Eric Gunnerson's Compendium
What a cool idea?
If the electrical power in your area is prone to outages and you own a Prius, what do you do? You...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 01/03/2006
2006 goals, and bicycle coaches
I was reading Fatty, and he talked about his goals for 2006. So, I thought that I'd talk about mine,...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 12/29/2005
New Toys - iPod Shuffle and Roku M500
I got some new toys as presents - the ubiquitous iPod Shuffle, and a Roku M500 network music player....
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 12/28/2005
Want to review my new book?
I got a request from my publisher for reviewers for the third edition of my book. You would get a...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 12/23/2005
Flow vs. Collaboration
I've been talking about some agile techniques with one of my co-workers, and one of his concerns...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 12/16/2005
Regex 101 Discussion I2 - Find two words in a string
I2 - Find two words in a string Find any string that has the following two words in it: “dog” and...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 12/16/2005
Barbecue hazing
Today, we took a group to Dixie's barbecue, so that some of our newer members could meet "The Man"....
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 12/15/2005
Halo Zero
Halo as a sideshooter... You can switch to english, but I find that french is a bit more fun...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 12/15/2005
Make it a warning!!!
My code samples of the past couple of days have led to a few requests for warnings, which reminds me...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 12/14/2005
Checkin mail for today
From a checkin I made today: Though one might perhaps at this time expect With the holidays looming...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 12/13/2005
What does this code print? - Discussion
I decided to talk about this example because somebody pointed out that the behavior was surprising,...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 12/13/2005
What does this code print?
What does this code print, and why? using System; public class A{ public void F(int i) {...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 12/12/2005
Spam filtering for outlook express
We've been blessed with a bounteous harvest of spam on our home account, and I'm now looking for a...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 12/12/2005
Regex 101 Exercise I2 - Find two words in a string
I2 - Find two words in a string Find any string that has the following two words in it: “dog” and...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 12/12/2005
Overtraining
Fatty is talking about overtraining as a possible excuse for not riding, and mentions Friel's...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 12/08/2005
Memories of layoffs
Bob (of Bob's Top 5) has a nice post about layoffs. Here's my story (well, one of my stories - maybe...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 12/08/2005
More HDTV info
I wrote about HDTV a while back, and now Rory has added some more information..
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 12/05/2005
Regex 101 Exercise I1 - Match a floating point number
Regex 101 Exercise I1 - Match a floating point number Match a floating point number. Sample strings:...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 12/05/2005
Death star
Here's a description. From Bad Astronomy Blog
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 12/02/2005
Regex 101 Discussion S6 - Change the extension on a file
Regex 101 Exercise S6 - Change the extension on a file Given a filename including path, change the...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 12/02/2005
C# Content Strategist...
I got an email from Elden Nelson (the alter-ego of this guy), who is a muckety-muck (well, perhaps...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/30/2005
debugging tips
VS debugger developer Jim Griesmer has been blogging a series of debugger tips. I'm pretty excited...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/30/2005
Dave Zabriskie website...
Monday, I came across a reference to a website by Team CSC racer Dave Zabriskie in, of all places, a...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/30/2005
Regex 101 Exercise S6 - Change the extension on a file
Regex 101 Exercise S6 - Change the extension on a file Given a filename including path, change the...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/28/2005
Background processing in ASP.NET
As part of my bicycle climbs website, I need to spend some time calling a web service to fetch the...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/28/2005
Regex 101 Answer S5 - Strip out any non-letter, non-digit characters
Remove any characters that are not alphanumeric. Answer: To remove these characters, we will first...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/23/2005
Ad Homonym
Ad Homonym: The practice of attacking a person rather than the argument itself merely because it is...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/21/2005
Regex 101 Exercise S5 - Strip out any non-letter, non-digit characters
An easy one for this holiday week... S5 - Strip out any non-letter, non-digit characters Remove any...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/21/2005
Regex 101 Exercise S4 - Extract load average from a string - Discussion
Exercise S4 - Extract load average from a string The shop that you work with has a server that...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/18/2005
The mystery of Indian bread
This week at a team dinner - which we sometimes do if people are staying late - we had indian food....
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/18/2005
Piano recital
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/14/2005
Regex 101 Exercise S4 - Extract load average from a string
Exercise S4 - Extract load average from a string The shop that you work with has a server that...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/14/2005
Regex 101 Exercise S3 - Validate a zip+4 zip code - Discussion
Exercise S3 - Validate a zip+4 zip code. The US has a 5 digit zip code with an optional 4 digit...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/11/2005
C# Express for a very low price...
Cyrus breaks the news. Well, not really - it was actually Dan, but he succumbed to his marketing...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/08/2005
Regex 101 Exercise S3 - Validate a zip+4 zip code
Exercise S3 - Validate a zip+4 zip code. The US has a 5 digit zip code with an optional 4 digit...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/07/2005
Paying attention in physics class pays off BIG!
After vacillating for months, Canon came up with the Kurosawa of rebate offers (ie compelling but...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/03/2005
Regex 101 Exercise S2 - Verify a string is a hex number - Discussion
[Update: got rid of the 0x in front of the sample string...] Our task was the following: S2 - Verify...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/03/2005
Persisting complex objects...
Q: I am on a large C# project with a fortune 500 company, and one of our first design challenges is...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/02/2005
Over the weekend...
There I was, minding my own business, without a care in the world. And then it happened... Well, to...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/01/2005
Flow, and Cycling
Tonight I read a post by Eldon, where (among other things) he says that he has learned how to lose...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/31/2005
Regex 101 Exercise S2 - Verify a string is a hex number
Welcome to week #2 of our class. This is a simple one: S2 - Verify a string is a hex number Given a...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/31/2005
Regex 101 Exercise S1 - Discussion
Welcome to Regex 101 discussion section 3. My goals for these discussions are twofold. First, I'd...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/27/2005
The rewards of studying science prove tasty...
From the Improbable Research blog, a link to a site using paper plates in education. Here's my...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/26/2005
PDC Sessions online...
PDC Sessions are now online. You can watch online or download the video/powerpoint/other materials,...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/26/2005