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The ability to think outside the box can come in handy when working in Photoshop. Sometimes, however, you just need a quick way to make a really interesting and visually appealing image.In this episode of Photoshop Quicktips I show you how to create a nice abstract background without having to think at all! This is a great technique that can be used for a variety of things. Give it a try and I'...

In this screencast you will learn about classes and meta classes in Ruby. Based on Why the lucky stiff's article "Seeing Metaclasses Clearly". Correction: Instead of p Foo.ancestors try p Foo.class

Summary Rocky's back to show us how to use his CSLA.NET framework in an ASP.NET application. Bio Rockford Lhotka is the author of numerous books, including the Expert Visual Basic .NET & C# Business Objects books. He is a Microsoft Software Legend, Regional Director, MVP and INETA speaker. Rockford speaks at many conferences and user groups around the world and is a columnist for MSDN Onlin...

Jackie from Chicago calls in with today's question - how can you find the date at the end of the month from a column of dates? Episode 287 shows you two ways to solve this problem.

If you need to change the numeric format in your pivot table reports, don't use the formatting toolbar! Instead, follow the steps from Episode 286. As a bonus, this podcast also shows the secret number format for displaying numbers in thousands.

While pivot tables are incredibly powerful, they generally look absolutely horrible. Rather than continuously formatting the pivot table after every change, you can use the Pivot Table AutoFormats on the pivot table toolbar. Episode 285 shows you how.

If you are trying to plan inventory in the warehouse or material scheduling at the manufacturing plant, you will want to create an order leadtime report. Episode 284 shows how to use a pivot table with two dates grouped up to months.

Kevin from Chicago called to ask how to remove leading and trailing spaces from a column, while keeping the spaces between words. Episode 283 shows you how to solve this problem.To have your question on the podcast, leave a voicemail at 1-866-581-0221.

Rob Kaufman takes on database scaling with MySQL. This talk will walk you through setting up a Master (read write) Slave (read only) MySQL network, as well as a Master Master, or Multi-Master network. The talk will also cover the whys and when of database clustering.

In this episode of Quicktips I show you how to create one of the most popular effects in advertising! This effect can be seen on everything from product ads to posters and you'll be amazed at just how easy it is!