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Blowing Off Oil. *Non-programming*

May 15, 2010 09:42 | NOLA, Uncategorized | 1 comment

My apologies if this is not this blog’s standard fare but I need to vent my frustration.
Today it finally came out in the national news that the Macondo Oil Gusher is pouring an order of magnitude more oil per day than the previous estimate and two orders of magnitude more than BP’s initial statement. [...]

C# 4.0 Dynamic and No More Annoying Casts

February 23, 2010 18:05 | Uncategorized | 2 comments

I have a strong distaste for things that works in a way that I dislike. I am very unique that way.
Right at the top of that list is any time that I am forced by language limitations into redundant code. Notably, casting. Take the following for example:

var dictionary = new [...]

New Job – I’m the Man

February 2, 2010 12:57 | Uncategorized | 1 comment

Those who know me in real life (and the roughly zero others that read my blog) know the big news.
I have put in notice at my current company and starting February 21st I will be working full-time at EPS Software.
For me? That’s a big deal. For anyone else? Not so much. [...]

Lambda Update

July 17, 2009 01:39 | Uncategorized | No comments

For the record, I am still working on the lambda posts. Actually I have written two. Unfortunately, bigbluehost (my hosting service) switched servers and by hook or by crook my post on introductions – which had already been published – got disappeared. And wouldn’t you know it, I only saved it online. [...]

You Can’t Dance the Lambda

June 22, 2009 16:17 | Uncategorized | No comments

I will say it proudly. I use lambdas. I use them a lot. I use them everywhere. I think they are an incredible and elegant language feature to the point that I would never go back to a language that does not include them in its basic tool-set. (You hear that [...]

Hello world!

June 18, 2009 18:12 | Uncategorized | No comments

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