Route Around The Default Gateway On The Remote Network
Steve Harman digs in and solves a longtime mystery for me regarding VPN connections and default gateways on remote networks.
Read MoreOn Hiring Bloggers and Open Source Developers
If you’ve read my blog for any length of time, you know I tend to go on and on about the virtues of blogging and participating in Open Source projects.
Read MoreBanned From Slashdot
This is amusing. I tried to view a post on Slashdot and got the following error page.
Read MoreAnother Day, Another Trip Around The Sun
Identicons as Graphical Digital Fingerprints
** How do you uniquely identify a person, without divulging the identity of that person? **For example, given a set of personal artifacts, how would I arrange the set of artifacts grouped by the person to which they belonged?
Read MoreEasy To Deploy Identicon Handler
Yesterday I mentioned that Jeff Atwood and Jon Galloway wrote an Identicon implementation for .NET. It works beautifully, but they distributed the code as a Web Site Project, which I cannot deploy to my blog as is.
Read MoreWindows Developer Tools Day
In order to promote the book Windows Developer Power Tools: Turbocharge Windows Development with More Than 140 Free and Open Source Tools, O’Reilly is declaring January 19^th^ (aka today) to be “Windows Developer Tools Day”.
Read More6 Software Tips For Hardware Makers
We often hear that the current state of software development is still dysfunctional. Scott Rosenberg recently wrote a book to that effect called Dreaming In Code. He takes takes a look at the question Why is software so hard? According to Scott, Software developement’s history is marred by poor quality, missed deadlines, and cost overruns, primarily due to a persistent dysfunctional culture.
Read MoreThis Just In - Beckham To Play For Los Angeles
Looks like Beckham is moving to La La Land. Sure, he is no longer on the English national team, nor does he start for Real Madrid, but I bet he’s still got some good playing days in those legs, and will definitely be a huge lift for the level of play in the MLS, or at least for the struggling Galaxy.
Read MoreHTTP Debugging Using Reverse Proxies And Port Forwarders
I’m currently working on an interesting project to develop a series of HTTP services used by games running on the RIM Blackberry. These services will enable players to compete against one another (though not in real time) in various games and see high scores, challenge friends, etc…. It brings a social aspect to gaming on your blackberry device.
Read MoreWriting Maintainable Code
Subtext Notes Around The Web
While I really enjoyed the holidays, one part was really difficult for me. There was some great discussions happening about Subtext in the mailing list and in various blog posts, but I was too busy to really get involved.
Read MoreYear of the Golden Pig
Not too long ago I announced that my wife and I are expecting a baby this year as part of our world domination plans. Adding fuel to our plans is the discovery that this year is a special year according to the Chinese Zodiac.
Read MoreFive Things You Didn't Want To Know About Me
K. Scott Allen, Jayson Knight, and Keyvan Nayyeri all tagged me, so despite my general antipathy towards these viral questionnaire memes (they remind me of that silly slambook fad in grade school), this one is interesting enough for me to respond.
Read MoreMerry Christmas!
Here’s wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays. For Christmas, I received a defective video card as a warranty replacement for my defective video card. Thanks Dell! The replacement card was more defective than the one I returned.
Read MoreSoccer Camp
No, this was definitely not a good sight for me. With my team pressing the attack, an unfortunate turnover left our defense out of position to help as the opposing team quickly capitalized. (Click on any pic for a larger view).
Read More.NET Developer Charity Auction
Clean drinking water piped to my house is something I take for granted (yes, even in Los Angeles). When I stop to think about it a bit, I can’t imagine how tough it must be to not have clean drinking water.
Read MorePlayed Soccer Against The Juggernaut
Today my team had a friendly preseason game against Hollywood United. They fielded a mixture of a few players from their 40 and over team, but most of the players were from their main team.
Read MoreDid A Solar Flare Hose My Drive?
Indulging My OCD Using TestDriven.NET With NCoverExplorer
I don’t suffer from classic OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), but I do sometimes have OCD tendencies. Just ask my poor wife when we’re having dinner while my mind is still trying to resolve a thorny programming problem. Earth to Phil. Are you on this planet?
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