After a bit of hiatus, I am long overdue to get some code up on this blog. To give myself some direction, this is the start of an informal series that will attempt to shed some light on the functional programming ideas that have been sneaking into the C# world. In this article, I tinker with the classic Fibonacci number sequence and how to calculate them with lightning fast, thread-safe code using closures in C# 2.0.

If you were wondering why the posts have slowed to a trickle here, it's because we were gearing for this grand new release.

Shocked! Yes, I'm shocked at being double-tagged by Dan Hounshell and Jason Follas to list five things that you probably didn't (and don't want to) know about me. I suppose this means that I've finally arrived as a force-to-be-reckoned-with in the .NET community. Or, perhaps not. Anyway...

1. I'm a guitarist. Granted, lots of guys can make that claim. But, I'm a professional guitarist. I actually hold a bachelor's degree in Guitar Performance from Bowling Green State University. I even went on to half-complete a master's degree before coming to my senses. You see, in Ohio, it is next to impossible to make your mortgage payment on time as a performer. So, I opted to go with my other skill set: software development.

2. I have a $50/week comic book habit. It's an addiction and things get ugly if I don't get my Batman fix.

3. On a related note, my wife and I are a superhero crime-fighting duo online in City of Heroes.

4. I fell victim to the national poker fad. It doesn't help that I work for a Las Vegas-based company. Sadly, it turns out that I'm just not great at it. I'm good but let's just say that I won't be quitting my real job anytime soon.

5. I'm a wizard in bed. 'Nuff said!

Now it's time to share the love. I think I'll go with Mark Miller, Greb Huber, Jim Holmes, Julian Bucknall and Julia Lerman. You've been called out!

If you live anywhere in the Great Lakes or Midwest region and haven't registered for CodeMash, you need to do it. Quite frankly, it has the best price vs. value that I've ever seen in a conference. If you're going, drop me a line and we can hook up.

If you missed my talk last night in Dayton, I'll be giving it again at the Northwest Ohio .NET User Group on Tuesday, January 16, 2007.

Be there or beware.

Last night's talk at the Dayton .NET Developers Group was a great time. Thank you for being so attentive and laughing at all of the appropriate times. I found the conversation after the meeting to be stimulating and intelligent. Clearly, there are many excellent developers in Dayton, OH (recruiters take note).

An update to my Neat Tricks With Extension Methods.

This article looks at the potential performance issues of String.Format() when used with StringBuilder.

Get the details here.