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Ship It! -- Book Review

nobody@vox.com(sdesciencelover) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:16:12 -0700

Ship it! A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects

Jared Richardson

This is a fantastic book. Developers of all levels of experience can learn something from their hard-won pragmatic best-practices.

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Being Prepared

nobody@vox.com(sdesciencelover) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:51:36 -0700

Just in Case

Kathy Harrison

I used my February 15% coupon from Barnes & Noble to pick this one up. I've only just begun to read it, but I want to become serious about having reserve supplies at home in case of emergency, or simply the unexpected.

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Currently Reading: Pompeii

nobody@vox.com(sdesciencelover) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:12:15 -0800

Pompeii: A Novel

Robert Harris

I'm about a third into this. I never imagined I could be gripped by a book where most of what is going on is aqueduct engineering. It is a facinating read, though, so far. I never realized just how advanced the Romans were.

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The Crisis of Credit Visualized

nobody@vox.com(sdesciencelover) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:46:12 -0800

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Dean Koontz's Frankenstein

nobody@vox.com(sdesciencelover) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:07:48 -0800

Prodigal Son (Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Book 1)

Dean Koontz

My parents got me these for Christmas, and I ripped right through them. The final volume was apparently due in 2006, but there's nothing I can find online about it. Does anybody out there know when he will be publishing it?

City of Night (Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Book 2)

Dean Koontz

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Android versus iPhone...

nobody@vox.com(sdesciencelover) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:23:44 -0700

Android versus iPhone

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Apologies to Slashdot Review

nobody@vox.com(sdesciencelover) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:04:18 -0700

Lately, I keep liking the Youtube video's Andy posts on the SlashDot Review blog, and grab them for my blog, too. Today's theft is a demo of Microsoft Sphere. I was blown away by a live demo of Surface a couple of years ago, and this is a nice evolution of that.

Microsoft Sphere Demo

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Zen Traffic Warrior

nobody@vox.com(sdesciencelover) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:09:07 -0700

Zen Traffic Warrior

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Visual Studio 3.5? C# 2008?

nobody@vox.com(sdesciencelover) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:31:13 -0700

In a recent job interview, the hiring manager was looking over my résumé, and noted that I said I had experience with ".Net 3.0". He then asked, "You mean .Net 3.5, right?" At the moment, I really didn't know what the differences were between the two, even though I was pretty sure the answer was yes. I bluffed with a "yes." He took my answer at face value, but it has bothered me since then. So, for those who are curious, here's a link to where the author untangles Microsoft's branding/versioning mess with the latest releases of .Net, C# and Visual Studio:

John Skeet: C# in Depth

It turns out that I was correct. My skill set is fully up to date with .Net 3.5, C# 3 and VS 2008.

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Software Poem 2

nobody@vox.com(sdesciencelover) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:16:58 -0700

Smiley

test. refactor. evolve.

beauty. symmetry. utility.

static. repose. respite.

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