About this mess
Here we go again Every so many years I look at my blog or personal website and get that urge to tinker with it and try something new. And that time was rece...
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Blogging
Changing again
Once again, I’ve decided to change blogging platforms. It’s a hassle I’m learning to not like, but this transition went a lot smoother than the last. This ti...
Lessons learned from changing blogging software and moving to a new host
I recently decided to move my personal website to AppHarbor. (If you are a .NET developer and haven’t had a chance to check out AppHarbor, stop reading this ...
Visual Studio
Quickly switch to a “Presentation Mode” in Visual Studio
As I prepared to give a presentation tomorrow night, I stumbled upon a great article explaining how to setup Visual Studio for a “presentation mode.” Present...
Integrating TortoiseHg with Visual Studio
If you use Visual Studio, you don’t get integration with version control unless you use Team Foundation Server or install a plugin. This is an adaptation of ...
Removing IDE distractions in Visual Studio
I’m not sure where I first read about “distraction free Visual Studio”, but it’s a thing, and I quite enjoy it. This article explains how to take to the extr...
JavaScript
A simple introduction to HTML5 game development with Crafty
As browsers become more and more capable, and JavaScript proliferates to all corners of the software development world, it was only a matter of time before w...
Running a JavaScript function when subscribed events stop occurring
Maybe this is well-known to the JavaScript coding community — below is a simple technique I’ve found that runs a block of JavaScript when subscribed events s...
Game Development
Get your jam on
Jam time Every year GitHub sponsors a game jam during the month of November: GitHub Game Off. I’ve dabbled with making games my whole life and I’ve found ex...
A simple introduction to HTML5 game development with Crafty
As browsers become more and more capable, and JavaScript proliferates to all corners of the software development world, it was only a matter of time before w...
MS Word
Word 2007 and em-spaces
Developing custom solutions for Word 2007 over the last year, I’ve run across some bugs that are particularly nasty relating to em spaces. What’s an em space...
Bug
Word 2007 and em-spaces
Developing custom solutions for Word 2007 over the last year, I’ve run across some bugs that are particularly nasty relating to em spaces. What’s an em space...
CSS
Finding unused CSS with Google Chrome
With the advent of jQuery and its selector engine, I’ve gotten a lot better at writing accurate stylesheets. But I’m never 100% sure if all of my CSS rules a...
Web Development
Finding unused CSS with Google Chrome
With the advent of jQuery and its selector engine, I’ve gotten a lot better at writing accurate stylesheets. But I’m never 100% sure if all of my CSS rules a...
Google Chrome
Finding unused CSS with Google Chrome
With the advent of jQuery and its selector engine, I’ve gotten a lot better at writing accurate stylesheets. But I’m never 100% sure if all of my CSS rules a...
Team Foundation Server
Simulating TFS shelvesets in subversion
Update A proper SVN Shelve feature is tentatively scheduled for Subversion 1.8 Original article Having worked with Team Foundation Server for version cont...
Subversion
Simulating TFS shelvesets in subversion
Update A proper SVN Shelve feature is tentatively scheduled for Subversion 1.8 Original article Having worked with Team Foundation Server for version cont...
Presentations
Presentation considerations
I’ve had the opportunity to give numerous presentations at work, and recently, have started giving presentations at the local .NET user group. I’ve gathered ...
C#
Can Any() of you Count()?
LINQ, which stands for Language Integrated Query, isn’t new anymore. It was introduced in .NET 3.5, which saw its release in November 2007. At this point, I ...
.NET
Can Any() of you Count()?
LINQ, which stands for Language Integrated Query, isn’t new anymore. It was introduced in .NET 3.5, which saw its release in November 2007. At this point, I ...
LINQ
Can Any() of you Count()?
LINQ, which stands for Language Integrated Query, isn’t new anymore. It was introduced in .NET 3.5, which saw its release in November 2007. At this point, I ...
Nuget
If Nuget won’t update, try this
The newest version of Nuget, version 1.6, wouldn’t update on either of my computers from within Visual Studio. I’m not certain why, but the fix is simple. Ru...
Inbox One, the pragmatic approach
The Getting Things Done methodology encourages behavior such as Inbox Zero, the concept of dealing with all the items in your inbox and keeping a zero count....
Checking out from LinkedIn
My newest co-worker challenged recruiters to step up their game. He’s found a job he likes (and I’m biased, so I’ll just nod and smile) that provides some of...
Crafty
A simple introduction to HTML5 game development with Crafty
As browsers become more and more capable, and JavaScript proliferates to all corners of the software development world, it was only a matter of time before w...
Mercurial
Integrating TortoiseHg with Visual Studio
If you use Visual Studio, you don’t get integration with version control unless you use Team Foundation Server or install a plugin. This is an adaptation of ...
Pico-8
Get your jam on
Jam time Every year GitHub sponsors a game jam during the month of November: GitHub Game Off. I’ve dabbled with making games my whole life and I’ve found ex...
Oh My Posh
Different Oh My Posh color scheme per day
Briefly: what is Oh My Posh Oh My Posh describes itself as “a prompt theme engine for any shell.” Basically, your prompt, or the line that shows up in your ...
Terminal
Different Oh My Posh color scheme per day
Briefly: what is Oh My Posh Oh My Posh describes itself as “a prompt theme engine for any shell.” Basically, your prompt, or the line that shows up in your ...