Blog Feed: Mike Gleason jr's Blog

Create Zoomable Images Using The Google Maps API

Published on 2011-07-03 20:14:00

I visited the Google+ Project website the other day and to my surprise, it was powered by the Google Maps engine! It is somewhat creative to re-use the Maps engine for any purpose other than mapping. It is just beautiful. It also reminds me of the

Is Google Maps API v3 Down?

Published on 2011-06-22 13:51:00

(Today June 22nd 2011, 2:50PM) There's a problem with the Maps API v3: The inclusion of the main file is ok: http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false&language=en But it turns out it includes another file which is currently not found: http:

Happy Father's Day 2011!

Published on 2011-06-07 22:45:00

"Father's Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father's_Day Don't wait till it's too late to express your love to your father! Like

HTML Validation: Let Your Browser Be The Markup Validator!

Published on 2011-03-30 18:29:00

Introduction Downsides of Incorrect Markup "Real-Time" Validation A .NET Example (Tested on Chrome and Firefox) Conclusion IntroductionAs a back-end architect and developer, I always dreamed about being on par with the front-end guys. That means hav

FIX: jQuery JSONP request to the Google Maps API Geo Service

Published on 2011-03-20 20:48:00

(this applies to v2 only) Hi Remember, some of us had a bug with Google's Geo API and JSONP? Well the main reason (according to me) is that they don't want you to use the service directly nor using it with a third party library. They want you to us

Uncommitted Reads in LINQ: Avoiding Deadlocks and Timeouts!

Published on 2011-03-19 09:32:00

Hi, This short post today is about performance enhancement in LINQ to SQL: Reading uncommitted data. You have to know that it's not a LINQ to SQL concept but a straight SQL Server concept. By default, you're always reading committed data and that's

ASP.NET Web Forms versus .NET MVC: Comparing apples with.. really old apples

Published on 2011-03-14 22:17:00

Table of Contents Introduction .NET Web Forms The beginning The Problem Smoke and Mirrors View State Controls Page Life Cycle How Web Forms Swims Against the Wave View State Controls Architecture Verdict The .NET Model View Controller (MVC) Backgr

Nexus One in Canada - APN settings for 3G with Videotron

Published on 2010-09-13 15:53:00

Hi, Some of you already know that I have a Nexus One in Canada. (T-Mobile AWS 900/1700/2100, model 99HKE002-00) I was with Rogers since they were the only compatible network in my region (Montreal). Then I saw a tv spot that Videotron came out wit

A new contributor updated bitly-dot-net, my .NET wrapper around the bit.ly API

Published on 2010-03-11 15:13:00

Hi, I'm happy to add the contributor Noah Blumenthal, the Lead Microsoft Developer of PC Magazine, to the bitly-dot-net library. He just updated the library with the following changes: Support for Error Code 208 (you have exceeded your hourly rate l

Troubleshooting tips part III: Performance reports & earnings

Published on 2010-03-03 13:10:00

Once ads are displaying fine on your pages, your next concern may be your earnings. To make sure all your impressions and clicks are recorded correctly, check out the following notes and tips. First, be aware that your AdSense reports are updated eve

IoC Containers With .NET MVC - Understand Current Ones by Building your Own

Published on 2010-03-02 20:40:00

(This article shows you how to create your own IoC Container from a to z and how to use it with .NET MVC. This is mainly for educational purpose so I suggest you use an existing solution available on the Internet. See links at the end of the article.

Go Mobile! Series: Enhanced click-to-call phone numbers

Published on 2010-03-02 09:51:00

Recently, we announced new click-to-call phone numbers for local ads that appear on mobile devices with full internet browsers, like iPhone, Android or Palm Pre. This week, we're bringing the same click-to-call benefits to national advertisers throug

Join us for two live webinars this week

Published on 2010-03-01 13:57:00

This week, we'll be hosting two live webinars to help you discover how you can make the most of your AdSense account with a detailed understanding of DFP Small Business and AdSense for search. The DFP Small Business (formerly Google Ad Manager) webin

Congratulations to Team Canada!

Published on 2010-02-28 20:36:00

Some of you may not know it but I'm from Canada and a big hockey fan. I just want to take a moment and congratulate both the men and women hockey team for winning gold on their own ground! hehe ;)

Better site traffic data and new name for Google Ad Planner

Published on 2010-02-25 13:10:00

Already, tens of thousands of AdSense publishers have used Google Ad Planner to share information about their website with advertisers. We are continuing to invest in the product in order to provide the deepest, most accurate data possible. To that e

Traffic improvements and new name for Google Ad Planner

Published on 2010-02-25 12:52:00

Every day, thousands of AdWords advertisers use Google Ad Planner to research websites and select where to advertise online. We're continuing to improve this tool in order to provide the deepest, most accurate insight into online audiences possible.

Go Mobile! Series: Join us for a free mobile webinar

Published on 2010-02-24 18:26:00

The Internet is going mobile. Every week, tens of millions of people search on Google from their mobile phones and generate hundreds of millions of searches. Using mobile ads, you can reach these consumers while they're on-the-go. Please join us for

Beginning with jQuery - A Solid Foundation to Learn The Basics

Published on 2010-02-22 20:31:00

Hi, It's been a while since my last article and I'm very pleased to come up with this one. Enjoy. Table of content Introduction jQuery's hype brings confusion and misconceptions Way Before the beginning of jQuery How browsers internally represents

I've Released an Update on Poker Planner

Published on 2010-01-31 17:51:00

Hi, Yes it's been a long time since I published an article on my blog.. but I was busy coding an update for my web site Poker Planner. But I just put it online now so I'll be able to write some stuff... For those interested, here's the change log o

jQuery 1.4 Released!

Published on 2010-01-15 13:17:00

I'm a little late with this because I was in NYC yesterday but I heard today from a co-worker that jQuery 1.4 is out! Here's some excerpt from their release page: In celebration of jQuery’s 4th birthday, the jQuery team is pleased to release the

SQL 2008 TVP (Table Valued Parameters) and LINQ - It is Possible! (Sorta)

Published on 2010-01-12 21:11:00

Hi, I'm sure you saw all those blog posts about SQL Server's TVP (table valued parameters) so I'll be brief and I won't go into much details. First of all, LINQ to SQL doesn't support the use of TVP natively, period. So I decided to try to make a w