Cyrus' Blather
Where are you?!!??!
There's a memory leak here but for the life of me I can't figure out where. None of my changes look...
Author: CyrusN Date: 09/09/2004
Some times you have to hurt him to save him
Just spent a fair amount smacking myself in the head for the following bug: //first check if it's in...
Author: CyrusN Date: 09/07/2004
Did you get the memo?
Apperantly I didn't. I'm guessing there was some memo that went around saying something similar:...
Author: CyrusN Date: 09/06/2004
More thoughts on error tolerance.
I've posted before about error tolerance and how I consider that a very important part of VC#. This...
Author: CyrusN Date: 09/06/2004
Matchmaker
God I love Persion weddings. Great food, great dancing, great fun. Of course, this was no ordinary...
Author: CyrusN Date: 09/05/2004
Ow ow ow ow!!!
I awake renewedAttack of the vicious waspsI am joe merrick
Author: CyrusN Date: 08/31/2004
Nags Head
It's been a great week in North Carolina and a much needed vacation. I'll be coming back to work to...
Author: CyrusN Date: 08/26/2004
Useful C# tools
If you're a reader of this blog than you probably know about this already. But who really knows and...
Author: CyrusN Date: 08/17/2004
I hate unchecked exceptions
Well, actually, I don't hate them at; i just hate not having any tools to tell me what exceptions...
Author: CyrusN Date: 08/13/2004
Informational observations
There are some messages that the C# compiler could give that really wouldn't fall into the warning...
Author: CyrusN Date: 08/13/2004
A simple security guy
Went to an excellent all-afternoon security review workshop held by Michael Howard. He's the author...
Author: CyrusN Date: 08/13/2004
Writing your own Web Browser that supports tabs and an integrated search engine link
While there are many browsers out there that do this already like the superb Firefox and My-IE I...
Author: CyrusN Date: 08/09/2004
Now where did I put that member?
Got this Ladybug report from a customer concerned that intellisense was broken because he wasn't...
Author: CyrusN Date: 08/09/2004
SuperXPSP2TurboUltraRevivalAlphaEx3
Spent friday afternoon slipstreaming XP SP2 and then installing it. It was incredibly painless and...
Author: CyrusN Date: 08/09/2004
Things that get me peeved
Driving to work see a great parking spot get halfway through the turn spot the miata nestled in...
Author: CyrusN Date: 08/05/2004
HELP!!! Finder has gone insane!!!
Ok, serious problem happening and I hope someone out there can help explain it to me or tell me a...
Author: CyrusN Date: 08/04/2004
Inferring doc comments for methods that have none.
We were going over things that came up in Ander's informal chat at Tech-Ed. It was a lot of fun...
Author: CyrusN Date: 08/01/2004
Beermaker beermaker make me a beer!
Got to spend some wonderful hours this weekend at the Seattle International Beer Festival. $20 got...
Author: CyrusN Date: 08/01/2004
Better intellisense information
A couple of days ago I brought up the code definition window. I mentioned what purpose it was trying...
Author: CyrusN Date: 07/30/2004
My name is Cy-zula
The mic rula, the old-schoola; you wanna trip? i'll bring it to ya. Due to my amazing detective...
Author: CyrusN Date: 07/28/2004
Sean really wants some feedback from you!
Sean is thinking about making some changes to the Code Definition View (CDV). Specifically, instead...
Author: CyrusN Date: 07/27/2004
She dreams in digital
I just moved into my new office this morning. I'll be lonelier now without Kevin to waste time... i...
Author: CyrusN Date: 07/26/2004
Losing yourself
Ugh. Stupid stupid Microsoft. Release a good gaming system, then release a simple way to get online...
Author: CyrusN Date: 07/26/2004
Going to be one of those days
Woke up this morning feeling wonderfully rested. I looked out the window and saw that it's a...
Author: CyrusN Date: 07/23/2004
Help me, help you!
About a month ago I talked about the problems people have when trying to use Visual C# in...
Author: CyrusN Date: 07/21/2004
Better information in error cases
Dr. Pizza raised an interesting point in response to the previous post about method overload...
Author: CyrusN Date: 07/19/2004
Question about intellisense and operators+overload resolution
Back when I was polling on what people were interested in seeing in the next version of C#, I was...
Author: CyrusN Date: 07/18/2004
How to waste time at work
Go visit Bash. Better yet, just read Bash's Top Quotes. Intensely amusing any time you're bored and...
Author: CyrusN Date: 07/12/2004
Slurp!!
Sated. Satiated. Replete. Slaked. Satisfied. Content. Well, I'm full out of adjectives to describe...
Author: CyrusN Date: 07/12/2004
It's g-g-g-g-g-g-reat!
Was reading /. when i came across this post: PowerDVD is by far the best DVD player for Windows I...
Author: CyrusN Date: 07/11/2004
Jay, i need another monitor!!
So in the weird way that my brain is wired, I find myself far better at managing applications when I...
Author: CyrusN Date: 07/10/2004