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Test post from Word 2007
I wanted to see if I could make a post from Word 2007. If so then I think I’ll use it as my blog posting software. Posted in home, Uncategorized
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Friday night Sci-Fi
Just finished watching this week’s new Stargate Atlantis episode titled “Inquisition”. Overall an OK episode; nothing spectacular, but entertaining enough. It was a clip show with a surrounding plot of...
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New office
Hopefully today I will take the time to finish voting. I need to lookup information about the various propositions on the ballet. I’ve already filled out the part for the candidates. At least I knew...
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16 consecutive days of working
I think I’ve gone past the exhaustion phase and have started moving into the getting sick phase. I’ve really got to take it easy for the rest of the week. I don’t want to get sick just because I worked...
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Started working with Silverlight
Thanks to the last few days being snow days I’ve gotten some work done on the programming front. I’ve been playing with Silverlight 2.0. I installed the SDK and have started working on a Solitaire...
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What is this blogging thing I don’t do?
I got an email today from my domain registrar. It made me realize that I haven’t posted anything here in a really long time. I was using another service to blog but now I think I will try to focus...
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Solve Sudoku in 1 line of Linq
One of my coworkers sent around a link today to someone who solved Sudoku puzzles in 1 line of SQL using Oracle’s custom recursive syntax. I thought it would be fun to try to convert this into Linq....
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Replicating SQL’s ‘in’ operator in Linq
One of the common programming problems is sorting a complex object on a list of criteria. For example, given the following class. public class Car { public int ModelNumber { get; set; } } Imagine...
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Played Descent for the first time
I played Descent: Journeys in the Dark for the first time today. All in all we played for about 3 – 4 hours worth. Bob, the Overlord, was having a hard time of it, but John and I were having a blast....
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Converting a Sourceforge project to Github
I was looking for a reason to play with Git more, so what better a way than to find an open source project that isn’t already on Github and convert it. I wanted to try out some of the basic commands...
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Linqpad usage video
Watched a great video tonight on using Linqpad. It was given by the creator, Joseph Albahari, to show off the new Entity Framework connection work he has done. Linqpad supports the current version of...
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15 Things Worth Knowing About Coffee – The Oatmeal Comic
I found a great comic to explain the various coffee drinks. Living in Seattle basically means I have to know all of this stuff. For me I really like the creamy flavor of a latte. Although I like to...
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Alt.Net Seattle mini con report
I went to my first Alt.Net Seattle meeting on Saturday. It was a mini conference created so the Microsoft MVPs could meet while they were already in Seattle for the MVP global summit. I have to say I...
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FizzBuzz test in C#
I’ve been looking at developer job related web sites to see what kinds of “things” are being used in interviews. There are a few programmer challenges that people are using to weed out the less capable...
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Learning Ruby
I thought I would give learning Ruby a try. The internet seems abuzz with talk about how amazing Ruby is, so it is at least worth a look. I also checked and my ISP does support Ruby on Rails apps. It...
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How to fix patching problems with TortoiseSVN and TortoiseMerge
Unfortunately a common occurrence when applying patches while using TortoiseSVN is that nothing gets patched even though the UI shows that patching has completed without errors. This happens when you...
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Finished the Ruby Koans
Finally finished the Ruby Koans today. ,, , ,, : ::::, :::, , ,,: :::::::::::::,, :::: : , , ,,, ,:::::::::::::::::::, ,: ,: ,, :, ::, , , :, ,::::::::::::::::::, ::: ,:::: : : ::, ,:::::::: ::, ,::::...
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Code navigation with Resharper
Found a great screencast for using Resharper to help code navigation. http://tv.jetbrains.net/videocontent/efficient-navigation-when-doing-tddbdd-with-resharper Filed under: programming, Resharper,...
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Fizz-buzz rehash
While moving my blog content from site to site my post on Fizz-buzz caught my eye again. I thought I would post another implementation that was even more complex (read don’t use in your interview) This...
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