The Shoe Cobblers Kids
An old saying I’ve
been using a lot lately is the old saw “A shoe cobbler’s kids go
shoeless”. Basically, it points out how difficult it is to keep one’s
own affairs in order when it is one’s job to do so for others. As an
example, my company is in the business of building fantastic technology
solutions, but our own website
is rather neglected. This is something we see as a real problem and will
address soon.
Subtext 1.0 Nautilus Edition Released
Well it took a bit longer than
I thought it would, but we’ve finally put the final touches to Subtext
1.0, code named
“Nautilus”! One of the primary goals of this release was to make it much
easier to setup and use than .TEXT, and I think we’ve accomplished that.
Reflections On The Release
I have never worked as part of a shrink wrapped product team, which makes working on Subtext the closest thing to the experience. When a product team releases a product, they often stamp it with the acronym RTM, Release to Manafacturing, which is more and more becoming a misnomer as the only manafacturing being done is the manafacturing of hyperbole by the marketing team.
Read MoreGetting Pummelled
This week,
I’ve had the pleasure of being pummelled in soccer not once, but twice.
Any Non-Techie Readers?
Just wondering, but are there any non-techie readers of this blog (besides my wife of course)? The reason I ask is that I am noticing that I am writing less and less about what’s going on in my life. In part, because I think my audience is almost entirely tech readers and google searchers.
Read MoreMulti-Blog Support In Subtext
Intro
Read MoreThe Subtext Alternative To Url Rewriting
For simple
ASP.NET applications that do not employ URL Rewriting, stepping through
the code that handles a request is fairly straightforward. For example,
given a request for
http://localhost/MyProject/Page.aspx
, simply open
up Page.aspx and look at the code-behind file to see what code handles
this request.
How I Pimped My Desktop
So I spend my time writing up a hopefully useful guide to Subversion on SourceForge and all this one reader from Spain (¡hola!) wants to know is where I got my theme from?
Read MoreQuickstart Guide to Subversion on SourceForge
Good news! SourceForge now supports using Subversion for source control!
Read MoreCollaborative Filtering For Your Musical Tastes That Works
Save Your Visual Studio 2003 Settings
Steve Harman points out some registry keys and directories to backup if you wish to re-use your Visual Studio 2003 settings on a fresh installation. For those of you who are lucky enough to fully abandon 2003, you have the benefit that Visual Studio 2005 fully supports importing and exporting settings.
Read MoreWhat Every Developer Should Know About Source Control
If you are like me, you “learned” source control in a very informal manner. Perhaps you learned via what we used to call the “Commodore Shuffle” back in the day (what is the modern term for this?) in which you clicked around and figured it out by trying to use it.
Read MorePersonal UPS System Recommendations
Just had a short
power outtage at home, which sucks because I work here. I was taking a
short break downstairs reading when the lights suddenly turned off. I
had that feeling that must go through the head of the lone security guy
just before Sidney Bristow busts his head with her fist.
Ready To Mix It Up
Well I am ready to mix
it up at the Mix 06 conference.
This will be my first conference of the year and my coworker Jon
Galloway will
also be in attendance.
Better Developers Through Diversity
The local newspaper sports a comic strip that enjoys every opportunity to mock the modern university’s emphasis on diversity. The strip holds diversity accountable for lowered standards and educational quality. However it ignores the danger of a lack of diversity, namely that a student might not be exposed to new ideas that challenge pre-existing assumptions that would improve the student’s overall education.
Read MoreGet The Most Out Of Your Format String
I was reviewing some code when I ran into code that fit this pattern all over the place (simplified to make a point).
Read MoreValentine Is The Day For No Good Low Down Dirty Cheaters To Get Caught
Read this
interesting
post
by security expert Bruce
Schneier on how
Valentine’s day is the day when cheating spouses are most likely to trip
up.
The Missing Detail of of New Human Machine Interfaces
By now just about everybody is ooh-ing and aww-ing over this demonstration video showing multiple users on a single touch and pressure sensitive graphical user interface.
Prevent Windows Update Automated Reboots
Jon Galloway has a useful post on how to prevent windows from automatically rebooting your machine during automatic updates. Useful information if you like to keep programs running.
Read MorePlaying Soccer Against Former National Team Players
I’ve joined a
group of soccer players attempting to form a team to get into a 30 and
over league that hosts games on much nicer fields. These are the fields
with that really nice high quality artificial turf, a huge difference
over the pock-marked dirt/grass fields of my current league. The play in
this league is also at a much higher level than my current league and
they are very particular about which teams they let in. They judge teams
on ability, sportsmanship, and organization.