Archives
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Adding users to a distribution list, in bulk
If you've every had to add more then two users to a distribution list in outlook you know just how painful the modal dialogs can be.
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DIY Stream Processing in C# with Events, Lambdas, DataTables, and StopWatches
Coral8 provides a custom language dedicated to event stream processing/complex event processing class/continuous intelligence. As clichéd as it may be, Coral8's strength is also its weakness, in that once you start working in ccl, you give up all the tools ( compilers, code generators, static analysis, profilers, debuggers, etc.) of a general-purpose language. As a result, every so often I start musing about how much effort it would take to re-create some of its stream based processing capabilities in C#
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Scheduling PowerShell tasks without a console window
Have you every wanted to use Windows Task Scheduler to run a PowerShell script on a frequent schedule, but hated how the console window would flash on the screen every time the script ran? Yeah, me too.
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Powershell provider for Coral8 - update and code release
I've released updates for the Coral8 PowerShell provider.
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F# and CEP
At the last New York .Net Meetup, Luke Hoban presented an overview of F#. Like everyone else who's catching the F# bug I was quite impressed with its succinctness, sequences, forward pipes, and support for asynchronous programming (called workflows).
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The WPF ah-ha Moment
In nearly every bit of WPF training material or weblog there is some reference to the "ah-ha" moment. The point at which all the new concepts you've been learning gel into a cohesive unit.
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Top 5 Secrets of .Net Desktop Deployment Wizards
Deployment is one of the software project taxes that are often neglected or shunted aside to have another team deal with.
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Dealing with the Configuration Nightmare
Typically during an overview of some new technology they will say "and it's totally configurable" at which point my inner sarcastic voice pipes up in response "great, now we have two problems".
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Alternate Database Options
Every once in awhile you wake up and take notice of a trend that's been bubbling on in the background for some time. For me, today, that trend is the mainstreaming of nontraditional databases.
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PowerShell Navigation Provider for Coral8
A couple of months ago I put together a quick PowerShell based stream reader for Coral8.
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Coral8 Stream reader in Powershell
A little something I cooked up last night
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More than one way to do it, Part I - Powershell
So my
coworker, err boss :) seems to have started playing with Powershell, which is great. It looks like his first foray into PowerShell development is a commandlet for tibco ems topics. My initial feeling on this is that the benefits of commandlets syntax checking are not worth the tax of compiling and installing it. I would've used a native PowerShell approach. On the other hand, a full navigation provider... -
A guide to surviving RSI
It's no secret among my friends and family that I have RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) due to computer use. I haven't blogged about it because, well, it's personal, and because I didn't want to jeopardize any chance of future employment. But I periodically get asked for advice on how to deal with RSI pain and for whatever reason I'm feeling more confident about sharing this.
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Fuzzy Task List released to CodePlex
I've added a few more features to the Fuzzy Task List so that it's now approaching the point where it's usable. The code's been cleanup up and released to CodePlex.
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Pointers to good concurrent programming information
A coworker asked me if I knew of any good books on .Net multithreaded programming.
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QuickSwitch is open sourced
A little over two years ago I stopped working on my startup company, and took a job with the big New York bank. The one product I managed to release, QuickSwitch, sat on hard drives without updates or product support.
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Fuzzy task list in WPF
The software product, Sciral Consistency implements a "fuzzy task list". These are for the tasks that don't have fixed times, such as:
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PowerShell talk at NY .Net Meetup
I'll be giving a presentation on PowerShell at the New York .Net Meetup this Tues, Feb 19, concentrating on how PowerShell is a key tool for windows and .net developers.