-expressions-chapter-3.html Excerpt from Microsoft Expression Web 3 In Depth: Microsoft Expression Web 3 gives you plenty of choices when creating new pages. Not only can you choose between standard HTML pages, ASP.NET pages and files, PHP files, and ASP files, but you can also create new pages that have an existing CSS layout. Jim Cheshire 2009-09-29T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/092309-gearhead.html You know how Excel is mostly really good but weirdly weak in a few areas? Gibbs has found a fix for one issue: String concatenation. And while he's on the subject of data manipulation he begins taking a look at a remarkable Web service, Yahoo Pipes Mark Gibbs 2009-09-23T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/091609-gearhead.html You know how Excel is mostly really good but weirdly weak in a few areas? Mark Gibbs has found a fix for one issue: String concatenation. And while he's on the subject of data manipulation he begins taking a look at a remarkable Web service, Yahoo Pipes. Mark Gibbs 2009-09-18T12:00:00-04:00