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re: See no ..., hear no ...

How evil are you?

http://dotnetweblogs.com/Yreynhout/posts/3182.aspx

One up, one down

First the good news, my regex article was published on 4Guys today:

http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/022603-1.aspx

If you'd like a tool to test expressions with, you can grab mine from here:

http://www.flws.com.au/showusyourcode/MarkItUp.RegexSnippets.zip

If you'd like the source code to the tool - just sing out!

Ok, now the gripe.  Every day I ride my bike to work, so every day I have to "work with" the traffic.  I understand the basic rules - as every cyclist should - I've got a lot more to lose by being hit by a car than I do by hitting one.

This morning as I approached my workplace I had to cycle past some council workers that were pruning large trees alongside a main road.  They had a semi-circle of witches hats that protruded onto the road where they were working, which meant that I had to ride slightly onto the road as I passed.  There was no sign indicating to drivers that they should slow down as they passed the work.

Here's my question.  If you were a driver and you saw a bunch of red hats protruding onto the road in front of you which of the following would you propose as the most suitable reaction:

1. Speed up
2. Start swerving and weaving wildly
3. Speed up and start swerving and weaving wildly
4. Slow down and drive cautiously

Hmmmm?

Redmond trip booked

Booked my trip to Redmond yesterday :-)  I'd love to catch up with anyone while I'm over there... here's the details of my trip.

Feel free to add messages to this blog if you know of any sights worth visiting while in the area :-)

Silver Cloud Inn Redmond 
 
2122 152nd Ave Ne
Redmond, WA 98052
USA

Check in:  Sat 10-May-03
Check out:  Sun 18-May-03

Here's where the Silver Cloud is:

http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=mmvw&msds=EX012CDC9215f$81Vz$9D$82Vz94!E04!80!2$FF$110$32$31!2$32.$31$35$32ou.Mlp.OP!6$FF70Spukgou20ZM50$39$38$30$35$32!A$FF0!E$FF$11$27$28$2C$8E$D0B$40J$DA$AEN$CF$88$5E$C030001000!8$FF000!2$FF0000!2$FF$14000!6$FF$C9$E0$7C$0C$CE$C7$F8$3F$9A$F0b$C2$9F93$4020&rfrr=-6600

PHP at Yahoo

Here's an interesting little presentation that outlines a case for Yahoo using PHP as their development language.

The two slides that I found particularly interesting are titled: "Complicated Software" and "World's biggest site".

http://public.yahoo.com/~radwin/talks/yahoo-phpcon2002.htm

Week in review

Here's some of the really cool things that I've seen this week...

Pure Geekdom...
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/4677.asp

An interesting little regular expression
http://radio.weblogs.com/0117167/2003/02/18.html#a132

Blog Search tool
http://dotnetweblogs.com/FMARGUERIE/archive/02212003.aspx#2728

Documentation tools
http://www.squiffler.com/squiffler/article.aspx?id=1
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/csref/html/vclrftagsfordocumentationcomments.asp?frame=true

Also, did I dream it or not, but I seem to have mis-placed a link to an interesting set of templates for UI design and layout. If anyone else has that link or remembers seeing it could you kindly forward it :-) Cheers!

Cya...

We'll use a signal I have tried and found far-reaching and easy to yell. Waa-hoo! - Zane Grey

 

Keywords: regex, regular expression, documentation, blog search, search, books, geek

New look for MSDN

http://msdn.microsoft.com/labs/homepages/default.aspx

I voted for #1.  What can I say - I hate change? :-)

More IDE tips that you can poke a macro at...

While showing-off the previous tip to a mate I was eagerly pointed in the direction of this link:

http://www.sellsbrothers.com/spout/default.aspx?content=archive.htm#vs.netfunfacts

Chris Sells does it yet again!

VS.NET & Source Safe tip

<Tip TipAuthor="J. Ambrose Little" TipAuthorUrl="http://www.aspalliance.com/Ambrose/">
     <Question>
          If a file is checked out in VSS, I would like to see who has the file
          checked out through Visual Studio.Net.  That would save a trip back to
          the VSS client to try to track the person down.
     </Question>
     <Answer>
          There are two ways (that I know of).  One is to add the source control
          toolbar to your toolbars and choose the properties button, which has a
          status tab, IIRC.  The other is to select the file and go to
          File -> Source Control -> Properties.
     </Answer>
</Tip>

Cya...

Overheard on MsnMessenger:
"Pure Redmond ..
szTranslated = Redmond::AddAccent("I want this control on my form");
Console::WriteLine(szTranslated);
> "yer, we'll just drag em' on over..""

70-310/70-320 Certification resources

Useful study resources for the 70-310/70-320 exam...

The exam definition

• http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/exams/70-310.asp#SKILLS

Online study aids

• Intel .NET Remoting tutorial
• .NET Remoting FAQs & Tips
• CodeClinic - certification stuff

Books

• McGraw-Hill Osborne
• MSPress

Take the exam

When it comes time to actually sit the exam, you'll need to book in advance (duh!). Best way to do that is to trundle over to 2Test.com, create an account and book it online. Prices will range anywhere from $US80 in Pakistan up to $US125 here in Australia.

Cya...

Instead of this absurd division into sexes they out to class people as static and dynamic. - Evelyn Waugh

It's a .... VB Programmer!!!

2 newsworthy items tonight:

1. Completed the first draft of my .NET regex article (~2500 words)
2. Can finally announce that we're expecting our 2nd baby in late August :-) 

You couldn't get 2 more opposing items; one equates to a greater number of hours worth of sleep while the other equates to less ;-)