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I recently purchased a Nespresso machine. Being a big skeptic I didn’t think it was that great until I actually tasted the coffee it produces. I got Goosebumps ! That’s how good the espresso made by one of these things is. Unbelievably smooth. They are available in Southern California at Sur La Table.  And just […]

Read this great post by Larry O’Brien. It is so true so 100% right on the money and I have seen this happen again and again and again. And it doesn’t matter who the client is. I’ve seen Project Managers talk that way, Development Managers, VP’s — I even caught myself doing it once — […]

Frans talks about a couple of points regarding the MS EF. The only thing that comes to mind is that MS in the past has been accused of only listening to internal people and disregarding what the working developers in the industry have to say. I wouldn’t necessarily put Stephen Forte in that group. He […]

 
I have been on Maui for the past week. Our annual trek to the island is marked by a distinct downturn in tourism. It is very very quiet here considering that usually at this time of the year there are probably five times more people on vacation here. Seems the current economic problems are […]

General Patton, I am told, was an avid reader of battle history.  One of his favorites was the German General Carl von Clausewitz who had lived a hundred years earlier.
Clausewitz is the originator of the famous quote ” No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy”.  Similarly I find myself today looking […]

Actually in this case it has been a bit longer. But for as long as I’ve been working with MS tools there has been a big overhaul every 18 -36 months. What a mess! And the one coming at us this year is especially crazy. Roger Jennings has a great article here - http://reddevnews.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2525
Why would […]

Have you ever been in a situation where you knew a particular design was not something you wanted to participate in BUT where unable to articulate the reasons why you didn’t like the idea ? Enter Jeff Atwood with his recent post on MVC tagsoup.  It points to the very thing that bugs me about […]

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I have lost interest in blogging. Consequently there are a lot less posts on my site.  It seems the .NET dev landscape has changed. When I started blogging, every day brought some new adventure in .NET land. Lately the code that has been coming out of MS has left me a little cold. Take […]

My neighbor who writes for car magazines had this Audi R8 in his driveway. That is one sweet car.
420HP , 0-60 in 4.6 seconds. Base Price in the US about $110K - which is actually not bad for that sort of car. And it even looks pretty just sitting there. Audi really has […]

Most people who read this blog are familiar with my “other” claim to fame. Well it turns out that even though as they say “you can’t go back again” - meaning you cannot turn back time and revisit past points in your life, there are ways to have the next best thing. Here is a […]

I can see why more and more developers refuse to deal with Microsoft and turn to open source tools. Today I had a first rate experience with MS corporate nonsense. As you may know, for almost a year I have been back in the world of software consulting. We have done really well in this […]

Forgive the Honeymooners reference. I came across some statistics by Steve Maine that are quite noteworthy.
Now even if you take these numbers with a grain of salt, it looks like WCF is darn quick in comparison to Websphere. Actually its quick in comparison to ASMX web services as well. Something like 30%-50% faster. Nice. […]

“…Late last month, Info-Tech Research Group said its survey of 1,850 businesses found .Net the choice over Java among businesses of all sizes and industries, thanks to its promotion via Visual Studio and SharePoint. Microsoft is driving uptake of the .Net platform at the expense of Java,” says George Goodall, a senior research analyst at […]

I went to pick up a present this morning - in Beverly Hills. Had not been down Rodeo Dr. in a while. Its not my kind of place. Tourists like it though.
So there I was walking along Via Rodeo, with a gaggle of tourists from all over the world, seemingly the only people […]

Just a quick link to Eilon Liptons Generic ASP.NET control.  She asks ” Did you ever want to have a Repeater<Customer> control on your page? And its events were all strongly typed to recognize that each row was bound to a Customer object?”

Oren Eini has a post that doesn’t pull any punches. All I can say is ditto! At the same time I am so impressed with the direction Scott Guthrie has taken. Don’t know how he manages not to run into the same bureaucratic hassles but it seems that his team is making some good choices. […]

A friend of mine sent a link for an MS KB - What to do when your computer starts to play classical music.

Generally I am not a fan of Michael Moore at all. I dislike the man quite a bit. But here is something that makes aspects of our day to day existence somewhat depressing.

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