The Wayward WebLog
Oh, what a tangled web
Uncensored, Unabridged and Unreal
I would like to take a moment and say to everyone that the persons depicted in my story Hard Reboot...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 04/28/2004
Stalking Java
I got mail again today inviting me to the JavaOne conference. It's kind of sad. I can't imagine...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 04/26/2004
Linux makes inroads yet again
I'm a Microsoft guy, so reading news about the spread of Linux is often times disheartening. It's...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 04/26/2004
Hard Reboot
What happens when a software moguls wakes up thousands of years into the future? Read the story!...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 04/25/2004
Code Warriors
The smell of sulfur is in the air, as clouds of smoke slowly dissipate in the stale wind. The debris...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 04/21/2004
More Monkeys
For those of you that missed this link on Saturday, I've reposted so you can find out what happens...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 04/20/2004
ObjectSpaces: The Devil is in the Demand
On object persistence I’m object persnickety. I’ve looked at this problem space quite a...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 04/20/2004
Snig the Email Goblin
Snig is staring down at me from atop the secondary monitor. That’s the monitor that shows all...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 04/20/2004
The new dark age
Sometimes scientists and researchers surprise us with new findings. Results from studies often...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 04/19/2004
Orwellian Mood Orbs
So much for the mood ring. Now scientists (and technologist) have tapped directly into the power of...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 04/19/2004
Being Null
Something feels like a blank page today. Maybe it’s getting back to work after a sunny weekend...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 04/19/2004
This little meme had roast beef
What’s this book-meme thing? That’s just got to be the stupidest thing I’ve seen...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 04/17/2004
Losing mindshare
Charlie was practicing his letters today. He is three and a half. Sometimes he likes to pretend that...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 04/17/2004
Infinite Monkeys
This started out as a post, but it soon became evident that it deserved a much more honored...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 04/17/2004
The long haul
Whew. For a minute there I thought I was completely out of posts. I had been stretching it a bit...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 04/16/2004
Personal Google
Since I’ve got all these background processors going all the time, you might think I’d...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 04/08/2004
Gmail: What were they thinking?
I've been thinking about this quite a bit. Google's proposed gmail will 'read' your email and based...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 04/07/2004
Rated X
I’m so steaming mad; I don’t even know where to start. I was minding my own business,...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 04/01/2004
SQL: Mutually Assured Destruction
I have been playing around with SQL lately, trying to get it to sit and roll over. Sure, I’m...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 03/30/2004
Lost in Translation
A lot of the work that goes on inside a compiler is a bunch of translations that take the high-level...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 03/28/2004
I blog therefore I am
Sometimes when I’m not deep in contemplation over the functioning of my brain, my addiction to...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 03/28/2004
X#: There and back again
It looks like X# might just see the light of day afterall, as the foundation of a even more...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 03/26/2004
Running on Auto Pilot
I had something special to do this morning. It was a vital mission. I had memorized the...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 03/22/2004
ObjectSpaces: The Matrix is not Enough
In response to my earlier post, “Spanning the Matrix“, Ralfs Sudelbücher has...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 03/22/2004
Humbled like a Noob
How is it that one can bond so well with a machine? It’s not as if it is a person with likes...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 03/21/2004
Thought Co-Processors
“What are you thinking?” The words are pitched into the air, like a balloon from a comic...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 03/20/2004
Asteroid on collision course
Anyone can see it now with a pair of good binoculars. The asteroid known as 2004 FH has passed...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 03/18/2004
Navigating the XPath of Life
Brian Noyles blogs about the XPathNavigator, and how it has improved his life. I spoke last night at...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 03/17/2004
Data as a Service
Why is working with a database always an awkward proposition? It’s like this monolithic bank...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 03/17/2004
Getting in the Game
What is it with games? I think there are only maybe five actual games on the market, every other one...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 03/13/2004
About Me
My name is Matt Warren. I am a software achitect at Microsoft on the C# programming language product...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 03/05/2004
ObjectSpaces: What's the big idea?
Should your data become objects or your objects become data? That’s the debate. If you build...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 03/05/2004
Into the Breach
It happened today; to me. It happens a few times a year, so you learn to expect it. You know its...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 03/04/2004
Signs of Life on Mars
A few days ago the mars rover 'Opportunity' made a startling discovery on the surface of Mars. The...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 03/03/2004
Spammed to death
I like most people that use the internet detest spam. I hate it. I want it to go away. And that's...
Author: Matt Warren - MSFT Date: 03/02/2004