Charting using .NET just got a lot easier

In the past, I’ve used various open source .NET charting libraries or Flash based libraries. I’ve even coded my own charting libraries for some complex data visualization requirements. Today, Scott Gu blogged about the the free Microsoft Chart Controls for Microsoft .NET 3.5.

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What’s your blog’s psychological profile?

A new web site (Typealyzer.com) is offering a blog analysis to determine your psychological profile. The analysis use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality types to categorize blogs. After running my blog through the analysis, it determined that the blog was ESTJ (Extraversion, Sensing, Thinking, Judging).
I’ve taken this test before and this wasn’t the same outcome. [...]

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California Voter Registration Trends

The below statistics is based on California state voting registration data from June 1980 to September 2008.
Four party affiliations are indicated:

Democratic – The Californian Democratic Party
Republican – The Californian Republican Party
Other – All other parties, such as Green, Libertarian, etc.
Decline to state – voters who are not affiliated with [...]

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20,000 San Diegans rally against Proposition 8

The nation’s largest Proposition 8 opposition march and rally was held on November 15, 2008 in San Diego. The group marched from Balboa Park south to Broadway and then west to the County Administration building on Pacific Blvd. (see route) That was a long march, so I’m surprised to see so many turned up to [...]

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How to extract pages from a PDF document

One of the great things about being a programmer is that when you need software that you don’t have, you can usually write a small utility application to do what you need without having to purchase the software.
If you own Adobe Acrobat ($299 USD) or FoxIt Editor ($99.00 USD), then you can just right click [...]

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California Proposition 8 Vote Analysis By County

Of all of the propositions, Proposition 8 has been the most discussed and has drawn the most attention. Here’s the vote breakdown by county for California Proposition 8 along with some highlights.

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California Proposition Results

It’s been a week since the election and here’s the finally tally on the state measures.

 
Yes
No
Status

Prop 1A – High Speed Rail
52.2%
47.8%
Pass

Prop 2 – Treatment of Farm Animals
63.2%
36.8%
Pass

Prop 3 – Children’s Hospital Bond
54.7%
45.3%
Pass

Prop 4 – Waiting Period & Parental Notification
47.9%
52.1%
Fail

Prop 5 – Nonviolent Drug Offenses
40.0%
60.0%
Fail

Prop 6 – Police & Law Enforcement Funding
30.6%
69.4%
Fail

Prop 7 – Renewable Energy [...]

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Help Rebuild the Grand Old Party (Republicans)

The GOP started a new web site today called “Rebuild the Party” to collect ideas on how to focus and position the party for the future. Users of the site can submit ideas and others vote for the ideas. The site works similar to Digg and Reddit. Each user gets 10 votes and you can [...]

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USMC Birthday and Veteran’s Day

Today marks the 233rd birthday of the United States Marine Corps. Tomorrow is Veteran’s Day.
233rd Marine Corps Birthday
Having served in the Marine Corps and participated in a few birthdays, I understand the importance of this event. One year, I just happened to be on a temporary assignment to a training course over the birthday [...]

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