Emad Ibrahim

Blackjack Simulator

What’s a better way to get ready for a gambling trip other than write a blackjack simulator?  I am no blackjack expert but one of the strategies I heard off is to double your bet every time you lose.  So, if I start with a $100 bankroll and play $10 hands then I lost the [...]

“I Quit” 1 Year Anniversary

It has been a year since I quit my job and decided to go independent.  I didn’t know what I was going to do, the economic outlook wasn’t good, I had two rental properties and a condo that I didn’t know how I was going to pay for.  I was armed with only hope, ambition, [...]

Property Injection in ASP.NET MVC with Ninject

I got a design challenge with asp.net mvc.  I want to keep track of the currently logged in user in the session because I don’t want to hit the database every time I need to get the username or id for a query.  And I have all my controllers inherit from a base controller named [...]

The Best JavaScript Library

I am in the process of creating a new web application using asp.net mvc and I am trying to choose the best JavaScript library to use.  I am pretty much sure that I am going to go with jQuery but nonetheless I wanted to review the libraries out there.  One reason is that I am [...]