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  • Using Git as a Backup Tool

    It had been a hellish week, and at this moment sleep was not an option for Phil. maybe it was the kimchee, maybe it was the realization that his blog almost shrugged off its digital coil as a result of The Great Blogtastrophe . Phil was tossing anxiously in his bed - visions of hard drives melted in...

  • My Enemy, My Self

    I’m building an application which I’ll talk more about later – but this one’s different from other applications I’ve built: this one’s for me . In the same way teaching your spouse/significant other how to do X is a major pain in the ass, building your own application makes you do dumb, silly things...

  • You’re Not Your Data Access

    Seems I touched off a bit of a “swirl” with a comment I made on my last blog post: I think, in general, the .NET crowd overthinks and over-engineers just about everything I said as much in my MIX presentation, where I basically challenged ASP.NET developers to “embrace their inner scripter” and stop...

  • Jumping The 20 Fence

    Before I worked at Microsoft I worked at/with/for various startups. Depending on who you talked to, I was involved in building rockets, the Next Big Thing, and a Super Whamadyne Paradigm-Shifter. Since I’m not a millionaire and you don’t see my face on Wired you can guess that those things didn’t quite...
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  • What Should Microsoft Do For .NET Open Source?

    I've been reading a lot of old blog posts tonight regarding Microsoft and Open Source - it really reminds me of the interesting stances the company has taken over the last 5 to 10 years (I've only been working with Microsoft for just about 2 years now). For instance - I read a post from Scoble...
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  • I Spose I’ll Just Say It: You Should Learn MVC

    I’m never shy about my opinion – why start now? I’ve been reading a lot of posts flying about on whether you should learn MVC , Summing up the differences so you can decide when to use it, I even found a post that offers a scorecard approach ! I remember reading the latter post thinking...

  • Patterns, Purists, and Sinkholes

    Before I was a geek, I was a Geologist. A Geophysicist to be precise – but mostly I just tell people I was a Geologist. I worked a lot with environmental cleanup, but I also spent a lot of time doing what’s known as “Geotechnical” work – the stuff that happens before buildings are built and holes are...
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  • 5 Secrets To Ninja Writing

    Sometimes I find myself with absolutely nothing to say and yet decide to write a post anyway . Do you ever have that problem? I sure do – and I thought it might be fun to share some secrets with you about how you can salvage the day when you decide to write a post, and have nothing to say. I found this...

  • Software Design Kuleana

    Last year I tore apart my kitchen with a sledge hammer and a crowbar. I knocked a wall down, ripped out the old, crumbly cabinets, and tore up the 20-year old vinyl flooring that was discolored and horrifically 80’s. I specifically remember using my crowbar to pull off one section of cabinets, sawing...
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  • More OODB Crazy Talk

    I listened to the Alt.NET Podcast the other day and there was a crazy guy who sounded an awful lot like me on there talking about Object Databases. Doesn’t he know they’re not cool? He must have some kind of career death wish – the need to trash his reputation (or create flame-bait) in the name of Something...
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  • Where’s MVC Storefront?

    A lot of people have been asking about the Storefront and whether I’ve abandoned it with all that’s gone on with Oxite, etc. The short answer is no – I haven’t. And believe it or not, Oxite didn’t impact anything with respect for the storefront at all. I promise! The deal is that I’m on vacation right...
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  • The Perfect Storm Botnet

    I'm sure you've been told, numerous times no doubt, about Cross-site scripting and that it's bad. I think, for most developers, the only fear they have of XSS is looking foolish when someone hacks their site, shredding the layout of their pages and sending popups all over the screen. At least...
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  • SubSonic 3 Alpha Updated

    Many thanks to the folks who downloaded and ran the alpha. As I figured, I missed a few things. The good news is that I've fixed them, and 99% of them were with the templates - which is good news because it means that you could have fixed them if you had to :). But first - I'd like to say a big...
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