Thursday, October 9, 2014

JQuery Selector Performance by Browser

JQuery Selector Performance by Browser Results (latest browser versions)

FireFox 32 JQuery Selector Performance

















Internet Explorer 11.0.12 JQuery Selector Performance



















Chrome 37 JQuery Selector Performance

















Do your own tests at http://jsperf.com/id-vs-class-vs-tag-selectors/2. Thanks Scott Kosman

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Winner - Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, Windows Expert-IT Pro




Hey cats, your friendly neighborhood spider IT-man, is the recipient of Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award in the area of Windows Expert-IT Pro today.
Who is this caped crusader? See profile here.


I was 1 of 1031 pros out of pool of ~100M techs, awarded an MVP world-wide today. Official press release here


                      MVP Program details here.





In honor of winning an MVP award, here's a freebie to fellow MVPers.
A Powershell script to c
reate a MVP Metro tile to link to Yammer or MVP site. 







Friday, July 11, 2014

Complex Math Calculator with Seperate Measurement/Units Conversion Tool

    Microsoft Mathematics provides a set of mathematical tools that help students get school work done quickly and easily. With Microsoft Mathematics, students can learn to solve equations step-by-step while gaining a better understanding of fundamental concepts in pre-algebra, algebra (matrix math), trigonometry, physics, chemistry, and calculus. Any college or university student will find this calculator extremely helpful.

    You can download this amazing tool for free from Microsoft here.



    Bonus tools, include a handy unit converter, which may seem redundant given online calculators, but if you pin this (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Mathematics\ConversionTool.exe) to Start, you'll know it's accurate and virus free. 



    The Formulas and Equations yields a plethora of equations and constants.