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Just a touch of Geek Humor

JSawyer — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:33:00 GMT

We've all seen weird and wacky method names. Heck, we've all written some weird method names. Brad Abrams blogs about a couple of oddly named methods, starting a chain of feedback with even funnier method names. It's worth a good laugh or two: http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/archive/2005/01/09/349678.aspx
I have a hard time picking just one favorite ... but some of the best are:

PrestoChangoSelector
die_you_gravy_sucking_pigdog()
And for the consultants out there: public const int* System.Management.ManagementStatus.ClientTooSlow()

The feedback is worth quite a few good laughs. I found myself nearly in tears at some of the method names ... and this coming at a time when I'm plowing my way through Code Complete 2nd Edition ...

Definitive word on Remoting going forward ...

JSawyer — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 22:08:00 GMT

Remoting. With the rise of Indigo, there are a lot of questions about Remoting, it's long term applicability and future directions. We (as in Microsoft) have been perhaps a little too clear in saying that Remoting will be "depricated" with Indigo ... but less clear about explaining what that means. That statement also leaves some really unnerving questions about applicaitons developed using Remoting today.

So ... here's the definitive word on Remoting's future: http://blogs.msdn.com/richardt/archive/2004/03/05/84771.aspx

Note the guidance for the use of Remoting today, the limitations of Remoting migrating to Indigo (in particular, custom channels and sinks). Note, however, that the functionality of Remoting, the classes and namespaces, will still be in the framework for the forseeable future.

Back to the Blog ...

JSawyer — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 01:38:00 GMT

Wow ... I just looked back at how long it's been since I've blogged. It's hard to believe that it's been almost a month. And a long month it's been ... it started with the nastiest, ugliest case of bronchitis that I've had since I was 15 or so. In fact, I'm still dealing with the aftermath a bit. And August is a really, really busy month ... there's my birthday, my wife's birthday, our anniversary (both of meeting and wedding). And my mom also came down to visit from Baltimore. So ... it's been a really, really long month.

But I'm back ... and I should be a bit more frequent again. I'm sitting here in Austin now listening to Jason Beres talking about ASP.NET -- really good stuff! If you are in Houston, Jason will be back for the November HDNUG meeting.

My First Entry ...

JSawyer — Wed, 16 Jun 2004 21:26:00 GMT

Well, you've found my little corner of the blog space. Welcome!

I'd like to tell you a little bit about myself. My name is J Sawyer and I'm a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft based in Houston, TX. I'm associated with the Gulf Coast District, which covers South Texas and Louisiana. As a DE, I work with our broad community of developers, from enterprise developers to user groups to MVPs. It's a lot of fun most of the time ... but it's also quite bit of work as well. I've been with Microsoft a little over 4 years now and started as a consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) where I worked on some cool projects (as well as one or two that weren't that much fun). I moved to Houston from Baltimore, where I was born and raised, to be with Tracy, who is now my wife and (luckily for me) is also a developer-type.

So that's a little bit about myself. I didn't want to bore you to much with all of this background.