Discrete Life

ICC impact on 495 traffic

2011-07-06T23:08:00.000-04:00

What will be the impact of ICC – Inter County Connector (MD -200) on the traffic on the Washington DC beltway? The ICC is scheduled to open in the early part of 2012. This road will connect MD-370 in Montgomery County to I-95 in Prince George’s County. I do not believe this road will alleviate any traffic on the DC beltway. First of all, the ICC is a toll road. The tolls will be very heavy

Charge iphone in india

2010-11-12T12:27:00.000-05:00

How to charge iphone in india? I have an iphone 4 and I will be travelling to India shortly. Dose the iphone charger I use in USA work in India? Or do I need to get a converter for the iphone?

Waist size 35 pants

2010-07-24T13:52:00.000-04:00

Why there are no waist 35 pants in the stores? The pant waist sizes go from 32, 33, 34, to 36. My pant size happens to be 35 waist and 32 length. The 35x32 pants should fit me perfectly, but I don't see any 35 size pants at stores. The 34 waist is too tight and 36 waist is too loose. The pant shopping is a nightmare right now. Who decided that there is no need for the 35 size pants?

Toyota 60,000 Mile Maintenance Service

2010-03-06T14:11:00.000-05:00

My 2009 Toyota Camry's scheduled maintenance guide says that the following will be done when the dealer's service department performs the 60,000 mile maintenance service on the car. Replace cabin air filter Replace engine air filter Replace oil and filter Rotate tires Inspect ball joints and dust covers Inspect lines and hoses Inspect brake linings/drums and brake pads/discs Inspect drive belts

Maryland EZPass

2010-02-27T15:20:00.000-05:00

During the blizzard of the 2010, my car got stuck in a lot of snow. So, I was using my dad's car. I had to travel thru the Baltimore's Harbor Tunnel a couple of times in my dad's car. Now, my car has the EZPass with the commuter plan for the Baltimore's tunnel. Since my car was stuck and I was not able to remove the EZPass from my car I decided to pay cash when I pass thru the Harbor's Tunnel's

Zee TV on Comcast

2009-12-16T22:22:00.000-05:00

What happened to the Zee TV on Comcast? Up until now it used to be available for free on channel 666 on Comcast. But, it has disappeared from the channel lineup in the last few days. Is Comcast going to charge for this channel now? or is it taken off from the channel lineup altogether?

FQSVF

2009-12-10T20:07:00.000-05:00

FQSVF water filters are hard to find cheap. These filters are made by GE. I have yet to find these filters cheaper than $30 anywhere, online or in stores. I do not think Lowe's stock these kinds of filters, but I have seen these filters for about $45 in home-depot stores. Previously, I was able to purchase FQSVF filters for about $31.99 on filtersfast.com website but they charge about $5 to $7

Bollwood Hindi Movies Netflix

2009-10-23T22:37:00.001-04:00

I recently found out from a friend that Hindi bollywood movies are available on Netflix. I searched the Netflix site for the Hindi movie inventory and saw that almost all of the new movies were available. I signed up immediately. Now I wonder why I did not know about this sooner. So far, the service has been really good. The movies get to my home in about 1 business day once it leaves the Netflix

Recursive Common Table Expressions - SQL

2009-08-22T15:07:00.002-04:00

One of the best use of the recursive common table expressions in SQL is to generate consecutive numbers within a range from very simple SQL query.The query below will generate numbers 1 to 100 from a Select statement using recursive common table expression.;WITH CTE AS( SELECT 1 Number UNION ALL SELECT Number + 1 FROM CTE WHERE Number)SELECT NumberFROM CTE

phpBB3 installation on godaddy

2009-02-22T15:14:00.002-05:00

I set out to install phpBB3 on godaddy servers recently. The first set of instructions were to create a database where phpBB3 installation will be creating the database tables. I did that first and had my database username and password prepared and ready to go for the installation procedure.The second thing I had to do was to upload the files for the phpBB3 installation on the godaddy servers. I

Job search in 2009

2009-01-26T20:01:00.001-05:00

I am currently searching for a job as a .NET developer in the Washington DC Metro area; which includes most of the Maryland up to the Baltimore city. I have to say that the job market has tighten up considerably. Last time I was in the job market in the June 2008, I was getting about 5-6 calls from recruiters everyday for a month after I posted my resume on Dice, Careerbuilder and Monster. But,

SQL Server 2008 Error

2008-12-19T20:17:00.001-05:00

I downloaded and installed the SQL Server 2008 Express on my home computer and was testing it out. I created a test database and a test table in it. Then, in design view I was adding columns to this table. When I hit the save for the first time, I was prompted for a table name. I gave this table a name. After the table was named and created, I wanted to add a new column to it. But every time I

Night Shift, Cancer And Vitamin D

2007-12-05T23:22:00.000-05:00

I recently saw a news story stating that working night-shift hours can cause cancer in humans. This news story got me thinking that this is an interesting development to say the least, because if more studies actually confirm this without reasonable doubt then class action trial lawyers will get very rich very soon. These lawyers will sue many companies that burn midnight oil and drag them into

Top 10 Bollywood Hindi Songs

2007-11-02T17:52:00.000-04:00

If you live outside of India like me and if you are a big fan of bollywood music then you are always trying to find out which new Hindi songs are currently humming strong in India. I always try to seek out new popular bollywood music. So far, my methods of extracting this knowledge from the world has been asking my friends or asking my cousins who live in United States what they currently like.I

Where is Hindi station on XM or Sirius?

2007-07-15T15:19:00.000-04:00

Where is Hindi station on XM or Sirius?The answer is, it is not there. I keep checking the XM and Sirius websites for a Hindi station almost every month and I keep getting disappointed. I don't understand why either one of them, XM or Sirius, does not offer a Hindi/Indian music station. I have even e-mailed both companies telling them that they need to do some demographic research and find out

Monthly Nissan Altima Sales

2007-07-07T13:33:00.000-04:00

I drive a 2002 Nissan Altima. I really like this car. In my mind, it is the best looking car on the road today (for my price range at least). I bought this car as soon as Nissan redesigned it in 2002. I think Nissan Altima is a better car than Honda Accord or Toyota Camry even though Honda Accord and Toyota Camry regularly outsell Altima. Nissan Altima is bigger in size than Accord or Camry and

Visual Studio Keyboard Shortcuts

2007-07-04T15:31:00.000-04:00

1) How to compile the solution with keyboard shortcut in Visual Studio?'ctrl + shift + B'2) How to search a word in the current document in Visual Studio?Highlight the word and then press 'ctrl +F3'3) How to search a workd in the entire solution in Visual Studio?Highlight the word and then press 'ctrl + shift + F'3) How to go to the definition of a function in Visual Studio?Move the mouse over to

I-495 Capital Beltway Traffic

2007-06-27T15:49:00.000-04:00

I travel on the outerloop of capital beltway each morning from route 50 to I-270 North. That is, I enter the outer loop at route 50 in Maryland and take I-270 North exit. This stretch of highway commute is probably worst on the capital beltway and probably worst in the Washington metropolitan region. The outerloop comes to a standstill just after the route 1 interchange everyday. I think the main

Load and LoadXML in ASP

2007-06-26T13:56:00.000-04:00

Dim objDOMDim blnOutputobjDOM = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument.4.0")blnOutput = objDOM.Load(Server.MapPath(XMLFileName))blnOutput = objDOM.Load(StringXML)The main difference between Load and LoadXML is that the Load takes XML file as input while LoadXML takes the XML string itself as input. Both Load and LoadXML returns a boolean value indicating if the XML was loaded successfully or not

ObjDataSource Control in ASP.NET 2.0

2007-06-08T23:01:00.000-04:00

1) Name a few properties of the ObjDataSource Control?TypeNameSelectMethodUpdateMethodInsertMethodDeleteMethod2) How does a GridView control binds to a ObjDataSource control?by DataSourceID property on the GridView control is set to the id of the ObjDataSource control3) Which ADO.NET objects can be represented by ObjDataSource?DataReaderDataSet4) Can ObjDataSource represent a web service?Yes5)

Benjarong Thai Restaurant Rockville MD

2007-02-04T15:34:00.000-05:00

This weekend I went to Benjarong, a Thai restaurant in Rockville, MD for a dinner, and let me say that Benjarong is probably the best Thai restaurant I have ever been to. The food was delicious and service was excellent.Since I am a vegetarian, I always scour through the website of the restaurant before I go there so I know what to expect once I get there. I checked the Benjarong website and

2002 Nissan Altima Tires

2007-02-02T17:18:00.000-05:00

Tires are very expensive.If you recently bought tires for your car or truck, you know what I mean. I recently had to get new tires for my 2002 Nissan Altima after my original tires call it quits after serving me 93,000 miles. Yes, that is not a type. The original Bridgestone tires lasted 93,000 miles for me. I had them rotated once when the odometer was showing around 43k miles and that was

R.I.P. - Stay The Course

2006-10-28T16:56:00.000-04:00

Keith Olbermann brilliantly eulogizes and honors 'Stay The Course'.I hear that Keith Olbermann's ratings are up at MSNBC and Bill O'Reilly's ratings at Fox News is sliding down.

Maryland's 3rd congressional district

2006-10-22T15:00:00.000-04:00

Below is the map of the Maryland Congressional District 3. Benjamin Cardin is the congressman of this district currently and he has been getting elected in this district for last 10 elections.Redistricting is gone wild here. Can your district beat this? Click on the map to see the large image. This district is in the suburbs of Baltimore City.

House of Representatives (Congress) members from Maryland

2006-10-14T16:36:00.000-04:00

Here are the current House of Representatives from the state of Maryland. There are total 8 congressional districts in Maryland; Of these 8 districts, 6 have democratic representatives and 2 are republicans.District 1 - Wayne T. Gilchrest (Republican) District 2 - Dutch Ruppersberger (Democrat)District 3 - Benjamin Cardin (Democrat)District 4 - Albert Russell Wynn (Democrat)District 5 - Steny