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Authoring Code and Why I Do It

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Authoring code?  What kinda title is that Mr. Horton? Yep, all of us who write code … we’re all authors.  But perhaps that’s another post entirely. Today I wanted to jot down why I do this crazy little thing called code as well as how I got my start. Well, first this man and woman … Read more

Job’s Done!

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Lately I have been customizing my Windows sounds. I know, I know, not a hard thing to do. But occasionally you just gotta cut loose and have some fun. I mean until Window 10 is mainstream (and I can’t wait for July 29th), customizing my sounds will be one of the best ways that I … Read more

Coder: A Venn Diagram

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During a conversation with another developer friend of mine, an idea to create this hit me. I think we all have days where we can identify with this to some extent. When you think about it, a lot of what we do/feel as developers falls into these buckets.  Or heck maybe it’s just me.  (Please … Read more

Laptop Bed Stand

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Whilst searching for a MacBook on Ebay, I came across this little gem and had to share it. HORIZONTAL VERTICAL PORTABLE LAPTOP BED STAND This impressed me so much I made a late-night-TV-commercial script for it! ** Disclaimer: I am only poking fun at late-night TV commercials and in general anybody who is simply too … Read more

Rock, Hill, Developer

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Ever had one of those days, especially when you’re in a new gig, that you’re just kinda bouncing around from [what seems to you] problem to problem?  You have that unsettled feeling Coming up to speed at a new place is often difficult and can try your patience with yourself.  So here is how it … Read more

Fun with TFS

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In the spirit of my previous post, and in order to increase the number of posts I do have, here is another tiny-funny 🙂 If you’re going to create a TFS Project as a Sandbox you may as well put a catchy description on it right?  Really, I do work folks .. its just that … Read more

Winforms and Application Settings

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I was recently asked if when coding in Winforms, do I prefer using the application.settings feature or some other method.  I immediately went to Despair.com and crafted this reply.  🙂

A most important comment, on comments

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I truly enjoy helping other developers by making exceptionally good comments, such as these, during my commits.  Really.  I do.  Yes this is called helping.  Honest! (ahem) “Final commit of the day.  Stati are inserting correctly and things are going into the database properly (still) as long as we have good item codes in our … Read more