December 20, 2005
tools
New Workspace Link for RegexDesigner
Here.
The nice folks at GotDotNet have decided in their infinite wisdom to move all of the workspaces to a new hierarchy w/o forwarding the URLs and then leaving a message behind indicating that such a thing is temporary to keep users on their toes:
″Operational Troubleshooting in Progress
The Gotdotnet team is aware of the current site operational issues and is working on a solution. Thanks for your patience.”
Anyway, due to popular demand, I’ve updated the GotDotNet workspaces link to the RegexDesigner and other tools. Enjoy.
December 18, 2005
spout
How come nobody says “impeach?”
WARNING: This is my political side bubbling over. If you only want fun stuff about my kids or technology, this post ain’t for you.
Clinton engaged in an consensual adult act in the west wing and endured the impeachment process.
Bush sics the NSA on us w/o due process, starts a war so he can look tough for his dad and continues to dismiss global warming as a myth. Why aren’t we impeaching his ass?
December 16, 2005
spout writing
Windows Forms Programming 2005 in C# Submitted!
I packaged off the final chapters, figures and PDF files for submission of the WinForms 2.0 book this morning. Michael made it easy by fixing all the last minute nits I found, producing the PDFs and bundling all of the figure files together (he separated the graphics from the Word docs using a WinForms 2.0 program, of course!).
In spite of the fact that I’ve been working on long-lead prototype coding for the last month and Mike’s been moving to the US from Australia, we managed to get the book submitted a full 15.5 hours early (they meant midnight when they gave us a 12/16 deadline, didn’t they?!?).
I’m so excited to get the book in your hands, that I’ve asked Mike to check in the files he’s got checked out so that we can post the code samples ASAP. It’ll still be a while before the book is in your hands, though. We took 22 months to write it, but it’s the 3 months it takes to print it that always sticks in my craw the most for some reason. : )
Wahoo (2)!
November 26, 2005
fun
Wasting the Prince of Darkness
80% of the email I get about my Microsoft interview question site (which, 2.5 years into my MS career, nobody has yet forced me to take down) isn’t very fun, e.g. asking for the answers (which I don’t give) or fairly pedestrian stories (“I got asked some regular questions but didn’t get hired.“).
This one, though, is definitely worth posting. Enjoy!