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Nagging Javascript Currency Problem Fixed

Something that seems so simple has been a pain in the butt in javascript. When doing math operations(adding, subtracting, multiplictation etc), your result is never formatted how you want. Sometimes you get two decimal places and of course no dollar sign. Accounting.js is a small Javascript library that solves all your issues and easy to use.

// Default usage:
accounting.formatMoney(12345678); // $12,345,678.00
 
// European formatting (custom symbol and separators), could also use options object as second param:
accounting.formatMoney(4999.99, "€", 2, ".", ","); // €4.999,99

It even includes a much-needed way to align decimal places.

// Format list of numbers for display:
accounting.formatColumn([123.5, 3456.49, 777888.99, 12345678, -5432], "$ ");

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Spotify vs Google Music vs iCloud

The tech community is buzzing over Spotify finally making it to the U.S. It’s been huge in Europe and they finally reached deals with U.S. based record companies. So like many others I reached out to my contacts and got an invite into the beta program. Well, it only took me a few minutes to be less than impressed. I downloaded the Mac client and quickly noticed its just another iTunes knockoff music player. It quickly read all my songs from my iTunes library to be played within Spotify…but why if I already got iTunes. I then checked out the other features including the streaming. That’s when I noticed only some of my songs will be available for streaming. Spotify only allows you to stream the songs it knows about and has a license for. Well that sucks!! Well what about the sharing with friends that everyone has… Read the rest

How Google’s Swiffy single handedly maybe saving Flash from extinction

Many believe that Flash’s days are numbered. The inability for Adobe & phone manufacturers to find a way for Flash to work on ALL devices is a huge problem. Also, with the emergence of HTML5 which can replicate tons of Flash’s animations and the ever growing capabailities of jQuery and AJAX, Flash seems like a “has been”.

Earlier this week Google launched Swiffy in its Google Labs. What’s Swiffy you say?? Swiffy lets developers take their existing Flash swf files and upload them to be instantly converted to HTML5. The conversion handles SWF5-SWF8 and Actionscript 2.0. Once the conversion is done, the web developer now has a compatible version that will work in all Webkit browsers including Chome and Mobile Safari(iphone, ipad etc). The developer can now build logic in the web page to detect the user’s browser and correctly redirect them to either a Flash or HTML5… Read the rest

DROPitTOme: The file uploading tool I’ve been looking for

When DropBox hit the scene it solved a great problem for many of us. DropBox gives us the ability to upload files of any size that we can use on any device from computer to phone. It also gives us the ability to create a public link for anyone to download the file. But something is missing…what if you want someone to upload a file to you?

As we all know, most email providers have a max on file attachments. If you have your own website you can put the file on your hosting for someone to download..but who wants to go through that trouble. If you have an FTP server, they can send to you that way…but most of the time, the person on the other end says FT huh???

DROPitTOme adds that missing piece to DropBox. Its a FREE website that you quickly register using your DropBox credentials.… Read the rest

In preperation for iOS5 …

I’ve been preparing for iOS 5 as many people await the release. I wanted a Bluetooth keyboard, basically to take advantage of the mirroring on the iPad2 from appleTV. So i took a journey to Fry’s electronics and of course….they have every electronic gadget you can think of(imaging BestBuy times 3), yea PlayGround! So, let’s get to the real stuff, the Kensington (in pic below) is a piece of GARBAGE…the weight of the iPad2 and the design don’t work and it’s NOT lap friendly…save the $99 Bucks! of course I took it back and got the Joby GorillaMobile Yogi + a bluetooth keyboard for $97 bucks, the Yogi has rave reviews and the bluetooth keyboard not so bad. If you’re trying to make your home apple friendly, these products will get you on track.

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EVO 3D: Our hands on review

Our HTC EVO 3D arrived today, two days before the national launch and here’s the deal…

Immediately after picking up you will love the feel. It totally feels much smaller and fits the palm of your hand a lot better than the EVO 4G. It’s definitely thinner and even though its a tad taller it feels less like a big brick in your hand like the EVO 4G did. The material of the case is better for handling as well, doesn’t feel like it’s going to slip out of your hand. I was skeptical from earlier pictures of the dedicated camera button, but it’s not nearly as obtrusive as I thought. You won’t accidentally push it at all. My only negative item to the outside is the moving of the usb/mini hdmi port to the side instead of the bottom. The port on the side could make… Read the rest

DB2 Index Usage – IBM System i

How can you tell which indexes are being used by DB2 and the query optimizer to improve performance on an IBM System i? Here’s How:

In V5R3, a new tool was added to the System i Navigator known as Index Evaluator. This new function makes it easy to analyze which indexes (and keyed logical files) are helping your SQL and query performance and which indexes are not pulling their weight. You can’t rely on the object timestamp “last used date” because that value is not always updated by the query optimizer.
For each index defined over the table, the evaluator returns data about the last time an index was used in the implementation of a query and/or used to provide statistics about the table data to the query optimizer. In addition, it returns a count for the number of times the query optimizer used an index object.

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Wunderlist: The to do list we’ve all been waiting for!

6Wunderkinder has done it right with their amazing Wunderlist app. My journey into finding the right to do list manager started with Teux Deux.

TeuxDeux has a very simple web interface but it’s IOS version was a bit overpriced and lacked an android app at all.

Remember The Milk was next and had me excited at first. The web interface was a bit too complicated but their IPad and Android versions made up for it. Until I realized I had to pay to get the iPad version to sync more than once day. Things got worst when my android trial expired and they wanted a outrageous $25 to upgrade to pro. Are you kidding me??

So here comes along Wunderlist. And I must say I’m totally thrilled. The web interface is simple, quick and easy to use. The Mac, IPad and android version are just as great.… Read the rest

Path Finder: A better file browser for Mac

After making the full switch from a Windows lover to a full-fledged Mac guy a few years back, I knew something was missing with the Finder tool but I couldn’t put my finger on it For you non Mac people, Finder is the equivalent of your file explorer in Windows. Don’t get me wrong the Finder tool in Mac works it just could use a little more oomph to it!

Path Finder by Cocoatech is definitely the upgrade I was looking for. The latest version, 5, has tons of features and I won’t bore you guys with all of them, but I will highlight my favorites.

Tabs-You can customize the browser by placing tabs at the top for some of your favorite folders for easy access
Dual Pane Browser-View contents of two folders simultaneously.

and my favorite…..

Drop

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