Syntax Highlighting. Converting C# (et al) to HTML.
I’ve probably read a hundred or so posts of people looking for a way to syntax highlight source code listings in HTML. Maybe I’m the last to discover this site, but http://www.manoli.net/csharpformat/ is the answer for me so far. Just cut and paste some C#, VB, html/xml/aspx code int the text box and click “format my code” and voila! You get some clean HTML displaying nicely formatted code.
Read MoreThe meaning of Impedance Mismatch
You’ve probably heard the term Impedance Mismatch thrown around when discussing object relational mapping. I’m sure it comes up every morning at the water cooler. Maybe you’ve even thrown it around yoursef a few times. Do you know what the term means?
Read MoreSelf-Contradictory Word Of The Day
Quick! What is the definition of the word moot? I’ll use it in a sentence.
Read MoreBill Bryson Scoops Prize -- for Science Writing
I’m
right in the middle of reading this book right now and I can’t heap
enough praise upon it. This is a worthwhile read.
FUNNY: Fahrenheit 9/11 Poster
We're Going Camping!
We’ll be out
enjoying the wilderness this weekend at Sequoia National Park. I once
worked at a company with Sequoia in its name. This park is not owned by
them.
The Real Pain Of Software Development [part 1]
7 Arrested in School Cafeteria Food Fight (AP)
Wolfgang Puck could not be reached for comment.
Read MoreWARNING: PayPal Scam.
Be aware that there is a PayPal scam going around. I received the following email which had a forged from address of “DoNotReply@PayPal.com”. There’s a reason they don’t want you to reply, because it exposes the scam. They’d rather have you run the attached program. DO NOT DO IT! This is a scam. It is easy to forge the headers of an email. It didn’t come from PayPal.
Read MoreTest First Development Doesn't Mean You Don't Walk Through Your Code
Test First Development, the process of writing unit tests to test the code you are about to write, is one of my favorite software practices that has an impact on producing better written code. However, it’s no a panacea. It is true that I use the debugger much less often because of TDD, but there are still occasions where it’s important to manually step through code line by line.
Read MoreIf Bill And Ted Were Coders
Googlers are Burners
Thread Naming and Asynchronous Method Calls
Typically when you spawn a new thread, you
want to give it a name to facilitate debugging. For example:
But It's All Plugged In
This is one of the funniest tech support stories I’ve heard in a long time. Even you non-geeks can appreciate this…
Read MoreBoy Not Allowed To Bring Porn Star To Prom
Guess he should have remembered to take out the trash… Oh wait, he tried.
Read MoreWelcome To My New And Improved (And Permanent) Blog Location
I finally decided to quit being a cheap-ass and so I purchased web hosting with WebHost4Life. Now my blog is hosted at https://haacked.com/ rather than that old ugly domain name (https://haacked.com/).
Read MoreUnleashing a new design...
Thanks to the help of the very talented Joel Bernarte, I have a nice new look to the site. He created the logo you see at top. I then spent a bunch of time trying to modify the layout and Css to do the logo justice.
Read MoreHoping To Avoid Comment Spam...
See, this is exactly the type of comment spam I’m hoping to avoid.
Read MoreA Very Simple And Easy Way To Reduce Comment Spam
Another option is to simply remove the web interface for comments and only allow comments via the Comment API.
Read MoreWebHost4Life
I now have a WebHost4Life account. I’ll be moving my site there sometime in the future. If you sign up for webhost4life, be sure to use this link or refer to me. :) http://www.webhost4life.com/default.asp?refid=haacked
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