Eric Gunnerson's Compendium
Shower Debugging...
I have a book on my shelf titled "Software Exorcism", which is all about debugging and optimization....
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/25/2005
Regular Expression Exercise S1
The first in a series of exercises designed to teach you more about regular expressions, written by...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/21/2005
The book that never was
After I finished my C# book, I looked around for something else to write about. After some thinking,...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/21/2005
Insert Smiley
:) I haven't been paying too much attention to my blog formatting options recently. I'm pretty much...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/17/2005
Come work in the Movie Maker Team...
The Movie Maker team is hiring. I haven't written much about the Movie Maker team, but it's a great...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/17/2005
So you think you're logical?
So you think you're logical?
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/12/2005
Bitmap::FromStream() issues
I've been writing some code the last day or so to pull a PNG bitmap out of a resource file and put...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/12/2005
A new version of C# beyond Linq there will be...
Matt provides some insight...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/10/2005
Help needed: ASP.NET 2.0 and Google Maps...
[Update: I got this to work by turn on IIS, installing ASP.NET on it, and then using a google map...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/10/2005
ReadDirectoryChangesW is evil
I have some code that uses ReadDirectoryChangesW() to monitor when files are modified, renamed, or...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/07/2005
Review: Working Effectively with Legacy Code
I've read a number of books about Test-Driven Development. There are a number of new ones, but most...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 09/30/2005
C# and Lego Mindstorms
Not sure how I missed this earlier, but there's a version of C# that runs on the Lego mindstorm...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 09/30/2005
Word for the Day: Promatorium
There is a new option for post-existence planning. Rather than being buried or cremated, you can go...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 09/29/2005
Most Embarassing Album You've Owned
Okay, so I came clean about owning "Lost in Love" by Air Supply. I'll add to that - at the same...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 09/27/2005
The Physics of Bicycle Climbing (oh, and a few words about a stupid bicycle climb)
Last night, when I got home, my wife asked me if I'd read Eldon's blog. A quick look showed that he...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 09/25/2005
Upcoming concert
In the next 3 months, I'll be going to a concert. Since the period since I last attended a concert...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 09/20/2005
The Double-E half-hour of Pain (You do Zoo, We do Too)
One of my readers suggested a group ride of the Zoo, so I'm teaming up with the Phat Psyklist to put...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 09/20/2005
Eastside Bavarian
If you live on the east side of Seattle and you are in need of some BMW service, consider Eastside...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 09/19/2005
Only you can help Professor Fizzwizzle
I've always been interested in puzzle games, and I spent a fair amount of time on "The Incredible...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 09/19/2005
Accessing private fields through properties...
(Writers note: I apologize for this C#-related post. I'll return to posting trivial and useless...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 09/19/2005
Pea Salad with Chicken and Prosciutto
Came up with this one tonight. Pea Salad with Chicken and Prosciutto 3 slices prosciutto (de Parma...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 09/18/2005
Space Monkey Pants
Now for sale. Space Monkey Pants would be a great name for a band... from BoingBoing
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 09/15/2005
Linq and C# 3.0
Yesterday, the C# team (among others) announced Linq and C# 3.0, and put up a great page of...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 09/14/2005
Linq and C# 3.0
Yesterday, the C# team (among others) announced Linq and C# 3.0, and put up a great page of...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 09/14/2005
Classic Programming Resources
The year was 1979. Or maybe it was 1980. I'd been programming for a couple of years, but didn't have...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 09/14/2005
Sorry to do this to you
God Tower I'm on level 2. Update: Okay, a bit more data. The puzzle is really to figure out what the...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 09/13/2005
Wrong on So Many Levels...
This is wrong on So Many Levels... From PCL LinkBlog
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 09/12/2005
Customer Council Opportunities
It's a not-well-kept-but-not-overly-publicized "secret" that many Microsoft products groups have...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 09/08/2005
Serving all of your leech needs..
Leeches USA, LTD In all honesty, the results that they get with leeches are pretty amazing. Case...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 09/08/2005
Another ASP question...
I've been working on my website a fair bit. Working on it locally works well for some things, but...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 08/26/2005
Untempered ambition
Author's Note: I've provided some links to help make my case, but I suggest you read through without...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 08/22/2005
Zoo Two
A few weeks ago, Bret, one of my PM friends (well, I call people like Bret friends since they're...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 08/20/2005
Are you greedy or lazy?
I wrote a "short" explanation of how greedy and non-greedy (aka lazy) work with regular expressions...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 08/19/2005
Trivia: What are these the names of?
What are these the names of? Norma Orion Perseus Cygnus There are two answers, one commonplace (ie...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 08/19/2005
Cycling, diet and weight loss
A post over at the Fat Cyclist (entitled "I Fear My Bathroom Scale") got me thinking. I first...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 08/17/2005
USS Hornet Museum
Last week we were on vacation at my sister's place in Walnut Creek, CA (a bit to the east of...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 08/15/2005
UI Updating can be hazardous to your performance...
Dare writes about a perf and memory usage issue in RSS Bandit. I've come across this at least 10...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 08/13/2005
Coelacanthe (George Hrab)
I found out about George Hrab from an interview on the Skepticality podcast. George is an...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 08/09/2005
Review: Waltham (Waltham)
Last week, I spent some time listening to the Rock and Roll Geek Show Indie Cast. One of the...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 08/09/2005
SafeHandle...
I haven't been paying much attention to Whidbey stuff in the past year or so, but today I came...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 08/04/2005
ASP.NET 2.0, NUnit, and TDD
I got my website set up last night and got a real ASP.NET page pulling data from a database and...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 08/03/2005
C# and databases...
I've been "a database guy" for quite a while. Way back in 1989, I left the security and blandness of...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 08/02/2005
Power Collections for .NET released
Peter Golde, noted C# language designer and original compiler dev lead, has released Power...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 08/02/2005