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Friday, September 30, 2005 3:40 PM

Review: Working Effectively with Legacy Code

I've read a number of books about Test-Driven Development. There are a number of new ones, but most of them start with a clean slate where you're writing code from scratch. Working Effectively with Legacy Code is different. It starts with the assumption
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Friday, September 30, 2005 8:10 AM

C# and Lego Mindstorms

Not sure how I missed this earlier, but there's a version of C# that runs on the Lego mindstorm brick. Or, to be a little more correct, this group is building two things: The first one - which is working now - is a tiny .NET runtime for the mindstorms
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Thursday, September 29, 2005 1:08 PM

Word for the Day: Promatorium

There is a new option for post-existence planning. Rather than being buried or cremated, you can go through the process known as Promession , where you are dipped in liquid nitrogen, vibrated into powder, freeze-dried, and then buried in a biodegradable
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Tuesday, September 27, 2005 11:30 AM

Most Embarassing Album You've Owned

Okay, so I came clean about owning "Lost in Love" by Air Supply. I'll add to that - at the same time, I also owned the first album by Christopher Cross. What is your most embarassing album? CDs are okay if you've never owned vinyl...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2005 9:26 AM

Heart Rates and Climbing

A couple of blog comments sparked the following question from Chris: As I rode the Zoo my heart-rate hovered between 180 and 184. 184 is the absolute highest I have ever seen for me on a bike. My resting heart rate is roughly 56. Out of curiosity....
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Monday, September 26, 2005 8:24 AM

Concert review

This is a combination concert preview/review, so it will all fit in one post. But first, a few comments on the incorrect choices : The Stones. The only Stones album I own is Hot Rocks. Some great songs, but they don't click with me musically. I'm a much
Posted by ericgu | 4 Comments
Saturday, September 24, 2005 9:46 PM

The Physics of Bicycle Climbing (oh, and a few words about a stupid bicycle climb)

Last night, when I got home, my wife asked me if I'd read Eldon's blog. A quick look showed that he was trash talking about today's ride . Me, I don't need to trash talk or work to psych anybody out, because I'm confident in my climbing skills. So confident,
Posted by ericgu | 5 Comments
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 12:20 PM

Upcoming concert

In the next 3 months, I'll be going to a concert. Since the period since I last attended a concert can be measured in decades, this is a big event. I will likely be subjecting you to a review in the near future (" though the first 3 songs were full of
Posted by ericgu | 20 Comments
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 9:32 AM

The Double-E half-hour of Pain (You do Zoo, We do Too)

One of my readers suggested a group ride of the Zoo , so I'm teaming up with the Phat Psyklist to put on the: The Double-E half-hour of Pain (You do Zoo, We do Too) September 24th, 2:30 PM at the base of the hill . Eldon said something about cake at the
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Monday, September 19, 2005 4:53 PM

Cascade Spawning Cycle

Sunday, I went on what will likely be my last organized ride for this year (regular readers are rejoicing right now). Unlike some of the other rides I've done, this ride has a theme. As noted on the details page , this ride is based loosely on the salmon
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Monday, September 19, 2005 4:52 PM

Eastside Bavarian

If you live on the east side of Seattle and you are in need of some BMW service, consider Eastside Bavarian in Issaquah. Great service.
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Monday, September 19, 2005 4:50 PM

Only you can help Professor Fizzwizzle

I've always been interested in puzzle games, and I spent a fair amount of time on "The Incredible Machine" series. Professor Fizzwizzle is another entry in that same genre. Freeware demo.
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Monday, September 19, 2005 9:39 AM

Accessing private fields through properties...

(Writers note: I apologize for this C#-related post. I'll return to posting trivial and useless information, reviews, and links soon) A post on one of our internal groups came up asking whether a class's implementation should use properties on that class,
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Saturday, September 17, 2005 9:57 PM

Pea Salad with Chicken and Prosciutto

Came up with this one tonight. Pea Salad with Chicken and Prosciutto 3 slices prosciutto (de Parma if you've got it, but domestic is fine). One large chicken breast 3 cups frozen peas One roma tomato Bernstein's parmesan garlic ranch dressing 6 Large
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Saturday, September 17, 2005 1:43 PM

How to get started in HDTV...

With a final bit of effort over the last weekend, I got my HDTV system up and running, and I thought I'd spend some time talking about some of the questions that I had to answer along the way. Should I get HDTV? There are a few questions you should ask
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Thursday, September 15, 2005 9:09 AM

Space Monkey Pants

Now for sale . Space Monkey Pants would be a great name for a band... from BoingBoing
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Wednesday, September 14, 2005 2:37 PM

Linq and C# 3.0

Yesterday, the C# team (among others) announced Linq and C# 3.0, and put up a great page of information. I haven't had a chance to look at things in detail to see how much they've changed since the last time I saw them in detail (about this time last
Posted by ericgu | 9 Comments
Wednesday, September 14, 2005 2:10 PM

Linq and C# 3.0

Yesterday, the C# team (among others) announced Linq and C# 3.0, and put up a great page of information. I haven't had a chance to look at things in detail to see how much they've changed since the last time I saw them in detail (about this time last
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Wednesday, September 14, 2005 12:30 PM

Classic Programming Resources

The year was 1979. Or maybe it was 1980. I'd been programming for a couple of years, but didn't have my own computer. *Nobody* had their own computer. But I did have enough for a magazine subscription. There were only a few serious choices. BYTE was one
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Tuesday, September 13, 2005 8:32 AM

Sorry to do this to you

God Tower I'm on level 2. Update: Okay, a bit more data. The puzzle is really to figure out what the puzzle is. Once you do that, a few jumps will get you to the answer, which is entered in the password field, in all-lowercase without any spaces. I might
Posted by ericgu | 8 Comments
Monday, September 12, 2005 4:29 PM

Wrong on So Many Levels...

This is wrong on So Many Levels... From PCL LinkBlog
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Thursday, September 08, 2005 1:23 PM

Customer Council Opportunities

It's a not-well-kept-but-not-overly-publicized "secret" that many Microsoft products groups have advisory groups (named "focus groups", "customer councils", or something like that...) that help them with future product direction. I had the pleasure of
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Thursday, September 08, 2005 1:21 PM

Serving all of your leech needs..

Leeches USA, LTD In all honesty, the results that they get with leeches are pretty amazing. Case study photos are not for the squeemish.
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