Caffeinated Coder

Dru first introduced me to ted.com the notion of the “Big Think”, but I had forgotten about the site until I saw a link to one of the site’s presentations referenced in one of Ayende’s recent posts. Despite being on a seemingly dull topic (copyright law), this 20 minute presentation by Larry Lessig is riveting [...]

I just read Mary Jo Foley’s article talking about the all the negative publicity that Leopard, Apple’s newest operating system, is receiving due to bugs, reduced functionality, and user interface issues. I started out on a Mac and have recently come to admire the sleek and light-weight design of my wife’s new Apple laptop. However, [...]

I’ve been working on Nant scripts this week and the experience has been much more enjoyable since a co-worker showed me how he used EditPlus (thanks Raoul). After a few quick customizations, I was able to not only get syntax highlighting for my build files but also execute Nant from within the tool and see [...]

I was setting up Cruise Control the other day and trying to figure out why it wasn’t working on a certain source control folder. I noticed a strange error in the cruise control log about there being an invalid character in the path, so I decided to take advantage of the fact that it is [...]

It turns out that my co-workers have found a new hobby. They’ve been secretly practicing this dance routine at lunch time. Thanks to Grif for helping to capture this secret footage. NOTE: If no window displays below, then you will need to install the flash player. If your connection is slow, then the video might [...]

I seem to have kicked into a professional goal setting mode lately and fixated on a number of ambitious goals, such as publishing technical articles, speaking at major conferences, and creating my own version 1.0 software. Although I feel invigorated by the challenge posed by these new goals, I also have the nagging feeling that [...]