http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com The mindless ramblings of 4 .NET developers... Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:14:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently bought a Dell laptop, and in looking up some of the apps that came with it before uninstalling them, I came across The PC De-crapifier. Basically its a tool scripted to run through the uninstall process of most of the trial programs and such that come on ... http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com/?p=130 There aren't any words that I can add to this story. I wish these were the front page stories on CNN and not how Brittney burped on camera. It's powerfully moving and as a father of three small boys I cried. This was a story originally published in Sports Illustrated that ... http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com/?p=129 Last night, my daughter decided to lay down and watch a movie early, which meant I could get some extra time in to try to push my mage to 60. Just as I sit down, my wife calls from the other room, "Honey, I think someone is scamming me." ... http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com/?p=127 This session probably had the most relevance to my current project at work and it was pretty exciting to see in action just what ATLAS is going to be able to provide me in the future. Rick was a great speaker and his demos really did a great job of quickly ... http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com/?p=126 Rory is just flat out one of my favorite technical speakers period. If you haven't had a chance to hear him speak, well, make the effort. And when Rory is talking on a subject of some interest to you that you know little about, do whatever you can within the ... http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com/?p=125 Well, this session was the one I was most excited to attend and maybe because of those high expectations was the most disappointed with. First, I'd just like to apologize to anyone that attended this session. I became "that guy" and I'm sorry for that. I disagreed with so much ... http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com/?p=124 The first session of the day and I was instantly blown away. Lucas Carlson presented an amazing introduction to developing with Ruby on Rails and I almost got physically sick in the classroom. What the Rails framework provides is the EXACT functionality I have been developing for a current project ... http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com/?p=123 This year I decided to try to catch some of the Ruby sessions, and see what all the hype was about. Apparently I have been missing a lot. Fortunately Lucas Carlson was around to show me the light. As it turns out, Ruby (or Rails, really) is just awesome. ... http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com/?p=122 Portland Code Camp v2.0 was held this past Saturday (7/22) on the WSU campus in Vancouver and man, what an event! If you didn't have room in your schedule to attend it this year, start writing "Portland Code Camp" in your day planner for every day of next year just ... http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com/?p=121 So, I was laying in bed the other night, bugging wifey as I love to do (a guy has to have a hobby right!), when I got this delightful little phrase thrown in my general direction. GET THAT WOOKIE OUT OF MY FACE! Man, i thought she LIKED the wookie! I guess ... http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com/?p=120 So, I'm sitting in my den looking up Client Side Validation with ASP.NET 2.0, when I hear this buzzing sound. I have no idea what it is, so I go to investigate. That was a very bad idea. What I found was my 10 yr old shaving ... http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com/?p=118 If you didn't get the pleasure of attending this fun networking and learning experience last year, do everything in your power to make sure you can make it to this year's Portland Code Camp 2.0. You can register for the event here. It really sounds like they are going all out ... http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com/?p=117 It's Friday. I was bored. What more can I say? http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com/?p=116 Well, recently the 4Guys (well, technically just the 2 of us) have entered a game contest sponsored by GeeksWithBlogs. It's proving to be quite an entertaining time with all the trash talking, seeing the game concepts other contestants have come up with and watching their progress unfold [or lack of ... http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com/?p=115 So, I have a couple of virtual servers at GoDaddy (this site is hosted on one of them), and my wife was complaining about how much spam she was getting. So, being the big spender that I am, I decided to add the Plesk Pack Deluxe, because it includes ... http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com/?p=114 We realize that quite a few of our loyal readers the one reader who made it to this site by mistake twice may be getting freaked out by the changes we have made to the theme and banner of the blog. Well, we are here to assure you that ... http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com/?p=113 I don't know about the rest of the world, but here at my house, we've been hit by wave after wave of colds. I'm not talking, slight sniffles with some light body aches, I mean delirium inducing fevers with body racking coughs and different types and consistencies of fluids ... http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com/?p=112 So, we were sitting around in the lunchroom talking, and came up with something that we think could be a really valuable change to a key method in the .NET framework (as well as in just about every other language). The name IsNumeric is misleading, because you would expect ... http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com/?p=111 I commonly read Snopes to see what new urban legends are floating about. I am not sure if this is true, but either way, it made me laugh out loud. Dear Friends, My wife Toni is fond of saying that my last words on this earth will be something akin ... http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com/?p=110 You spend your time pouring your heart in soul into the little buggers, you tend them with care, read to them, play with them, you watch their progress through life with love and pride. You're heart breaks when you can't be near them and you rush home from work just ... http://www.4guysfromviewpoint.com/?p=109