October 2006 – Page 2

News.com reviews Vista RC2 – are they off the mark a little?

12October2006GeekTieGuyVista

The review from news.com mentions several problems with RC2 that seem like steps backwards from RC1. That may actually be the case, since, as far as I understand it, RC2 is built from what’s called the “RTM branch” in the source control system Microsoft uses to keep their code neat and orderly. The thing about

I’m debt free!

9October2006GeekTieGuyPersonal

This is a momentous occasion and reason to celebrate! I paid off my student loans with aÂ balloon payment today. It was the last loan in my life so far. I don’t have a mortgage (rent the place we live in), the car (our one and only car) is paid off, and the only other thing

How did I end up working with Windows Presentation Foundation?

9October2006GeekTieGuyWPF

In one of my past posts, I talked a littleÂ aboutÂ my impressions of Vista as a platform for software developers. Here’s the story of how I got involved with WPF. My last two projects before starting on WPF were built around hosting IE in “something”. The first “something” was an exe hosting IE and adding a

If only I could work in an environment like this

9October2006GeekTieGuyOpinion, Personal

http://joelonsoftware.com/articles/BionicOffice.html Here’s a guy who gets it regarding office space for software developers. But you kind of figured that, didn’t you? I mean, it’s Joel Spolsky. I used to work for a startup that had an open office space for eXtreme programming (specifically pair programming), and I just loved working in that environment. It was

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Monthly Archives: October 2006

News.com reviews Vista RC2 – are they off the mark a little?

I’m debt free!

How did I end up working with Windows Presentation Foundation?

If only I could work in an environment like this