I've been looking for a decent online backup service for quite some time now. (more…)

I've always loved the GridView control in ASP.Net. It made data viewing, sorting, paging and editing so easy and mindless. (more…)

I recently downloaded a Spanish movie with English subtitles. When I opened the movie .avi file, the subtitles didn't appear. It turns out that they are loaded from a separate .srt file.

I did some digging, and found the information I needed in a forum. To view .srt files on a Mac, you need to use a video playing app called VLC. It's free, and can be downloaded here.

Once you're running VLC, go to preferences and deselect 'automatically detect subtitle files'. Then choose the subtitle file to be played with the movie using the 'browse' button (select both files). It’s not automatic but it works!

I imagine you could do exactly the same thing to view .srt files in Windows, but I haven't verified that.

I wanted to sign up with MSD Adcenter (Google AdWords alternative) recently, but all the promo codes seemed to have expired. I did some digging, as was able to find a working promo code that gives you a $50 MSN Acenter Credit for new sign-ups. (more…)

A SIP Trunk is a logical connection between an IP PBX and a Service Provider’s application servers that allows voice over IP traffic to be exchanged between the two. When a call is placed from an internal phone to an external number, the PBX sends the necessary information to the SIP Trunk provider who establishes the call to the dialed number and acts as an intermediary for the call. All signaling and voice traffic between the PBX and the provider is exchanged using SIP and RTP protocol packets over the IP network. (more…)