Unit Testing Loves Beta Testing And Vice Versa
Jeff links to a post by Wil Shipley criticizing unit testing. You knew I had to chime in on this… ;)
Read MoreIt's Raining in Southern California
It rained the night before last night (with Thunder!) and it rained last night and it is still raining. I think the forces of nature conspire against me. I have no choice but to crawl up back into bed with a good book and listen to the rain. If a nap should overtake me, so be it.
Read MoreWriting Custom Exceptions Using Resharper Live Templates
Writing proper custom exceptions can amount to a lot of busy work. Oh
sure, it’s easy to simply inherit from System.Exception
and stop
there. But try running that baby through FxCop or passing that exception
across AppDomains and you’re in for a world of hurt (hyperbole alert!).
Fatwa Against Soccer
It appears that one Islamic extremist has issued a Fatwa against playing soccer by the regular rules. Here are some choice examples.
Read MoreDecompression
My weekends just seem to get better and better every week. Since going independent and then starting a company with a friend, my work weeks have been much more enjoyable. Fortunately, my weekends have kept up as well.
Read MoreThe Simple Answer To VS.NET Designer Woe
It’s happened to all of us. You are happily coding along (in Visual Studio .NET 1.x), minding your own business when you decide to switch from the code view to the designer and back to the code view. That’s when you experience…The Woe.
Read MoreConnecting to Terminal Services When All Active Sessions are Used
UPDATE: If you are using Windows Server 2008, the switch is /admin
not /console
. See this post for details.
Humans Are Not Random Number Generators
There’s an interesting discussion in the comments on the Coding Horror blog in which Jeff suggests that
Read MoreVideo IPod
You knew it was coming…
Read MoreTeaching Solid HTML and CSS Production Work
I want to teach a friend everything I know about HTML Production work (which won’t take long). By production work, I mean the process of receiving a Photoshop file, cutting it up, and producing nice clean semantic (X)HTML and CSS.
Read MoreWho The Hell Cares What a Blogger Is Listening To?
Every now and then on various blogs (including mine), you’ll notice a little snippet at the bottom of a post that looks something like…
Read MoreHilarious Video: The Yes Man
The Poor Management Epidemic
I’ve noticed a bit of talk lately about poor management such as this piece from Dare and this one from Mini-Microsoft.
Read MoreBurning Man Community
sherriffs.jpg
Originally uploaded by soymlk.
It’s pics like these that really capture the spirit of Burning Man. I
love the juxtaposition of cultures in this particular photo. It displays
the extent to which the Burning Man organizers work with the local
communities and law enforcement to ensure a peaceful and cooperative
environment. \
You've Been Haacked in the Blog 1 Million.
Many thanks to C|Not for listing the venerable You’ve Been Haacked in their Blog 1,000,000. The recognition is much appreciated.
Read MoreFriendly HaackMan Reminder: Do Not Forget To Blink
Hey you! Yeah I’m talking to you. The one there who has been staring at the screen for several hours straight. Do NOT forget to blink often.
Read MoreCommunity Server 1.2 Live Demo
When it was released, I was quite critical of Community Server. I felt it was a rush job and shouldn’t have even been graced with a “beta” next to its name. That, along with other reasons, spurred me to start the Subtext project.
Read MoreGmail adds Auto Save
Man this would have saved me from tearing out a lot of hair in the past. An excerpt from the announcement:
Read MoreGhostDoc 1.3.0 Released!
Roland released Ghost Doc
1.3.0. I am looking forward to
trying the new bits out. Check out his release
notes.
The Shining Redux - Feel Good Movie?
Since when was
The Shining a feel good movie? Since somebody creatively edited
footage to make this
promo.