1 August 2005
Over the past few weeks, Microsoft has provided plenty of juicy, new software for us developers: Vista Beta 1, WinFx Beta 1 RC 1. They’ve also announced quite a few name changes. Longhorn became Windows Vista. Avalon became Windows Presentation Foundation. Indigo became Windows Communication Framework. I don’t know yet how I feel about the [...] Read more »
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18 July 2005
I have expressed my distaste for dumb expressions before. I was considering deriding those who use “best practice” in their conversations with others; since James Bach has done such a wonderful job, I’ll just refer you to his post: No Best Practices by James Bach Excellent. Read more »
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11 July 2005
This weekend, my father had a computer problem. Since there’s a rule about computer nerds being help desk support for everyone they know, he asked me to help him. (To be fair, though, I did build the machine for him. Nor did I complain: he makes me dinner just about every week, and he’s my [...] Read more »
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20 May 2005
In Canada, before every movie, we’re subjected to really, really lame ads about movietickets.com. Go there if you have to know what they’re about. Their stupid, STUPID ads repulse me from ever using the damn service. If MovieTickets.com was a person, I’d kick it in the balls. Read more »
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9 May 2005
I’m a big George Carlin fan, although he’s become progressively more crude in lately. His comedy from the early nineties is hilarious. A lot of his material is focused on daily language. Well, if he were computer nerd in the software industry, I’m sure he’d freak out on people who use going forward: a stupid, useless expression [...] Read more »
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