It's hot in my office
It's hot in my office
So here's my method for determining whether or not a particular platform is worthwhile. I ask myself, "how would David Letterman summarize this?" I know this doesn't seem very scientific, but it's a mask I have years of experience wearing. Trust me on Read More
In front of City Hall, a man plays the steel drums in front of the ZipCar tent. Increased access to the birthright of every citizen (the automobile) was advocated. Free watermelon was served.Nearby a person reminds us (via bumper sticker) to drive safely, Read More
If I believed in that sort of thing, I would guess that it said "leave Alphabet City immediately."The explanation:The aftermath:tabo: is that the erlang book?dan: yes it isdan: good eyedan: it has pigeon shit on it nowThe Portable Atheist (that yellow Read More
Don Box says:As a WPF user, I spend at least as much time reading and writing XAML as I do reading/writing C# code that does WPF-isms. I do spend a lot of time in C#, but little of it is WPF specific, which arguably is one of the strengths of WPF’s data/content Read More
I figured this was worth a shot.I am:Someone that has been hacking since childhood.Someone that has spent most of his Saturday doing problems in a Haskell textbook for fun.Someone that thinks programming is very similar to art, if one is sufficiently Read More
I hate you guys. Seriously, drop dead.SERVICE_NAME: ati hotkey poller TYPE : 110 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS Read More
Blocked finalizer threads have gotten some recent publicity on Tess Ferrandez's blog. I recently ran into this myself, although the particulars were slightly different.Our problem was manifesting itself in a very long-running console application that Read More
When I'm writing a GUI or a multithreaded server application, I make heavy use of OutputDebugString (and various API's that map to it). This is a very useful tool when the act of stepping through an application has side effects that drastically change Read More
I'm not sure that I will be able to attend, but there will be a (relatively subdued) solidarity demonstration outside of the Danish consulate midday on the third. Anyone who sees this is encouraged to be present. If you haven't heard already, there is Read More
I'm sure there are those who will find irony in this post's title, but sometimes we have to fight our battles where we find them. Roughly a month ago, I found this statue assaulting my aesthetic faculties at the corner of Water Street and Old Slip.Joseph Read More
I had a few extra hours this morning, due to a metabolic irregularity of mine that causes me to wake up in the middle of the night after drinking. So I did my best to make constructive [read: anything not involving Dunkin Donuts -ed] use of this time. Read More
"Why the hell is this application insisting on loading an old version of the CLR?" I'm guessing that's what you're asking yourself if you've gotten here through your search engine of choice. Well, relax. I'm about to explain.It is reasonably well-known Read More
You never know what will become an API.[13:23] DarrelHerbst: did you make the annotated stock chart left link have linkId=666 on purpose?[13:23] McFunley: yes[13:23] DarrelHerbst: it looks really cool in this document i'm writing Read More
I'll admit, I personally prefer complete sentences, paragraphs, and attempted grammar. But, I thought I would try to write a "column" that is nothing but a long, bulleted list since this approach seems to be working for the so-untalented-he's-talented Read More
Tony Siragusa is the nuclear option in Fox Sports' ongoing war against dramatic pause. Every Sunday he roves the sidelines ensuring that even the slightest moment of dead air is filled with sense-dulling stupidity. "I love coming to Cleveland because Read More
I cast my lot with Joel Spolsky in this, his latest, made-to-order internet dweeb controversy. There are some mentally-challenged folks, on either side of the aisle, that see it as an attack on Java. I'm not sure that they've read past the title, but Read More
I've been silent (by my standards, anyway) on the Dover design case to date--I suppose this is because anyone that knows me knows that I don't support teaching religion in church, let alone in the public school system. But, I had some thoughts worth sharing Read More
I realized just how much I depend on my laptop these days, and I'm starting to think this is flirting with disaster due to their mayfly lifespans. I was pricing backup appliances at the Mirra site when I realized, hey, image-only websites suck. I'm quite Read More
In my last post I alluded to interview quizzers. These are [straw man alert] egotistical people who assume that any smart person must know the highly-specific information that they themselves have learned in the last month. "I don't know, but I'll google Read More
Here is a nice article about lessons learned in designing a website login form. I have my own login abuse sob story to relate to you. Its interesting because what this author is warning against:The username credential is important to remember. When the Read More
..and we are compelled to face with sober senses our real conditions of life. Darrel Herbst (rss) is creating content for public consumption. Don't tell him I told you. Read More
One of the lesser-publicized features in version 2.0 of the .NET Framework is that link.exe
can now combine multiple .netmodule files into a single managed
executable or library. This is very similar to the functionality
offered in the Microsoft Research Read More
I just finished reading this Reuters story,
"Rising Sea Levels Threaten New Jersey." Nevermind the obvious question
of whether we'd really be menaced by the disappearance of New Jersey. I
would like to focus on
details tangential to the main story, Read More
Many of you may have heard stories about the CIA spending tax dollars on “remote viewing” and other paranormal spook activities during the cold war. Incredibly, many of these stories turn out to have been true.
Some senior officials Read More
John Dvorak recently posted this plug for what appears to be a pseudoscience site, holoscience.com. Quote:
This site is devoted to looking at space science in a holistic, interdisciplinary manner. It also has some exceptionally cool images. Read More
Here are some pictures from the office we just moved into last week.
Above is the view from my desk, looking west into the financial district.
This one is from the north side, looking towards midtown.
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Look –
I am an end user of DivX. I could not possibly care less about how great the DivX codec is. To be honest, my discerning eye cannot tell the difference between a DivX-encoded movie and an animated GIF. I do not encode my own movies. Read More
Feel free to use this with your colleagues and/or subordinates.
Men,
As you slave away at your desks today, putting the finishing touches on another outstanding release, you can know it was all worth it. You have made it. You are now Read More
The humidity in my office dipped below 20% this week, the same as last winter. If you need a frame of reference, the Sahara desert is usually at least 25%. Some people are able to tolerate this, but I'm apparently not one of them. Especially not when Read More
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