Did it with .NET - September, 2006

Friday, September 29, 2006

Visual Studio "Orcas" September CTP released

Microsoft has released the first Community Technology Preview of the next version of Visual Studio here.

Note that this download is not for the faint of heart. According to this screenshot taken from the webpage mentioned above, it will take approximately 6.25 days to download with a 56K modem. Fortunately, with my bad-boy DSL, I got a 313 KB download rate and it only took about three hours.

There is one other catch: after you download this massive thing, there is yet another download containing the base operating system for the VPC machine. That download is another 1.1 GB. I'm nearly finished downloading this last chunk now. I'll post here if I have any trouble installing.

Extending Visual Studio

posted on Friday, September 29, 2006 9:07:59 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

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Wednesday, September 13, 2006

iTunes Junkie

OK. I admit it. I have a problem: I am an iTunes junkie. It's always had its share of annoyances but not enough to keep me from using its clean and simple interface. Thanks to yesterday's release of iTunes 7, most of the minor problems are gone. A lot of the press is going to the new feature-length film and game support. But, in my opinion, its the little improvements that make this the best release yet.

It's all about me

posted on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 7:28:20 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Trouble Brewing

The word is out. Thanks to Carl Franklin at PWOP Productions, Mark Miller now has his very own podcast called Millahseconds. This could very well be the end of Mark's professional career.

Of course this might be a very good thing for me. One way to increase your chances of a promotion is to get a job directly beneath the most publicly insane person in your field. I have the distinct privilege of having this position. Perhaps this is the beginning of vertical movement up the corporate ladder for me? Only time will tell...

It's all about me

posted on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 5:06:34 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

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February, 2012 (2)

Writing F# Type Extensions for Nullable

Using Sublime Text 2 to Edit Git Commit Messages on Windows

Reading

WPF 4 Unleashed
Adam Nathan

If feel a bit behind and need to catch up on WPF, this is the book.

Programming F#
Chris Smith

Great book on F# containing from Beginner to Advanced. It even has chapters on more arcane features of the language, such as Computation Expressions and Quotations.

Purely Functional Data Structures
Chris Okasaki

Because this book provides source code in Standard ML, it's a fantastic resource for learning F#. One bit of warning: this book does not teach classic data structures. While structures such as binomial heaps and red-black trees are presented, it is assumed that the reader already knows and understands them.

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Max Brooks

That's right. This isn't a programming book. It's a diversion. Reading programming books all of the time is hazardous to your happiness and well-being. Take the time to enjoy something else. You'll thank me later.