Eric Gunnerson's Compendium
Media Pessimism
Jim wrote a post entitled Are People Inherently Pessimests? I think the answer is no, most of the...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 05/12/2005
Make your customers the marketing department
I've been reading GapingVoid for a few months now. Hugh has some very interesting insights, and...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 05/09/2005
TopoUSA 5.0 Western Edition
I've been riding a lot of hills recently, getting ready for the 7 Hills of Kirkland on Memorial Day,...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 05/06/2005
Original Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy Radio Program
Yesterday, I managed to find the original Hitchhiker's radio series in an archive from KCRW, an NPR...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 05/03/2005
C# bugs through MSDN Feedback
Rusty, the C# QA Manager, writes about the fate of bugs reported through MSDN feedback. Please let...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 05/02/2005
Hitchhikers Redux
Rory posted an interesting counterpoint to my review. Rory has some good points - I agree that you...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 05/02/2005
Headphone amplifier?
Some of the CDs that I own are from the early days of CDs, the days when recording engineers were...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/28/2005
You're getting very sleepy
You're getting very sleepy Requires shockwave
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/28/2005
TestDriven.NET...
I came across a link to TestDriven.NET today. Given that I'm not as plugged into the C# space as I...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/28/2005
BWM 3 series tires...
I bought some new tires for my 328i a few weeks ago. I've had lots of good luck with Michelin tires...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/28/2005
Serenity the Movie
The trailer for Serenity was released today. I really enjoyed Firefly a bunch - it had a different...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/27/2005
What's wrong with this code #6? (Discussion)
Thanks for all the comments on my recent post. I have one more that I'll do in the next couple of...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/25/2005
Visual Studio Debugging Slowness - Solved
My debugger had gotten slow recently. Really slow. Slow as in the "takes 20 seconds to hit a...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/22/2005
What's wrong with this code - #6
After a long hiatus, here's the next entry in my...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/22/2005
IR Extenders
Barry asked me how my components worked inside of the new stereo cabinet. I started to post a...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/22/2005
Solving a problem
For quite some time, I've had a problem. You may have the same problem. It looks like this: I've had...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/22/2005
Slacker Astronomy
I've been listening to the Slacker Astronomy podcast for a few weeks now. It's really nice to have...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/19/2005
Silent Bob Speaks - An Evening with Kevin Smith
Last week, two DVDs showed up from Netflix. Because of the speed at which we've recently gone...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/18/2005
PIC Programming Help?
I've come up with a project for next year's holiday display, and I think I might want to build 7 or...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/15/2005
Deep Windows - Inside the NT Kernel with Dave Probert
I spent part of this morning watching/listening to a series of interviews with Dave Probert, an...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/14/2005
37 galaxies per hour
[Update: Fixed BigPhotoHelp link] A Hubble image showing some 10,000 galaxies, created from a total...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/13/2005
Windows Media Dev Center Launches
I've spent some time working with Windows Media SDK (s) in the past, and had some trouble finding...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/13/2005
Who says the arts are dead for the younger generation?
Who says the arts are dead for the younger generation? Most of these are after my time, but I did...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/13/2005
More information on web forums
Josh Ledgard pointed me to this introductory post about the the new web forums...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/11/2005
Go ahead and panic...
I wrote earlier about some misgivings about the upcoming Hitchhiker's Movie. Okay, I blew one issue...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/11/2005
Cleanliness is important
Cleanliness is important
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/11/2005
Web Forums 1.1 now available...
Web Forums 1.1, the new place to ask questions around Whidbey beta 2 and related technology. I hope...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/08/2005
Product feedback and language design
I got an email today with a suggestion for a C# language enhancement, and I pointed the person to...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/08/2005
Design question
You need to design the outside of a fish. What is the first thing you do? You build a scale model.
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/08/2005
I need handheld advice...
My 10-year-old daughter has asked for a portable game system for her birthday, and my ignorance in...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/07/2005
C# and Windows Forms Europe and Africa Tour
C# and Windows Forms Europe and Africa Tour
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/07/2005
Chris Flaat and Scrum
Adding an overdue link. I don't think I've linked to Chris' blog before. I worked with Chris in my...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/07/2005
Anders TechEd Preview
A short Channel 9 interview with Anders, with some ideas on what he'll be doing at TechEd. Mostly...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/06/2005
From the woodshop to the operating room
Last night, my wife and I were watching an episode of "Discoveries this Week", on The Science...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 04/04/2005
So you want to write a computer book?
I've gotten asked a bunch of times about writing a book, so I decided to write a short article about...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/31/2005
One more weekend of skiing
It's been cold and rainy the last week or so here, and our mountain snowpack has increased by a...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/31/2005
Book Review: Take Back Your Life!
Last spring I had the opportunity to take a class single-day class named "Take Back Your Life -...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/28/2005
C# language forum...
Some of the people on the C# Language Forum suggested that I post a link, since it's been quite a...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/27/2005
Question
Who makes sure that all the cows' wishes come true? The Dairy Godmother
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/24/2005
Design for Performance vs. Tune for performance
A question related to performance came up today on a mailing list that I'm on, and I stated that the...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/23/2005
Eric Rudder chat transcript
Lots of good information about Whidbey and other stuff.
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/22/2005
Turn around bright eyes
George is a PM (and friend) who used to be on the C# team (among others) - like me - but (unlike me)...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/18/2005
Profilers for the CLR
Once again, a nice resource post from Brad: Profilers for the CLR
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/18/2005
Waterfalls of the Pacific Northwest
One of the cool things about the internet has always been the ability of people who are really into...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/17/2005
TechEd 2005...
After a few years of constant attendance at TechEd, this year I'm going to be working back in...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/16/2005
Still waiting on HD...
I've had an HD-ready TV for about 3 years now, but I have no HD sources. Initially, it was because...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/15/2005
An Icon Speaks...
Back in 1984, I was in an algorithms class, using Sedgewick's excellent text entitled simply,...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/15/2005