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Diabetes Research Fundraiser
At work, we are having a fundraiser for Diabetes Research Institute.  To try to get more sponsors, one of my coworkers decided to turn himself into Mr. T, step by step.  He's skinny.  He's white.  But so far he's raised...
Better Keep Things Clean Now
As of sometime yesterday afternoon, my boss' boss has subscribed to my blog.  I guess it's time clean things up around here.  :)
Posted: Sep 17 2008, 09:56 AM by sisaacs | with 2 comment(s)
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Curly Brace Placement
I've been writing code with curly braces for a dozen years or so, starting with C++ in college, then JavaScript for many, many years, and for the last few years, C#.  In all that time, I have been a fan of putting the opening curly brace on the...
Which Is Better?
I can't decide if I get more pleasure from solving a big problem, or from the process of breaking it into a series of smaller problems and solving each of them.  Does anyone else ever think of stuff like this?  Or is it just me?
Posted: Jul 21 2008, 09:34 PM by sisaacs | with no comments
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Working From Home
As part of my new job, I will be working from home one day per week.  Now that I've been there for a couple weeks, my first work from home day will be tomorrow. Over the next several weeks, I'll be trying to make improvements to my home office...
Work Soundtrack
This happens to me on a regular basis -- probably every other month or so.  I get tired of the music I have on my iPod.  So I'm looking for suggestions.  What music helps you get your job done?  Sometimes I need something nice...
TimeSnapper
I've been using the free version of TimeSnapper off and on for some time now, but pretty regularly over the last few weeks since I started my new job.  I'm doing billable work again, and am notoriously bad at getting my time entered. ...
Office Communicator Hotkey
Anyone know if there is a way to remove the Windows-Q hotkey from Office Communicator?  That is my hotkey of choice for one of my favorite utilities (SlickRun).  With Communicator "stealing" this hotkey, I've had to map SlickRun...
Last Days All Around
Today was my last day as an employee at my current (umm, previous) job.  After 18 months full-time, plus a couple months of part-time consulting and advising, I've decided it's time to move on.  I still believe the product has enormous...
Vacation!
I'm very excited because in a couple days I will be going with my wife and daughter to Disneyland in California.  We are meeting my parents there for Charlie's first Disney experience, and I can't wait to see how excited she will be. ...
.NET Micro Framework
Just got a book in the mail from Amazon: Embedded Programming with the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework .  It was only about $6 from the "Used and New" section of alternate sellers. An upcoming project at work is currently planned for Compact...
Stop Thinking Like A Programmer
Gerry recently posted an interesting article about the mindsets of software developers and software companies.  We had talked about this same topic on the phone for a while a couple days ago.  The same phrase that jumped out at me then also...
Looking For Virtualization Info and Advice
For two unrelated projects I am looking into server virtualization.  Both are for production systems and are not developer or consumer focused.  Most of the conversations I've had about VMs so far have been in the context of software development...
Can Anyone Recommend An Electrical Engineer
At work, we are looking to design and build a small device, possibly running Windows CE (possibly not).  We have been talking to a couple different engineers to get their feedback and estimates, but I would be interested in any personal recommendations...
Coworking
Here's something that sounds really interesting to me.  About a week and a half ago, Larry Clarkin posted about "coworking" , and I've been meaning to write about it ever since.  Coworking is an interesting concept.  From...
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