Posted in Humor, tagged Humor, Life, Nerd Test, Personal on September 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I stumbled upon The Nerd Tests (version 2) and just needed to see for myself who I was. After taking the test, it calculated that I was a … Uber Cool Nerd. Ha! Beat that! :)
Science / Math: 32%
Technology / Computer: 82%
Sci-Fi / Comic: 67%
History / Literature: 16%
Dumb / Dork / Awkward: 3%
Posted in Philosophy, tagged Alan Watts, Life, Philosophy on September 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
One of the Podcasts that I listen to is the Alan Watts Podcast. If you haven’t heard of Alan Watts, then you probably have never read much western philosophers of the last few decades. He has written tons of books on religion and philosophy. Just recently, some of his talks were converted to electronic media [...]
Posted in Programming, Technology, tagged Programming, Technology on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror writes a nice article on the purpose of writing code by posing the question as an elevator test to a team of coders. An elevator test is the ability to explain something to someone during an elevator ride (typically less than a couple minutes).
If the developer can’t answer why [...]
Posted in Database, Programming, Software, Technology, tagged Database, Microsoft, Microsoft CRM, Programming, Software, SQL Server, Technology on September 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Answer: When it is a Microsoft CRM 3.0 database.
The Microsoft CRM is built using a SQL Server database. So that means anyone who can connect to the database can perform database operations on it. This also means that developers could build applications or user interfaces to the data without using the CRM user interface. Any [...]
Posted in Database, Programming, Technology, tagged Database, ORM, Programming, Technology on September 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Diego Parrilla posted a great story/rant on the changing role of DBAs in an increasingly ORM development environment titled “Rise and fall of DBAs: The tyranny of the ORM“.
There was a time when DBAs dictate how developers should use Their databases. It was early and mid-nineties and Their Word was The Truth…
And then a [...]
Posted in .NET, Database, Programming, Technology, tagged .NET, Database, ORM, Programming, Software, SubSonic, Technology on September 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Every now and then, I stumble upon something worth saving. The SubSonic project is an open-source project that generates a Data Access Layer (or Data Abstraction Layer) for your .NET projects.
At first, I wasn’t very familiar with ORM (Object Relational Mapping). I’ve been writing SQL statements for many, many years. Mostly, just because I’ve been [...]
Posted in Technology, tagged Bacn, Technology, Web 2.0 on September 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a new term generating a lot of buzz over the last month. It’s “Bacn.” It is similar to Spam, but Chris Brogan sums it up nicely saying:
It’s any email you receive that isn’t spam, but isn’t exactly a personal message either. Your electronic phone bill is bacn. Your Google alerts are bacn.
The term Bacn [...]
Posted in Programming, Technology, tagged Life, Programming, Technology on September 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The application of programming specific processes and habits to the everyday is where peril lies. The same traits that make you a great programmer can make you an awkward, misunderstood and miserable human being.
A couple days ago, an essay was posted over at Devizen.com that goes through the details of how Programming Can Ruin Your [...]
Posted in Database, Programming, Technology, tagged Database, DotNetKicks, Open Source, ORM, Programming, SubSonic, SVN, Technology on September 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On my path of becoming a better developer, I’ve began participating in the development of DotNetKicks. DotNetKicks is an open-source project that is a community driven link submission portal. In other words, it is very similar to major web sites of Digg and Reddit, but its focused into specific areas of technology.
DotNetKicks.com is a community [...]
Posted in Programming, Technology, tagged .NET, Personal, Programming, Technology on September 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I came across Justice Gray’s post titled How I am becoming a better developer a few months ago, but the idea just sat in the back of my mind for a while. He claimed that the first steps of becoming a better developer are writing it down and sharing it with someone else.
The “better developer challenge” started [...]
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