To Build a Bridge

Follow @design21degrees The Brooklyn Bridge that spans the river tying Manhattan Island to Brooklyn is truly a miracle bridge. In 1863, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea for this spectacular bridge. However, bridge-building experts throughout the world told him to forget it; it could not be done. Roebling convinced his son, Washington, who was a young upand coming engineer, that the bridge could be built. The two of them developed the concepts of how it could be...

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Coffee for a thought?

Follow @design21degrees A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee. When all the students had...

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Faith

Follow @design21degrees An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to ...his Class on the Problem Science has with GOD, the ALMIGHTY. He asked one of his New Christian Students to stand and . . . Professor : You are a Christian, aren't you, son ? Student : Yes, sir. Professor: So, you Believe in GOD ? Student : Absolutely, sir. Professor: Is GOD Good ? Student : Sure. Professor: Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL ? Student : Yes. Professor: My Brother died of Cancer even though he Prayed to...

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.net Naming Conventions (Part 2)

Follow @design21degrees The part two of the article will be a little bit tricky. I may not be able to suggest a concrete idea for you on how to name some of the controls on the windows form. All I can do is to give you ideas about the pro’s and cons of the name you will give to the control. Well, let’s start with the easy ones. Windows forms I used the prefix “frm” followed by the name of the form with the first letter of the word capitalize. Very easy to read. Easy to search on intellisence...

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