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Using exactly the same steps as in my previous posts I created a .xpi file for Firefox 6.0.
You can get it here: CSSViewer for Firefox 6.0 v. 1.0.3

Enjoy ;)

Following the same steps as in my previous post “Install CSS Viewer add-on in Firefox 4.0.*” you can install CSS Viewer in Firefox 5.0.*

You can download a .xpi file I created and checked that it works fine with Firefox 5.0.
Download: CSSViewer for Firefox 5.0 v. 1.0.3

I was really happy when I discovered that the CSS Viewer is available for Chrome for free from M. ed.
In case that you did not know it check here (visit the link with Chrome browser to be able to install the extension).

Working around lately with MySQL and C# I created a small and quite simple application that visualizes MySQL Commands to a DataGrid.

With SQL Statement Monitor v. 0.0.0.1 you can connect to a MySQL Database, execute MySQL commands and see the result straight on the DataGrid. For example, when you can execute a “Select” command and only the selected columns will be visible in the DataGrid. Similarly, you can add Tables, Entries, Columns etc.

In this Beta version of SQL Statement Monitor v. 0.0.0.1 are two buttons. One “Select” and one “Execute”. The “Select” button is used to filter the data (i.e. the Select example above). While the “Execute” button is used when an alteration to the Database is required (i.e. add an entry).
In addition, the code of some basic SQL Commands is included. Just select the command from the “Common SQL Commands” drop down menu and the code will be inserted for you in the commands field.

In order to use SQL Statement Monitor v. 0.0.0.1 MySQL Community Server is required. Personally, I suggest you to download MySQL Workbench (GUI Tool) too, so that you can manage your databases easily from a GUI. Both of these tools can be downloaded for free from MySQL official website.

How to use:
1. Download SQL Statement Monitor v. 0.0.0.1, unzip it and run the executable
2. Download MySQL Community Server and install it
3. Download MySQL Workbench and install it
4. Create a Database (write down the Username, Password and Hostname)
5. Start SQL Statement Monitor v. 0.0.0.1 (some errors may pop up that it cannot connect to Database)
6. Click ‘Connect to Database’ and give the correct information (Database name, Username, Password, Hostname and Table Name)
7. If the database has no tables yet an error will pop up. You should create a table
8. You are ready! Add some data and play around with SQL commands

If you have any question/suggestion please comment below.

If you need a copy of the source code do not hesitate to contact me.

With Give Me a Password v. 1.0 you can create strong random passwords difficult to crack or guess, because of the combination of lower and upper case letters, numbers and special characters.

Give Me a Password v. 1.0 is written in C# and does not need install. However, to run the application, Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile must be installed.

Just download Give Me a Password v. 1.0, unzip it and run the executable. Select what characters should be included in the password(s) (i.e. lower/upper case letters, numbers, special characters), the length of the password(s) and the quantity of passwords to generate.

The code for Random Password Generation is based on the copyrighted sample code of Obviex™, which can be found here. Some alterations have been made to the initial code, in order to implement it with GUI and enhance the group of available characters.

If you need a copy of the source code please contact me.

If you find any bug or have any suggestion please contact me.

For more projects visit the Programming Section.

The updated version of BlackJack Card Counting (True Count) Java application, CardCounting v. 2.0, comes with some new features.

In this version the True Counter is calculated for two ways of play, Conservative and Aggressive. With the Aggressive way the player tries to increase his/her profit, by increasing the bet as soon as possible. So, as one can see from the graphs generated from CardCounting v. 2.0, in Aggressive play the True Counter changes only by +1 or -1.
Reminding that the player is assumed to increase the bet every time the True Counter increases by 1 (as the advantage of the player is increased by 0.5%) and decrease the bet every time the True Counter decreases by 1, Aggressive play can lead to loss or profit faster…

In addition, with CardCounting v. 2.0 one can compare the True Counter for the two ways of playing for any of the seven Card Counting strategies (Wizard Ace/Five, KO, Hi-Lo, Hi-Opt I, Hi-Opt II, Zen Count and Omega II).

Download CardCounting v. 2.0, unzip the file, open a command prompt window, navigate to the directory where the jar file is located and write:

java -jar CardCounting.jar

For help write:

java -jar CardCounting.jar help

Note, that the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is required to run the application.

For any question/suggestion you can comment. Have fun!

For the full list of Projects check the Programming Page.