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December 2004 - Posts

Monday, December 27, 2004 7:54 PM

Jimmy Eat World - Futures

I finally got around to buying the new album by Jimmy Eat World. Overall, it's a good effort for a sophomore album. It doesn't approach the quality of their first album, but since so many second albums are really bad, it's hard to fault one that's good.
Posted by ericgu | 16 Comments
Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:53 PM

More on pinball and TZ

I started playing pinball when I was about 12 years old. That was way back in... Well, suffice it to say that I was 12. I started on pins rather than video games because video games didn't really exist. Well, technically, this isn't true - the first video
Posted by ericgu | 10 Comments
Tuesday, December 21, 2004 9:33 PM

"You unlock this door with the key of imagination"

I got an early present today. I drove down to Fife (a indistinguishable suburb of Tacoma, and picked up a new pinball machine. Well, not a new machine, as there are no new machines, what with the demise of Williams in October of 1999, but thoroughly-reconditioned
Posted by ericgu | 7 Comments
Thursday, December 16, 2004 8:57 AM

Visual Studio support for your language...

Cyrus is going to do a series of posts on how to add support for your own language within VS. Hopefully those of you who have a language they love (python, ruby, perl, OCaml, whatever) and woudl like to see that language fully supported in the VS IDE
Posted by ericgu | 8 Comments
Tuesday, December 14, 2004 2:32 PM

Continue "What's wrong with this code?"

I'd like an opinion on whether you are find the "what's wrong with this code?" items useful at all, and whether you think I should continue to do them. Also, if you have any ideas for how to make them better - ideas that wouldn't take a lot of time -
Posted by ericgu | 42 Comments
Tuesday, December 14, 2004 2:31 PM

Communicativity and openness

As you've probably noticed from my blog, I'm a little less open and communicative than I was in the past, and I've decided to write about it, since I've been deliberately not answering some of the questions I've gotten in comments. It's mostly because
Posted by ericgu | 5 Comments
Tuesday, December 14, 2004 11:53 AM

Tracking down managed memory leaks (how to find a GC leak)

From Rico: Tracking down managed memory leaks (how to find a GC leak)
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Monday, December 13, 2004 12:44 PM

Embedded development with .NET and C#

.netcpu has announced a tiny embedded system that uses allows the user to write .NET code. Here's an Eweek article . I like C# and all, but at the current price point, I don't think it's very interesting. $500 for the development kit , $199 for the module
Posted by ericgu | 8 Comments
Sunday, December 12, 2004 9:47 PM

Coping with Burnout...

In a comment, Todd wrote: http://blogs.msdn.com/ericgu/archive/2004/12/09/278797.aspx#278985 I have a few thoughts. First, it takes a while to get burnt out, so you can't expect to get un-burnt-out in a week. For me, there have been a few things that
Posted by ericgu | 16 Comments
Thursday, December 09, 2004 12:24 AM

Life simplification redux...

Back in June, I wrote a post about wanting to simplify my life, and to enjoy life more. I've made progress in some areas, not so much in other areas. Last summer I ended up pretty burned out, and I feel like I'm just starting to get caught up on a lot
Posted by ericgu | 20 Comments
Wednesday, December 08, 2004 11:51 PM

Three months of developing

Pretty close to three months ago, I left the C# group and started as a developer in the Windows Movie Maker team. It was a fair change, and while I've usually considered myself a pretty fair programmer (a trait I notice is not uncommeon among developers),
Posted by ericgu | 7 Comments
Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:55 PM

What's wrong with this code #4 - discussion...

I've decided to use "discussion" rather than "answer" on these. So, in reference to the last question : First, thanks to all who posted. The discussions in the comments are always interesting to read, and I usually learn something from them. I was going
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Tuesday, December 07, 2004 9:29 AM

Monday Night Football

I'm not a rabid football fan, so I usually just watch the Seahawks play, and they're rarely on Monday Night Football, so I haven't seen it much recently. But last night, they were on, and I got to watch their patented "fold it up and go home" defense.
Posted by ericgu | 14 Comments
Monday, December 06, 2004 8:57 AM

What's Wrong with this code - #4

Here's another one for you. This segment of code gets the list of all responses to be sent and sends them. public void TransmitResponse(ArrayList responses, StreamWriter streamWriter) { foreach (DataResponse response in responses) { NetworkResponse networkResponse
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Friday, December 03, 2004 12:57 PM

Word for the day - "Plastination"

Plastination is a process of preserving animals in which water and lipids (fats) are replaced with a polymer. It yields anatomical specimens of eerie realism. You can probably identify this animal: Dissection can also be done - here's an interesting exhibit:
Posted by ericgu | 10 Comments
Wednesday, December 01, 2004 9:36 AM

Design up-front vs. along-the-way

I had a discussion at lunch yesterday about the right way to do design. Waaaaaay back when I was in school - when Van Halen's "Jump" was at the top of the charts - we were introduced to the Waterfall Model of software development. (aside - it Royce's
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Wednesday, December 01, 2004 9:04 AM

Programming contest at EggHeadCafe...

EggHeadCafe is running a programming contest . The Swedish Chef is a character from the old Muppet Show that was broadcast in the 1970s. The Chef speaks his own language (an amalgam of Swedish, English, and who knows what else), and your task is to design
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