Rants

Personal opinion rants that I probably shouldn't share.
Leaky abstractions can be great

posted @ Friday, July 14, 2006 10:46 PM | Feedback (0)

VS.NET 2005 - Now supporting multiple languages... For the first time!

posted @ Tuesday, April 19, 2005 12:49 PM | Feedback (0)

C# 2.0's Generics - Are we missing some constraints?

Where I wonder if generics can do basic math.

posted @ Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:19 AM | Feedback (1)

Comments moderated

Comment Moderation goes on.

posted @ Monday, January 31, 2005 10:49 AM | Feedback (2)

MSDN Universal (-ish)

Where I guess that Steve Ballmer's developers speech needed a few more repetitions.

posted @ Tuesday, January 25, 2005 4:19 PM | Feedback (2)

MSN Desktop Search - Uninstalled quickly.

Where I don't like a beta from Microsoft, and the world doesn't end.

posted @ Monday, December 13, 2004 8:11 PM | Feedback (5)

Intellisense Woes. Please Help

posted @ Tuesday, November 30, 2004 8:26 AM | Feedback (2)

CAS's Full Trust - How I hate that name...

Where I hate that people think "Full Trust" is the same as "Domain Admin"

posted @ Sunday, October 31, 2004 10:16 AM | Feedback (0)

Smart tags are really, really obnoxious to actually use.

Where I bash VS SmartTag usability (again)

posted @ Monday, August 23, 2004 2:08 PM | Feedback (0)

If you don't have xpsp2 problems, you aren't running amd64...

Where XPSP2's DEP works me over.

posted @ Wednesday, August 11, 2004 10:16 AM | Feedback (3)

Exceptions are not exceptional

Where I assert that an exception represents a broken assumption.

posted @ Wednesday, July 21, 2004 1:58 PM | Feedback (5)

Unit testing in VS2005 - But Why?

Where I agree even if I don't like the petition to add unit testing.

posted @ Sunday, June 13, 2004 10:13 PM | Feedback (5)

Is it fun to lie to users?

posted @ Monday, May 03, 2004 11:14 AM | Feedback (1)

First rule of patching: force a reboot?

Where I explain why my blog was offline for three minutes and twelve seconds

posted @ Wednesday, April 14, 2004 2:09 PM | Feedback (0)

Windows Developers: Hint- not all taskbars are at the bottom...

Where I rant away on incorrect desktop dimention detection.

posted @ Friday, April 02, 2004 9:56 AM | Feedback (4)

Say goodbye to unsightly SourceSafe residue

Where I assert that Dave Bettin's NukeSourceSafe is a wonderful tool.

posted @ Saturday, March 27, 2004 11:38 AM | Feedback (3)

.Net says - multiple languages supported. VS.Net says - don't try it.

Where I hate a bug that's been around for three versions of VS.Net

posted @ Tuesday, February 17, 2004 8:49 PM | Feedback (18)

Can SOA survive the average aptitude?

Where I wonder what the average enterprise will do to SOA/SOE approaches.

posted @ Friday, February 06, 2004 9:54 AM | Feedback (4)

One Note as a blogging tool.... not yet.

Where I want to make OneNote do something useful, but can't.

posted @ Saturday, January 31, 2004 9:33 AM | Feedback (1)

I guess I'm rich now...

Where I get spam and think you care.

posted @ Saturday, January 31, 2004 8:54 AM | Feedback (1)

Experts Exchange

Where I wonder if Experts-Exchange.com is a good idea or a good scam

posted @ Monday, January 05, 2004 2:14 PM | Feedback (2)