I received my access code for the Krugle beta by e-mail last night. I immediately tried it out, of course. Here are my initial impressions. The goal of Krugle is to make it easy for software developers to search for technical articles and code samples. Let’s face it: Google is … Continue reading
dnrTV’s March 9th episode featured Venkat Subramaniam giving an interactive demonstration of .NET Generics. The entire video tutorial is about an hour long. I thought it was quite useful. It’s fantastic being able to watch an expert in this area as he writes code and explains what he’s doing while … Continue reading
Amateur radio is a hobby of mine and it’s always sad to read about the restrictions being placed on hams these days. This WRAL article is especially interesting, considering the amount of help hams have provided during the aftermath of the Katrina disaster. 73s, Matt / AG4TS
“We may find, by our own unhappy experience, that there is a natural and necessary progression from the extreme of anarchy to the extreme of tyranny, and that arbitrary power is most easily established upon the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.” — George Washington
So what in the world is Ruby on Rails? Where does it make sense to use it? How do you get started developing with it? And why would I forsake the established Java community for the wild ravages of a “new” technology, and love every minute of it? The next … Continue reading
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” — Mark Twain
I had to visit the doctor yesterday for a very minor surgical procedure. The doc packed the wound with gauze when he was finished and gave me some instructions on how to remove it later that night. As seems to be typical with doctors these days, the gauze he used … Continue reading
“The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those that fail.” — Napoleon Hill
It’s dead simple to restart a Windows service in C#. I’m a little shocked at how easy it is actually, given some of the other things I’ve found to be so ugly about the language. public void RestartService(string name) { ServiceController service = new ServiceController(name); service.Stop(); Thread.Sleep(2500); service.Start(); Thread.Sleep(2500); } … Continue reading
The fine folks at RailsConf have reopened registration for an additional 150 seats. If you were thinking of going before, but didn’t get a ticket prior to registration closing, now is the time to take action. No, seriously, it is!