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When it makes sense. Everyone has ideas. Everyone has the way they think it should be, but there are many factors
that can contribute to how an idea come become more than an idea.
Does it make sense?
Feasible? (financially and resource wise)
Does it fit our goals?
Is there more to it that we aren’t seeing?
Is there an easier [...]

Yeah, I know how to drive. But do you know what the lights mean? What the signs say? Big difference. You really should ask the question, Do you know how to drive and all the laws that go along with driving.
Do you know how to program? Yes I know how to program. Do you know [...]

Well, if you have ever had to “borrow” someone elses wifi connection - here is what I was thinking about today. 1st, there have been cases where people get prosecuted for hacking others wifi. Here are my thoughts on why I dont think it is stealing.
1) If someone has their sprinkler on in their yard [...]

Learned a lesson this week. Measure Twice, Cut Once. I guess I’m not really measuring, or cutting, but it relates. Reminds me of a story. Back in high school, when I was around 17, I had a 55 Plymouth Savoy I was restoring. My Grandpa said I could use the lean-to on his garage as [...]

If you ever need to run static code analysis on C/C++ files, you can use Vs2005, but if you are in Vs2003, here is what you can do:
c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC>cl /analyze “C:\MyCodeFile.c” > c:\MyCodeFileAnalysis.txt
Found this on MSDN

I found out today Im guilty. Guilty of sending emails where my hyperlinks I paste inside them arent actually hyperlinks, so that the user getting the email has to copy and paste them into their browser. What a PITA if you ask me. I see that you actually have to hit ENTER after pasting a [...]

I had a need to customize a cc.net project list, and if you install CCTray, in c:\Program Files\cctray you will see 3 dll’s.
ThoughtWorks.CruiseControl.CCTrayLib
ThoughtWorks.CruiseControl.Remote
NetReflector
Note: If you have the latest CCTray installed, then you will have to develop any custom application in .NET 2.0
So first this, you need to reference those 3 dll’s, and add a using [...]

I received an email from Microsoft, one of their daily or weekly “Microsoft News” emails. One good link that I saw was “7 rules for using laptops in meetings” By Jeff Wuorio. It really makes sense
Here is the link - enjoy
7 rules for using laptops in meetings