Contents tagged with Fun
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A sign that you are no longer a startup.
Ok, so it is a really bad pun. It is tough writing blog post titles sometimes. :)
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Can you find the bug in this code? (THE FIX)
Thanks to everyone for contributing! It was really neat to read everyone's ideas and see the discussion and review (talking about code is always fun!). Here is a summary of responses and the "fixed" code.
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For once, not blogging wasn't my fault
For the last couple of days, the weblogs.asp.net website has been unable to accept posts from Windows Live Writer. For the first time in the history of this blog, I can blame someone else for not posting. In fact, I even started queueing up draft blog posts! :)
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Can you find the bug in this code?
This is a real bug that I came across yesterday in some code I had written about a week before. I was a little surprised at the mechanics but it makes sense once you understand what is happening ...
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Don't surprise the user
You are probably getting ready to hear about some error dialog or weird setting in an application but not this time - it was a photocopier! I was copying some printouts for a meeting and discovered midway through the job that the paper tray had fancy paper in it that I shouldn't be using. Not a problem, right? Just hit the "Cancel Job" button ...
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Cleaning the BlackBerry 8820 track ball
I love my 8820 ... I have had it for about a year and it replaced my 8700 which I also loved. I was a little skeptical when I first got the 8820 because the beloved thumb wheel was gone and replaced by a track ball in the middle of the phone. But it didn't take long before I was happily scrolling around the screen enjoyed the improved 4-way motion. :)
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Some photos from TechEd 2007
Kevin has posted some of our photos from TechEd 2007.
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5 things you don't know about me (probably)
This has been going around for a while and Andy finally got me.
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Upgrading memory in the Toshiba M400 Tablet PC
My new laptop is a Toshiba M400 Tablet PC – it only came with 1GB RAM which I planned to upgrade. I ordered two 1GB sticks of M400–compatible RAM from EZ-Computer (EDGE MEMORY - PERIPHERAL KTT667D2/1G-PE 1GB PC25300 NONECC UNBUFF 200PIN DDR2 SODIMM). When the sticks arrived, I started poking around the back of the tablet only to discover that there was no memory compartment!? After searching around the net, I came across this awesome detailed explanation of the procedure from Toshiba – it was a little more than I bargained for but only took about 10 minutes once I got started. You basically have to remove the keyboard to get access to the memory compartment. I had to do a similar thing a few years back to get access to the hard drive in a VPR Matrix laptop that Best Buy used to sell.
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Pair Programming at DC Extreme Programming User Group tonight!
I will be presenting on Pair Programming (something we practice daily at Thycotic) tonight at the Washington DC Extreme Programming User Group. The session involves an exercise (which I have blogged about before) but it is always interesting to hear peoples opinions and past experiences. Pair Programming is definitely something that can have great effect in the right setting but requires disciplined practices and the right people to work effectively.