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There’s an extension for that
Here is a funny little video I picked up that uses the “There’s an app for that” format to show some of the great extensibility in Visual Studio 2010. For more information on extending VS 10 check out the Visual … Continue reading
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There probably is this school of App design
From an email thread today: So apparently the BG Roadmap tool comes from the Schopenhauer school of application development (“Life without pain has no meaning”) – BG Roadmap certainly gave my last 2 hours new meaning…. One of the big … Continue reading
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Sent in email earlier today
With apologies to Douglas Adams: Do you really want me to send another email summarizing the 2 original summary mails? If so should I also print out my summary in triplicate, send it in, send back out, lose it, find … Continue reading
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Phrases I shouldn’t use in meetings
My one for today was “It’s not that I don’t understand; it’s just that I think you’re wrong”.
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Visual Studio 2010 and the new editor
As you may know we’re rebuilding the editor inside VS to be a lot more extensible. Here are some screenshots that show the type of thing you can do with VS10. 1. DevExpress Rich Comments – This add-in was written … Continue reading
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Latin phrases for Friday
Here are some that may be useful: Sulum huic cella est iam stolidus pro having auditor prurigo. EGO award vos haud cuspis , quod may Deus have misericordia in vestri animus. Orationem pulchram non habens, scribo ista linea in lingua … Continue reading
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Old Code Never Dies
Running the Beta of Windows 7and what do I see: Those of you familiar with the 16 bit codebase for Windows will remember this message. It reminds me of the apocryphal story of the MIL-SPEC and Railways: The US Standard … Continue reading
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Star Trek – The Wrath of Paperwork
The actual transcript is a bit not safe for work due to swear words but I thought I’d drop this quote in here: If you ever see the television series again, don’t watch the actors in the stories out front, … Continue reading
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The Bears defense reminded me of this
I was watching the Super Bowl and could help remembering this entry that appeared on Seahawks.Net. At the time everyone was trying to work out why the defense under Rhodes was always giving up underneath completions. In fact Rhodes would … Continue reading
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So Bad It Needs An Apology – The Daily WTF
I had to share this – Having written stuff myself where I felt dirty for coding like that I understand the issue. Read the whole thing. There is a large comment at the top of a particular student’s assignment. Actually, … Continue reading
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