December 11, 2010 tools

Using LINQPad to Run My Life: Budgeting

Using LINQPad to Run My Life: Budgeting

I use LINQPad all the time for a bunch of stuff, but most recently and most relevant, I’ve been using it for a personal chore that isn’t...

October 29, 2010

Management vs. Motivation

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to gather wood, divide the work, and give them orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast...

October 27, 2010 tools

LINQ Has Changed Me

In the old days, the post-colonial, pre-LINQ days of yore, I’d have written a one-way MD5 encryption like so: This implementation is fine and has...

October 27, 2010 spout

A Function That Forces

At Microsoft, there’s this passive-aggressive cultural thing called a “forcing function,” which, to put it crudely, is an engineering way for us to...

October 25, 2010 conference

Data at PDC 2010

There are lots of great data talks at PDC 2010, all of which are available for online viewing: Code First Development with Entity Framework Jeff...

September 27, 2010 tools

Time to check the donuts

Time to check the donuts

One day when I was supposed to be writing, I needed something to do (as often happens). In this particular case, I built a little tray icon app...

August 26, 2010 fun

The Downside Of Working At Home

I’ve been working at home off and (mostly) on for 16 years… From theoatmeal.com. Recommended...

August 8, 2010 spout

Why can’t it all just be messages?

Why can’t it all just be messages?

My mobile device is driving me crazy. I have an iPhone 4.0. Normally when it’s driving me crazy, it’s standard stuff like the battery life sucks or...


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