Virtually every application these days requires at least some connection to the internet. Letting the user click a link and open it in their browser is essential. This recipe shows you the 1 line method of doing so.

When you create a new thread in .net 1.1, you cannot pass any parameters to the ThreadStart delegate, which makes passing startup variables difficult. This recipe shows you an easy workaround.

When you are developing a Windows Forms application in .NET, it’s not immediately obvious how to programatically load an icon file embedded in your executable. This recipe shows you the 1 line solution.

When you are testing your rails application using script/console, you have to stop and start the console to test changes to your model objects. This recipe shows you the easy way to reload the console.

The Subversion source control system has a simple and easy to use command-line syntax. This recipe shows you how to see what the latest revision number in the repository is.

WordPress by default replaces the double dash (–) with an em-dash character. If you are showing code or programming examples this will cause your visitors unnecessary confusion. This recipe shows the simple way to turn that behavior off.

When you finally finish version 0.9 of your beta Web 2.0 application, you’ll probably want to tag that version in your source control system. This recipe shows you how using Subversion.

Subversion by default shows unversioned files and folders when running the svn status command. This recipe shows you how to ignore files you don’t want in source control.

You can shorten start up time for Visual Studio by disabling the splash screen that comes up each time you run the application. To disable it, follow this Tech-Recipe.

You can use Find and Replace to change the colors of text, fills, strokes, or a combination of these. You cannot find and replace colors in grouped objects. To find and replace a color: