Transformers (Movie Review)

Like many people growing up during the 80s, watching the Transformers cartoon was a cherished memory. I couldn’t wait to get home from school to sit down and watch it along with GI Joe (the original series).
I didn’t see this movie in the theater, so I am just now getting around to watching the DVD.
Transformers [...]

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Generalizing versus specializing in software development

Jason Gibb writes an interesting piece about the decline of solo software developers (referred to as a superhero or cowboy) [via Arjan's World]. He claims that there are too many skills, technologies, and methodologies for one person to adequately handle.
Speaking as a superhero (err… maybe I’m just a lesser known mutant hero), I don’t completely [...]

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Resources for the Firestorm 2007 Aftermath, San Diego

It looks like some of the fires are beginning to die down and the hopefully the worst is over. There’s still a few fires burning and several thousands that cannot yet return to their homes.
I was fortune enough to have escaped the evacuations this year. However, a few of my friends were evacuated from various [...]

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San Diego Fire Resources (Witch Fire & others, Oct 2007)

List of web related resources for the Oct 2007 San Diego county fires.

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ASP.NET MVC Framework Article Roundup

Over the last two weeks there’s been a lot of posting over the new MVC (Model-View-Controller) framework being added to ASP.NET. Here’s a few great links to help you get a handle on the buzz and information.
Scott Guthrie’s Announcement

ASP.NET MVC FrameworkBy Scott Guthrie (Oct 14, 2007)“We’ll be releasing a public preview of this ASP.NET MVC [...]

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Is Agile the Future of Software Development?

Alex Iskold writes about the Future of Software Development at Read/Write Web. There he makes a few nice points comparing the waterfall model to today’s more trendy and talked about agile processes. He doesn’t get into the various other software development life cycle models (SDLC) such as Spiral, Incremental, XP, etc.
In the real world, software [...]

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Little Italy Festa, San Diego

Every year the Little Italy district of San Diego holds the Little Italy Festa street fair. Usually, the streets are covered with tons of chalk drawings (Gesso Italiano), but this year – due to weather, we think – the number of artists were less than before. There’s also lots of food and gift booths [...]

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Tired of grilling squirrel burgers?

Ben Scheirman writes about software quality and says that we need to be more careful to not make squirrel burgers. This is an excellent article that just serves as another reminder to not cave in (too much) to pressure to deliver products quickly without quality.
Back at your desk, you are realizing that you are about [...]

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Debugging code is like farting…

This little Zen-like quote was found via secretGeek’s post called “Q: What’s the cleverest kind of code?“. Leon answers his question declaring “A: No code at all!”
In his research, Leon was searching for the Brain Kernighan debugging quote (shown below) and discovered it on Chris Sells’ blog. The Kernighan quote has been around for a [...]

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Broadway & Eighth Avenue

I passed this building for about nine months before I noticed the painting. It’s behind a parking lot and trees cover the view from Broadway. Even after I first saw it, it took me a few days find it again.
The building located at Broadway and 8th Avenue, San Diego.

Photograph taken Oct 6, 2007
 

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