So I told you guys a couple weeks ago about the Ice Cream Truck episode of Pimp My Ride. It went over pretty good. All the touch screen software solutions, including the POS, and the cash drawer was all me. It came out nice. It was written in C# using Direct X for graphics and video stuff. It is all...

So I told you guys a couple weeks ago about the Ice Cream Truck episode of Pimp My Ride. It went over pretty good. All the touch screen software solutions, including the POS, and the cash drawer was all me. It came out nice. It was written in C# using Direct X for graphics and video stuff. It is all...

Just wanted to let everyone know that the telematics framework I architected and implemented for Hybrid Mobile Technologies will have a piece of it being shown off on Pimp My Ride tomorrow night at 10PM EST. Mad Mike and I worked together to pimp out an ice cream truck with a touch screen system that...

Sahil Malik's post on the performance of Reflection raises some issues. While Reflection can bring in the power of extensibility ('loose coupling via Interfaces') it comes at the cost of performance (as pointed out by Sahil). Justin Gehtland's example of extensibility using Factory methods and XML config...

One of the things about having data everywhere is actually getting the data from here to there. A new article I wrote for Red Gate ( posted here ) explains how to use the Red Gate SQL Toolkit to do one-way synchronization from an intranet site to a remote Internet site.

I first was interested in Customizing the Microsoft .NET Framework Common Language Runtime by Steven Pratschner because I was looking for information on exactly how the CLR interacts with and could control execution of unmanaged code. It turns out, this is not a good source for that sort of information...

Some of you are aware of the document I put together for the XM protocol. I am now working with an individual well known in the Sirius community on documenting the Sirius protocol using the Alpine serial interface. So eventually I will make a document that covers both standards and we will be working...

(above: Robert Hurlbut's presentation on .NET Code Access Security) (attendees above: Arthur Dzehlali, Robert Hurlbut, Carl Franklin & Dan Khrla) Terrific presentation by Robert - his presentation slides and demo code are available at his weblog site . Also present were Carl Franklin and Dan Khrla...

We had Robert Hurlbut gives us a presentation on .NET Code Access Security (CAS) on Tuesday evening. It was excellent! CAS may well be a requirement for all .NET applications development. I have been having some problems with my machines lately - I'll post some more information and pictures here soon...

Well, the article at news.com about my self and the new company I work for is up and news.com. Talks about the new cable and software we made to talk to XM Direct and Commander units. I wrote the Software in C#/.NET Framework. Fun stuff http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5410250.html?tag=save