When I moved to California, in 1996, I was looking to update my Centris 660av to a more powerful computer. At the time the only computer that was similar was the Macintosh 8600. It had the same Audio/Video capabilities, but the cool thing was that it was a Power Macintosh!

The computer met all my expectations, it was easy to use and very easy to add additional cards, memory and disk space. I did add a second hard drive and tried several different video cards to try the latest Audio/Video technology.

When I left California, in August 2002, I decided to donate the computer to the Oakland School district. This wasn’t a hard decision since I didn’t use the computer that much since I had some more powerful computers.

Download the specifications of the Macintosh 8600, and read about the great configurations of this computer.

If you’re a computer programmer and use MySQL you probably have encountered the Date and Time fields a lot in your queries.

There’s lots of good uses of using the date time fields, such as displaying the date in different formats or doing on the fly calculations.

I put together a handy guide to all the various variables that the Date and Time field uses. This is very handy to have hanging in your office during development time.

An above ground pool is great to have; it’s fun to use and great to entertain when company is over. The downside is the sometimes daily maintenance and the cost of running the filter every day.

In many parts of the country pool owners have to close the pool in the winter since it’s too cold to go swimming year round. This is a task that many New Englanders do during Labor Day weekend. Other parts of the country can go for a couple of more weeks to close their pool.

If you need basic instructions on how to properly close your pool to minimize the damage from the winter, download the Pool Closing Checklist to assist you in the process.

Good luck with closing the pool, and get ready for the Spring!

If your just learning C# or .Net you might find it a little overwhelming. There's a lot to learn about creating Namespaces, Classes, Methods and Properties. Not to mention understanding the ins and outs of Microsoft Visual Studio.

Last night, I found a hand Quick Reference guide that is very useful to have around. This is a good reference guide to explain the various aspect of CSharp and makes it easy to get the information.

Download the CSharp Reference Guide and good luck with your C# and .NET learning.

Once I get better at creating cool CSharp code, I'll put together the reference guide that use.

If your looking for some good chocolate desert to add to your next meal try one of the Original Hershey Chocolate Recipes.

I copied the original Fudgey Brownies and Deep Dark Chocolate Cake from the back of a Hershey Coco can. In the mid 1990's they changed the recipe to be more healthy. However, nothing can compares to the original.

While I strongly suggest eating healthy, there's nothing wrong with enjoying a special treat every once in a while. Download the Orginal Hershey Chocolate Recipe PDF and treat yourself tonight!