Monthly Archives: June 2007

DDD5 – quick report

Well, DDD5 was earlier today. It was a great day with lots of really interesting talks. So far this has been by far my favourite DDD. The first session was my own. I did a presentation on an Introduction to … Continue reading

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A wooden marble based binary adding machine

This has to be one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a while. If you want to read more about this project and others like it then visit http://woodgears.ca Tags: binary marble wood adding machine

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What’s on your bookshelf?

A few moments ago I got reminded of a book that I read many years ago. Looking at my bookshelves there are various software development books, some new, some old, some out dated, some superceded, some still waiting to be … Continue reading

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Screensavers that attack spammers

While I hate receiving spam, I feel that the latest offering from Lycos to try and tackle spam by hitting Spammers where it hurts – Right in the bandwidth – is highly irresponsible. If you are not aware of what … Continue reading

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What could I do? What could I read? Who could I ask?

Earlier today I was listening to an audio book by Jim Rohn. He is a business author but he has one bit of advice that I find is extremely useful in software development. In the section on “Building Self-Enterprise” he … Continue reading

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Speed Kills

Speed Kills not just on the road, but in software development too. If you don’t believe me then just ask Uncle Bob[^]. I remember years ago I was crazy like that. “Gotta get this done, gotta get this out the … Continue reading

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Running SQL Scripts with a .NET Application

I was recently asked to show how to run a SQL Script on a SQL Server but being controlled by a .NET application. The other guy had been trying to use isql for the task but somehow wasn’t getting it … Continue reading

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The stored procedure now runs how fast?

A few days ago I was having some problems with a stored procedure taking too long. On our test server the stored procedure ran acceptably in a few seconds so it came as somewhat as a shock when trying the … Continue reading

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Iteration in .NET with IEnumerable and IEnumerator

A discussion broke out on Code Project recently about why .NET has two interfaces for iteration (what .NET calles “enumeration”). What are the two interfaces and what do they do? The IEnumerable interface is placed on the collection object and … Continue reading

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The benefits of Stored Procedures

There are a number of ways to access data in SQL Server, or any enterprise DBMS. There are lots of books that discuss getting data in and out of databases and the best ways to do that. Many advocate the … Continue reading

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