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Tuesday, November 24, 2009 7:00 AM

When computer programmers dabble in making change

Double your pleasure.
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Monday, November 16, 2009 7:00 AM

How to pretend that you attended my talk at UIUC Reflections|Projections 2009

Most steps are optional.
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Monday, November 09, 2009 7:00 AM

Stories of anticipating dead computers: Windows Home Server

Now I'll have a backup.
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009 7:00 AM

Good advice comes with a rationale so you can tell when it becomes bad advice

Context is key.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:00 AM

Warning: Not much useful content inside

I told you so.
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Monday, October 26, 2009 7:00 AM

Yes, there's a new desktop window manager, but no, I don't know any more about it than you do

Try the DWM folks.
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Thursday, October 22, 2009 7:00 AM

Once you announce a date, you're already late

Time overrides the message.
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Monday, October 19, 2009 7:00 AM

Leaving Reflections | Projections 2009, travel marathon part two

Back home.
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Monday, October 19, 2009 7:00 AM

Thinking inside the box

The state of sandboxes.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 7:00 AM

When you want to pass a parameter on the command line, don't forget to pass the parameter on the command line

You get so distracted by how to get what you want that you forget to actually get it.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 7:00 AM

Why do we have import libraries anyway?

There isn't enough information in the classical model.
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Monday, October 12, 2009 7:00 AM

The classical model for linking

All you have are symbols.
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009 7:00 AM

I will be speaking at Reflections|Projections 2009

How Microsoft is different from school.
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Monday, October 05, 2009 7:00 AM

Why doesn't the mail image resizer check the image size before offering to resize?

That would hit the disk.
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Friday, October 02, 2009 7:00 AM

When you commit memory, you get a commitment to receive memory when you need it, but no sooner

Just-in-time memory.
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